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Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Three ways to the 7♦5♠4♥ flop, David Stevens check-raised from 1,000 to 3,000 and Charles Hook was the only caller. The 8♠ followed on the turn and Stevens bet 6,500 to force out Hook.
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
$2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship
Day: 1a
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
On a flop of A♥6♥4♥, Juan Mahecha Jr was all-in for 15,100 from an early position and was called by Frederic Breton in the big blind.
Juan Mahecha Jr: A♠Q♦ 
Frederic Breton: K♥8♥
Mahecha Jr needed running cards to survive and it was all over on the 7♥ turn to make the A♣ river a formality.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
David Olshan in the cutoff and Andrew Porter in the big blind both invested 1,100 on the J♦6♦2♣ flop before Porter check-called bets of 3,000 on the A♦ turn and 5,000 on the 6♠ river. Olshan tabled his 8♣6♣ for rivered trips sixes and Porter mucked his cards high.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Early after coming back from the break, David Olshan defended his big blind against a cutoff raise to 1,200 and then check-called a bet of 1,100 on the 10♥5♠5♦ flop. Both players checked the 10♠ on the turn and Olshan bet the 7♦ river for 3,500, his opponent folded.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
Thomas Laviano and Kyle Grupp entered during the break with a fresh stack to table 35 where Victor Abbate had already joined earlier on. Abbate won his seat in a Poker4Life charity event that took place in New York City last month and is trying to parlay his victory into a big payday throughout the next few days.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Upon completion of the first two levels of 60 minutes each, the 45-entry strong field was sent on their first scheduled 15- minute break.
There was another all-in preflop in the very last hand in which John Scrimenti flipped with 10♦10♣ versus A♦K♣. No ace or king came on the 9♦9♥4♥7♦4♠ runout for Joseph Garguilo and Scrimenti leaped back above the starting stack to knock out his opponent.
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
After getting short-stacked very early on, John Botticello had hung around until nearly the end of the second level before he was then all-in and at risk for 8,400 preflop against Darren Elias.
John Botticello: K♦Q♥
Darren Elias: 5♣5♠
Another player at the table predicted a five to come and it did so right away on the 8♣7♥5♦ flop. The 3♠ turn and 6♥ river didn't mater anymore, as Botticello had been drawing dead already.
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Current table chip leader Craig Robertson raised to 900 and was called by three opponents including Jeffrey Izes. They all checked through the 7♠5♦5♥ flop to the 7♥ turn on which Izes bet 1,400. Three folds later, Izes won the pot to chip up slightly.
In the meanwhile, Benedetto Bianco became the first player to re-enter the first of three tournament flights.
