2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series

In early 2019, Daniel Buzgon signed on as a BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro – one of three alongside Michael “Gags” Gagliano and Katie Stone.

“It took a little bit of time to get all the paperwork and stuff like that,” Buzgon previously told PokerNews of becoming sponsored. “It was in December when it started but wasn’t official until just before the Borgata Winter series. Duties include mainly playing a lot online, promoting the site, and trying to get new players on the site.”

According to HendonMob, Buzgon has more than $2.3 million in lifetime live tournament earnings since 2007. He’s a four-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner has played for big money before. In 2001, he finished third in the WPT Borgata Poker Open for $335,433, and last year he finished fifth in the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event for $202,942. He also finished fourth in the 2012 WPT bestbet Jacksonville for $94,624.

Additionally, Buzgon is a beast online where he’s amassed more than $3.1 million in earnings, of which $435,457 has come on BorgataPoker.com where he plays under the screen name “leinad.”

Keep an eye out for Buzgon throughout the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series.

Level 10 is underway and blinds are up to 1,200/2,400 with an ante of 300. The field has grown to 115, meaning the guaranteed prize pool of $20,000 has been officially surpassed halfway through the registration period. Here's a look at the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
mincashmaster	241,341 127,648	127,648
FrankyFunk	205,476 132,021	132,021
supremetny	198,310 112,975	112,975
mmflpoker	191,725 191,725	191,725
KingsWin	181,570 98,210	98,210
PompYouUp	171,507 25,302	25,302
JinYang	156,722 48,018	48,018
theMossberg	156,603 -7,383	-7,383
Whosyourdoddy	151,078 101,078	101,078
MecOnDeR	140,565 140,565	140,565
Donkfish	130,710 94,890	94,890
LordRamsaySlays	127,800 73,620	73,620
Gambler16	120,117 55,997	55,997
funktion	118,458 38,274	38,274
NoRecourse	109,790 -17,600	-17,600
MistaMenza	105,050 105,050	105,050
Allyoucaneat	103,625 40,928	40,928
avant9201	103,444 42,323	42,323
bbmkbb1	103,056 29,881	29,881
Djp120388	97,570 40,625	40,625

It's the :55 of the hour, meaning players are on a five-minute break. The field size has climbed to 89, and 65 players currently remain with one minute still on the clock in Level 8 (800/1600 blinds with an ante of 200). Registration will be open for roughly another one hour and 45 minutes.

Action was in Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200 when "tc_ownz" opened to 3,200 in the cutoff. "MattEMenz" was on the button and three-bet to 9,920. The players in the blinds folded and "tc_ownz" shoved all in for around 20 big blinds. "MattEMenz" called.

"tc_ownz":
"MattEMenz":

The first card of the runout was all "MattEMenz" would need as the board came to score him a pair of aces and win the pot. "tc_ownz" wasted no time re-entering, and now has a fresh stack of 50,000 with a new seat at the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
MattEMenz	88,844 88,844	88,844
tc_ownz	50,000 -9,745	-9,745

The bolded tournaments will be live reported here on PokerNews, while we will incorporate mini-recaps of each event in both the live blog and daily on the front page of PokerNews.com.

With play in Level 7 and blinds at 600/1,200 with an ante of 150, "Allyoucaneat" limped in under the gun. "upayformpennys" pumped it up to 4,800 in middle position and was three-bet to 8,400 by the "afalange11," who recently re-entered and was in the cutoff.

"allinorbust" cold-called on the button and action folded back around to "upayformypennys," who also called to take action three ways to the flop . Action checked to "allinorbust," who went all in for an effective 39,000 into a pot of around 30,000. "upayformypennys" called all in for around 30,000 and "afalange11" folded.

"upayformypennys":
"allinorbust":

"upayformypennys" had called with a pair of eights and a gutshot straight draw and found themselves at risk for their tournament life up against "allinorbust's" top pair of nines. They had two chances at six outs to double and would only need one as the turn improved them to a straight, leaving "allinorbust" with two outs left to a chop. Neither came on the river and "upayformypennys" scored the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
upayformypennys	92,136 92,136	92,136
allinorbust	88,092 -20,818	-20,818
Allyoucaneat	62,697 -9,543	-9,543
afalange11	39,025 39,025	39,025

The tournament is now in Level 6 and blinds are at 500/1,000 with an ante of 125. The number of entries has risen to 63 with 53 players currently remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
theMossberg	163,986
PompYouUp	146,205 92,465	92,465
NoRecourse	127,390 70,915	70,915
mincashmaster	113,693 66,413	66,413
allinorbust	108,910
JinYang	108,704 200	200
JackDoyle102	87,151 -31,299	-31,299
Darrenthegr81	86,848 37,798	37,798
KingsWin	83,360 16,390	16,390
funktion	80,184 32,294	32,294
FrankyFunk	73,455
bbmkbb1	73,175 -15,082	-15,082
Allyoucaneat	72,240 4,916	4,916
BokeemSpades	69,300
RomansFinest	69,107 29,844	29,844
avant9201	61,121
FoxEcho	57,930 -3,425	-3,425
NJNJNNJ	57,055
Djp120388	56,945 11,255	11,255
Ari Engel	56,750 6,750	6,750

Blinds were at 300/600 with an ante of 75 as play reached Level 4 and "FoxEcho" opened to 2,400 in early position. "SLHalper" called in middle position and action went heads up to a flop of . "FoxEcho" made a continuation-bet of 4,000 and "SLHalper13" called.

The turn came and "FoxEcho" checked. "SLHalper" bet 7,709 and "FoxEcho" quickly hit the call button, bringing the river on board. Both players checked to take the hand to showdown.

"FoxEcho" tabled for ace-king high to go along with the board's pair of sevens and "SLHalper13" mucked, resulting in the pot being shipped their way.

Player	Chips	Progress
FoxEcho	61,355 11,355	11,355
SLHalper13	37,960 -12,040	-12,040