03-02-2007 01:38 UTC-7

JC Tran Eliminated in 2nd Place

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JC Tran - 2nd Place

Hand #106: On the first hand of heads-up play, Eric Hershler limped and JC Tran raised 700K. Hershler called. The flop was {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

. Tran bet 1.2M and Hershler moved all in. Tran called and showed {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{7-Spades}

while Hershler flipped over {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

for two pair. The turn was {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

and the river was {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. JC Tran was eliminated in second place while Eric Hershler won the L.A. Poker Classic.

JC Tran won $1,177,010 for second place. Eric Hershler won $2,429,970 for first place.

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Tags: Eric Hershler JC Tran