2026 Borgata Big, Big Series

The final level of Flight 1b in the $5,300 Big, Big Championship is underway! Make sure to tune in to our live blog as the remaining players battle it out for their Day 2 bags.

The $600 Big, Big Last Chance Championship Qualifier has reached its conclusion, with 10 players securing their seats into the $5,300 Big, Big Championship Main Event.

Meanwhile, Flight 1b of the Main Event is down to 35 players and has just reached its final break of the day. The remaining players will soon return to the tables for the final stretch before bagging their chips for Day 2.

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While 42 players headed into the dinner break in the Big, Big Championship Main Event, the $600 Big, Big Last Chance Championship Qualifier has returned from its second break.

That means late registration is now closed, with 100 entries recorded. Just 33 players remain, all chasing one of the 10 guaranteed seats into the Main Event.

In late July, PokerNews returned to the East Coast to once again offer live updates from the Borgata in Atlantic City. The 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open was comprised of a full schedule of events, and PokerNews was on-hand to capture big and game-changing hands.

That included the $2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship, a tournament that attracted 565 runners and offered up a $1,356,000 prize pool, and the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off, which had a field of 2,390 entries and awarded a $1,242,800 prize pool.

Take a look back at some of the big and game-changing hands as reported by the PokerNews live reporting team.

Flight 1b of the $5,300 Big, Big Championship has reached its second break of the day, with 56 entries in the field so far.

Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2, giving players plenty of time to join the action.