$100,000 GTD Main Event | 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series

04-12-2020 20:50 UTC-4

Level 18 Chip Counts - "MatchupProof" First To Seven Figures

HillKerby

Level 18 has begun with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, and the number of entries into the tournament has risen to 310. There are 108 players remaining, with the top 20 stacks provided below.

Registration will remain open through the end of Level 21, at approximately 9:38 p.m. Eastern Time.

Player	Chips	Progress
MatchupProof	1,037,397 540,478	540,478
Sblast2711	917,809
Eages	859,308 217,571	217,571
GrindUrGearz	775,958 390,197	390,197
centrfieldr23	748,609 99,159	99,159
ParxBigStax	641,473
IReadYrSoul	636,053 49,849	49,849
Skip_2_My_Lou	612,265 254,604	254,604
DaCoolerKing	602,863 602,863	602,863
Stevehung	588,260 359,976	359,976
deerpathdave	557,760
KingofNJ	529,140 65,000	65,000
mj23style	515,486
IIIIIIIIIIII	494,069
Donkfish	490,936
oldgod	473,205 239,950	239,950
Luckyduck	466,644 39,797	39,797
Burgersssss	461,711 132,972	132,972
maniacalmonk	453,559 351,049	351,049
BrigBeast06	451,630 223,200	223,200

04-12-2020 20:39 UTC-4

"hoodrathings" Gets Showered by "knittingboy"

HillKerby

"hoodrathings" Eliminated by "knittingboy"

With play in Level 17 and blinds of 3,500/7000 with an ante of 875, "hoodrathings" saw action fold around to them in middle position and they jammed for 80,500. "knittingboy" re-jammed for 158,000 in the cutoff and all remaining players folded.

"hoodrathings":
"knittingboy":

A hoodrat thing was done to "hoodrathings" on the flop , but they still had seven outs to reclaim the lead. None would come as the board ran out and they were eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
knittingboy	257,228 257,228	257,228
hoodrathings	Busted

04-12-2020 20:29 UTC-4

"FerociousPanda" Finds a Favorable Runout

HillKerby

In Level 16 with blinds up to 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, "Sandyland2323" went all in for 115,000 in the hijack and "FerociousPanda" called all in for less from the small blind.

"FerociousPanda":
"Sandyland2323":

"FerociousPanda" was in dominated shape but the flop came to pick up another nine outs. None of the nine outs would be needed as the turn improved them to a pair of jacks and the river was clean to finish with trips and score the double.

Moments later, "FerociousPanda" was seen knocking out another player with pocket jacks to ace-ten to bring them over 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
FerociousPanda	313,948 313,948	313,948
Sandyland2323	43,837 -211,415	-211,415

04-12-2020 20:21 UTC-4

Upcoming BorgataPoker.com Online Events

Chad Holloway

As the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series nears its conclusion, it's a good time to look ahead to what's coming up on BorgataPoker.com.

Starting this Monday, April 13, BorgataPoker.com will be adding two new tournaments to its regular schedule.

One of them is a new daily Red Chip Bounty tournament at 7:30 p.m. each night, and the other is a new $320 Black Chip Bounty tournament to take place at 8 p.m. event Saturday night.

Red Chip Bounty
Daily at 7:30 p.m.
$20 ($13 Buy-In | $5 Bounty | $2 Fee)

Black Chip Bounty
Saturday at 8 p.m.
$320 ($205 Buy-In | $100 Bounty | $15 Fee)

In addition, there will be a $109 Buy-in Phased NLH tournament with a $100k guaranteed prize pool April 19–26. That tournament will feature eighth starting flights before culminating on Sunday, April 26.

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$109 ($100 Buy-In | $9 Fee)
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Day 1A: Sunday, April 19 at 8 p.m.
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Day 1C: Tuesday, April 21 at 8 p.m.
Day 1D: Wednesday, April 22 at 8 p.m.
Day 1E: Thursday, April 23 at 8 p.m.
Day 1F: Friday, April 24 at 8 p.m.
Day 1G: Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
Day 1H: Sunday, April 26 at 6 p.m. Turbo
Day 2: Sunday, April 26 at 8 p.m.

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04-12-2020 20:18 UTC-4

Back-To-Back All-In Action

HillKerby

Play was in Level 15 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625.

Hand #1: "ryanmco18" went all in for about 48,000 in early position and saw "DaCoolerKing" reraise all in from the hijack to isolate the remaining players out of the hand.

"ryanmco18":
"DaCoolerKing":

"ryanmco18" was behind and found themselves out of chips after the board ran out . Meanwhile, "DaCoolerKing" has a stack north of a quarter-million after winning the pot.

