J.C. Tran Fills Up
The flop came ; the small blind checked to Tran in the big blind who knuckled the table right behind him. A player who limped in preflop from under the gun (UTG) led out with a 50 bet. The small blind called, J.C. raised to 100, the UTG player called and the small blind folded.
Heads-up going into the turn, Tran checked when the fell off the deck. His opponent bet 100 and J.C. check-raised, making it 200 to go; the UTG player called.
The river brought the , and the action began the same way - J.C. checked, his opponent bet, and J.C. check-raised. Instead of calling, however, his opponent three-bet the pot, which allowed J.C. to cap the action at 400; his opponent called.
J.C. turned over the for 9's full of Aces and his opponent showed for trip 9's before mucking his cards.
After the hand, J.C. increased his chip stack to 3,500.