Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Hand #163: Jay Farber had the button. JC Tran raised to 625,000 from the cutoff seat, and Amir Lehavot called from the small blind. Marc-Etienne McLaughlin called from the big blind, and the flop came down    . Action checked to Tran, and he also checked.

The turn was the  , and Lehavot checked. Farber bet 1.5 million, and Tran folded. Lehavot also folded, and McLaughlin won the hand.

Hand #164: Amir Lehavot had the button. He raised to 650,000 and won the pot.

Hand #165: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin had the button. Amir Lehavot raised to 600,000 and won the pot.

Hand #166: Matthew Reed was on the button. Marc-Etienne McLaughlin raised to 600,000 and won the pot.

Hand #167: Mark Newhouse had the button. He raised to 625,000 and won the pot.

Hand #168: JC Tran had the button. Matthew Reed opened with a raise to 600,000. Jay Farber reraised to 1.3 million and won the pot.

Hand #212: Carlos Mortensen raised to 600,000 from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #213: Sylvain Loosli raised to 600,000 from the hijack seat, Alexander Livingston moved all in for 3.25 million from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Loosli, who snap-called.

Loosli:   
Livingston:   

Livingston was drawing slim, and when the flop fell    , he was drawing dead. A meaningless   and   completed the board, and Livingston hit the rail in 13th place.

Sylvain Loosli	33,975,000	5,300,000
Alexander Livingston	0	-3,900,000

JC Tran may have one of the greatest comeback stories of this summer's WSOP. On Day 3, he dropped down to a mere 13,000 in chips — less than six big blinds — with little hope of advancing to the next day, much less making it to the final table.

Then, just one level later, he ran up his stack to around 162,000 and now sits second in chips on Day 7, well on his way to making the final table if his run continues.

We spoke to Tran about taking a break from the poker grind and focusing on fatherhood, his hero call against Fabian Ortiz, and his near bustout on Day 3.

PokerNews: How have you been able to balance poker with family life?

Tran: It's been really, really tough. My wife has been absolutely amazing. She's pregnant at the moment so her body is exhausted. Plus we have a two year old so things can get pretty hectic. She even wakes up to make me breakfast, prepare my coffee, drop me off, and meet me on dinner break. Right now she's not feeling well but still trying to do things for me. I told her right now just rest and relax. Once this is over, it will be all family time for a long time. I might make one stop for that big $10 million guarantee (in Florida) but other than that I'm not going to Asia, not going to Europe, nothing. That will be it.

So are you calling your retirement from poker?

I'm not quite saying retirement but I am calling it a big, big, long break. My family and I deserve it. We've been working so hard.

You made a great river call against Ortiz with only second pair against his ace-high bluff. What was your thought process on that hand?

I played with him quite a bit today. I wasn't too sure at first but when I got a good look at him, there was something about it. Something told me I had the best hand. I'm not going to say what but I picked up on something and I had to trust it. This is the WSOP. If I don't trust it then why even be here. I recognized it, I trusted it, and went with it. Good thing it was correct. That was probably one of the biggest calls I've made in this tournament.

On Day 3, you dropped down to 14,000 — less than six big blinds. What were you feeling at that point?

I was down to 12,500 to be exact at 1,000/2,000 blinds. I felt like, "Wow, is this how my World Series is going to end?" I told myself just don't give up. Fight. You can get your money in. there is a decent chance to double up and from there get a couple of double ups and be back to a good stack. What brought me back was king-jack and I told myself, "look it happened and it could happen again; so be ready." And you know what, it sure did.

Then one level later you jumped back up to 162,000. What helped you get through that rough patch mentally?

When I was losing pots and folding, people saw defeat. It's natural. But I figured if they see me not giving up then there will be some kind of concern for them. When I started to rebuild my stack, it was reflecting confidence. That got some respect. Obviously picking up a few hands here and there helped too. When I got back up to over 100,000 then I started playing more hands. At that point people started folding to me. It's all about image.

Hand #204: Rep Porter raised to 600,000 from under the gun, Sylvain Loosli called on the button, and Porter check-called a bet of 500,000 on a flop of    . The two checked on the turn ( ) and river ( ). Porter opened up   , and won the pot.

Hand #205: Alexander Livingston moved all in on the button, and both blinds released.

Hand #206: Carlos Mortensen raised to 700,000 from under the gun, Sylvain Loosli called in the hijack seat, and Michiel Brummelhuis defended his big blind. The flop fell    , Brummelhuis checked, Mortensen bet 700,000, and the Matador took down the pot.

Hand #207: Loosli raised to 600,000 from early position, Ryan Riess moved all in for 5.475 million in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Loosli, who tank-folded.

Hand #208: Riess raised to 600,000 from the hijack seat, Mortensen three-bet to 1.55 million out of the small blind, and Riess folded.

Hand #209: Brummelhuis raised to 600,000 from the cutoff, Loosli defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned    . Loosli checked, Brummelhuis continued for 600,000, and Loosli called. The turn was the  , Brummelhuis knuckled again, and Loosli checked behind. The river was the  , pairing the board and bringing a third heart, and Loosli led out for 1.2 million. Brummelhuis instantly called, then mucked when Loosli showed    for trip sevens.

