Championship | 2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5

03-02-2007 00:41 UTC-7

Eric Hershler 2, JC Tran 0

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Hand #98:: Eric Hershler moved all in from the button and JC Tran called. Hershler had {Q-Clubs}

and Tran showed {J-Hearts}

. The flop was {A-Clubs}

and al of JC Tran's railbird's screamed for a Queen. The turn was {5-Spades}

and the river was {J-Clubs}

. Hershler doubled up again against Tran and has over 4M. Tran's stack slipped to 7.4M.

Tags: Eric Hershler JC Tran

03-02-2007 00:34 UTC-7

Eric Hershler Doubled Through JC Tran

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Hand #96: JC Tran moved all in from the small blind and Eric Hershler called with {K-Diamonds}

for about 1M. Tran flipped over {10-Clubs}

. The flop was {J-Spades}

. The turn was {Q-Spades}

and the river was {5-Clubs}

. Hershler doubled up to 2M.

Tags: Eric Hershler JC Tran

03-02-2007 00:24 UTC-7

JC Tran = $10 Million Man

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Title says it all.

03-02-2007 00:20 UTC-7

Chop It Up!

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Hand #90: Jacobo Fernandez raised 1M from the button and JC Tran moved all in from the small blind. Fernandez called with {3-Diamonds}

. Tran flipped over {Q-Diamonds}

. The flop was {8-Hearts}

. The turn was {K-Hearts}

which gave Tran even more outs. The river counterfeited when the {7-Diamonds}

spiked. The pot was chopped because both players played the board.

Tags: Jacobo Fernandez JC Tran

03-02-2007 00:12 UTC-7

With over 9M in chips, JC Tran has 56% of the total chips in play as Jacobo Fernandez and Eric Hershler both have less than the average.

JC Tran 9M
Average Stack 5.277M
Jacobo Fernandez 4M
Eric Hershler 2.6M

Tags: Chip Count JC Tran

Level: 30

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

03-02-2007 00:08 UTC-7

Paul Wasicka Eliminated in 4th Place

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Hand #88: JC Tran raised 600K and Paul Wasicka moved all in for 1.2M. Tran called with {3-Clubs}

and Wasicka flipped over {A-Spades}

. The flop was {K-Clubs}

and the crowd went berserk. The turn was {6-Clubs}

and the river was the {10-Clubs}

. JC Tran jumped up to over 9M in chips as Wasicka headed to the rail as the audience gave the 2006 WSOP runner-up a standing ovation.

Paul Wasicka won $455,615 for 4th place.

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Tags: JC Tran Paul Wasicka

03-02-2007 00:02 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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JC Tran 7.1M
Jacobo Fernandez 3.7M
Average Stack 3.955M
Eric Hershler 3M
Paul Wasicka 2M

(Thru 85 hands)

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03-02-2007 00:01 UTC-7

Hershler Adds More Chips

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Hand #84: Eric Hershler linped in and was heads up with Paul Wasicka. The flop was {A-Diamonds}

. Hershler bet out 300K and Wasicka folded. Hershler's stack is almost 3M.

Tags: Eric Hershler Paul Wasicka

03-01-2007 23:57 UTC-7

Eric Hershler Pushes JC Tran Around

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Hand #83: JC Tran raised 560K and Eric Hershler sat and pondered a call. One female railbird from the audience screamed, "Go all in! Be a man!" That drew a reaction from Hershler who looked at his chips and moved all in for 1.45M. Tran peeked at his hand then mucked. Hershler's stack moved up to over 2M.

Tags: Eric Hershler JC Tran