2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series

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.

It's time for another break. Just 14 players remain with play currently in Level 23 with blinds at 1,400/2,800.

Player	Chips	Progress
spinach_kale	149,767 80,987	80,987
harveyblicks	147,102 -5,400	-5,400
TheSims	112,065 39,340	39,340
dhimp20	111,276 53,320	53,320
tc_ownz	106,084 -10,800	-10,800
Jaggyboy13	102,447 43,224	43,224
Bagels	101,733 12,400	12,400
CoachD	91,500 51,300	51,300
Turkeyleg	77,234 -14,800	-14,800
rumpthumper	72,318 7,000	7,000
GiantGenius	66,848
ItsOKman	35,301 -51,700	-51,700
Flawlessbinkage	124 -147,019	-147,019
MattEMenz	112 -150,410	-150,410
BigDickRick	Busted
UFOLDIWIN	Busted
roystalin	Busted
sofcknsick	Busted
Burgersssss	Busted
WoodMan1	Busted
humpy40	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds at 1,200/2,400, "Turkeyleg" raised to 6,480 under the gun and action folded around to "Flawlessbinkage," who was in the big blind and defended.

Both players checked the flop , and the turn came . "Flawlessbinkage" bet 8,220 and "Turkeyleg called.

The river came and action went check-check to take the hand to showdown.

"Flawlessbinkage" had for a pair of kings, which wound up being second best as "Turkeyleg" hit a set of queens on the river, despite their pair of aces being good all along.

Even having lost the pot, "Flawlessbinkage" has seen an increase to their stack and is among one of the chip leaders with three tables left in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Flawlessbinkage	147,143 102,558	102,558
Turkeyleg	92,034 -8,236	-8,236
GiantGenius	66,848 41,136	41,136
rumpthumper	65,318 32,800	32,800
dhimp20	57,956 -50,660	-50,660

With action in Level 22 and blinds at 1,200/2,400, "tc_ownz" opened the action with a raise to 5,520 in the hijack. "Jaggyboy13" three-bet to 20,160 on the button and action made its way back to "tc_ownz," who called.

The flop dropped and "tc_ownz" checked. "Jaggyboy13" went all in for their remaining 15,303 and "tc_ownz" thought for a few moments before folding, resulting in "Jaggyboy13" winning the pot on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
harveyblicks	152,502 86,602	86,602
tc_ownz	116,884 -37,759	-37,759
Bagels	89,333 15,000	15,000
Jaggyboy13	59,223 -14,539	-14,539
sofcknsick	34,424 -49,304	-49,304

Here are updated counts for the 21 remaining players in Level 21 as blinds are now 1,000/2,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
tc_ownz	154,643 144,643	144,643
MattEMenz	150,522 9,057	9,057
dhimp20	108,616 79,772	79,772
Turkeyleg	100,270 14,735	14,735
ItsOKman	87,001 59,255	59,255
sofcknsick	83,728 -16,700	-16,700
UFOLDIWIN	79,787 58,651	58,651
Bagels	74,333 35,953	35,953
Jaggyboy13	73,762 -36,176	-36,176
TheSims	72,725 -5,657	-5,657
spinach_kale	68,780 48,080	48,080
harveyblicks	65,900 56,700	56,700
Burgersssss	56,200 43,462	43,462
Flawlessbinkage	44,585 5,620	5,620
CoachD	40,200 2,200	2,200
humpy40	34,158 34,158	34,158
rumpthumper	32,518 -15,912	-15,912
GiantGenius	25,712 5,344	5,344
roystalin	24,860 7,660	7,660
BigDickRick	18,200 -2,600	-2,600
WoodMan1	4,500 -42,000	-42,000

Just 21 players remain after a slew of bust outs have occurred straight out of the gate after the freezeout portion of the tournament has begun. Here are the players who were recently eliminated with a few minutes left in Level 20 (800/1,600).

Player	Chips	Progress
yolegacy	Busted
RumpusTime9	Busted
warren1101	Busted
starx	Busted
WilliamJLH	Busted

In level 19 with blinds of 700/1,400 all of the chips got in the middle on the turn between "MattEMenz," who was on the button, and "centrfieldr23," who was in the small blind.

"centrfieldr23" had checked before "WoodMan1" bet 1,400 from the big blind. "MattEMenz" then pumped it up to 30,800 and "centrfieldr23" called off his last 29,500. "WoodMan1" folded.

"centrfieldr23":
"MattEMenz":

"centrfieldr23's" aces and straight draw were behind "MattEMenz's" set of kings and flush draw. The river was a safe and "MattEMenz" held to knock out "centrfieldr23," taking him over 140,000 in the process and making him the current chip leader with 21 players left in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
MattEMenz	141,465 91,965	91,965
TheSims	78,382 41,731	41,731
WoodMan1	46,500 46,500	46,500
CoachD	38,000 18,180	18,180
BigDickRick	20,800 20,800	20,800
centrfieldr23	Busted

Registration has closed and the add-on period is underway. The following players were eliminated shortly before the closing of the registration period. Stay tuned for prize pool information and leader board fluctuations in the coming levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
smoothustler	Busted
DFranks	Busted
CharlieBrown	Busted
FlatcallSteve	Busted
JayOnRiver	Busted
iluvmollys55	Busted

In Level 18 (600/1,200), four players saw a flop of . "tc_ownz" led out from the small blind and got two folds before "sofcknsick" raised enough to put "tc"ownz" all in. A call was made.

"tc_ownz":
"sofcknsick":

"tc_ownz" had flopped bottom two pair but the turn gave "sofcknsick" a six-high straight. The river completed the runout with "sofcknsick's" straight remaining best to win the pot and bring their stack north of 100,000 as "tc_ownz" hit the rebuy button to receive a fresh stack of 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaggyboy13	109,938 9,293	9,293
sofcknsick	100,428 61,312	61,312
yolegacy	60,311 11,300	11,300
tc_ownz	10,000 3,068	3,068
harveyblicks	9,200 -35,571	-35,571