J. C. Tran
| J.C. Tran | |
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Tran in a World Series of Poker Circuit event, 2005
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| Nickname(s) | "J.C." |
| Residence | Sacramento, California |
| Born | Justin Cuong Van Tran January 20, 1977 (age 40) Vietnam |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 11 |
| Money finish(es) | 46 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
5th, 2013 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 6 |
| Money finish(es) | 14 |
J. C. Tran (born Justin Cuong Van Tran January 20, 1977 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, based in Sacramento, California.
Tran is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, a World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event champion, has made eight World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables, winner of a WPT title, won at the World Poker Challenge and is the WPT Player of the Year of their fifth season. Tran was the chip leader coming into the final table of the 2013 WSOP Main Event November Nine. He ended up finishing in 5th place for $2,106,893 for his biggest cash of his career.
Tran was born in Vietnam, and is the youngest of eight children of Vietnamese parents. When he was two years old, his family moved to the United States where later he would receive a degree in Business Management Information Systems from California State University at Sacramento.
Tran built his bankroll playing the $9/$18 game at Capitol Casino in Sacramento, California. Tran has since noted that it has become too much of an action game to eke out a positive gain.
Tran has finished in the money at numerous poker tournaments, finishing 5th at the 2004 World Poker Finals and on the television bubble of the 2004 L.A. Poker Classic and 2005 Borgata Poker Open. He also finished 5th in the 2006 L.A. Poker Classic. All of these events were televised on the World Poker Tour (WPT).
Tran has made 3 final tables in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and cashed in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event in both 2004 and 2005, finishing 117th both years. Tran also finished 2nd in a World Series of Poker circuit event, winning $251,920.
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