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.
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.
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.
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.
Phased $100K Guaranteed Re-Entry
$109 ($100 Buy-In | $9 Fee)
Best Stack Forward
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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