Sylvain Loosli	28,675,000	0
David Benefield	11,525,000	-800,000
Carlos Mortensen	10,300,000	2,500,000
Rep Porter	8,950,000	1,150,000
Ryan Riess	6,175,000	0
Michiel Brummelhuis	4,950,000	-3,600,000
Alexander Livingston	3,900,000	0

Hand #152: On the first hand of Level 34, JC Tran raised to 650,000 from under the gun and all folded.

Hand #153: Amir Lehavot raised to 650,000 from the hijack seat and Tran defended his blind with a call. The flop came    , and Tran check-called Lehavot's continuation bet of 700,000. The turn brought the   and Tran checked again. This time Lehavot bet 1.45 million, and Tran called again.

The river was the   and Tran checked one more time. Lehavot took a full minute before setting out chips to bet 3 million, and Tran swiftly slid his cards to the dealer.

Hand #154: Jay Farber opened for 625,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Sergio Castellucio in the big blind who announced he was reraising all in. Farber asked for a count, soon learning the shove was for 3,475,000 total. Farber thought about 15 seconds longer and decided to pass.

Amir Lehavot	25,500,000	2,550,000
JC Tran	22,950,000	-2,300,000
Sergio Castelluccio	4,400,000	775,000

Although both these tables were balanced at eight players a piece until the recent elimination of Chris Lindh, looking deeper into the each of the player's records indicate a fairly balanced line-up between the remaining 15 players here in the Main Event.

The feature table is highlighted by Carlos Mortensen and his two gold bracelets, one circuit ring and near $10.9 million in lifetime earnings. However with a few live amateur players with the likes of Sylvain Loosli (one lifetime cash for $3,198) and Alexander Livingston (five lifetime cashes for $23,040), the feature table has an accumulated $14,240,128 in lifetime earnings from 221 lifetime cashes that include 73 from here at the WSOP.

Over on the secondary feature table – that does feature one player less than the feature – it is JC Tran the marquee man with his two gold bracelets and $8,308,259 in lifetime earnings. Tran's table also includes three other players that have earned over seven-figures with Mark Newhouse, Amir Lehavot and Sergio Castellucio helping in bringing the secondary feature table much close to that of the feature as each table's statistics are broken down as follows.

Feature Table

Note: Statistics do not include this Main Event

Secondary Feature Table

Note: Statistics do not include this Main Event

Every player remaining is going to get a nice boost to their poker record, but it amazing to see how balanced each table is at a whole being so deep into the Main Event.

However, as we see players eliminated and tables balanced, there is good chance that the current dynamics may shift dramatically going forward.

We've reach the fourth break of Day 7 in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. With each break comes a higher level of tension, and right now the remaining 15 players are only six spots away from the prestigious November Nine.

Sylvain Loosli still leads the way going into Level 34 after he continued his climb for the past two hours, finishing with around 29 million in chips. Last year, Jesse Sylvia led the WSOP Main Event final table with 43 million, and Loosli is well on his way toward catching that number.

Jan Nakladal finished in 18th place shortly after dinner when his pocket queens into the aces of Matthew Reed.

Exiting in 17th place was Fabian Ortiz. The Argentinian fired a bluff on the river with ace-high and was looked up by JC Tran who held second pair.

A short while later, former chip leader Chris Lindh was sent to the payout desk after shoving with ten-nine suited and failing to improve against Marc-Etienne McLaughlin's ace-nine.

The remaining 15 players are taking their 20 minute break. We'll have updated chip counts for you shortly. Stay tuned!

Hand #200: David "Raptor" Benefield raised to 500,000 from under the gun, and received no callers.

Hand #201: Sylvain Loosli raised to 500,000 from under the gun, Ryan Riess three-bet shoved for 5.07 million from middle position, and the action folded back to Loosli, who folded as well.

Hand #202: Benefield completed from the small blind, Loosli checked in the big blind, and the flop fell    . Benefield led out for 250,000, Loosli called, and the turn brought the  . Both players checked. The river was the  , Benefieidl fired out 650,000, and Loosli folded.

Hand #195: Alexander Livingston received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #196: Carlos Mortensen raised to 500,000 from the hijack and took down the pot.

Hand #197: Bruono Kawauti shoved for 2.765 million from under the gun and won the pot.

Hand #198: Carlos Mortensen raised to 500,000 from early position and Alexander Livingston three-bet shoved for 2.885 million from the cutoff. Action folded back to Mortensen who folded as well.

Hand #199: David Benefield raised to 600,000 from early postion and won the pot.

Sylvain Loosli	29,785,000	-320,000
David Benefield	11,190,000	480,000
Michiel Brummelhuis	8,775,000	-440,000
Carlos Mortensen	8,290,000	-20,000
Ryan Riess	5,110,000	-560,000
Rep Porter	4,285,000	-560,000
Alexander Livingston	4,025,000	1,300,000
Bruno Kawauti	3,025,000	140,000