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Level 7
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
2026 Borgata Fall Poker Open
$2,700 Fall Poker Open Championship
Day: 1a
Players Left 40 / 207
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290,000
Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level 6
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Action is set to resume at approximately 8:00 p.m.
Level 6
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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.
Level 6
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Level 6
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Chadha Villamarin | United States | $242,385 |
| 2 | Maxwell Young | United States | $167,985 |
| 3 | Nicholas Verderamo | United States | $116,525 |
| 4 | James Tedrow | United States | $77,345 |
| 5 | Michael Renna | United States | $54,100 |
| 6 | Russ Dunlevy | United States | $42,975 |
| 7 | Andrew Porter | United States | $34,620 |
| 8 | Ricky Guan | United States | $28,160 |
| 9 | Mike Dentale | United States | $22,945 |
Level 6
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With the board reading A♣2♥8♠K♣ and around 60,000 in the pot, Rafael Reis was all-in from the big blind, and up against the covering stack of Joel Mitchell in the hijack.
Rafael Reis: A♦9♥ 
Joel Mitchell: A♥K♥
Mitchell had Reis drawing dead, and after the 2♠ river Mitchell took the pot, sending Reis to the rail.
Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 5
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
In a preflop confrontation, Mykhailo Lendel was all-in from the big blind for a bit under 15,000, and up against a player in the hijack who covered him.
Mykhailo Lendel: A♣A♥
Opponent: J♥9♥
The board ran out Q♠4♦2♥K♠5♥, keeping Lendel's aces in front for the double.
Level 5
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
With two players seeing a board of 6♣3♦7♠9♣ and around 5,500 in the middle, Charbel Boujaoude bet 2,000 from the small blind, and Drew O'Connell called from the big blind.
Boujaoude bet 3,300 on the K♥ river. O'Connell raised to 11,000, and Boujaoude called.
O'Connell showed 10♠10♥ for a pair and Boujaoude mucked.