"TheKing41" Wins Borgata SPO Online Series Main Event; High Roller & Phase Crown Winners
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The $400 buy-in 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series $100,000 GTD Main Event saw 346 entries generate a total prize pool of $126,290, and "TheKing411" reigned supreme above all to earn a prize of $28,604.70 for their efforts.
"TheKing411" took a commanding chip lead to the final table after bursting the final table bubble when their pocket kings knocked out "misterkk" in an all-in preflop situation against pocket tens. From there, they never looked back, earning four knockouts and meeting virtually no resistance on the trail to the title.
Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "TheKing411 | $28,604.70 |
| 2 | "Rennan23" | $20,206.40 |
| 3 | "Bluehaven" | $13,639.32 |
| 4 | "rumpthumper" | $10,103.20 |
| 5 | "deerpathdave" | $7,577.40 |
| 6 | "IReadYrSoul" | $6,061.92 |
| 7 | "m23style" | $4,672.73 |
| 8 | "sri50k" | $3,283.54 |
| 9 | "DaCoolerKing" | $2,399.51 |
The Main Event attracted a full spectrum of familiar names, headlined by BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pros Daniel "leinad" Buzgon and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano. Others seen in the field included "spinach_kale", Jonathan "jetsfan411" Borenstein, and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner (34th place - $757.74).
In total, 36 players made it into the money, a feat which was reached one hour after the four-and-a-half-hour late registration period closed. The field was halved to 18 after another hour of play, and that number dropped to 10 shortly thereafter.
Play then lasted for nearly two full levels on the final table bubble before "TheKing411" claimed the chip lead when 10 turned to nine. "DaCoolerKing" and sri50k were the first two to exit, and seven-handed play went on for another two levels after that.
However, the rapid-fire eliminations of mj23style, IReadYrSoul, deerpathdave, rumpthumper, and Bluehaven within a level-and-a-half of each other quickly brought the tournament to heads-up play, where "TheKing411" made quick work of "Rennan23," winning the tournament in less than one level of play.
In other Main Event news, the $55 buy-in Event #15 Low: $20,000 GTD Main Event saw 596 runners create a $29,800 prize pool. It took more than seven hours of play for “BokeenSpades” to take down the tournament for $5,438.50.
“Eages” Wins High Roller
The 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series $1,060 buy-in Event #17 High: $75,000 GTD High Roller attracted 67 runners, and after nearly six hours of play it was “Eages” besting “judiallin” in heads-up play to win the title for $14,175.
“Eages” actually began the heads-up match down in chips and got quite low before getting all in preflop with ten-six suited and flopping a flush. Not long after, he made kings and threes to double through “judiallin,” who had kings and deuces, and in the final hand of the tournament both players made trip queens but the ace kicker of “Eages” sealed the deal.
Among those to compete in the tournament but fall short of making the money were Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo, BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pros Michael “Gags30” Gagliano and Daniel “leinad” Buzgon, Dave “Davealfa” Alfa, Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell, Ryan “TheSims” Hohner, and "spinach_kale".
High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Eages” | $24,375 |
| 2 | “judiallin” | $14,175 |
| 3 | “Whosyourdoddy” | $10,200 |
| 4 | “Turkeyleg” | $7,500 |
| 5 | “TopCreature” | $5,700 |
| 6 | “Skip_2_My_Lou” | $4,575 |
| 7 | “NoRecourse” | $3,487.50 |
| 8 | Jonathan “jetsfan411” Borenstein | $2,662.50 |
| 9 | odo23 | $2,325 |
"cuser24" Wins Event #1: Phased $100K GTD NLH For $23,674
On Sunday, Day 2 of the $215 buy-in Event #1: Phased $100K GTD NLH for the Borgata’s Spring Poker Open Online Series officially crowned its champion as "cuser24" overcame a 5:1 chip disadvantage to defeat "Core4" in heads-up play to take a $23,674 first-place prize.
The head-up match was an uphill battle for "cuser24" as he held 5,844,855 in chips compared to the 25,468,270 chip stack for "Core4." Eventually, "cuser24" went on a hot streak until they held the 4:1 chip advantage leaving "Core4" no choice but to move their remaining stack in holding ace-eight that came up short to"curse24" made hand of sixes.
Event #1 Final Table Results
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "cuser24" | $23,674.20 |
| 2 | "Core4" | $17,724 |
| 3 | "suprementy" | $12,660 |
| 4 | "pay4medsch00l" | $9,368.40 |
| 5 | "CreateReality" | $7,279.50 |
| 6 | "KNEIM7" | $5,697 |
| 7 | "jacksonterman" | $4,431 |
| 8 | "UFOLDIWIN" | $3,291.60 |
| 9 | "HodorHodorHodor" | $2,405.40 |
The week-long event saw a total of eight starting flights attract 633 entries which generated a $126,600 prize pool. From the 633 total entries, only 162 players advanced to the final day and 54 of them would make it into the money.
Among those to cash were BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pros Daniel "leinad" Buzgon who fell in 49th place ($569.70), and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano ( 44th - $633), Jonathan "jetsfan411" Borenstein (25th - 886.20), Dave "Davealfa" Alfa (23rd - $1,012.80), and Dan "mj23style" Swenig (11th - $1,772.40).
Upcoming BorgataPoker.com Online Events
With the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series at an end, it's a good time to look ahead to what's coming up on BorgataPoker.com.
Starting this Monday, April 13, BorgataPoker.com will be adding two new tournaments to its regular schedule.
One of them is a new daily Red Chip Bounty tournament at 7:30 p.m. each night, and the other is a new $320 Black Chip Bounty tournament to take place at 8 p.m. event Saturday night.
Red Chip Bounty
Daily at 7:30 p.m.
$20 ($13 Buy-In | $5 Bounty | $2 Fee)
Black Chip Bounty
Saturday at 8 p.m.
$320 ($205 Buy-In | $100 Bounty | $15 Fee)
In addition, there will be a $109 Buy-in Phased NLH tournament with a $100k guaranteed prize pool April 19–26. That tournament will feature eighth starting flights before culminating on Sunday, April 26.
Phased $100K Guaranteed Re-Entry
$109 ($100 Buy-In | $9 Fee)
Best Stack Forward
- Day 1A: Sunday, April 19 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1B: Monday, April 20 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1C: Tuesday, April 21 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1D: Wednesday, April 22 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1E: Thursday, April 23 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1F: Friday, April 24 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1G: Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
- Day 1H: Sunday, April 26 at 6 p.m. Turbo
- Day 2: Sunday, April 26 at 8 p.m.
