Event #8: $30K GTD Progressive Knockout Bounty
Day 1 Started
Event #8: $30K GTD Progressive Knockout Bounty
Day 1 Started
The WPT Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network continues Saturday night with a pair of high-stakes events, featuring PokerNews coverage of Event #8: $30K GTD Progressive Knockout beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.
All week long, the guaranteed prize pools have been exceeded by a large amount, with multiple tournaments seeing turnouts to generate prize pools of more than double their guarantee. Another large field is expected Saturday night With a Progressive Knockout format that sees 50% of each player's buy-in put atop their head as a bounty. Any time a player is eliminated, half of their bounty is automatically collected by the player who captured it, while the other half is added to that player's up-for-grabs bounty.
Registration is open for everybody within the state of New Jersey across any of the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.
Players start with 50,000 and blinds of 150/300/40. Unlimited entries and re-entries are available through the first 15 levels of play, all of which will last 10 minutes in length. Late registration will close and the prieze pool will become official at approximately 10:15 p.m. ET upon the end of Level 15, and all subsequent levels will be bumped up to 12 minutes in length for the duration of the tournament. A detailed look at the structure has been provided below.
Level | Blinds | Ante | Length | Level | Blinds | Ante | Length | Level | Blinds | Ante | Length |
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1 | 150/300 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 3,500/7,000 | 875 | 12 | 37 | 60,000/120,000 | 15,000 | 12 |
2 | 200/400 | 60 | 10 | 20 | 4,000/8,000 | 1,000 | 12 | 38 | 70,000/140,000 | 17,500 | 12 |
3 | 250/500 | 60 | 10 | 21 | 5,000/10,000 | 1,250 | 12 | 39 | 80,000/160,000 | 20,000 | 12 |
4 | 300/600 | 75 | 10 | 22 | 6,000/12,000 | 1,500 | 12 | 40 | 90,000/180,000 | 22,500 | 12 |
5 | 400/800 | 100 | 10 | 23 | 7,000/14,000 | 1,750 | 12 | 41 | 100,000/200,000 | 25,000 | 12 |
6 | 500/1,000 | 125 | 10 | 24 | 8,000/16,000 | 2,000 | 12 | 42 | 120,000/240,000 | 30,000 | 12 |
7 | 600/1,200 | 150 | 10 | 25 | 10,000/20,000 | 2,500 | 12 | 43 | 140,000/280,000 | 35,000 | 12 |
8 | 700/1,400 | 175 | 10 | 26 | 12,000/24,000 | 3,000 | 12 | 44 | 160,000/320,000 | 40,000 | 12 |
9 | 800/1,600 | 200 | 10 | 27 | 14,000/28,000 | 3,500 | 12 | 45 | 180,000/360,000 | 45,000 | 12 |
10 | 900/1,800 | 225 | 10 | 28 | 16,000/32,000 | 4,000 | 12 | 46 | 200,000/400,000 | 50,000 | 12 |
11 | 1,000/2,000 | 250 | 10 | 29 | 18,000/36,000 | 4,500 | 12 | 47 | 250,000/500,000 | 62,500 | 12 |
12 | 1,200/2,400 | 300 | 10 | 30 | 20,000/40,000 | 5,000 | 12 | 48 | 300,000/600,000 | 75,000 | 12 |
13 | 1,400/2,800 | 350 | 10 | 31 | 25,000/50,000 | 6,250 | 12 | 49 | 350,000/700,000 | 87,500 | 12 |
14 | 1,600/3,200 | 400 | 10 | 32 | 30,000/60,000 | 7,500 | 12 | 50 | 400,000/800,000 | 100,000 | 12 |
15 | 1,800/3,600 | 450 | 10 | 33 | 35,000/70,000 | 8,750 | 12 | 51 | 450,000/900,000 | 112,500 | 12 |
16 | 2,000/4,000 | 500 | 12 | 34 | 40,000/80,000 | 10,000 | 12 | 52 | 500,000/1,000,000 | 125,000 | 12 |
17 | 2,500/5,000 | 625 | 12 | 35 | 45,000/90,000 | 11,250 | 12 | 53 | 600,000/1,200,000 | 150,000 | 12 |
18 | 3,000/6,000 | 750 | 12 | 36 | 50,000/100,000 | 12,500 | 12 | 54 | 700,000/1,400,000 | 175,000 | 12 |
The WPT Online Borgata Series, which runs from September 13-21, is comprised of 10 events with more than $275,000 in preliminary and post-lim guarantees. The highlighted tournaments will be live reported here on PokerNews.
