J.C. Tran Fills Up

On the last hand of the 1st level of limit hold'em, J.C. Tran picked up a decent pot making 9's full of Aces on the river, only, he didn't even need the second Ace.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}

; the small blind checked to Tran in the big blind who knuckled the table right behind him. A player who limped in preflop from under the gun (UTG) led out with a 50 bet. The small blind called, J.C. raised to 100, the UTG player called and the small blind folded.

Heads-up going into the turn, Tran checked when the {8-Spades}

fell off the deck. His opponent bet 100 and J.C. check-raised, making it 200 to go; the UTG player called.

The river brought the {A-Hearts}

, and the action began the same way - J.C. checked, his opponent bet, and J.C. check-raised. Instead of calling, however, his opponent three-bet the pot, which allowed J.C. to cap the action at 400; his opponent called.

J.C. turned over the {A-Spades}