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JC Tran

Name: J.C. Tran
Nickname: "Just Call" Tran
Country: United States
City: Sacramento, California
Total winnings: $ 8,074,778
Cashes: 114
First place Finishes: 15

Short info

Biography

J. C. Tran (Justin Cuong Van Tran) was born on January 20, 1977 in Vietnam. Tran is the youngest in his large family with eight older brothers and sisters. When J.C. was only two years old his family moved to Sacramento, California. After finishing High School, Tran studied Business Management Information Systems at the California State University in Sacramento. Here he picked up poker and has been crazy about the game ever since.

He started with the home games and then went on playing the $9-$18 game at Capitol Casino in Sacramento. His first big live tournament performance came in 2004 at the World Poker Tour World Poker Finals where he finished 5th and collected $354,000 cash prize. Another big money finish was at the 2005 WSOP where Tran again scored 5th in a $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and cashed $118,000. The same year he played two more final tables in major poker tournaments and collected $200,000 cash prize for 7th place at the WPT Borgata Poker Open and a $252,000 prize at the $10K WSOP Circuit event at Bally’s Las Vegas.

Some of Tran's other big money finishes include $312,000 at the 2006 World Poker Finals in Mashantucket, $2,800 No-Limit tournament and $266,000 for winning a $2,000 event at the Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic the same year. However, his biggest-ever tournament win was the second place at the 2007 WPT L.A. Poker Classic – $1.1 million cash prize.

Other memorable and, of course, profitable tournaments were 2007 World Poker Challenge in Reno with the first place finish and $683,000 in cash, his first WSOP bracelet at the 2008 $1500 No-Limit Hold’em event resulting in $631,000 in his account. Tran's second bracelet along with $235,000 prize came in $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2009 WSOP.

As of September 2010, Tran's live tournament cashes exceed to over $8 Million with 28 WSOP cashes worth a total of $1.6 Million. However, J.C. Tran is known not only for his live tournament achievements, he's got some big online winnings in his pocket as well. He's the winner of the biggest online poker tournament – 2006 PokerStars WCOOP Man Event, $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Along with the WCOOP title Tran collected the $670,000 first place cash prize.

Among his big tournament finishes, J. C. Tran also has some personal awards in his collection – in 2005 Tran was named the World Poker Tour Season 5 Player of the Year.

