2026 Borgata Big, Big Series

The $600 Big, Big 2nd Chance Championship Qualifier has found its 15 qualifiers for the Big, Big Championship, with all 15 players securing seats for the $5,300 Main Event.

Meanwhile, Day 1a of the Main Event has reached its final break. The remaining 34 players are taking a short break before returning for the final two levels of play.

After those two levels, the surviving players will bag up for Day 2 and return to the tables to continue their run toward the $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

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

Matthew Costanzo came out on top in Event 9: $1,100 Big, Big Shot Clock Turbo last night, taking home $32,632 after surviving a field of 72 entries.

Final Table Results

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The $5,300 Big, Big Championship has reached its 75-minute dinner break. The event has attracted 68 entries so far, with 37 players still in contention and taking some time away from the tables.

Jeremy Flieder currently leads the field with approximately 138,400 chips, followed by Jeremy Wien with around 125,400 and Jeffrey Trudeau with 125,200.

Once play resumes, the remaining players will battle through another four levels before bagging up for Day 2. Blinds will return at 500/1,000/1,000.

Late registration has closed in the $600 Big, Big 2nd Chance Championship Qualifier after the event attracted 101 entries. With 35 players remaining, the field is now battling for one of the 15 guaranteed seats in the $5,300 Big, Big Championship Event.

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Brock Wilson emerged victorious in the $2,200 Big, Big Pot-Limit Omaha tournament after defeating Jason Langianese heads-up. Wilson took home the $59,725 first-place prize along with the coveted Big Big Series trophy.

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