2008 World Series of Poker
Event 7 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
1,592
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,592
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All three of our Trans remaining, J.C., Theo, and Jimmy, have been working their way steadily up towards the top of the leader board.
In this latest hand, we catch up with Jimmy Tran involved in a pot on fourth street. The board shows
. Tran checks, and his lone opponent makes a bet of 10,000. Tran check-raises all in, having the other player covered. His opponent puts in his last 14,000 and turns over 
.Tran says, "Pocket sevens? You're killing me," as he turns over the best hand:
. The river rags off 
, and Jimmy Tran knocks a player out of the tournament. His stack now stands 95,000.
with the 
. His opponent, though, had the higher draw with the 
and hit the on the turn.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Recently, he and another player got it all in preflop, with J.C. Tran in the lead,
versus 
.The flop brought a set for Tran as the board ran
, and Tran takes out another player, increasing his chip stack to 64,000.
.The player had
and hit a flop of 
. No help came for Witteles on the turn and river.Witteles is at a little more than 10,000.
From late position, Tran opens the pot to 3,000. From the big blind, an opponent reraises the minimum, making it 6,000 to go. Tran calls.
The flop comes down
and both players check.The turn brings the
. The big blind bets 5,000, and Tran calls.The final card off the deck is the
. Again, the bet is 5,000 to Tran, and he makes the call, showing 
. His opponent had 
, and Tran once again adds valuable chips to his pile, which now stands at a whopping 147,000.
Look out fellas, the ladies are in charge.
.The player under the gun bets 4,000, and his opponent, Theo Tran, pops it up to 9,500. The original bettor moves all in for a total 19,000. Tran calls, and tables
for top two pair. His opponent shows down 
, and Tran is poised to knock out another.The turn and river rag off
, , and Tran does indeed take care of business. After this hand, he is up to 131,000, and is the presumptive chip leader, blue hair and all.
Tran is down to a little more than 30,000.
