J.C. Tran Eliminated
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Tran opened with a raise from under the gun and was reraised by the player to his immediate left (UTG + 1). Action then folded around the table to the cutoff who put in a third raise, making it 1,600 to go. Both blinds called, as did J.C. and the UTG + 1 player who were both all in for 1,300.
The
flop prompted all three side-pot contestants to knuckle the table, each opting to see a free turn, which was the 
. The big blind then led out with an 800 bet on the turn which was called by both the small blind and cutoff. The last card to fall was the
and the big blind fired a second 800 bullet, forcing both of his side-pot opponents out of the pot. The big blind took down the side pot with a pocket pair of eights and the UTG + 1 player took down the main with a pocket pair of jacks; Tran tabled
and was eliminated from the tournament.