Tran raises to $120,000 from the button and Alvarado announces all-in. Tran beats him into the pot and turns over pocket tens. Alvarado looks dejected as he turns over A 6. The tension is palpable as we go to the flop. The dealer turns 9 9 K, J.C.'s pocket tens are still good. The turn is the 8 and Juan Carlos is down to three outs. The crowd is cheering as the river is dealt and it's the J! J.C. Tran has finally done it, beating Juan Carlos Alvarado to take down his first WPT main event!

Both players check down a board of 2 A 5 Q Q and Juan Carlos shows down a five to take the pot.

Juan Carlos folds his button and Tran takes the pot.

J.C. Tran takes down the pot with a button raise.

J.C. Alvarado calls from the small blind and Tran checks his option. The flop comes T Q 3 and after a check from Alvarado, Tran leads out with $50k. Alvarado moves all-in and Tran quickly calls. It's Tran out in front with T-3 for two pair against Alvarado's K-T. Juan Carlos needs some help going to the river and calls for every card in the deck are coming from all over the room. The dealer burns for the river an turns over another ace! Counterfeiting Tran's two pair, Juan Carlos survives and doubles to around $1.5 million.

Here are the chip counts going into the heads-up match:

J.C. Tran:	$3.9 million
J.C. Alvarado:	$780,000

With the elimination of David Pham it's time for the money presentation that always precedes the heads-up match. The Xyience Energy girls are presently waiting in the wings to "Show us the money" as Linda Johnson so loves to say and after that we'll decide our champion! Remember, this is J.C. Tran's fifth WPT final table and right now he's closer than ever to a win!

J.C. Tran raises to $120,000 from the button and David Pham announces all-in. It's only $175,000 back to Tran and after Juan Carlos folds, Tran makes the call. It's David in the lead with A 8 against J.C.'s K Q. The flop comes 3 T 7 and David's looking to dodge a king or a queen. The dealer turns the next card and there it is - a queen! David needs an ace but the river comes a seven and he is gone in third place. The Dragon takes home $182,260 for his finish.

David Pham gets a walk in his big blind.

J.C. Tran gets a walk in the big blind.