Event #10 High: $10,000 GTD PLO8
Day 1 Completed
2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series
Event #10 High: $10,000 GTD PLO8
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series
Buy-in
$215
Entries
59
Entries
59
Players Left
1
"Luckyduck" Defeats "spinach_kale" To Win the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series Event #10 HIGH: $10,000 GTD PLO8 High-Lo For $4,425
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.
Final Table Action
"ThaBoa" was the first to drop at the final table followed by "Stingray99" leaving the remaining players in the money.
Once players were in the money, it wouldn't take long for them to drop. First was Borgatapoker.com poker pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano who fell in level 27 (seventh place).
The next level saw a slew of elimination that included, "BigDickRick" (sixth place), "MattEMenz" (fifth place), and "thekid32" (fourth place).
"smoothustler" was next to drop (third place) after their aces were cracked by the wheel of "Luckyduck" on the river.
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 |
Ari Engel Eliminated in 2nd Place ($2,330)
In level 29 (3,500/7,000) Ari Engel was all in preflop for 82,049 and was called by "Luckyduck".
Ari Engel: 
"Luckyduck": 
Engel was ahead and the 
flop gave him broadway outs but it also gave "Luckyduck" the nut-flush draw.
The 
turn paired the board as Engel needed to dodge the river to win the hand.
Unfortunately for Engel, the river fell the 
giving "Luckyduck" the nut-flush eliminating him in 2nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
"smoothustler" Eliminated In 3rd Place ($1,622)
In level 29 with blinds at 3,500/7,000, "smoothustler" was all in for 94,373 preflop from the big blind and was called by "Luckyduck" from the small blind.
"smoothustler": 
"Luckyduck": 
"Luckyduck" connected with their jack on the 
and the 
turn gave them the wheel draw, which was completed with the 
river, eliminating "smoothustler" in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
"thekid32" Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,209)
In level 28 (3,000/6,000), "thekid32" opened on the Burton and was called by "smoothustler" from the small blind.
The flop fell 
, "smoothustler" fired out 90,788 and "thekid32" called putting their stack at risk.
"thekid32": 
"smoothustler": 
Both players flopped two-pair but "smoothustler" held the better hand.
The board completed with running fives 
on the turn and river ending "thekid32" run in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
"MattEMenz" Eliminated in 5th Place ($920)
In level 28 (3,000/6,000), "Luckyduck" raised from the small blind, "MattEMenz" got his stack in the middle from the big blind and was called.
"MattEMenz": 
"Luckyduck": 
The board ran out 
giving "Luckyduck" the nut-flush eliminating "MattEMenz" in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
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"BigDickRick" Eliminated in 6th Place ($731)
In level 28 (3,000/6,000), "BigDickRick" open-jammed for 17,888 from the small blind and was called by "thekid32" from the big blind.
"thekid32": 
"BigDickRick":
The board ran out 
sending "BigDickRick" out in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000 | 107,747 |
|
|
Busted |
Michael Gagliano Eliminated in 7th Place ($560)
In level 27 with blinds at 2,500/5,000, Michael Gagliano opened for 17,500 and "Luckyduck" three-bet to 25,059. Action folded back around to Gagliano who called putting his stack at risk.
Michael Gagliano: 
"Luckyduck": 
The board ran out 
ending the WSOP bracelet winner's run in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,787 | 8,237 |
|
Busted |
Engel Extends Chip Lead
In level 26 with blinds at 2,00/4,000, "Stingray99" limped in under the gun as did Ari Engel next to act, action folded around to "smoothustler" who checked his option from the big blind.
The flop was checked to Engel who took down the pot with an 8,000 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,688 | 18,349 |
|
|
45,240 | -6,881 |
|
|
45,240 | -6,800 |