A pair of "low" events played out on Thursday.
In the $10 buy-in Event #8 Low: $1,000 GTD Stud, 97 entrants competed, which meant the top 12 got paid. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were "THECOOPER007" (9th - $27.50), "Pokerlambie18" (10th - $27.50), "smile121" (11th - $27.50), and "rumpthumper" (12th - $27.50).
In the end, it was "knittingboy" besting "windowman" in heads-up play to claim the title and $300 first-place prize.
Event #8 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "knittingboy" | $300 |
| 2 | "windowman" | $177.50 |
| 3 | "millertime4244" | $125.50 |
| 4 | "enthymemes" | $92.50 |
| 5 | "deliman8809" | $68.50 |
| 6 | "BG100" | $52.50 |
| 7 | "BigDickRick" | $41.00 |
| 8 | "Frank_Bama" | $32.50 |
"rumpthumper" Wins Event #9 Low: PLO8
One of the other tournaments to wrap up on Thursday night as the $10 buy-in Event #9 Low: $1,000 GTD PLO8, a tournament that drew 195 runners and offered up a $1,755 prize pool. That was distributed to the top 21 players including "HOYA86" (10th - $29.83), "JaneLeo" (15th - $24.57), and "dk1974" (22nd - $18.42), just to name a few.
Ari "spinach_kale" Engel was at yet another Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series final table, though this time he was first to fall finishing in eighth place. Eventually, the title came down to "pokermstr2" and "rumpthumper." The latter wound up the victor to take down the title and $451.98 top prize.
Event #9 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "rumpthumper" | $451.98 |
| 2 | "pokermstr2" | $311.51 |
| 3 | "HBK27" | $206.21 |
| 4 | "AMilkyMIst" | $149.17 |
| 5 | "bbmkbb1" | $109.68 |
| 6 | "tangerinecar" | $87.75 |
| 7 | "smoothustler" | $68.44 |
| 8 | Ari "spinach_kale" Engel | $50.89 |
flop appeared giving "rags224" two-pair. 
turn didn't change a thing nor the 
river, securing "rags224" double-up.
flop came out pairing their eight. 
on the turn and "JinYang" just needed to dodge any ace or jack to win the pot. 
securing their double-up.
and "FraDiavolo" check-called Engel's 5,250 continuation bet to see the 
come on the turn. 
runout securing "rags224" double-up.