Tournaments and Winnings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	151^st	$5,207
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance	28^th	$8,846
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	29^th	$22,563
Asian Poker Tour - Philippines
Celebrity Charity Event	1^st
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout	13^th	$8,637
$ 1,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	15^th	$3,601
EPT Grand Final
€ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Max	6^th	€22,000
Party Poker Premier League IV
Heads-Up 2	2^nd
Heat 5	6^th	$6,000
Heat 4	8^th
Heat 2	4^th	$12,000
Heat 1	2^nd	$22,000
Full Tilt Poker Million VIII
Heat 9	5^th
EPT London
£ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event	50^th	£11,600
2009 Asian Poker Tour - Macau
HK$ 32,000 No Limit Hold'em - APT Macau	3^rd	910,540 HKD
HK$ 3,300 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	76,600 HKD
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009
$ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em	108^th	$40,288
$ 2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	1^st	$235,685
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	68^th	$8,062
$ 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - 40th Anniversary event	26^th	$71,858
2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
A$ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em Challenge	3^rd	300,000 AUD
PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III
$ 75,000 No Limit Hold'em - Final	1^st	$300,000
Heat 12	4^th	$6,000
Heat 9	1^st	$20,000
Heat 7	2^nd	$12,000
Heat 5	2^nd	$12,000
Heat 4	1^st	$20,000
Heat 1	1^st	$20,000
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em - Shootout	88^th	$5,055
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$631,170
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	24^th	$18,144
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	84^th	$5,344
$ 10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em	5^th	$128,075
$ 10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em	38^th	$14,438
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$94,167
Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic - WPT World Championship
$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	46^th	$52,765
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$13,365
Bay 101 Shooting Stars
$ 9,600 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	7^th	$68,000
NBC National Heads-Up Championship 2008
Finals	9^th	$25,000
2008 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$29,370
2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$523,075
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	8^th	$27,330
2007 World Poker Finals
$ 910 No Limit Hold'em	15^th	$4,840
2007 Legends of Poker
$ 485 No Limit Hold'em	26^th	$1,625
$ 4,850 No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$14,250
$ 2,425 No Limit Hold'em	13^th	$3,875
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007
$ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em	493^rd	$25,101
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	46^th	$9,680
$ 1,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit)	14^th	$7,309
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed	15^th	$14,804
Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$272,320
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	12^th	$7,000
World Poker Challenge
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	1^st	$683,473
2007 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 9,900 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Event	2^nd	$1,177,010
2007 Gold Strike World Poker Open
$ 10,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	6^th	$142,810
Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$266,820
2006 World Poker Finals
$ 2,800 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$312,388
Festa Al Lago V Poker Tournament
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$41,050
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	5^th	$22,425
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$27,705
37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$92,301
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	33^rd	$6,873
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	36^th	$8,706
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout	50^th	$4,805
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	100^th	$4,209
$ 3,000 Limit Hold'em	27^th	$5,727
WSOP Circuit Harrah's Lake Tahoe
$ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	6^th	$62,040
The Vegas Open
No Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$26,190
World Poker Challenge 2006
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$6,406
2006 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 9,600 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	5^th	$265,728
$ 1,455 Limit Hold'em	13^th	$13,940
Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	11^th	$8,355
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	18^th	$4,405
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	6^th	$19,730
WSOP Tournament Circuit - Paris/Bally's Las Vegas
$ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$251,920
Bellagio Festa Al Lago IV
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	20^th	$3,085
2005 Borgata Poker Open - WPT
$ 9,700 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$199,820
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005
$ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event	117^th	$54,965
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	5^th	$118,350
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	70^th	$3,745
2005 Mirage Poker Showdown
$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em	7^th	$6,857
Harrah's Lake Tahoe Poker Festival
$ 500 Pot Limit Hold'em	7^th	$2,350
Rio Las Vegas Poker Festival
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$97,470
2005 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 485 Limit Hold'em Shootout	6^th	$4,753
The Sixth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	4^th	$30,329
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em	19^th	$1,743
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	24^th	$3,232
Five-Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	12^th	$1,758
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$29,100
2004 Holiday Bonus Tournament
$ 220 Limit Hold'em	19^th	$310
2004 World Poker Finals
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day - WPT	5^th	$353,850
$ 1,000 Limit Hold'em	4^th	$13,118
2004 Festa al Lago III Poker Tournament
$ 10,000 The Doyle Brunson North American No Limit Hold'em Poker Championship	13^th	$30,000
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em Final Day	3^rd	$29,945
2004 10 Days of Hold'em at the Horseshoe
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em	8^th	$2,720
2004 Heavenly Hold'em
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em	4^th	$5,040
2004 Legends of Poker
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em	20^th	$1,260
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em	20^th	$1,040
California State Poker Championship 2004
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em Shootout Final Day	3^rd	$5,920
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$8,750
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004
$ 10,000 World Championship Event	117^th	$15,000
$ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	7^th	$19,000
$ 2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	8^th	$46,040
2004 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic/WPT Championship
$ 2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	6^th	$11,883
2004 World Poker Challenge
$ 5,000 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship	22^nd	$9,802
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	15^th	$2,403
2004 Winnin' o' the Green
$ 300 Limit Hold'em	4^th	$5,220
2004 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 9,900 No Limit Hold'em Championship - WPT	7^th	$94,540
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em	4^th	$81,000
The Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em	32^nd	$1,352
4th Annual 49'er Gold Rush Bonanza
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	9^th	$1,800
2003 Heavenly Hold'em
$ 300 Limit Hold'em	1^st	$74,150
$ 300 Limit Hold'em	5^th	$11,190
Grand Slam of Poker 2003
$ 200 Pot Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$8,275
San Francisco Open
$ 50 Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$6,320
2003 World Poker Challenge
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em	14^th	$693
$ 300 Limit Hold'em	13^th	$658
2003 Peppermill Spring Tournament
$ 120 Second Chance No Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$1,849

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