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.

Just six tables remain with 54 players left out of 139 total entries at the beginning of Level 14 with blinds at 2,000/4,000 with an ante of 500. Registration remains open for just under an hour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Burgersssss	451,492 114,918	114,918
JinYang	369,911 42,639	42,639
Djp120388	303,896 -16,575	-16,575
PompYouUp	297,190 130,620	130,620
ClarkWesterfeld	291,646 120,950	120,950
FrankyFunk	240,380 57,200	57,200
IIIIIIIIIIII	217,562 167,562	167,562
odo23	205,797 154,575	154,575
pay4medsch00l	193,116 141,713	141,713
smoothustler	183,293 121,658	121,658
alwaysliquid	181,637 -10,700	-10,700
chaposticks	177,940 5,602	5,602
KingofNJ	171,762 171,762	171,762
Anthony Maio	171,348 33,140	33,140
theMossberg	171,250 107,850	107,850
IReadYrSoul	169,188 -19,300	-19,300
RCM77	160,951 40,736	40,736
sri50k	156,940 33,184	33,184
buh-bye	152,486 -31,835	-31,835
dhimp20	151,465 1,400	1,400
Turkeyleg	144,745 92,672	92,672
DiGio	143,605 70,555	70,555
emccards1	138,254 17,587	17,587
selsk32285	135,637 135,637	135,637
TonyDuce	117,874 -23,698	-23,698

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With blinds up to 1,800/3,600 in Level 13, action was heads up between "ClarkWesterfeld" in the hijack and "theMossberg," who was on the button.

There was 44,850 in the middle on a board of and "ClarkWesterfeld" bet 22,425. "theMossberg" clicked it back, raising the minimum to 44,850. "ClarkWesterfeld" thought until they needed to activate their time bank, eventually settling on a call.

The river came and "ClarkWesterfeld" fired out enough to put "theMossberg" to a test for their remaining 63,400. "theMossberg" thought for a few moments and then folded, resulting in "ClarkWesterfeld" taking down the pot without needing to see a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
ClarkWesterfeld	236,146 65,450	65,450
theMossberg	63,400 -40,549	-40,549

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.

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The tournament is up to 124 runners at the beginning of Level 12 with blinds now up to 1,600/3,200 with an ante of 400. Here's a look at the top 20 stacks among the 59 that remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Burgersssss	336,574
JinYang	327,272
Djp120388	320,471 88,364	88,364
harveyblicks	209,950 175,431	175,431
Ari Engel	208,650 100,850	100,850
alwaysliquid	192,337 103,056	103,056
IReadYrSoul	188,488 96,345	96,345
FrankyFunk	183,180 47,056	47,056
chaposticks	172,338
ClarkWesterfeld	170,696
PompYouUp	166,570
dhimp20	150,065 -1,825	-1,825
TonyDuce	141,572 89,692	89,692
Anthony Maio	138,208 44,000	44,000
supremetny	137,475 12,250	12,250
golden13	123,642 71,702	71,702
emccards1	120,667
Bloodfox	111,812 -21,000	-21,000
Whosyourdaddy	111,781
Pokerlambie18	11,125

With action in Level 11 and blinds of 1,400/2,800 with a 350 ante, "DiGio" got all in on a flop of from under the gun against "supremetny," who was in the big blind.

"DiGio":
"supremetny":

"DiGio's" top pair was out in front and their situation got even better on the turn as one more of "supremetny's" outs was removed. The river improved them further to a flush and scored the double along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
supremetny	125,225 58,161	58,161
DiGio	73,050 73,050	73,050

Action was in Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300. "beezwax" was in middle position and opened to 7,200. "pure_reason" called in the cutoff and then "BokeemSpades" three-bet all in for 45,507. "beezwax" called and "pure_reason" folded.

"BokeemSpades":
"beezwax":

"BokeemSpades" was out in front but their opponent had two live cards, one of which paired on the flop . They were drawing dead by the turn as "beezwax" picked up trips, and the river completed the runout before the pot was shipped to "beezwax."

Player	Chips	Progress
beezwax	171,492 66,007	66,007
pure_reason	88,300 -35,625	-35,625
BokeemSpades	Busted

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