JC Tran Wins World Poker Tour Player of the YearAnd He's Still Ranked No. 1 in Card Player Magazine's Player of the Year Race |
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J.C. Tran has officially won the World Poker Tour Player of the Year title and is well on his way to winning the Card Player Player of the Year as well.
Contributing to his WPT Player of the Year points were his three final table finishes within two months time. Preliminary events do not count, and players must place in the top seven places to receive points.
Tran's first finish that earned him points came at the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Open championship in which he placed sixth out of 294 players. He took $142,810 and 300 points for his efforts. At the L.A. Poker Classic, Tran was among the 791 players to put up the $9,600 buy-in to play in the championship event. He placed second against Eric Hershler and won $1,177,010 along with 700 points.
Nearly a month later, Tran won his first championship title at the $5,000 buy-in World Poker Challenge in Reno, Nevada. He beat 475 players to receive the $683,473 first-place prize and a $25,000 WPT World Championship seat. His victory scored him 1,000 points.
Tran was in first place on the WPT leader board going into the $25,000 buy-in championship event, but close behind were Daniel Negreanu and Joe Pelton, both of whom could have knocked him into second with a significant finish. They went out of the tournament early, and Tran clenched the title.
Tran is still leading the CP Player of the Year leader board with 4,332 points. Second is James Van Alstyne with 2,848. Click here to view the entire list.
Other WPT Player of the Year title holders include Howard Lederer (season one), Erick Lindgren (season two), Negreanu (season three), and Gavin Smith (season four).
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