Although we didn’t see the initial action, when we arrived at table 34 there were already a lot of chips in the middle. Tu Kham Tran, a well known local cash and tournament grinder, had 16,000 chips out in front of him and when the action folded back to William Johnston, he raised it up to 82,000. Tran didn’t hesitate too long before he announced that he was all in, sending Johnston deep into the tank as the decision was basically for Johnston’s tournament life. After a long tank, a player called the clock on him and as much as he looked like wanted to make the call, the clock ticked down to zero and his hand was rendered dead. Tran was happy that he was able to add a lot of chips to his stack without having to see a flop.