J.C. Tran

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 World Series of Poker bracelet winner, a World Championship of Online Poker(WCOOP) Main Event champion, has made five 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.

Early life
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, CA. JC has since noted that it has become too much of an action game to eek out a positive gain.

Poker career
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.

On October 2, 2006, Tran won the main event at PokerStars' WCOOP, winning $670,000.

On March 2, 2007 Tran finished 2nd in the 2007 L.A. Poker Classic, winning $1,177,010. On March 28 he won his first WPT title, the World Poker Challenge, earning $683,473. He was also the World Poker Tour's Player of the Year.

Notable victories include:
 * 2003 Heavenly Hold'em, $300 limit hold'em: $74,150
 * 2005 Rio Las Vegas Poker Festival, $1,500 no limit hold'em: $97,470
 * 2006 WCOOP Main event, $2,500 no limit hold'em: $670,000

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000.

On June 30, 2008 Tran won his first bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Event 49, $1,500 No Limit event besting a field of 2718. Tran took home $631,170 in winnings.