2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series

The bolded tournaments will be live reported here on PokerNews, while we will incorporate mini-recaps of each event in both the live blog and daily on the front page of PokerNews.com.

Just six tables remain with 54 players left out of 139 total entries at the beginning of Level 14 with blinds at 2,000/4,000 with an ante of 500. Registration remains open for just under an hour.

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With blinds up to 1,800/3,600 in Level 13, action was heads up between "ClarkWesterfeld" in the hijack and "theMossberg," who was on the button.

There was 44,850 in the middle on a board of and "ClarkWesterfeld" bet 22,425. "theMossberg" clicked it back, raising the minimum to 44,850. "ClarkWesterfeld" thought until they needed to activate their time bank, eventually settling on a call.

The river came and "ClarkWesterfeld" fired out enough to put "theMossberg" to a test for their remaining 63,400. "theMossberg" thought for a few moments and then folded, resulting in "ClarkWesterfeld" taking down the pot without needing to see a showdown.

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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The tournament is up to 124 runners at the beginning of Level 12 with blinds now up to 1,600/3,200 with an ante of 400. Here's a look at the top 20 stacks among the 59 that remain.

With action in Level 11 and blinds of 1,400/2,800 with a 350 ante, "DiGio" got all in on a flop of from under the gun against "supremetny," who was in the big blind.

"DiGio":
"supremetny":

"DiGio's" top pair was out in front and their situation got even better on the turn as one more of "supremetny's" outs was removed. The river improved them further to a flush and scored the double along the way.

Action was in Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300. "beezwax" was in middle position and opened to 7,200. "pure_reason" called in the cutoff and then "BokeemSpades" three-bet all in for 45,507. "beezwax" called and "pure_reason" folded.

"BokeemSpades":
"beezwax":

"BokeemSpades" was out in front but their opponent had two live cards, one of which paired on the flop . They were drawing dead by the turn as "beezwax" picked up trips, and the river completed the runout before the pot was shipped to "beezwax."

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