Day | Date | Time | Event/Tournament | Buy-In |
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Saturday | 9/19/20 | 7:30 PM | WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES #7: HEADS UP - 32 MAX BRACKET | $535.00 |
Saturday | 9/19/20 | 7:30 PM | QUALIFIER into WPT $215 Satellite - 5 seats GTD NLH | $45.00 |
Saturday | 9/19/20 | 7:30 PM | WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES #8: $30K GTD PROGRESSIVE KNOCKOUT - BOUNTY | $320.00 |
Saturday | 9/19/20 | 8:00 PM | PHASE 1 into WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES Main Event | $109.00 |
Saturday | 9/19/20 | 8:30 PM | SATELLITE: WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES Main Event - 10 seats GTD NLH | $215.00 |
Sunday | 9/20/20 | 3:00 PM | SATELLITE: Boosted Turbo WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES Main Event - 10 seats GTD NLH | $215.00 |
Sunday | 9/20/20 | 5:00 PM | WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES PHASE 2 - $1060 Buy-In Main Event powered by partypoker US Network | $1,060.00 |
Sunday | 9/20/20 | 8:00 PM | WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES #9: $20K GTD TURBO PROGRESSIVE KNOCKOUT - BOUNTY | $215.00 |
Monday | 9/21/20 | 7:00 PM | WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES PHASE 2 - DAY 2 LIVE STREAMED FINAL TABLE | |
Monday | 9/21/20 | 8:00 PM | WPT ONLINE BORGATA SERIES #10: $20K GTD TURBO PROGRESSIVE KNOCKOUT - BOUNTY | $215.00 |
In Level 1 with blinds of 150/300 and an ante of 40, play has officially begun in Event #8: $30K GTD PKO. Registration is open for two-and-a-half hours for all who wish to enter for $320.
Forty-one players have registered to begin play
In Level 1 with blinds of 150/300 and an ante of 40, the number of entries has grown to 46 in the first six minutes of play and two knockouts have already been recorded, one each by "phillychzsteak1" and "lenny54".
Many recognizable players are already in on the action this Saturday evening, including Borgata Ambassadors Michael "Gags30" Gagliano and Daniel "leinad" Buzgon, as well as Tony "Bond18" Dunst.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
phillychzsteak1 | 103,586 | 103,586 |
lenny54 | 99,139 | 99,139 |
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Michael “Gags30” Gagliano
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
|
50,000 | |
mia1223 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
jerseyman99 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd | 50,000 | 50,000 |
onoreally | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Michael "miw210x" Wang
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Tony "Bond18" Dunst
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
TheTerminator1 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Google_Man | 50,000 | 50,000 |
sri50k | 50,000 | 50,000 |
ELITEMALESSO | 50,000 | 50,000 |
steveeee | 50,000 | 50,000 |
mooseman1710 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
treetrap | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50, a three-way all in ensued between the under-the-gun and short-stacked "jerseyman99", "Holdem9292019" in the hijack, and "mmmerg" who was on the button. The latter two players got stacks in on the river after the board ran out
"jerseyman99":
"mmmerg":
"Holdem9292019":
"Holdem9292019" wound up with a full house, tens full of kings to beat the turned trips of "mmmerg" to earn a double knockout and vault to the top of the counts early in the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Holdem9292019
|
159,785 | |
jerseyman99 | 50,000 | |
mmmerg
|
Busted |
BorgataPoker.com has a trio of Sponsored Pros, and one of them is Katie Stone, who has been active in the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series.
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.”
The first break of the evening has been reached midway through Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60. Sixty-two entries have now been logged with 57 players in contention. The top 20 stacks in the tournament have been listed below.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Holdem9292019
|
143,015 | |
chaposticks | 113,480 | |
softee | 99,830 | |
lenny54 | 89,279 | |
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken
|
88,340 | |
A. Jackson1767 | 83,980 | |
phillychzsteak1 | 82,186 | |
mia1223 | 70,635 | |
treetrap | 69,610 | |
sri50k | 67,841 | |
Michael "miw210x" Wang
|
66,651 | |
onoreally | 65,980 | |
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis | 65,170 | |
FRIELnGood | 61,952 | |
TheTerminator1 | 58,655 | |
Exit_39
|
57,526 | |
JakeTheSnake99 | 56,920 | |
Tony "Bond18" Dunst
|
56,780 | |
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig
|
56,528 | |
BlackCoffee | 56,143 |
In Level 4 with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75, "Google_Man" opened to 1,200 under the gun and action folded around to Tony "Bond18" Dunst, who called on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of and "Google_Man" made a continuation-bet of 1,950. Dunst called.
The turn came and "Google_Man" checked. Dunt fired 3,000 and received a call to bring the river on board. His opponent checked again on the river and Dunst made a bet of 14,000, barely more than the 13,800 already in the middle.
"Google_Man" thought fror a couple of seconds before giving up contention of the hand, resulting in Dunst taking down the pot with his river bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tony "Bond18" Dunst
|
62,680 | 5,900 |
Google_Man | 46,608 | -3,392 |
In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd raised to 3,200 in the hijack over a limp and saw "JakeTheSnake99" three-bet to 7,200 on the button. Action folded back to Dodd and he called.
The flop fell and Dodd checked. "JakeTheSnake" made a continuation-bet of 7,200 and Dodd called, bringing the turn . Dodd checked again and "JakeTheSnake" continued with a second barrel of 15,750. Dodd check-raised all in, putting "JakeTheSnake" to a decision for their remaining 18,600, and they folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd | 83,691 | 33,691 |
JakeTheSnake99 | 18,605 | -38,315 |