The field size has grown to 184 players and the number remaining has dropped to 34 at the beginning of Level 18. Blinds are 4,000/8,000 with an ante of 1,000.
This is the last level to register for the tournament.
2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series
Event #12 High: $20,000 GTD NLH
Day: 1
Event Info
Action was in Level 17, the second-to-last level of the registration period with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875. Ari Engel opened to 14,000 under the gun and received a call from "mmflpoker" in early position. Action folded around to "selsk32285" in the big blind, who defended to take action three ways to a flop of 
.
"selsk32285" checked and Engel made a continuation-bet of 17,000. "mmflpoker" called and "selsk32285" folded.
Action was then heads up to the turn 
and Engel checked. "mmflpoker" fired out 65,531, more than two-thirds of Engel's remaining stack, and Engel check-raised all in for a total of 90,143. "mmflpoker" thought for about 15 seconds and then called off the remaining chips necessary to see the final card of the runout.
Ari Engel: 
"mmflpoker": 
Engel was ahead and in need of fading just the two remaining fives in the deck, which he was able to do as the river came 
to score him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
784,833
83,296
|
83,296 |
|
267,661
201,961
|
201,961 |
|
||
|
|
185,650
69,355
|
69,355 |
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Action was in Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750. "JinYang" opened the action with a raise to 13,200 and was three-bet to 40,112 by "thekid32," who was in the small blind. "JinYang" four-bet all in and "thekid32" called all in for less, totaling just shy of 200,000.
"thekid32": 
"JinYang": 
"thekid32" was in the driver's seat for a pot of nearly 400,000 but the flop came 
, turning the tides in "JinYang's" favor. The turn gave "thekid32} eight extra outs, but the river came 
to leave their queens up no good to the full house of "JinYang" to result in "JinYang" winning the pot to bring their stack to over 750,000 as "thekid32" re-entered and was seated at another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
752,674
348,244
|
348,244 |
|
50,000
-113,230
|
-113,230 |
With blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 525 midway through Level 15, "Imuckjacks" raised to 10,000 in the hijack and saw "LordRamsaySlays" three-bet to 35,000 on the button. "brownmagic" cold four-bet all in from the big blind, covering both players that had committed chips to the pot, and both players called for a three-way all-in situation.
"Imuckjacks": 
"LordRamsaySlays": 
"brownmagic":
"LordRamsaySlays" found themselves with the best of the three hands and their kings held up as the board ran out 
, winning both the main and side pots for just shy of 350,000 total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
346,201 | |
|
|
35,628 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14 has begun with blinds now at 2,000/4,000 with an ante of 500. The total number of entries has risen to 149, and the 58 remaining players are returning from a five-minute break.
Complete chip counts have been provided, with "mmflpoker" reaching a half-million a few minutes ago and having since ballooned to over 700,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
701,537 | |
|
|
457,690 | |
|
|
404,430 | |
|
|
359,652 | |
|
|
246,530 | |
|
219,845 | |
|
|
217,319 | |
|
|
214,453 | |
|
|
187,599 | |
|
|
163,235 | |
|
|
163,230 | |
|
|
162,531 | |
|
|
150,388 | |
|
|
136,832 | |
|
|
135,980 | |
|
|
134,350 | |
|
|
132,678 | |
|
|
130,398 | |
|
|
129,275 | |
|
|
126,710 | |
|
|
125,237 | |
|
|
122,636 | |
|
|
116,500 | |
|
|
116,295 | |
|
|
115,673 |
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Play was in Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450 when "JinYang" raised to 7,920 in middle position. "Sugawolf" was on the button and called to put action on "BrigBeast06" in the small blind, who three-bet all in for around 50,000. The players in the blinds folded and "JinYang" reraised all in, folding out "sugawolf" to result in a heads-up situation for the runout.
"BrigBeast06": 
"JinYang": 
"BrigBeast06" had their opponent dominated and was a huge favorite to earn a double. The flop came 
to give them the nut flush, all but securing the double as long as they could fade running full house outs. The turn 
made the result certain and the river 
completed the runout before the pot was shipped to "BrigBeast06, who finished with the nuts en route to a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
297,496
140,774
|
140,774 |
|
|
121,878 | |
|
|
121,852 |
With blinds of 1,600/3,200 and an ante of 400 in Level 12, "MattEMenz" saw action folded to him in the cutoff and went all in for 50,300. "BigDickRick" was in the big blind with slightly less and thought for a bit before making teh call.
"BigDickRick": 
"MattEMenz":
"BigDickRick" made a straight by the river as the board ran out 
but "MattEMenz" finished with a full house, good to score the pot and the knockout.
A hand later, "BokeemSpades" got all in for their stack with ace-ten against the pocket kings of "MattEMenz" and spiked an ace on the turn to double, bringing stacks to their current values.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,686
-23,158
|
-23,158 |
|
|
61,628
-7,672
|
-7,672 |
|
|
Busted |
With play in Level 11 and blinds of 1,400/2,800 with an ante of 350, "avidsmores" raised to 20,000 under the gun and "centrfieldr23" went all in over the top. Action made its way back to "avidsmores" and they called off the last 8,000 or so that remained in their stack.
"avidsmores":
"centrfieldr23":
The two were in a coin flip situation with "avidsmores" out in front, pulling further ahead on the flop 
. However, the remainder of the runout was all "centrfieldr23" as the turn and river left them with aces up, besting "avidsmores" nines to win the pot and send them to the virtual rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,542 | |
|
|
Busted |