Anyone have a good experience meeting a pro at the WSOP?

[twisterpoker]

I met Chan at the WSOP and he wasnt very nice. Anyone have a good experience meeting one of the pros?

[pacecar86]

sir, most pro's don't have c-level social skills

[KSOT]

I heard Chan is a hudge douche.

What'd he do to you?

[apokermaniac]

We passed him and said hi, and the guy absolutely ignored us. It was as if this once bus boy, who had made it as a poker pro (gambler) was now too good to even say hello. Its not like he is the ceo of some big company, or discovered the cure for cancer. He is a gambler.

[pacecar86]

a)Doyle almost ran me over going about 500mph on his scooter down the hall leading to the convention center, he did, however, waive and smile

b) Chau Giang ignored me and everyone else at my table

c) Mike Sexton said "thanks" when at smoke break, me saying "nice (WPT) show"

d) Barry Greenstein said "thanks", passing him in hallway, me saying "love your book"

[PokerGenius]

i dont bother random people i dont know

[chopchoi]

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b) Chau Giang ignored me and everyone else at my table



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He doesn't speak much English.

[NT!]

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We passed him and said hi, and the guy absolutely ignored us. It was as if this once bus boy, who had made it as a poker pro (gambler) was now too good to even say hello. Its not like he is the ceo of some big company, or discovered the cure for cancer. He is a gambler.

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whatever, i would ignore you too and i'm nobody important

[MicroBob]

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We passed him and said hi, and the guy absolutely ignored us. It was as if this once bus boy, who had made it as a poker pro (gambler) was now too good to even say hello. Its not like he is the ceo of some big company, or discovered the cure for cancer. He is a gambler.

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whatever, i would ignore you too and i'm nobody important

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yeah, some people just aren't comfortable meeting new people who come up to them all cheery and "OMG!!1!1!! It's Johnny Chan. Really nice to meet you!!! Hey, F'ING JOHNNY CHAN!! Sorry Johnny, I don't remember!!!!!! Ha ha. Bet you get that all the time don't you!!!!?!?!"

See, the more he stops to chat with every single person trying to get his autograph the more he has to deal with such annoying conversations. All the while he's thinking "Geez, I really have to take a leak" or "Geez, I get only so long to get from point-A to point-B to try to grab a sandwich."

So you can hardly blame him for being a bit quick-stepped, especially if he's kind of uncomfortable with such encounters in the first place.


I played at the same table as Chan for about 10 hours or so in the 2005 WSOP-ME.
He seemed fine to me although perhaps a bit grouchy at times because he wasn't accumulating any chips at all.
Was reasonably chatty when I asked him Q's about how big the freaking event is, congratulating him on his 10th bracelet and asking him about it, etc.

I was careful to ask these things in-between hands or during a dealer change or something of course and he seemed perfectly fine chatting about it all.

During breaks there were various people cming up to him to get him to sign one poster or another. It seemed practically endless. He had a constant look of, "Geez, I'm on a break here. Can I have just 2 minutes where people will let me relax a little bit?"

[CrazyEyez]

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We passed him and said hi, and the guy absolutely ignored us. It was as if this once bus boy, who had made it as a poker pro (gambler) was now too good to even say hello. Its not like he is the ceo of some big company, or discovered the cure for cancer. He is a gambler.

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If you are an ugly shirt he will give you the time of day, and much much more.