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

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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

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Evan SandbergSan Francisco, CA$133,841
2James CzarneckiEdgewater, MD$87,977
3Dann TurnerCleveland, OH$59,232
4Brett MurraySan Francisco, CA$40,871
5Michael PearsonSanta Rosa, CA$28,921
6Travis StenersonJapan$21,101
7Vinny ChuElk Grove, CA$15,659
8Bilguun OdgerelOakland, CA$11,999
9Lee ViloriaHayward, 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

EVENTENTRANTSWINNERPRIZEPRIZEPOOL
Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack187Ben Primus$14,517$61,710
Event #2: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha87Mark Castagnini$7,962$28,710
Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold'em507Adam Greenlee$30,555$167,310
Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em113Anthony Costa$9,768$37,290
Event #5: $300 Seniors Event302Joseph Mongkoluaaree$15,455$72,481
Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold'em108Tom Jeffrey$9,336$35,640
Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max195Jordan Ramirez$14,991$64,350
Event #8: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better113Sterling Lopez$9,767$37,290
Event #9: $400 Monster Stack574Jason Graeb$34,721$189,420
Event #10: $250 Ladies Event118Cheryl Svenson$6,070$23,600
Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em156Patrick Lanahan$19,893$80,340
Event #12: $400 No-Limit Hold'em108Donald Ciaglo$9,336$35,640
Event #13: $1,700 MAIN EVENT439 Evan Sandberg$665,085
Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold'em106John Swensson$9,319$34,980
Event #15: $400 No-Limit Hold'em144Derek Nicolich$12,070$47,520
Event #16: $300 Seniors Even278Denis Lee$14,574$66,720
Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold'em159Dan Stavila$12,996$52,470
Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack Closer193Jed Hoffman$14,977$63,690
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