Lynette Chan is a Canadian poker player of Asian descent. Lynette first appeared on the poker tournament scene in 2006 and has quickly gained a reputation as a competent, friendly poker player. Full Tilt Pro has now associated itself with the Lynette Chan poker career; Lynette joins Jennifer Harmen, Erica Shoenberg, Clonie Gowen, Karina Jett, J.J. Liu and Kristy Gazes as the women on the Full Title Poker Team.
Lynette Chan Background
Lynette Chan is of Chinese descent, though she was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Before learning poker, Lynette Chan was a marketing executive for high-priced Italian sports cars like Mercedes and Ferrari. Chan ended that career to focus on poker full time. She claims that poker was beginning to affect her marketing career, so she quit to focus on poker. Lynette Chan considers poker liberating instead of glamorous, and approaches the game in a workmanlike fashion.
Lynette Chan Poker Profile
Lynette Chan started playing poker in the Vancouver only four year ago. She began to play in games with increased blinds in the local casinos, but eventually moved on to higher stakes games in the U.S. poker scene. Lynette Chan plays in cash games at the Bellagio in Las Vegas these days, as well as the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
Lynette Chan's poker success has come mainly in cash games, though she began entering tournaments beginning in 2006. Lynette bucked tradition for 21st century poker newbies, because she learned poker live instead of on the internet. Lynette Chan plays online poker these days at Full Tilt.com, which signed her to a contract at the 2006 World Series of Poker. She had been playing cash games in Las Vegas for about 8 months when Lynette was approached by Full Tilt Poker.
For those interested in starting a career in poker, Lynette Chan might serve as an example. She began playing 6/12 blinds when she started playing poker seriously. She moved up to 10/20, 20/40, 40/80, 80/160 and 100/200 blinds as her skills got better and her bankroll got larger. This took her months and months, so players should stay within their limits when increasing the stakes of their poker games. Having success at one level before moving on to the next is also important.
Non-Poker Lynette Chan Information
Lynette Chan is signed with an L.A. modeling agency and she has done some print modeling these past couple of years. Lynette says poker is her passion, though, so she has no intention on crossing over into a fulltime modeling career.
When not playing poker, Lynette Chan enjoys golfing. She makes sure to play golf at least once per week. Also, Lynette Chan does volunteer work for homeless animals and several humane societies.
