On Monday morning, Evan Sandberg had a pair of WSOP on-line bracelets in his trophy cupboard. By the top of the day, he had a World Sequence of Poker Circuit ring to mud round as effectively.
After gathering his $133,841 for first place within the Occasion #13: $1,700 Foremost Occasion on the WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe pageant, Sandberg now has a bit over $1.4 million in stay cashes.
The $1,700 buy-in, no restrict maintain’em Foremost Occasion attracted 439 gamers and racked up $665,085 within the prize pool. This made up greater than a 3rd of the $1,764,246 in prizes awarded throughout the 18 ring occasions of the pageant.
Combating For First
Sandberg’s battle to the highest spot did not come simply. Having spent two days combating via a area that was 439-entries sturdy, Sandberg discovered himself at a ultimate desk with Michael Pearson.
Pearson is a strong participant with type at Lake Tahoe, having taken down this precise occasion in 2016 and 2019.
Sandberg additionally needed to be careful for WSOP Circuit ring winners Bilguun Odgerel and Brett Murray and Dann Turner who has a WSOP On-line bracelet, 5 WSOP Circuit ultimate desk finishes, 4 WPT Deepstack ultimate tables, and a TV bubble end within the 2023 WPT Rolling Thunder Foremost Occasion.
Regardless of the sturdy line up, Sandberg did his greatest to keep away from being intimidated on the ultimate desk.
“For me, I at all times get pleasure from a problem,” he instructed WSOP.com. “So, enjoying with powerful competitors does make it rather a lot funner for me. It motivates me to actually play my greatest.”
With all this {hardware} on the desk, Sandberg managed to carry his personal, going into Day 3 with the fifth largest stack of seven.
Day 3 Motion
On the ultimate day, Vinny Chu and Travis Stevenson had been the primary out of the motion on Day 3. Pearson adopted in fifth, incomes $28,921.
Murray and Turner took fourth and third respectively, leaving Sandberg heads up towards James Czarnecki.
Czarnecki had a great begin within the heads up section of the tounrey. Though the gamers started with roughly even stacks, Czarnecki shortly pulled forward.
Nevertheless, Sandberg was capable of flip issues round when his three-bet bluff with Qx6x was referred to as preflop.
“I believed he appeared weak when he raised — a totally dangerous learn,” he defined after the hand.
Nevertheless, it was a wonderfully timed mistake because the flop got here out queen excessive and he picked up a six on the flip. After check-raising all in and getting a name, Sandberg’s two-pair took it down and all of the sudden he was out within the lead.
After that, it was only a matter of mopping up the final of Czarnecki’s chips. Czarnecki ended up taking dwelling $87,977 for second place, whereas Sandberg pocketed $133,841 and the ring for first place.
WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe Foremost Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes
Coming Quickly
The following huge occasion on the WSOPC calendar is the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant. The Foremost Occasion of that pageant will declare a winner on November 11 and the preliminary ring occasions are already underway.
After that there are simply 4 extra occasions left in 2024 for the WSOPC. The WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria begins on November 7, the WSOP Circuit Commerce on November 21, and the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas on November 28.
Then it’s on to the ultimate occasion of the 12 months when the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee kicks off on November 28, closing out the 12 months when the pageant finishes on December 9.
You possibly can try the total outcomes for the WSOP Lake Tahoe pageant under.
