Event #1: Sunday $35K GTD 1/2 Price NLH | partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)

12-13-2020 21:02 UTC-5

Level 18 Updated Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

The last level before registration ends sees 121 players remaining from the 444 total entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
echaser	941,132 941,132	941,132
Gohednpopoff	751,570 593,693	593,693
im_riley	747,079 747,079	747,079
upayformypennys	620,732 546,792	546,792
maniacalmonk	615,761 407,885	407,885
ScarletRaptor	592,150 90,432	90,432
anywhen_01	565,231 367,891	367,891
Got_Milk	543,136 104,307	104,307
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	466,308 466,308	466,308
CopyYou	461,212 461,212	461,212
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio	459,738 176,288	176,288
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	445,772 -3,075	-3,075
David "TheKing411" Coleman	385,445 385,445	385,445
Ramon “hoodrathings” Liriano Jr	366,161 366,161	366,161
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig	352,785 19,225	19,225
Jake “FerociousPanda” Toole	350,967 124,765	124,765
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	328,238 3,951	3,951
Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja	324,366 109,775	109,775
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	310,028 77,737	77,737
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes	293,948 -118,462	-118,462
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	287,712 -45,198	-45,198

Anthony "supremetny" Chin	272,725 -80,955	-80,955

12-13-2020 21:00 UTC-5

Get to Know BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Daniel Buzgon

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Anthony Thompson

You might recall that In early 2019, Daniel "leinad" 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.”

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon	75,000

12-13-2020 20:55 UTC-5

Break Time

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Anthony Thompson

The remaining 125 players are on a five-minute break.

12-13-2020 20:53 UTC-5

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Anthony Thompson

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12-13-2020 20:47 UTC-5

Stone Puts "Sahiidaprince86" to the Test

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Anthony Thompson

In Level 17 with blinds at 3,500/7,000 (875 ante), Anthony "supremetny" Chin raised to 17,500 from middle position and was called by "Sahiidaprince86" from the button before Katie "KatieStone" Stone three-bet to 77,000 from the big blind.

Action was back on Chin who mucked his hand, while "Sahiidaprince86" called to see a flop appear.

Stone quickly put a 182,000 bet in the middle, putting "Sahiidaprince86" to the test as they only held 107,840.

"Sahiidaprince86" took their time in the tank but ultimately gave up their hand giving Stone the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	369,603 108,479	108,479
Anthony "supremetny" Chin	353,680
Sahiidaprince86	107,840

Tags: Anthony Chin Katie Ston

12-13-2020 20:36 UTC-5

Nines Hold for "jmoney99"

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Anthony Thompson

In Level 16 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 (750 ante), there was three-way all in action preflop with "jmoney99" having both "dadadada" and Daniel “leinad” Buzgon covered.

"jmoney99":
"dadadada":
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon:

"jmoney99" was ahead with their made hand of nines and nothing changed after the flop.

The turn made things interesting as it gave both "dadadada" and Buzgon straight draws, but the paired the board on the river and secured the pot for "jmoney99".

Player	Chips	Progress
jmoney99	377,899
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon	75,000
dadadada	75,000

Tags: Daniel Buzgon

12-13-2020 20:23 UTC-5

Level 15 Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

The start of Level 15 sees a total of 372 entries logged meaning, the 35k guaranteed prize pool has been surpassed with 162 players still in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
pup33	820,406
ScarletRaptor	501,718
Moose4Life	496,095
sunsetblvd77	484,374
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	448,847
Got_Milk	438,829
TYdonkman	423,074
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes	412,410
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig	333,560
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	332,910

Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	324,287
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio	283,450
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	261,124
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	254,864
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	232,291
Jake “FerociousPanda” Toole	226,202
Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja	214,591
Sridhar “sri100k” Sangannagari	177,424
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	170,010
James "Bagels" Lillis	169,092
Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John	167,703

12-13-2020 20:23 UTC-5

Level 15 Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

The start of Level 15 sees a total of 372 entries logged meaning, the 35k guaranteed prize pool has been surpassed with 162 players still in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
pup33	820,406 469,900	469,900
ScarletRaptor	501,718
Moose4Life	496,095
sunsetblvd77	484,374 114,570	114,570
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	448,847 268,055	268,055
Got_Milk	438,829
TYdonkman	423,074 131,813	131,813
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes	412,410 -18,544	-18,544
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig	333,560 -4,800	-4,800
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	332,910 52,349	52,349

Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	324,287 88,497	88,497
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio	283,450 116,400	116,400
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	261,124 31,507	31,507
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	254,864 83,303	83,303
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	232,291 138,255	138,255
Jake “FerociousPanda” Toole	226,202 165,225	165,225
Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja	214,591
Sridhar “sri100k” Sangannagari	177,424
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	170,010
James "Bagels" Lillis	169,092 10,797	10,797
Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John	167,703 -1,347	-1,347

12-13-2020 20:11 UTC-5

"Believer111" Leaves Lupo With Pebbles

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Anthony Thompson

In Level 14 (2,000/4,000/500), action folded around to "Believer111" who raised all in for 45,346 from the cutoff and Daniel "centrfielder23" Lupo isolated after he came over the top for 51,593 from the small blind.

"Believer111":
Daniel "centrfielder23" Lupo:

Lupo was behind but wasn't in the worst position as he was holding two over cards. The flop wasn't what Lupo wanted to see and the turn left him drawing to a queen or nine on the river.

Unfortunately for Lupo, the completed the board on the river leaving him with just 6,247.

Player	Chips	Progress
Believer111	98,692
Daniel "centrfielder23" Lupo	6,247 -195,079	-195,079

Tags: Daniel Lupo

12-13-2020 20:02 UTC-5

Dan “mj23style” Sewnig Studying to Become One of New Jersey’s Best Online Players

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Anthony Thompson

There’s a new breed of online poker players emerging in the United States, namely those thriving in the few regulated markets out there. One of them is Dan “mj23style” Sewnig, who has proven himself one of the most accomplished players among the New Jersey contingent.

The 29-year-old Sewnig, who graduated from Ramapo College with a degree in math and a concentration in education, has amassed well over a million in earnings playing online, where he’s also known as “RedsoxNets5”.

Finding His Way to Poker

Sewnig learned poker at 11 years old when his cousin taught him the rules to Texas hold’em. In 2003 when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker, Sewnig was in seventh grade and playing $5 SNGs with his friends.

“I'll always remember our friend's mom asked us who we thought was going to win. There were about 50 players left in the TV coverage and Ivey and Farha were the popular answers. I said, ‘I don't know, I've got a good feeling about that guy Moneymaker.’ She gave me a look at the time that I thought meant she thought I was stupid. I had no idea at the time that these shows were prerecorded and she already knew that he had gone on to win!”

In 2014, Sewnig was on track to become a teacher, even doing some student teaching. However, the call of poker was too strong to ignore.

“I decided to test the waters of the relatively new regulated online poker sites in New Jersey. I've been playing poker professionally ever since,” said Sewnig, who lives in New Jersey with his girlfriend of two years, Amy. “I'm a full-time professional poker player and put most of my volume into online tournaments. I do play live tournament series when they run at Borgata and Parx and head out to the Vegas for the WSOP each summer.”

In the live realm, Sewnig has amassed nearly $150K in earnings including a career-best $27,276 for finishing fourth in the 2016 WPT Borgata Poker Open Event #12: $1,060 NLH 6-Max.

Taking His Game to the Next Level

While Sewnig plays on all the New Jersey online sites, he’s become a familiar and successful player on the partypoker US Online Network.

“There's a lot of great value on partypoker,” he told PokerNews. “The site appeals to all sorts of different types of people and leads to a bunch of very fun tournaments. You truly never know what you're going to see in these MTTs and I am very grateful for that.”

One of the reasons we continue to see Sewnig crushing is because of the progress he’s made in poker over the past 18 months, which he ranks as his proudest accomplishment.

“I've put more work into studying and improving over that timespan than I have in the rest of my career combined. I've also done a much better job of dealing with adversity. Downswings are inevitable in poker and people react to them in all different types of ways.”

He continued: “For a long time, I'd react to them by taking way too much time off, sometimes even weeks at a time. From 2019 on, I've bounced back from tough stretches way more quickly and healthily and I think that's what I'm most proud of, more so than any individual tournament score or win.”

When asked who he thought was the best player among the New Jersey online crowd, Sewnig actually named a Borgata Poker Ambassador.

“I'd have to say Michael Gagliano. You could argue a few different people for best cash player in the state and a few different people for best tournament player, but I think he is the only name that comes up in both conversations. There are a few cash guys, such as Sean Ruane and Jake Toole, who could also fall into that category but just don't put in much tournament volume. Honorable mention to David Coleman.”

If he continues on his current trajectory, don’t be surprised to see Sewnig’s name mentioned among New Jersey’s best.

You can follow Sewnig on Twitter @RedsoxNets5.