2026 Borgata Big, Big Series

$5,300 BetMGM Poker Big, Big Championship
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Day: 1c
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Event Info
2026 Borgata Big, Big Series
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$3,000,000
Total Entries
483
Players Left
143
Average Chip Stack
132,308
Total Chips
18,920,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
312
Players Left
96
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Melnyk Rivers It

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Frank Simone opened up to 900 from middle position. Liubomyr Melnyk opted to call from the small blind, and Dylan Lemery defended his big blind.

Action checked all the way through, leaving the board to read 7K108Q Simone tabled A9 for ace-high, but Melnyk had rivered the best of it with Q9.

Tags: Dylan LemeryFrank SimoneLiubomyr Melnyk

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Pupillo Risks it All

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ricardo Eyzaguirre opened to 400 under the gun. Robert Lofaso called on the button, and Nick Pupillo defended his big blind.

He then checked the 2J7 flop, and Eyzaguirre continued for 700. Both of his opponents called.

The 3 turn then checked to Lofaso, who fired out 2,000. Pupillo check-raised to 7,200, Eyzaguirre folded, and Borukhovic called. Pupillo then very quickly shoved the 10 river, and Lofaso folded.

Tags: Nick PupilloRicardo EyzaguirreRobert Lofaso

Hanna Sends Out Farelli

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Andrew Hanna
Andrew Hanna

Anthony Farelli raised to 700 from early position to see Georgios Ballis in the hijack call, with the button flatting behind him. In the small blind, Andrew Hanna three-bet to 3,000 earning calls from both Farelli and Ballis.

The flop rolled out Q108 and Hanna bet 5,000 to see Farelli raise to 11,000. Ballis pitched his hand and Hanna spent over a minute in the tank before opting to move all in for 32,000 effective. Farelli thought for a few seconds before calling and he tabled his cards.

Anthony Farelli: K5 All in
Andrew Hanna: QJ

Hanna's hand held up on the J3 runout and took Farelli out of the tournament.

Tags: Andrew HannaAnthony FarelliGeorgios Ballis

Pupillo Takes From Dentale

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Nick Pupillo opened to 600 from the cutoff, and his only customer was Mike Dentale in the big blind.

Dentale then checked the 876 flop, and pretty quickly called when Pupillo fired out 1,500. The turn 2 was dealt, and Dentale checked again.

Pupillo wasted no time in sizing up to 4,400, which had Dentale thinking. After a short while, he returned his cards to the dealer.

Tags: Mike DentaleNick Pupillo

Nines Full For Backhaus

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Dennis Backhaus
Dennis Backhaus

Jason Sobin raised to 600 from the cutoff and both Dennis Backhaus in the small blind and Lucio Procopio in the big blind called.

The flop rolled out J102 and action checked around to Sobin who bet 600 and only Backhaus continued.

Backhaus checked the turn 9 and called Sobin's 1,600 bet.

On the river 10, Backhause bet 6,300 to see Sobin quickly toss in a call.

Sobin tabled 87 for a flush, but it was second best against Backhaus' 99 for nines full.

Tags: Dennis BackhouseJason SobinLucio Procopio

Super Straight?

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Andrew Ostapchenko opened to 500 under the gun. Frank Simone to his left put in the call, as did Philip Saracino from the cutoff. Anthony Farelli defended his small blind, and Georgios Ballis did the same from the big.

Action checked through on both the flop and turn, leaving the board to read 28976. At this point, Farelli led out for 500 into the field. Ballis folded, before Ostapchenko went massive, opting for 20,000 as his raise size. It folded back to Farelli, who tabled the 5 face up.

"Super straight?" he asked. Ostapchenko just smiled.

Tags: Andrew OstapchenkoAnthony FarelliFrank SimoneGeorgios BallisPhilip Saracino

Chadha Folds To Ahmadian

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Elia Ahmadian
Elia Ahmadian

Borgata Summer Poker Open champion Carlos Chadha raised to 500 from under the gun and a player in the cutoff called. In the small blind, Elia Ahmadian three-bet to 1,800 and only Chadha continued in the pot.

The flop rolled out A96 and both players checked.

Ahmadian bet 3,500 on the turn 7.

"4,000?" asked Chadha.

"No, 3,500," replied Ahmadian.

Chadha nodded and tossed his hand away.

Tags: Carlos ChadhaElia Ahmadian

Matrone Wins Big One Early

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was picked up on the turn, with the board reading 6QJ8. Big blind Michael Matrone threw out a half-pot sized bet of 4,500, and his opponent, under the gun player Bartley Dowling, snap-called.

The J peeled off on the river, and Matrone sized up to 7,000. Dowling didn't take too long before calling, but his AQ was no good, as Matrone had turned a straight with 109

Tags: Bartley DowlingMichael Matrone

Bao Bets the River

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was picked up in a pot between Yaohua Bao in the small blind and Joshua McClain in the big blind with 1,400 in the middle.

The flop rolled out A92 and Bao check-called a bet of 600 from McClain.

On the turn 3, McClain fired 900 after being checked too, earning a call from Bao.

Bao fired 3,000 on the river 8 and McClain took a few looks at his cards before tossing his hand away.

Tags: Joshua McClainYaohua Bao