2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series

With just over a minute left in Level 10 and blinds at 160/320, three players each put 1,280 into the pot preflop.

The flop came and "sofcknsick" checked in the small blind. "tc_ownz" was in the big blind next to act and also checked, putting action onto "harveyblicks," who was on the button and made a pot-sized bet of 3,840. "sofcknsick" quickly folded and "tc_ownz" check-raised all in for 8,734. "harveyblicks" called.

"tc_ownz":
"harveyblicks":

"tc_ownz" was out in front with top two pair but needed to fade a chunk of outs as "harveyblicks" had an overpair and open-ended straight draw.

The turn and river left the situation unchanged and scored "tc_ownz" the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
harveyblicks	27,655 -9,114	-9,114
tc_ownz	21,308 5,585	5,585
centrfieldr23	20,000
Ledy117	19,694
sofcknsick	13,680 -1,280	-1,280
JayOnRiver	13,235 13,235	13,235

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With Level 7 (100/200) underway, action went multiway to a flop of with 2960 in the pot on Table 3. "spinach_kale" bet 1600 under the gun and received one call from "Google_Man," who was in the cutoff.

Action went heads up to the turn and "spinach_kale" bet another 3,200. "Google_Man" called.

The river was and "spinach_kale" fired a third time for 6,400. "Google_Man" thought for a few seconds and then clicked the fold button, earning "spinach_kale" the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
spinach_kale	40,825 320	320
MattEMenz	25,040
Google_Man	17,142 -6,880	-6,880
yolegacy	14,972 -1,680	-1,680
Flawlessbinkage	8,005 -3,200	-3,200
Turkeyleg	5,920 -4,160	-4,160