JC Tran Captures Second Career Bracelet and Confirms Bid for Asian Poker Tour Macau Title
6/17/2009 3:55:00 PM –
Las Vegas, Nevada (June 16, 2009) – With fellow Poker Pack member Steve Sung already winning a bracelet this year, everybody knew that it would not be long before JC Tran followed suit.
Tran picked up the second WSOP® bracelet of his career today by winning the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha event (Event #30) at the 40th annual World Series of Poker®. His dominating heads-up performance was completed when his full house on the final hand left runner-up Jeff Kimber’s pocket pair and failed straight draw in the dust. With the victory, the Poker Pack pro picked up $235,685 in prize money – his third cash at this year’s WSOP® – along with the coveted gold bracelet.
“Wow! It’s been great for us so far!” said a jubilant Tran after the event. “Steve’s won one and made another final table and today I got my second bracelet. Now we’ll look to keep this up all the way to the main event.”
Aside from the rest of the WSOP® events, JC Tran said that the win he was looking forward to getting was at the Asian Poker Tour Macau tournament this August.
“It’s definitely going to be fun in Macau. The Asian Poker Tour has some great events planned that you won’t see anywhere else. We’re also ambassadors of the APT so it would be twice as good to win there.”
The Poker Pack is a team of specially selected players of Asian origin who are ambassadors for the Asian Poker Tour. The group is composed of JC Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do, David “Chino” Rheem, Steve Sung, and Kwang Soo Lee. Together, the six have approximately $24 million in live tournament winnings.
Asian Poker Tour Macau 2009 will be held at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau from August 12 to 23, 2009. Buy-in is set at HK $32,000 + $2,400 (approximately US $4,300).
For more information, log on to the Asian Poker Tour’s web site at www.asianpt.com
About the Asian Poker Tour
The Asian Poker Tour is Asia’s biggest and original poker tour. Owned and operated by AsianLogic, the Tour has already held two major events in 2008 and one in 2009. Each Asian Poker Tour event attracts live tournament players as well as Internet qualifiers who join via online satellites. For more information, log on to the official web site at www.asianpt.com.
About AsianLogic
AsianLogic is a leading online and land-based gaming company focusing on the Asia-Pacific markets. The Company operates eight online casino brands and four online poker rooms as well as land-based sportsbook operations through its MegaSportsWorld brand. It is a specialist in Asia-specific games such as Mahjong, Cho-Da-Di, Do-Di-Zhu and 13 Card Poker. The company owns and operates the Asian Poker Tour.
The company also maintains a corporate advisory team specialising in the gaming sector which is an active investor in gaming-related businesses as well as providing consultancy and analytical services. AsianLogic enjoys strong commercial relationships with leading gaming providers including Playtech and LVS. Founded as ESL in 2002, AsianLogic employs over 300 employees, the majority of whom are based in the Philippines.
“World Series of Poker”® and “WSOP”® are registered trade marks of Harrah’s License Company LLC. No license, affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement is claimed, or should be inferred from the use of these trademarks here. AsianLogic is not licensed by or otherwise affiliated with Harrah’s License Company LLC or the World Series of Poker®, in any way.
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