Event #3 High: $15,000 GTD PLO 6-Max Rebuy
Day 1 Completed
2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series
Event #3 High: $15,000 GTD PLO 6-Max Rebuy
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series
Buy-in
$100
Prize Pool
$15,000
Entries
48
The 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series saw its first high-stakes Omaha champion crowned in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PLO 6-Max Rebuy, where "spinach_kale" topped a field of 48 entries to take home the first-place prize of $6,300.
A late registration and rebuy period of more than two-and-a-half hours was available, ultimately closing with 60 rebuys that were punctuated by 22 add-ons from the 28 players still in contention when the add-on period closed.
From there, it took less than an hour for the tournament to reach two tables and under 90 minutes for the final table of six to be reached. However, only five paid and "tc_ownz" wound up becoming the sixth-place finisher after being eliminated by "MattEMenz" via straight-over-straight.
"Jaggyboy13" and "dhimp20" then fell in succession to Anthony "Flawlessbinkage" Maio, who took a sizeable chip lead into three-handed play. "spinach_kale" was third in chips but pulled even with "MattEMenz" and ultimately knocked him out after hitting the nut flush on the river against "MattEMenz's" set of queens.
Maio took the chip lead into the heads-up match and pulled away briefly, but then lost momentum as "spinach_kale" was able to claw back over the course of about 15 minutes, ultimately gaining the chip lead and never looking back from there.
"spinach_kale" is no stranger to the poker world, both online and live, with over $7 million in live winnings going back to 2006 and an online history predating that.
Event #1 Final Reuslts
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "spinach_kale" | $6,300 |
| 2 | Anthony "Flawlessbinkage" Maio | $3,600 |
| 3 | MattEMenz | $2,250 |
| 4 | dhimp20 | $1,612.50 |
| 5 | Jaggyboy13 | $1,237.50 |
On one of the first hands at Level 37 with blinds of 10,000/20,000, "spinach_kale" completed the small blind and "Flawlessbinkage" checked.
The flop came 
and "Flawlessbinkage" check-called a bet of 20,000.
The turn was 
and "Flawelessbinkage" led out for 40,000. "spinach_kale" made the call.
The river fell 
and "Flawlessbinkage" led out once more, firing 100,000. "spinach_kale" immediately called.
"Flawlessbinkage" showed 
for a ten-high straight and "spinach_kale" showed 
, good for a full house to win the pot and a seven-figure stack that left "Flawlessbinkage" with around 15 big blinds.
Moments later, "spinach_kale" earned those last 15 big blinds, eliminating "Flawlessbinkage" to win the tournament for $6,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,029,125
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
|
380,875
-234,000
|
-234,000 |
The tournament is on a five-minute break with a minute or so remaining in Level 36 with blinds at 9,000/18,000.
"spinach_kale" has taken momentum in the match via a series of small pots, and gained the chip lead on the last hand before the break. There was 72,000 going to the river on a board of 
and "spinach_kale" checked from the big blind to put action onto "flawlessbinkage," who was on the button.
"Flawlessbinkage" made a pot-sized bet of 72,000 and "spinach_kale" check-raised the pot to 288,000. "Flawlessbinkage" folded, relinquishing the chip lead as the tournament goes to break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
795,125
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
614,875
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
After more than half of Level 35 (8,000/16,000) was played with no showdown, a limped pot with "Flawlessbinkage" on the button and "spinach_kale" in the big blind" saw the flop come 
.
Each player put 16,000 in before the turn came 
. "spinach_kale" made another half-pot-sized bet of 32,000 and "Flawlessbinkage" called once more.
The river was 
and "spinach_kale" made a third bet for half the pot again, this time for 64,000. "Flawlessbinkage' called again to take the hand to showdown.
"spinach_kale" showed 
for a flush and "Flawlessbinkage" mucked, bringing "spinach_kale" over a half-million as the match continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
874,875
-129,000
|
-129,000 |
|
|
535,125
129,000
|
129,000 |
Level 34 (7,000/14,000) has seen a series of small pots as heads-up play is officially underway, with "Flawlessbinkage" increasing their chip lead and reaching 1 million in chips with less than a minute left in the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,003,875
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
406,125
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
On the last hand of Level 33 with blinds of 6,000/12,000, "MattEMenz" defended his big blind to an open of 24,000 from "spinach_kale", who was on the button.
The flop dropped 
and both players checked. The turn was 
and "MattEMenz" checked again. "spinach_kale" made a bet of 25,500 and "MattEMenz" check-raised to 130,500.
"spinach_kale" three-bet to 235,500 and "MattEMenz" went all in for slightly more, quickly receiving a call for hands to be tabled.
"MattEMenz": 
"spinach_kale": 
"MattEMenz" had found himself with top set and a trivial flush draw, ultimately in need of fading the outs that "spinach_kale" had to either a set of aces or the nut flush. Unfortunately for him, the river smashed resulted in his tournament life coming crashing down as "spinach_kale" wound up filling up to the nut flush to eliminate "MattEMenz" in third place for $2,250, taking the tournament heads up in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
846,875
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
563,125
271,250
|
271,250 |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 32 with blinds of 5,000/10,000, "Flawlessbinkage" opened to 30,000 on the button and was three-bet to 90,000 by "spinach_kale" in the big blind. "Flawlessbinkage" called and the flop came 
.
"spinach_kale" went all in for 101,000 and "Flawlessbinkage" quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
820,875
-114,250
|
-114,250 |
|
|
297,250
-58,650
|
-58,650 |
|
|
291,875
172,900
|
172,900 |
In Level 31 (4,500/9,000), all of the chips got in the middle with "dhimp20" at risk in the cutoff against "Flawlessbinkage," who was in the big blind.
"dhimp20": 
"Flawlessbinkage":
When all was said and done, the board read 
and "Flawlessbinkage" took down the pot with aces up, eliminating "dhimp20" from the tournament in fourth place, earning a prize of $1,612.50 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
935,125
319,768
|
319,768 |
|
|
355,900
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
118,975
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
|
Busted |
WIth play in Level 31 and blinds at 4,500/9,000, "Jaggyboy13" raised the size of the pot to 31,500 in the cutoff. "dhimp20" defended the big blind and action went heads up to a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn was 
and "dhimp20" made a pot-sized bet of 67,500. "Jaggyboy13" folded, leaving just over 110,000 behind.
Two hands later, "Flawlessbinkage" opened to 18,000 in the cutoff and "Jaggyboy13" defended the big blind. The flop came 
and "Jaggyboy13" check-raised all in over a continuation-bet of 40,500 from "Flawlessbinkage," who called off the remainder.
"Jaggyboy13": 
"Flawlessbinkage":
The turn and river left "Jaggyboy13" no good to "Flawlessbinkage's" queens up to result in a fifth-place elimination, good for a payday of $1,237.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
615,357
140,229
|
140,229 |
|
|
365,363
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
256,900 | |
|
|
Busted |