J.C. Tran has turned into a buzzsaw as this tournament has started to reach its later stages. We saw him involved in a pot with Mikhail Shuts. At the turn of a board, roughly 50,000 in chips was already in the pot. Tran, who had Shuts well covered, acted first and moved all in. It was effectively 22,000 to Shuts. He tanked a minute and then called.
Tran showed down for top two pair. Shuts moved to just muck his hand, but he was instructed that he wsa required to open it. He opened , a hand that was drawing dead.
Tran is up to 210,000 while Shuts heads off to collect his prize money.