06-30-2008 13:49 UTC-8

Hand #17: J.C. Tran

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There was a dead button. Rasmus Nielsen raised to 80,000, and J.C. Tran called from the small blind.

The flop came {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

. Both checked. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

, and Tran bet 100,000. Nielsen called.

The river brought the {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

. Tran thought a moment, then bet 170,000. Nielsen looked up at Tran, then back down at the board. He finally pulled 170,000 from his huge stack and made the call.

J.C. showed {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{9-Spades}

for a jack-high straight, and Nielsen folded.