Things you might not know:
- Tran is the youngest of eight children.
- When Tran was two years old, his family moved to the United States.
- Tran earned a degree in Business Management Information Systems form Cal. State-Sacramento.
- Tran's legal name is Justin Cuong Van Tran.
- Tran was a 21-year-old student when his brother invited him to a local casino where he quickly became hooked on the game and was all self-taught.
- Tran built his initial live bankroll playing $9-$18 at Capitol Casino in Sacramento.
- Tran is a big fan of the NBA Sacramento King, often wearing their gear at the poker table.
- Tran's first notable results was in 2004 when he went out on the television bubble of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic.
- Tran's WCOOP Main Event win for $670k included Nenad "serb2127" Medic, Ben "milkybarkid" Grundy and Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad.
- Tran final tabled three consecutive WPT tournaments in as many months in 2007.
- Tran plays high stakes online cash games as "area23JC" on PokerStars and "OnTheRize" on Full Tilt Poker where he made a staggering $1.4 million in January 2009.
- Tran's closest poker friends are Amnon Filippi, Theo Tran, Steve Sung, Daniel Alaei and Nam Le.
J.C. "Just Call" Tran is one of the most feared and respected players on the tournament tour. Tran has shown a tremendous ability to regularly go deep and hit big scores, both online and live.
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