"Luckyduck" Denies "spinach_kale" Second Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series
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On Thursday, "Luckyduck" became the newest champion in the Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series after defeating "spinach_kale" heads-up and topping a field of 59 entries to win Event #10 High: $10,000 GTD PLO8 for $4,425. By doing so, he denied "spinach_kale" his second victory of the series after he had taken down PLO 6-Max event.
The event marked the second HIGH stakes PLO tournament but first PLO8 Hi-Lo and it only began with eight players. Eventually, the tournament gradually gained more players up until registration closed in Level 19. From there, it only took three levels for the tournament to reach its final table with "spinach_kale" leading the way. He was joined there by Borgatapoker.com poker pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano .
The heads-up match saw "Luckyduck" hold a 4:1 chip advantage over "spinach_kale" and it was over within two hands after "Luckyduck" rivered the nut-flush denying "spinach_kale" his second 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open title.
Event #10 Final Table Reuslts
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Luckyduck" | $4,456 |
| 2 | "spinach_kale" | $2,330 |
| 3 | "smoothustler" | $1,622 |
| 4 | "thekid32" | $1,209 |
| 5 | "MattEMenz" | $920 |
| 6 | "BigDickRick" | $731 |
| 7 | Michael "Gags30" Gagliano | $560 |
"knittingboy" Wins Event #8 Low: Stud
In the $10 buy-in Event #8 Low: $1,000 GTD Stud, 97 entrants competed, which meant the top 12 got paid. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were "THECOOPER007" (9th - $27.50), "Pokerlambie18" (10th - $27.50), "smile121" (11th - $27.50), and "rumpthumper" (12th - $27.50).
In the end, it was "knittingboy" besting "windowman" in heads-up play to claim the title and $300 first-place prize.
Event #8 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "knittingboy" | $300 |
| 2 | "windowman" | $177.50 |
| 3 | "millertime4244" | $125.50 |
| 4 | "enthymemes" | $92.50 |
| 5 | "deliman8809" | $68.50 |
| 6 | "BG100" | $52.50 |
| 7 | "BigDickRick" | $41.00 |
| 8 | "Frank_Bama" | $32.50 |
"rumpthumper" Wins Event #9 Low: PLO8
One of the other tournaments to wrap up on Thursday night as the $10 buy-in Event #9 Low: $1,000 GTD PLO8, a tournament that drew 195 runners and offered up a $1,755 prize pool. That was distributed to the top 21 players including "HOYA86" (10th - $29.83), "JaneLeo" (15th - $24.57), and "dk1974" (22nd - $18.42), just to name a few.
"spinach_kale" was at yet another Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series final table, though this time he was first to fall finishing in eighth place. Eventually, the title came down to "pokermstr2" and "rumpthumper." The latter wound up the victor to take down the title and $451.98 top prize.
Event #9 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "rumpthumper" | $451.98 |
| 2 | "pokermstr2" | $311.51 |
| 3 | "HBK27" | $206.21 |
| 4 | "AMilkyMIst" | $149.17 |
| 5 | "bbmkbb1" | $109.68 |
| 6 | "tangerinecar" | $87.75 |
| 7 | "smoothustler" | $68.44 |
| 8 | "spinach_kale" | $50.89 |
What’s Coming Up
| Date/Time (ET) | Tournament | Total |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 6:30 PM | Spring Poker Open #11 LOW - $1,000 GTD NLH | $5.00 Buy-In: $4.50 Fee: $0.50 |
| April 10, 7:30 PM | Spring Poker Open #12 HIGH - $20,000 GTD NLH | $215.00 Buy-In $200.00 Fee: $15.00 |
| April 10, 8 PM | Spring Poker Open #1 PHASED DAY 1F - $100,000 GTD NLH | $215.00 Buy-In $200.00 Fee: $15.00 |
| April 11, 6:30 PM | Spring Poker Open #13 LOW - $2,500 GTD 6Max Rebuy | $5.00 Buy-In $4.50 Fee: $0.50 |
| April 11, 7:30 PM | Spring Poker Open #14 HIGH - $20,000 GTD 6Max Rebuy | $109.00 Buy-In $100.00 Fee: $9.00 |
| April 11, 8 PM | Spring Poker Open #1 PHASED DAY 1G - $100,000 GTD NLH | $215.00 Buy-In $200.00 Fee: $15.00 |
| April 12, 5 PM | Spring Poker Open #15 LOW - $20,000 GTD NLH Main Event | $55.00 Buy-In $50.00 Fee: $5.00 |
| April 12, 5 PM | Spring Poker Open #16 HIGH - $100,000 GTD NLH Main Event | $400.00 Buy-In $365.00 Fee: $35.00 |
| April 12, 6 PM | Spring Poker Open #1 PHASED DAY 1H Turbo Last Chance - $100,000 GTD NLH | $215.00 Buy-In $200.00 Fee: $15.00 |
| April 12, 6:30 PM | Spring Poker Open #17 HIGH - $75,000 GTD NLH High Roller | $1,060.00 Buy-In $1,000.00 Fee: $60.00 |
| April 12, 8 PM | Spring Poker Open #1 PHASED DAY 2 - $100,000 GTD NLH | $215.00 Buy-In $200.00 Fee: $15.00 |
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