Max Kingstone opened the action with a raise to 1,700 from the cutoff. Changfeng Fan called on the button, and Blake Vogdes defended his big blind.
On a flop of 10♠9♠7♠ Vogdes checked to Kingstone, who continued for 2,200. Fan called, and Vogdes moved all in for just shy of 20,000. Kingstone snap-folded, but Fan snap-called.
Blake Vogdes: 5♠4♠
Changfeng Fan: K♠8♠
It was the worst case scenario for Vogdes, as he was stone dead. The 10♦J♥ runout changed nothing.
On another table, Justin Vaysman was eliminated. Vogdes has since rebought, as has Andrew Chang.
Blake Vogdes opened to 1,300 from early position. Jeremy Wien flatted on the button, before David Stefanski made it 6,000 to go from the small blind. Only Wien called.
On a flop of 9♣4♦3♦ Stefanski carried on for 4,200. Wien raised to 10,200, and Stefanski clicked it back to 17,000. He then snap-called Wien's shove.
David Stefanski: Q♥Q♦
Jeremy Wien: 3♠3♣
Wien's flopped set would hold on the J♠10♠ runout to send Stefanski packing.
James Calderaro opened to 1,300 under the gun. To his left, both Max Young and Boris Kravets called in succession. John Lytle defended his big blind.
Calderaro threw out a continuation-bet of 3,100 when checked to on the 10♠9♣J♠ flop. Both Young and Kravets called; Lytle folded.
Calderaro then slowed down with a check on the A♥ turn. Young then threw 9,400 into the middle, sending Kravets into the tank. Eventually, he let his cards go, and Calderaro did the same. Lytle busted shortly after, and Justin Vaysman busted at another table.
Over a 20-year career, Carlos Chadha has experienced every poker player's dream and also worst nightmare. He’s sat with the game’s best and beaten them for big scores. He’s also gone years without winning anything, wondering if all the work and studying he was doing was worth it. He’s won millions in live tournaments, and had long stretches where the money disappeared. It’s a dichotomy that a poker pro who stays around long enough is well familiar with.
Through it all, Chadha has never lost the one thing he started with: his love of the game. The passion that keeps him coming back, the determination to put in long hours of study in an attempt to get better, paid off in a big way at the final table of the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open $2,700 Championship.
Chadha came into the final table as a massive chip leader and, after just over three hours, took care of the rest of the field on his way to emerging on top of the 565-player field and capturing the $242,385 first prize after making a big river call against Maxwell Young on the final hand.
Borgata Summer Poker Open $2,700 Championship Final Table Results
Action was picked up in a limped pot between, small blind Austen Yueh and big blind Chris DeQuatro. Yueh check-called a bet of 1,500 on a flop of 8♣7♥6♠
The 2♦ turn checked through to the 5♠ river. Yueh checked, DeQuatro bet 3,000, and Yueh check-raised to 11,000. DeQuatro quickly called, and his K♥9♣ beat his opponent's 10♥7♠.
At other tables, Lauren Monosson, Andrew Chang, and Yuriy Kudrynskyy all bust out.
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