Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006

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J.C. Tran is the 2006 WCOOP Champion

By Lianne Elias

Poker pro J.C. "area23JC" Tran took home first place in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) $3 million guaranteed main event Oct. 1, beating a massive playing field of more than 2,500 players in the 12-hour, $2,600 No-Limit Hold'em tournament.

Tran was awarded $670,194 for his efforts, along with the gold WCOOP championship bracelet and the title of WCOOP 2006 Champion. His final table competitors included three other Americans, two Canadians, a Norwegian, and a Brit.

Final table results are as follows:

Place	Name	Prize
1st	J.C. "area23JC" Tran	$670,194.00
2nd	hannibalrex	$400,581.00
3rd	Lefort	$417,734.00
4th	GODFATHER 72	$540,793.00
5th	Numie2	$600,042.00
6th	DEEZZZ_NUTS	$353,164.00
7th	Annette_15	$163,150.00
8th	milkybarkid	$119,225.00
9th	serb2127	$79,065.00

The 2006 WCOOP featured 18 tournaments, players from 89 different countries and more than $18.5 million in prize money, with the main event offering $6,2785,000 in prize money. It is the biggest online poker tournament series in the world, and one of the largest poker events in the world.

Please see PokerStars.com for a full list of results and more information about the WCOOP.

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