2026 Borgata Big, Big Series

$5,300 BetMGM Poker Big, Big Championship
$5,300 BetMGM Poker Big, Big Championship Daily Tournament Highlights Show All Events
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Borgata Big, Big Series
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$3,000,000
Total Entries
519
Players Left
9
Average Chip Stack
2,306,667
Total Chips
20,760,000
Next Payout
Place 9
$53,865
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
179
Players Left
19
Players Left 9 / 519
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Final Three Tables (full)

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChip Count
11Daniel Lim220,000
12Matt Salsberg255,000
13Tyler Hirschfeld830,000
14Brock Wilson630,000
15Winston Fernandez150,000
16Sanat Mehrotra1,040,000
17Aubrey Williams530,000
18Boris Vaynberg715,000
    
41Scott Blumstein455,000
42-empty- 
43Paul Volpe1,400,000
44Thomas Cannuli1,800,000
45Lucas Bernui1,115,000
46Eric Yanovsky380,000
47Dale Roesel1,370,000
48Matthew Iles760,000
    
51Frank Lagodich1,915,000
52Julian Altieri1,580,000
53Sead Duraku1,050,000
54Myles Mullaly900,000
55Jason Min650,000
56Anthony Piacquadio360,000
57David Kinane1,150,000
58Alan Sternberg580,000

Matt Glantz Eliminated in 24th Place ($24,235)

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

Following an early position raise from Dale Roesel, Matt Glantz opted to move all in for 270,000. Roesel snap-called when it folded to him.

Matt Glantz: AK All in
Dale Roesel: AA

It was a nightmare situation for Glantz, and the Q48 flop helped him none. He picked up a straight draw on the J turn, but the 6 river was not one he wanted to see, as his elimination was confirmed.

Tags: Dale RoeselMatt Glantz

Mehrotra Gets Value With Trips

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was picked up with under the gun player Sanat Mehrotra and Eric Yanovsky in middle position both committing chips into the middle on a flop of 45A

With 280,000 in the pot, the 7 turn was dealt, and Mehrotra saw his bet of 90,000 called.

He didn't slow down on the A river, and sized up to 160,000. Yanovsky went into the tank, and eventually flicked in a call, but mucked after seeing his opponents AJ

Tags: Eric YanovskySanat Mehrotra

Lagodich Takes Out Ali

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Richard Ali
Richard Ali

Richard Ali raised to 30,000 in the hijack and Frank Lagodich raised to 100,000 in the small blind.

"Frank I'm all in," said Ali as he put himself at risk for 625,000, earning a quick call from Lagodich.

Richard Ali: AK All in
Frank Lagodich: JJ

"I'm due to win a big flip in a tournament Frank," said Ali. The deck had other plans as the board ran out Q9262 and Ali took his leave from the tournament.

Tags: Frank LagodichRichard Ali

Dentale's Run Ends

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Mike Dentale
Mike Dentale

Mike Dentale moved all in for 110,000 from under the gun and Myles Mullaly called in the hijack.

Mike Dentale: K10 All in
Myles Mullaly: KQ

"Matt honey, I'm all in," said Dentale over to Matt Glantz on the other side of the room, "and I'm crushed."

The board ran out AJ49K and the queen-kicker played for Mullaly to eliminate Dentale from the tournament.

Tags: Matt GlantzMike DentaleMyles Mullaly

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Siu Runs Into Min's Queens

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
May Siu
May Siu

Sanat Mehrotra raised to 30,000 in early position and May Siu moved all in for 140,000 from late position. Jason Min moved all in for more in the hijack for 520,000 and everyone else folded.

May Siu: JJ All in
Jason Min: QQ

The board ran out A108K4 and the queens held up for Min to eliminate Siu from the tournament.

Tags: Jason MinMay SiuSanat Mehrotra

Hamlet Can't Beat Volpe

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Brandon Hamlet
Brandon Hamlet

Paul Volpe raised to 30,000 in the cutoff and on the button, Brandon Hamlet moved all in for 280,000 to see Volpe call.

Brandon Hamlet: A3 All in
Paul Volpe: 99

The board ran out 10937J and the set of nines was good to eliminate Hamlet from the tournament.

Tags: Brandon HamletPaul Volpe

Ace Queen Holds This Time for Volpe

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Scott Blumstein limped in from late position. Paul Volpe made it 60,000 to go on the button, and action folded back around to Blumstein. He announced " all in," and covered Volpe's stack of 300,000.

"What the f*ck are you limp shoving?" asked Volpe. Eventually, he found the call.

Paul Volpe: AQ All in
Scott Blumstein: KQ

Volpe was all in with ace-queen for a second time in short succession, needing to fade a three-outer which he was unable to do previously.

The 7295A runout secured Volpe's double

Tags: Paul VolpeScott Blumstein

River Needle to Bust Pinson

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Aaron Pinson
Aaron Pinson

Sead Duraku opened to 30,000 from early position, before Aaron Pinson on his left moved all in for 295,000. Action folded round to Duraku, who thought for quite some time before calling.

"Do you have a pocket pair?" asked Pinson. "Yeah," replied Duraku. "F*ck," was Pinson's response.

Aaron Pinson: 44 All in
Sead Duraku: 1010

The A67 flop gave Pinson some backdoors, but they were shut down instantly by the 9 turn. Drawing to just one out, the 4 river left him with an inconsequential set to confirm his elimination.

Shortly after, Clemen Deng was eliminated on the stream table

Tags: Aaron PinsonSead Duraku