You can tell that he finds it uneasy to talk about himself, and the life that revolves around him until you talk about poker. Then he opens his mouth, and the contrast is startling as he talks in an eclectic mix of Hubei dialect and clumsy Mandarin. Meeting him, he looks immaculate not a single hair out of place. Xuan is a stick of dynamite on the poker table.
He slides closer to the introversion end of the scale, and while he never foresaw his poker destiny, his key ideal was to be there, fully-prepared for when it happened. It’s not that Xuan’s impervious to challenges – he has them, but his demeanour creates an easier leap. The natural sense of relaxation you see when he sits at the poker table follows him into life. Being in the presence of Tan Xuan puts you at ease.
