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

03-01-2007 23:21 UTC-7

Crew Break

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We're on a two minute break as the film crew switches tapes. We'll be back in ten minutes.

03-01-2007 23:32 UTC-7

Fear Hershler

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Eric Hershler moved all in on consecutive hands and everyone folded.

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03-01-2007 23:49 UTC-7

Chau Giang Eliminated in 5th Place

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Hand #82: Chau Giang moved all in for about 1M and JC Tran pushed all in with his monster stack. Giang said, "Game on." Eric Hershler, who thought about calling, mucked 6-6 face up. Giang flipped over {8-Clubs}

and Tran showed {A-Clubs}

. The flop was {Q-Clubs}

and Giang took the lead and picked up a flush redraw. The turn was {3-Spades}

and the river was {A-Spades}

. Tran rivered a pair of Aces while Giang headed to the rail.

Chau Giang won $341,710 for 5th place.

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Tags: Chau Giang JC Tran

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

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

03-02-2007 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 00:08 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

Level: 30

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

03-02-2007 00:12 UTC-7

JC Tran = 56% of Chips

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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