Monday, November 4, 2024 10:34 AM Local Time (about 31 days and 5 hours ago)
Is Monday Dann Turner’s Time in Tahoe?
Dann Turner brings the chip lead into the final table of the Harvey's Tahoe Main Event
An absolute fixture of and one of the most well-liked players in the Lake Tahoe / Northern California poker scene, Dann Turner has a list of accolades over a million dollars in tournament earnings long.
But a live WSOP Circuit Main Event title has still eluded him, five times over.
Turner does have an online Circuit event ring to his name, along with a bracelet from the virtual streets, but in five trips to a WSOP Circuit live final table, the ring has eluded him.
That prize can’t be denied a player of his stature forever though and Monday may just be his day if he can outlast a truly impressive list of contenders that stand in his way
Turner enters his sixth career live WSOP Circuit final table with a big chip lead over a tightly packed group that includes James Czarnecki, who returns to the WSOP-C Tahoe final table after a 13-year hiatus. Czarnecki finished 4th here in 2011 for his largest career tournament score of $37,087 according to the Hendon Mob.
Like Turner, Evan Sandberg has an online WSOP bracelet to his name, in fact he has two. He has one Circuit Main Event final table under his belt as well, finishing 3rd last year at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Brett Murray is known in these parts as the “God of Thunder” for being nearby Thunder Valley’s all-time tournament earnings leader, including a WSOP Circuit Main Event title in 2018. He enters the day amidst the pack, but with a laundry list of victories in his nearly $2.5M in career earnings, another is a distinct possibility for him today.
The incredible list of accomplishments at the final table continues with Michael Pearson, who’s a two-time Main Event champion here in Tahoe. Three Main Event titles at the same venue would be an incredible accomplishment, and if he can spin up his fifth-place stack to start the day, he just might do it.
And then there’s the wildcard who built himself a massive day 2 stack and rode it to the final table, Travis Steneron. He entered Day 2 with the lead and built it to a peak of over four million chips, which would be good for second place entering Day 3, but the array of talent surrounding him managed to chip away at his stack. As such, Stenerson will enter Day 3 on the short stack, but just a double-up away from being right within striking distance of Turner.
Event #13: $1,700 Main Event final table seat draw:
- Seat 1: Dann Turner - 6,250,000
- Seat 2: Brett Murray - 2,375,000
- Seat 3: James Czarnecki - 2,925,000
- Seat 4: Travis Stenerson - 1,685,000
- Seat 5: Evan Sandberg - 2,510,000
- Seat 6: Michael Pearson - 1,855,000
Remaining final table payouts:
- 1st: $133,837
- 2nd: $87,977
- 3rd: $59,232
- 4th: $40,871
- 5th: $28,921
- 6th: $21,001
It's going to be an incredible day of poker with someone taking home a very deserved Main Event championship and PokerOrg will be there to bring you complete coverage until that champion is crowned.