Shooting Star JC Tran Loses Ground

Shooting Star JC Tran and Tu Dinh see a flop of [AcJs2s] and Tran bets 18,000. Dinh calls.  The turn is the [Kh] and both players check. The river is the [10d] and Tran bets 27,000. Dinh calls.

Tran shows [8d8c] for a pair of eights and Dinh has him bested with [Ah5h] for a pair of aces to take the pot.

Tu Dinh – 205,000 (34 BBs)
JC Tran – 110,000 (18 BBs)