Aug 28, 2017
Photo: J.C. Tran
After a flop of , WPT Champions Club member J.C. Tran checks the small blind, Dana Kellstrom bets 20,000 from the button, and Tran check-raises to 52,000. Kellstrom calls.
The turn card is the , Tran bets 55,000, and Kellstrom quickly calls.
The river card is the , and Tran takes a look at Kellstrom’s stack, which is around 40K, and Tran bets enough blue (5K) chips to put Kellstrom all in.
Kellstrom tanks for a while before he calls all in with for a pair of nines. But Tran turns over for a flopped nine-high straight, and Kellstrom is drawing dead. The meaningless river card is the , and Kellstrom is eliminated from the tournament.
J.C. Tran – 540,000 (135 bb)
Dana Kellstrom – Eliminated