Hand #45: JC Tran limped into the pot all with Jacobo Fernandez and Chau Giang from the blinds. The flop was . The blinds checked to Tran, who bet 200K. Fernandez called and Giang folded. The turn was as the crowd let out a large, "Ooooooh!" Tran pulled out a couple of columns of blue chips from his stack and bet 500K. Fernandez readjusted his sunglasses and peeked at his cards before he mucked. Tran won a pot worth over 700K.
Hand #38: Paul Wasicka raised 280K and David Bach moved all in for about 1.65M. Everyone folded back around to Wasicka. He asked for a chip count on Bach and pondered a call. He eventually mucked.
Former NBA player Olden Polynice has been spotted in the crowd. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1987 and then traded for Scottie Pippen. The journeyman played for the Sonics and L.A. Clippers, along with the Kings, the Jazz, and Pistons.
Hand #26: JC Tran raised 280K pre-flop from the cut-off. Eric Hershler re-raised to 680K from the small blind. After two minutes, Tran mucked and says, "I can't beat two Queens."