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J.C Tran wins $2,500 PL Omaha event, secures second bracelet
Posted by: James Carter. - Thu, 2009-06-18 16:08
J.C. Tran had won his first gold bracelet last year, in the $1,500 NL Holdem event. He now added another bracelet to his increasingly impressive collection, by winning the $2,500 PL Omaha event of the 2009 WSOP (event #30) and by taking down the first prize.
436 players had originally registered for the event, but the final day of action only saw 61 players return. Event #30 turned out to be one of the few so far which managed to reach the final table by the end of the second day, so the decision didn’t have to be postponed to day 3.
Ross Boatman came into the final table action with the chip lead, J.C Tran was 4th in chips and John Juanda was the short-stack.
Unsurprisingly, it was Juanda who became the first victim of the final table. The flop fell 6s,2s,10d and Juanda shoved all-in, holding Ah,Qh,8s,9s. He got called by Dallas Flowers who had Kc,Kd,5h,5c, for the pair. Juanda missed all of his outs and thus picked up $24,207 for his 9th place finish.
Theo Jorgensen busted out next, after a confrontation with J.C Tran. The money went all-in on the flop of 3,3,5 as Tran made a half-pot raise and Jorgensen shoved all-in in response. Tran made the call and proceeded to make a straight with the 4 on the turn and the 6 on the river, to eject Jorgensen in 8th.
Chad Layne was the next victim. JC Tran was guilty of his elimination too. Tran picked up a pair of Ks preflop and got Layne all in before any community cards hit the board. The flop, turn and river then completely missed both hands to seal Layne’s fate in 7th.
Rami Boukai busted out in a 3-way pot against Jean-Phillipe Leandri and J.C. Tran. Dallas Flowers followed, eliminated by Jeff Kimber.
Barny Boatman managed to ride his initial large stack all the way to 4th place where he busted out at the hands of J.C. Tran. Tran then took care of Jean-Phillipe Leandri too to set the heads-up stage.
Thanks to the numerous eliminations he’d had a part in, Tran entered heads-up play with a serious chip lead over Jeff Kimber. It didn’t even take him an hour to close out the issue, as he’s managed to build his lead to an overwhelming one within just 20 minutes of the start of the heads-up action.
The final hand of the event saw Tran hit 8s full of 7s to eliminate Kimber in second.
