波波：中国土生土长的扑克英雄

　　澳门的扑克只是开展了几年，而这还得益于澳洲的顶级玩家的加入，还有欧洲或美国的外籍人士的加入。随着越来越多的中国人意识到这种游戏的存在，中国本土的选手将会出现。澳门亚太扑克巡回赛的第三个赛季的比赛是在去年八月在新葡京扑克之星扑克室举行，这是陈党道（即“波波”）的未来。他获得429亚军第三名，赢得奖金1855000港元，震惊了扑克界。对于一个只是通过短短17个月玩游戏的人来说，这是一个非凡的成就。

　　波波最终参加2009年APPT澳门赛事

　　波波，告诉了别人一些关于自己的情况：比如从哪儿来，是做什么工作的？

　　我来自中国大陆的浙江省温州市。我年轻的时候，从事衣服和鞋的相关业务。我的姐妹们在房地产做投资业务，我自己拥有一些股份。

　　你是如何进入扑克行业的？

　　我经常坐飞机到澳门玩。去年三月，我第一次看到了扑克现金游戏比赛，我连续看了几个小时，接下来我坐下玩。第一天，我失去了港币9,000元，但第二天，我赢了港币18,000元，并从那时开始，我一直玩扑克。我认为这个游戏肯定比其他游戏有着某些优势。

　　我曾经是一个百家乐玩家，但是在百家乐游戏中输掉不少钱，现在就只专注于扑克游戏。

　　你是怎么得到“波波”这个绰号的？

　　有一天，一个庄家问：打电话给我时应该怎样称呼。我说：“你可以随便叫，如果你喜欢，你甚至可以叫我baobao”。所以，这个庄家打电话给我时就这样叫我，baobao在中国是一个可爱的名字，从此别人就叫我“波波”。

　　我听说你以前打扑克的时候都下非常大的赌注？

　　直至今年五月，我在永利扑克室打扑克，花费港币500,000元，打港币1,000元-港币$ 2,000的无限额德州扑克。后来我到了新葡京，但现金游戏下注较小，所以我就开始打扑克比赛。

　　在扑克方面你有努力学习吗？

　　我不知道任何关于扑克书籍，当我开始玩扑克的时候也没有与任何人谈论扑克。我就是刚坐下就直接开始玩牌的。

　　你在APPT主赛事的表现，是一个伟大的成就，你是否觉得那时的每一天你都必须有所进展？

　　我觉得没有什么压力，因为我是新手，因此没有任何期望。我在第一天的计划是尝试把我的20000筹码开始增加到80000筹码。我第一天提升到42000，这不是太糟糕的结果。

　　我第2天比赛结束，得到24万筹码。随着比赛的进展，我的信心增长。第三天，大约有30人离开时，有一个西方的家伙，我认为他会对我构成一种威胁，但没有人会担心我对谁构成威胁。第三天结束时，我获得1.74亿美元的筹码。我非常有信心能排在前三名。

　　在很长的一段时间，您的一些做法遭到了别人的批评。在所有的时间了你在想些什么？

　　我的最大的目的就是想观察我的对手。对于没有经验的玩家，一般都是不能长期掩盖他们的紧张。我只是等着看看我的对手是否会表现出一些不同的情绪，或改变对他们的行事方式。

　　你在APPT的成功主要得益于什么？

　　我真的相信我是有上帝保佑的。当然，我在玩这个游戏时会有一些技巧，也有很多运气！我认为这是30％的技能加上70％的运气。比赛需要技能，但有一些关键时刻，你只要有运气。

　　此外，你需要能够应付各种压力。我有不错的直觉，这也是打扑克需要具备的重要因素之一。

　　与其他玩家打比赛时，你对此有何看法？

　　人格是非常重要的，您还需要清醒的头脑，不要为有关金钱的问题担心，你不能让任何事情影响你的理性思维。

　　你认为，中国在今后几年会迎来扑克吗？

　　这是绝对的，它会非常迅速地流行，这是一个中国家庭的传统的可以在家里玩的游戏。此外，也需要中国的人们变得更富有，有更多的收入。此游戏是一种大脑活动，而不仅仅是赌博。我认为这是一个很好的供人退休后玩的游戏，这保持他们的思维活跃。

