button in SafariWilliam Meed Leads 152 Players Into Day 2 of the Borgata Fall Poker Open $600 Deepstack Kick Off
Nearly 2,000 players came out for the opener of the Borgata Fall Poker Open, and 152 remain in contention when Day 2 of the $600 Fall Deepstack Kick Off begins at noon local time.
The first event over the next two weeks at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City drew 1,862 players across six starting flights. William Meed takes the chip lead into the event’s penultimate day with 1,233,000, while Thomas Yarbrough (1,186,000) and Hamza Azim (1,064,000) are the other members of the million-chip club.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Meed | United States | 1,233,000 |
| 2 | Thomas Yarbrough | United States | 1,186,000 |
| 3 | Hamza Azim Alqit | United States | 1,064,000 |
| 4 | Dhaval Joshi | United States | 935,000 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Campbell | United States | 934,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Gaynor | United States | 896,000 |
| 7 | Christopher Anderson | United States | 827,000 |
| 8 | Dao Nguyen | United States | 824,000 |
| 9 | James Calderaro | United States | 809,000 |
| 10 | Maxwell Young | United States | 804,000 |
Other players returning for Day 2 include James Calderaro (809,000), Summer Poker Open Main Event runner-up Maxwell Young (804,000), Will Failla (774,000), Coleem Chestnut (435,000), Andrew Chang (424,000), and Justin Arnwine (374,000). Further down the leaderboard are Yaser Al-Keliddar (359,000), Lucas Vergara (355,000), Bin Weng (352,000), Rafael Reis (325,000), and brothers Vinny (276,000) and Mukul Pahuja (113,000).
Blind levels at the start of Day 2 will be rolled back to an average stack of 40 big blinds. Levels will be 40 minutes throughout the day, with a 40-minute dinner break scheduled. The plan is to play down to the final table by the end of the night. The official list of payouts from the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool should be announced shortly after the start of play.
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PokerNews will be following all the action throughout the day, so stay tuned for live updates as the 2026 Borgata Fall Poker Open gets into full swing.