JC Tran It is difficult to believe we are 24 days into the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) but that is exactly where we are at. The 24th day of the series saw a trio of champions crowned, and three other events march towards awarding coveted gold bracelets.
Kevin Gerhart triumphed in Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. and collected $361,124 plus his third WSOP bracelet. Gerhart denied Marco Johnson what would have been his third career bracelet.
Carlos Chang took down Event #41: $2,500 Freezeout for $364,589 and went on to pose for the best winner’s photo of the 2021 WSOP, while Bradley Ruben joined the three-time WSOP champion club in Event #42: $1,500 Raz z.
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Follow all the live-action as it happens from the 2021 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas! Tran looking To End 11-Year Bracelet Drought in the $10K PLO Championship
JC Tran hasn’t won a bracelet for 11 years JC Tran last won a bracelet in 2009 when he was the last man standing in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Now he has a chance of ending his 11-year bracelet drought in the same discipline but in the $10,000 championship edition.
Tran was one of 131 players to make it through Day 1 of Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship , from a starting field of 317. The man from Sacramento, California, crammed 348,500 chips into an overnight bag when the curtain came down on Day 1, which are enough chips for fifth-place on the Day 1 leaderboard.
Although Tran progressed with a healthy stack, he trails Chris Sandrock by some distance. Sandrock finished with 748,500 chips in his arsenal, 215,000 more than Arthur Morris on 533,500. Michael Kuney (472,500) and Travis Pearson (360,000) make up the top five.
Day 2 will be crammed full of talent, not least Sam Soverel (278,500), Toby Lewis (273,500), and Brandon Shack-Harris (212,000).Lurking in the wings are two of online poker’s legends. Swedish duo Niklas Astedt (172,500) and Simon Mattsson (40,500) have made a rare live poker appearance, although the latter is one of the shortest […]
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