Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 14:10 UTC-8

Hand #37 - Jonathan Jaffe

Kenny Tran has the button. He raises to 48,000. Jonathan Jaffe makes the call.

Jaffe checks in the dark again. The flop comes {J-Clubs}

, and Tran checks behind. On the turn {3-Diamonds}

, Jaffe bets 100,000. Tran folds, and the dealer pushes the pot to Jaffe.

06-15-2008 14:10 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Jonathan Jaffe - 1,525,000
Kenny Tran - 1,035,000

06-15-2008 14:08 UTC-8

Hand #36 - Kenny Tran

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Jonathan Jaffe has the button and makes a blind raise to 36,000. Kenny Tran then reraises, kicking it up to 111,000 and Jonathan makes the call.

Flop: {Q-Hearts}

Kenny leads out with a 150,000 bet and Jaffe quickly lays it down.

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06-15-2008 14:06 UTC-8

Hand #35 - Jonathan Jaffe

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Kenny Tran has the button. He completes the small blind. Jaffe raises to 57,000. Tran throws the extra chips into the pot. On a flop of {3-Hearts}

, Jaffe bets 100,000. Tran sits up in his chair a little bit and leans forward while he ponders his decision, but ultimately folds his hand.

06-15-2008 14:04 UTC-8

Hand #34 - Jonathan Jaffe

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Jonathan Jaffe has the button and makes it 38,000 to go; Kenny Tran makes the call.

Flop: {A-Hearts}

Tran checks to Jaffe and in the words of Robbie Thompson, tournament direction and emcee, "Jonathan tries to bet and Kenny folds."

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06-15-2008 14:02 UTC-8

Hand #33 - Kenny Tran

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Kenny Tran has the button. Tran completes the small blind. Jaffe checks.

The flop is {2-Clubs}

. Both players check it through to the turn, which is another club, the {3-Clubs}

. Two checks again, then Jaffe checks the river {J-Diamonds}

in the dark. Tran bets 50,000, enough to take down the pot.

06-15-2008 14:02 UTC-8

Jonathan Jaffe has the button and makes it 48,000 to go. Kenny Tran then opts for a re-raise, making it a total of 143,000. Jaffe takes another look at his cards and then glances over at Tran before ultimately making the call.

The flop comes {4-Clubs}

and Tran continues to dictate the action, leading out with a 175,000 bet; Jaffe makes a quick call.

The turn brings the {Q-Spades}

prompting Tran to put on the brakes, sending the action over to Jaffe, who fires a 175,000 bullet. The bet sends Tran into the tank and he counts down his stack before eventually making the call.

5th street is the {10-Hearts}

and Tran peeks at his hole cards one more time before passing the action over to Jaffe who checks behind.

At the showdown, Tran shows {A-?}

for queens and tens, but Jaffe one-ups him, tabling {K-?}

for kings and tens, earning him the pot and the chip lead. He now has 1,557,000 chips, to Tran's 1,003,000.

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06-15-2008 13:55 UTC-8

Hand #31 - Jonathan Jaffe

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Kenny Tran has the button. He completes the small blind. Jonathan Jaffe raises 55,000 on top of the big blind. Tran quickly folds.

06-15-2008 13:54 UTC-8

Early Action to Tran

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Thirty hands into the match, we have seen a fair amount of action from Kenny Tran and Jonathan Jaffe. Tran has won 17 of the first 30 hands. Jaffe came out swinging early and built a quick 2-to-1 chip lead, but Tran fired back after about a dozen hands and now maintains a 3-to-2 chip lead.

Tran seems to be riding Jaffe hard after taking an early blow to the chin in the very first pot. Tran seems calm and composed at the table, while Jaffe seems a bit nervous, biting his lips and glancing around. Look for Tran to keep pushing the action.

Level: 54

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0