Hand #2: On the following hand, "sugawolf" went all in from early position for 63,600 and received a call from "All-in7," who was in the big blind.

"sugawolf":
"All-in7":

"sugawolf" remained out in front without any sweat as the board ran out to earn a double with a set of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
DaCoolerKing	261,066 261,066	261,066
sugawolf	133,985 133,985	133,985
All-in7	82,809 -153,483	-153,483
	Busted

04-12-2020 20:06 UTC-4

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HillKerby

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04-12-2020 19:58 UTC-4

Break Time - Field Nearing the Guarantee

HillKerby

Action is midway through Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500 with players on a five-minute break.

The number of entries has grown to 271, just three away from the 274 needed to meet the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, with half the field remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
sri50k	687,910 216,808	216,808
centrfieldr23	649,450 88,845	88,845
Eages	641,737 388,822	388,822
IReadYrSoul	586,204 64,010	64,010
judiallin	549,007 134,937	134,937
Michael Gagliano	508,070 508,070	508,070

MatchupProof	496,919 75,512	75,512
KingofNJ	464,140 119,282	119,282
Modoubleb	459,060 11,585	11,585
Luckyduck	426,847 426,847	426,847
BokeemSpades	398,275 55,590	55,590
Tigerwoodsiii	393,500 393,500	393,500
GrindUrGearz	385,761 385,761	385,761
Whodatvu	377,650 -5,815	-5,815
Theother28	372,470 267,920	267,920
LordRamsaySlays	366,808 366,808	366,808
harveyblicks	366,598 41,498	41,498
Skip_2_My_Lou	357,661 10,275	10,275
xs-pain	354,150 132,200	132,200
mmflpoker	332,530 228,306	228,306

04-12-2020 19:47 UTC-4

"alwaysliquid" Finds a Cooler, Doubles "xs-pain"

HillKerby

"xs-pain" Doubles Through "alwaysliquid"

In Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, "xs-pain" opened to 9,400 in early position and received a call from "alwaysliquid" in the hijack. Two more players came along as well to take action four ways to a flop of .

Action checked to "xs-pain," who shoved all in for 88,350, which was double the size of the pot. "alwaysliquid" also went all in for barely more, and both other players folded.

"xs-pain":
"alwaysliquid":

"alwaysliquid" found their flopped top and bottom pair up against the top two pair of "xs-pain," leaving them in need of hitting a ten to win or running Broadway cards to get a chop. The turn removed any chance of a chop, and the river completed the runout with aces and jacks remaining best for "xs-pain," who earned a double as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
xs-pain	221,950 221,950	221,950
alwaysliquid	Busted

04-12-2020 19:37 UTC-4

Good Flop for "MatchupProof"

HillKerby

In Level 12 with blinds of 1,600/3,200 and an ante of 400, "MatchupProof" opened the action with a raise to 6,400 in middle position. "Judiallin" called on the button and "BokeemSpades" defended their big blind.

The three players saw a flop of and "BokeemSpades" checked. "MatchupProof" made a continuation-bet to 9,000 and "judiallin" raised to 30,200. "BokeemSpaes" folded and "MatchupProof" called.

The turn was and "MatchupProof" checked. "Judiallin" clicked the pot button and bet 84,800, sending "MatchupProof" into some thought before making the call. Action then went check-check on the river to take the hand to showdown.

"MatchupProof" showed for a flopped set of jacks and judiallin" mucked, unable to beat it to result in "MatchupProof" taking down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
MatchupProof	421,407 199,249	199,249
judiallin	414,070 -122,450	-122,450
BokeemSpades	342,685 16,150	16,150

04-12-2020 19:27 UTC-4

Get to Know BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Daniel Buzgon

HillKerby

In early 2019, Daniel Buzgon signed on as a BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro – one of three alongside Michael “Gags” Gagliano and Katie Stone.

“It took a little bit of time to get all the paperwork and stuff like that,” Buzgon previously told PokerNews of becoming sponsored. “It was in December when it started but wasn’t official until just before the Borgata Winter series. Duties include mainly playing a lot online, promoting the site, and trying to get new players on the site.”

According to HendonMob, Buzgon has more than $2.3 million in lifetime live tournament earnings since 2007. He’s a four-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner has played for big money before. In 2001, he finished third in the WPT Borgata Poker Open for $335,433, and last year he finished fifth in the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event for $202,942. He also finished fourth in the 2012 WPT bestbet Jacksonville for $94,624.

Additionally, Buzgon is a beast online where he’s amassed more than $3.1 million in earnings, of which $435,457 has come on BorgataPoker.com where he plays under the screen name “leinad.”

Keep an eye out for Buzgon throughout the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series.