　　最后您有什么话要说？

　　我并不像大多数人说的那样追逐名利和财富，我只是想在压力中活得自由自在。我对我身边的人是非常真诚的，我有一个很好的本能能够觉察到他人的情绪变化。我觉得上帝会保佑，并用我的爱温暖我周围人的心。

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　　Bobo: China’s Home Grown Hero

　　Poker has only been in Macau a few years, with the top players so far being expatriates or fly-ins from Australia, Europe or the US. But as more Chinese discover the game, its inevitable that home grown Chinese players will emerge. The Macau event of the third season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour was held at the Pokerstars poker room at the Grand Lisboa last August. It was the coming-out party for Daoxing Chen （better known as simply "Bobo"）。 He shocked the poker world by finishing in third place of the 429 runners, collecting HK$1,855,000 in prize money. It was a fantastic achievement for a man who had been playing the game just 17 months.

　　Bobo playing at the final table of the 2009 APPT Macau event

　　Bobo, tell everyone a little about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do for work?

　　I'm from Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province in Mainland China. When I was young, I had a clothes and shoes business. Now I have some shares. My sisters have a business investing in real estate.

　　How did you get into poker?

　　I often fly in to Macau to play. In March last year I saw a poker cash game for the first time, and I watched it for a couple of hours. Then I sat down to play. The first day I lost HK$9,000 but the second day I won HK$18,000 and went on from there. I thought this game is definitely better than other games.

　　I used to be a baccarat player, but you eventually lose on baccarat. I just focus on poker now.

　　How did you get the nickname "Bobo"?

　　One day a dealer asked what he should call me. I said, "you can call me anything, you can even call me baobao if you like". So this dealer started calling me baobao, which is a cute name in Chinese. The name stuck, and somehow became "Bobo".

　　I heard you previously played very big stakes?

　　Yes up to May this year I played at the Wynn poker room and used to buy in for HK$500,000, playing no limit hold'em with HK$1,000/HK$2,000 blinds. Then I moved over to Grand Lisboa, but the cash games were smaller so I started playing tournaments.

　　Is it hard to learn poker?

　　I don't know any poker books, and didn't talk to anyone about poker when I started. I just sat down and played.

　　Your achievement at the APPT main event was a great result. How were you feeling each day as you progressed?

　　I felt no pressure because I was inexperienced, and therefore didn't have any expectations. I didn't even expect to make day two. My plan on day one was to try to turn my 20,000 chip starting stack into 80,000 chips. I ended the day with 42,000, which wasn't too bad.

　　I ended day 2 with 240,000 chips. As the tournament progressed my confidence grew. On day three, when there were about 30 people left, there was a western guy who I considered a threat. But no one else worried me. I ended day three with 1.74 million in chips. I was very confident I would make the top three.

　　I didn't really feel the winner was a particularly strong player and I wish I had thought longer about the hand I busted on. I was very disappointed when I busted, I really could have gone all the way and won.

　　You were criticised for taking a long time to make some of your decisions. What were you thinking about all that time?

　　The biggest purpose of the long tanks was to observe my opponent. Inexperienced players can't hide their nervousness for long. I was just waiting to see whether my opponent would show some different emotion or change the way they were acting.

　　What do you attribute your success in the APPT to?

　　I really believe I am blessed by God. I have some skills in playing this game, and I also got a lot of luck! I think it was about 30 percent skill and 70 percent luck. It's very important to try to slowly edge your chips up, and it takes skill to do that. But there are some key moments where you just have to have luck.

　　Also you need to be able to cope with stress. I have pretty good intuition, which is also important in poker.

　　What's your advice to other players when playing tournaments?

　　Having the right personality is very important. You also need a clear head and not to be worried about financial issues. You can't have anything affecting your rational thinking.

　　Bobo takes centre stage

　　Do you think the Chinese will embrace poker in the years to come?

　　Absolutely, it will get popular very quickly. It's a tradition for Chinese families to play games at home, and poker suits that. Also, as people become richer in China, there will be more disposable income to play with. This game is a brain activity, not gambling. I think it's an excellent game for people to play after they retire to keep their mind active.

　　Any last words?

　　I don't chase fame and fortune like most people. I just like to live a stress free life. I'm very genuine with the people around me. I have a very good instinct to feel people's emotions. I feel blessed by God and use my heart to love people around me.