The 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series saw its first high-stakes Omaha champion crowned in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PLO 6-Max Rebuy, where "spinach_kale" topped a field of 48 entries to take home the first-place prize of $6,300.

A late registration and rebuy period of more than two-and-a-half hours was available, ultimately closing with 60 rebuys that were punctuated by 22 add-ons from the 28 players still in contention when the add-on period closed.

From there, it took less than an hour for the tournament to reach two tables and under 90 minutes for the final table of six to be reached. However, only five paid and "tc_ownz" wound up becoming the sixth-place finisher after being eliminated by "MattEMenz" via straight-over-straight.

"Jaggyboy13" and "dhimp20" then fell in succession to Anthony "Flawlessbinkage" Maio, who took a sizeable chip lead into three-handed play. "spinach_kale" was third in chips but pulled even with "MattEMenz" and ultimately knocked him out after hitting the nut flush on the river against "MattEMenz's" set of queens.

Maio took the chip lead into the heads-up match and pulled away briefly, but then lost momentum as "spinach_kale" was able to claw back over the course of about 15 minutes, ultimately gaining the chip lead and never looking back from there.

"spinach_kale" is no stranger to the poker world, both online and live, with over $7 million in live winnings going back to 2006 and an online history predating that.

Event #1 Final Reuslts

On one of the first hands at Level 37 with blinds of 10,000/20,000, "spinach_kale" completed the small blind and "Flawlessbinkage" checked.

The flop came and "Flawlessbinkage" check-called a bet of 20,000.

The turn was and "Flawelessbinkage" led out for 40,000. "spinach_kale" made the call.

The river fell and "Flawlessbinkage" led out once more, firing 100,000. "spinach_kale" immediately called.

"Flawlessbinkage" showed for a ten-high straight and "spinach_kale" showed , good for a full house to win the pot and a seven-figure stack that left "Flawlessbinkage" with around 15 big blinds.

Moments later, "spinach_kale" earned those last 15 big blinds, eliminating "Flawlessbinkage" to win the tournament for $6,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
spinach_kale	1,029,125 234,000	234,000
Flawlessbinkage	380,875 -234,000	-234,000

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The tournament is on a five-minute break with a minute or so remaining in Level 36 with blinds at 9,000/18,000.

"spinach_kale" has taken momentum in the match via a series of small pots, and gained the chip lead on the last hand before the break. There was 72,000 going to the river on a board of and "spinach_kale" checked from the big blind to put action onto "flawlessbinkage," who was on the button.

"Flawlessbinkage" made a pot-sized bet of 72,000 and "spinach_kale" check-raised the pot to 288,000. "Flawlessbinkage" folded, relinquishing the chip lead as the tournament goes to break.

Player	Chips	Progress
spinach_kale	795,125 260,000	260,000
Flawlessbinkage	614,875 -260,000	-260,000

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On the last hand of Level 33 with blinds of 6,000/12,000, "MattEMenz" defended his big blind to an open of 24,000 from "spinach_kale", who was on the button.

The flop dropped and both players checked. The turn was and "MattEMenz" checked again. "spinach_kale" made a bet of 25,500 and "MattEMenz" check-raised to 130,500.

"spinach_kale" three-bet to 235,500 and "MattEMenz" went all in for slightly more, quickly receiving a call for hands to be tabled.

"MattEMenz":
"spinach_kale":

"MattEMenz" had found himself with top set and a trivial flush draw, ultimately in need of fading the outs that "spinach_kale" had to either a set of aces or the nut flush. Unfortunately for him, the river smashed resulted in his tournament life coming crashing down as "spinach_kale" wound up filling up to the nut flush to eliminate "MattEMenz" in third place for $2,250, taking the tournament heads up in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Flawlessbinkage	846,875 26,000	26,000
spinach_kale	563,125 271,250	271,250
MattEMenz	Busted

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In Level 31 (4,500/9,000), all of the chips got in the middle with "dhimp20" at risk in the cutoff against "Flawlessbinkage," who was in the big blind.

"dhimp20":
"Flawlessbinkage":

When all was said and done, the board read and "Flawlessbinkage" took down the pot with aces up, eliminating "dhimp20" from the tournament in fourth place, earning a prize of $1,612.50 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Flawlessbinkage	935,125 319,768	319,768
MattEMenz	355,900 99,000	99,000
spinach_kale	118,975 -49,000	-49,000
dhimp20	Busted

WIth play in Level 31 and blinds at 4,500/9,000, "Jaggyboy13" raised the size of the pot to 31,500 in the cutoff. "dhimp20" defended the big blind and action went heads up to a flop of . Both players checked.

The turn was and "dhimp20" made a pot-sized bet of 67,500. "Jaggyboy13" folded, leaving just over 110,000 behind.

Two hands later, "Flawlessbinkage" opened to 18,000 in the cutoff and "Jaggyboy13" defended the big blind. The flop came and "Jaggyboy13" check-raised all in over a continuation-bet of 40,500 from "Flawlessbinkage," who called off the remainder.

"Jaggyboy13":
"Flawlessbinkage":

The turn and river left "Jaggyboy13" no good to "Flawlessbinkage's" queens up to result in a fifth-place elimination, good for a payday of $1,237.

Player	Chips	Progress
Flawlessbinkage	615,357 140,229	140,229
dhimp20	365,363 20,000	20,000
MattEMenz	256,900
Jaggyboy13	Busted