Theo Tran

infobox poker player
firstname= Theo
lastname= Tran


caption=Theo Tran during the World Series of Poker
hometown=Allentown, Pennsylvania
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes= 9
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
wsop main event best finish year=
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables= 1
wpt money finishes= 2

Theo Theodore Tran (born 1982 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American professional poker player.

Biography

Around the age of 13, Tran began betting dimes, quarters, and baseball cards with his older friends, but usually lost. He improved and took the game more seriously after being inspired by the movie "Rounders", which also inspired his online poker username "Pitt Rounders".

After entering college, Tran hosted 25 cent/$2 max poker games in his fraternity house that usually lasted from seven at night until seven the next day. Tran thrived in these games, regularly winning with hundreds of dollars. He decided to become a professional after a fraternity when his brother praised his poker skills. But his lack of steam control, poor money management, and a leak at the blackjack and roulette tables halted his success early on when he visited Atlantic City. Tran usually finished without any money.

He decided to finish his final year of college after his mother persuaded him. During college, Tran and his friends attended underground games in Pittsburgh and were generally successful. Some nights he would win big and soon his bankroll would exceed $20,000, but other nights he would leave without a dime. On one occasion, he won $5,500 on a $15/$30 limit game. His sports betting did not help his goal to become a professional.

Soon after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Psychology, Tran began searching for a job. He failed to get a job at ADP, where he had to compete for the job along with sixteen other applicants. Tran moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to become a professional poker player with two suitcases and $2,800. He moved in with a friend and began playing cash games.

Tran currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, and has earned over $1.7 million in live tournaments from playing poker professionally.

References

* [http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/71445/theo-tran.htm Poker Pages Bio]
* [http://www.pokerbloggs.com/high-stakes-poker-biographies/theo-tran-bio/ Poker Blogs Bio]