Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Evan Sandberg Beats Tough Final Table at WSOPC Lake Tahoe Main Event



On Monday morning, Evan Sandberg had a pair of WSOP online bracelets in his trophy cabinet. By the end of the day, he had a World Series of Poker Circuit ring to dust around as well.

After collecting his $133,841 for first place in the Event #13: $1,700 Main Event at the WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe festival, Sandberg now has a little over $1.4 million in live cashes.

The $1,700 buy-in, no limit hold’em Main Event attracted 439 players and racked up $665,085 in the prize pool. This made up more than a third of the $1,764,246 in prizes awarded across the 18 ring events of the festival.

Fighting For First

Michael Pearson
Bracelet winner Michael Pearson eventually came fifth.

Sandberg’s battle to the top spot didn’t come easily. Having spent two days fighting through a field that was 439-entries strong, Sandberg found himself at a final table with Michael Pearson.

Pearson is a solid player with form at Lake Tahoe, having taken down this exact event in 2016 and 2019.

Sandberg also had to watch out for WSOP Circuit ring winners Bilguun Odgerel and Brett Murray and Dann Turner who has a WSOP Online bracelet, five WSOP Circuit final table finishes, four WPT Deepstack final tables, and a TV bubble finish in the 2023 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event.

Despite the strong line up, Sandberg did his best to avoid being intimidated at the final table.

“For me, I always enjoy a challenge,” he told WSOP.com. “So, playing with tough competition does make it a lot funner for me. It motivates me to really play my best.”

With all this hardware at the table, Sandberg managed to hold his own, going into Day 3 with the fifth biggest stack of seven.

Day 3 Action

James Czarnecki
Runner up James Czarnecki at the WSOP.

On the final day, Vinny Chu and Travis Stevenson were the first out of the action on Day 3. Pearson followed in fifth, earning $28,921.

Murray and Turner took fourth and third respectively, leaving Sandberg heads up against James Czarnecki.

Czarnecki had a good start in the heads up phase of the tounrey. Although the players began with roughly even stacks, Czarnecki quickly pulled ahead.

However, Sandberg was able to turn things around when his three-bet bluff with Qx6x was called preflop.

“I thought he looked weak when he raised — a completely bad read,” he explained after the hand.

However, it was a perfectly timed mistake since the flop came out queen high and he picked up a six on the turn. After check-raising all in and getting a call, Sandberg’s two-pair took it down and suddenly he was out in the lead.

After that, it was just a matter of mopping up the last of Czarnecki’s chips. Czarnecki ended up taking home $87,977 for second place, while Sandberg pocketed $133,841 and the ring for first place.

WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe Main Event Final Table Results

Place Player Hometown Prize
1 Evan Sandberg San Francisco, CA $133,841
2 James Czarnecki Edgewater, MD $87,977
3 Dann Turner Cleveland, OH $59,232
4 Brett Murray San Francisco, CA $40,871
5 Michael Pearson Santa Rosa, CA $28,921
6 Travis Stenerson Japan $21,101
7 Vinny Chu Elk Grove, CA $15,659
8 Bilguun Odgerel Oakland, CA $11,999
9 Lee Viloria Hayward, CA $9,455

Coming Soon

The next big event on the WSOPC calendar is the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant. The Main Event of that festival will declare a winner on November 11 and the preliminary ring events are already underway.

After that there are just four more events left in 2024 for the WSOPC. The WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria starts on November 7, the WSOP Circuit Commerce on November 21, and the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas on November 28.

Then it is on to the final event of the year when the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee kicks off on November 28, closing out the year when the festival finishes on December 9.

You can check out the full results for the WSOP Lake Tahoe festival below.

WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe Full Series Results

EVENT ENTRANTS WINNER PRIZE PRIZEPOOL
Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack 187 Ben Primus $14,517 $61,710
Event #2: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 87 Mark Castagnini $7,962 $28,710
Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 507 Adam Greenlee $30,555 $167,310
Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 113 Anthony Costa $9,768 $37,290
Event #5: $300 Seniors Event 302 Joseph Mongkoluaaree $15,455 $72,481
Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 108 Tom Jeffrey $9,336 $35,640
Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max 195 Jordan Ramirez $14,991 $64,350
Event #8: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better 113 Sterling Lopez $9,767 $37,290
Event #9: $400 Monster Stack 574 Jason Graeb $34,721 $189,420
Event #10: $250 Ladies Event 118 Cheryl Svenson $6,070 $23,600
Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em 156 Patrick Lanahan $19,893 $80,340
Event #12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 108 Donald Ciaglo $9,336 $35,640
Event #13: $1,700 MAIN EVENT 439   Evan Sandberg $665,085
Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 106 John Swensson $9,319 $34,980
Event #15: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 144 Derek Nicolich $12,070 $47,520
Event #16: $300 Seniors Even 278 Denis Lee $14,574 $66,720
Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 159 Dan Stavila $12,996 $52,470
Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack Closer 193 Jed Hoffman $14,977 $63,690





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