Play has moved into Level 9 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250. Sixty-one entries have now been recorded, meaning the guaranteed prize pool is just six entries away from being surpassed. An updated look at the top page of the leader board has been provided below.
In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, Katie "KatieStone" Stone jammed for her last 13,000 and received action from "redraider" in the small blind.
Katie "KatieStone" Stone: 
"redraider": 
At risk for her tournament life, Stone needed to find a jack and was unable to do so as the board ran out 
to result in her elimination from the tournament at the expense of "redraider", who then moments later also eliminated "wxg5316068" moments later for their third knockout in the last two levels, and they now find themselves with a top-five stack in the tournament.
BorgataPoker.com has a trio of sponsored pros — Katie Stone, Daniel Buzgon, and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano — all of whom have been active this year in the partypoker US Network Online events.
In regards to the man known as "Gags," he has been playing poker professionally for a decade and has amassed more than $2 million in live tournament cashes. That includes a career-best $448,463 for winning the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, good for his first bracelet. He also finished third in the 2017 WSOP Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed for $210,139.
He also has more than $4 million in online scores. Of that, $338,315 has come on BorgataPoker.com.
According to his website, "before poker he worked in an elementary school, which has given him a great background to become a premier poker instructor. Coaching for more than seven years he has helped more than 50 students from all over the world improve their game. These students have gone on to win multiple championships including the WSOP Main Event. Michael has also worked as a consultant for several major casinos and online poker sites to help them improve their product and better serve their customers."
Gagliano is one of the chip leaders right now, with a stack of over 275,000.
For more on Gagliano, be sure to follow him on Twitter at @Gags30poker.
In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, action folded to "redraider" on the button, who opened to 2,640. They received a call from "mistabiggs", who defended their big blind and action went heads up to a flop of 
.
"mistabiggs" check-called a continuation-bet of 3,390 and then check-called another 10,170 on the turn 
. They then led the river 
, jamming their remaining 19,825 into the middle and quickly receiving a call from "redraider".
"mistabiggs": 
"redraider": 
"redraider" called correctly with top pair and sent "mistabiggs" to the rail as a result.
In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, "AlwaysCheck88" raised to 2,000 under the gun and action folded around to "Ozzy_Rocks111" in the big blind, who three-bet to 6,500. "AlwaysCheck88" called.
The flop dropped 
and "Ozzy_Rocks111" made a continuation-bet of 5,130. "AlwaysCheck88" peeled and the turn came . Both players checked, bringing the river 
where action once again checked through to showdown.
"Ozzy_Rocks111" showed for the nut no-pair, which was bested by the top pair of "AlwaysCheck88" to earn them the pot.
In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro raised to 1,760 on the button and Ryan "simlsgg" Hagerty three-bet to 7,520 in the small blind. Funaro four-bet jammed for 40,000 and Hagerty called all in for 4,000 shy of that number.
Ryan "simlsgg" Hagerty: 
Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro:
Hagerty pulled ahead on the flop 
but still found himself with 11 outs to fade between Funaro's flush draw and two outs to a set of sixes. Three more outs were added to that tally on the turn , but a safe river left Hagerty's aces best and earned him the double.
Funaro was left with just 4,000 and got it in on the following hand with 
against the 
of Alex "JinYang" Butcher, who held and scored the bounty as Funaro was eliminated from the tournament. However, Funaro's elimination did not last long as he quickly re-entered and found a seat at a new table with a fresh stack of 50,000.
BorgataPoker.com has a trio of Sponsored Pros, and one of them is Katie Stone.
Stone has more than $176K in lifetime live tournament earnings including a career-bet $33,305 for finishing 378th in the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event. In addition, Stone has three Borgata Open titles including the 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open $300 Deepest Stack for $19,337, 2017 Borgata Summer Poker Open $300 Ladies Event for $2,867, and 2017 Borgata Fall Poker Open $300 Deepstack for $9,484. She also recently won the CSOP Borgata Winter Poker Open Event back in January.
However, where Stone has really thrived is online where she’s amassed more than $900K in lifetime earnings. Of that, $146,954 has come on BorgataPoker.com where she plays under the screen name “KatieStone.”
According to a Q&A she did with the Borgata Blog, Stone was born and raised in New Jersey, but after Black Friday in 2011, she relocated to Rosarito, Mexico in order to continue playing online. When New Jersey authorized Atlantic City casinos to offer online gaming within state borders, Stone moved back north to New Jersey and picked up where she left off — winning!
Recently, Stone took the initiative to create the Discord channel “Poker Peeps Affected By COVID19” and invited those in casino industry affected by recent shutdowns to join.
“I realized how tough it was going to be for everyone to keep up with everything and everyone, with so much changing so fast,” Stone recently told PokerNews. “So, I messaged my friend Cy Watson, who has been very active on social media as well regarding Coronavirus, asking him if he thought it would be a good idea to start a chat for people in the industry to be able to connect with each other for help.”
She continued: “I think the main thing poker players and everyone can do is to keep an open mind. Understanding that this is unlike any situation any of us have encountered before, and so thinking outside the box can go a long way. Taking the time to improve a skill, or learn a new skill whether it's a game or something else could be really beneficial not just financially, but mentally.”
Click here to learn more about Stone’s initiative.
Level 4 is underway with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75 and there have now been 40 total entries logged. Three knockouts have occurred, with Ryan "TheSims" Hohner, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken, and Alex "JinYang" Butcher to be the ones to collect early knockouts.
Hohner is also the chip leader at this point in the tournament. Here's a look at the list of players who have chipped up above starting stack in the first 35 minutes of play.
In Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, action was heads up between the under-the-gun Michael "miw210x" Wang and "RiverMan", who was in the cutoff. There board read 
and there was 14,260 in the middle.
Wang bet 8,600 and sent his opponent into the tank before they finally found a call to take the hand to showdown. Wang's of top pair, top kicker was displayed and "RiverMan" mucked to earn Wang the pot.
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