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2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
Daily Tournament Highlights
Day: live
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The $500 T.O.R.S.E. event currently has 36 players remaining out of 66 entries. Allen Kessler is nursing an extreme short stack of 15,000, but the same can't be said about his tablemate Randy Hagen, who has around 180,000 and appears to be the chip leader.
Meanwhile, the $650 5-Card PLO event has 11 players remaining out of 44 entries. Late registration just closed in that event, and the official prize pool should be announced shortly.
Day 1b of the $650 Super Deep 6-Max is up to 35 total entries through six levels, with late registration remaining open through 12 levels.
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A player in the small blind moved all in for 50,000 and Philip Saracino called in the big blind.
All-In Player: 4♣4♦ 
Philip Saracino: A♦K♠
The at-risk player remained in the lead on the 3♠2♠3♥ flop, but Saracino caught the K♥ on the turn. The river was the 9♦ and Saracino took the pot to send his opponent to the rail on the bubble.
Day 1a has ended with 16 players remaining. They'll return for Day 2 at noon on July 23, along with survivors from the other three starting flights.
Full Day 1a chip counts:
Jerick Rickert- 667,000
Robert Anastasio- 456,000
Joe Patalune- 411,000
Liang Li- 358,000
Braden Kulley- 328,000
Michael Surick- 316,000
Steve Madara- 215,000
Philip Saracino- 203,000
Chad Reynolds- 186,000
Richard Smith- 172,000
Miguel Meza-Rivera- 132,000
Nitish Gautam- 91,000
Alex Rocha- 62,000
James Hundt- 59,000
Kaiton Wang- 56,000
Dan McGinnis- 48,000
Day 1a of the $650 Super Deep 6-Max is currently on the bubble with 17 players remaining out of 94 entries.
With action going hand-for-hand, Michael Surick raised to 45,000 under the gun before an opponent three-bet to 140,000 in the hijack. The small blind then shoved for 270,000 and Surick called for his last 143,000, while the hijack got out of the way.
Michael Surick: A♣A♦
Opponent: K♠K♣
Surick was on the right side of the aces-versus-kings cooler, and he secured the double up after the board ran out Q♠8♣6♠2♦5♦.
With late registration closed in the $500 T.O.R.S.E., the official prize pool has been posted.
There were 66 entries, generating a prize pool of $28,050. The top nine players will finish in the money, with the champion earning $9,154.
Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $9,154 |
| 2 | $5,622 |
| 3 | $3,666 |
| 4 | $2,542 |
| 5 | $1,882 |
| 6 | $1,577 |
| 7 | $1,357 |
| 8 | $1,192 |
| 9 | $1,058 |
Day 1a of the $650 Super Deep 6-Max event is currently on Level 12. Late registration ends after this level in about 30 minutes.
There are currently 89 entries, with 24 players remaining.
The Day 1b flight just began with 16 players registered.
Allen Kessler is currently sitting on a stack of around 27,000 in the $500 T.O.R.S.E. event as the field enters Level 8, the last level for late registration.
The field has grown to 57 entries, with around 49 players remaining.
In another corner of the room, the $650 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha event currently has 15 players remaining out of 30 entries in Level 5. Late registration is open for the first eight levels.
In the $650 Super Deep 6-Max event, Salvatore Valenti bet 15,000 from under the gun on a flop of 5♥3♣2♠ before Liang Li moved all in from the cutoff. Valenti called for his last 50,000.
Salvatore Valenti: J♠J♥
Liang Li: Q♦Q♣
Li had Valenti crushed with her queens, andn the Q♠ turn improved her to top set. The river was the 6♥ and Valenti was sent to the rail, while Li moved up to around 160,000.
"Hand played itself," Valenti said.
Richard Smith and Jerick Rickert, meanwhile, have both built up stacks of more than 200,000 and are the two current chip leaders in Level 10.
The $650 Super Deep 6-Max is down to around 35 players out of 83 entries. James Hundt, who just missed out on the final table of the PLO Championship, is among the big stacks with 130,000.
Meanwhile, Allen Kessler recently took his seat in the T.O.R.S.E. field.
