2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open

$2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship
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Event Info
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,700
Prize Pool
$1,356,000
Total Entries
565
Players Left
12
Average Chip Stack
1,883,333
Total Chips
22,600,000
Next Payout
Place 13
$14,965
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
178
Players Left
24
Players Left 12 / 565
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E-Tay Has Her Run Cut Short

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor

Esther Taylor was all in for roughly her final 30,000 preflop from the the big blind, at risk against Xiaoqiong Liu from the cutoff and Maxwell Young on the button.

The 8♠7♣3♥2♥9♠ board was checked down until the river when Liu check-folded to a bet of 100,000 from Young.

Esther Taylor: K♥Q♥ All in
Maxwell Young: 6♣5♣

Yound rivered a straight while Taylor missed a flush draw, but her king-high was ahead against at least one opponent, and she was eliminated just four spots from the money.

Tags: Esther TaylorMaxwell YoungXiaoqiong Liu

Chang Fills Up to Bust Vogdes

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Blake Vogdes
Blake Vogdes

Andrew Chang bet 11,000 from early position on a flop of 6♥7♦3♦ as action went on Blake Vogdes in the big blind. "Can you call the clock on someone when they have time banks?" tablemate Maurice Hawkins asked tournament officials as Vogdes took his time before raising to 26,000. Chang then moved all in, and Vogdes called for 60,000.

Blake Vogdes: 5♠5♥ All in
Andrew Chang: 6♦6♠

Chang showed a flopped set, while Vogdes was looking to complete a straight draw. The 8♠ turn was no help, and the 3♣ fell on the river to give Chang a full house and send Vogdes to the rail.

Tags: Andrew ChangBlake VogdesMaurice Hawkins

Eisner Makes a Photo-Worthy Hand to Bust McKeehen

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

Wesley Shi raised to 15,000 under the gun and Logan Eisner called in the cutoff. Joe McKeehen then reraised to 127,000 in the small blind, leaving only a few chips behind. Shi folded, while Eisner then moved all in and McKeehen called off the rest of his stack.

Joe McKeehen: A♠10♠ All in
Logan Eisner: Q♠Q♥

McKeehen fell further behind as the flop came Q♦7♦8♥ to give Eisner top set. The turn was the 5♥, and McKeehen was already up from his seat as the Q♣ fell on the river to give Eisner quads.

"Let me take a picture," tablemate Tom Gottlieb said.

"You've never seen quads before?" the dealer replied.

Tags: Joe McKeehenLogan EisnerWesley Shi

Gottlieb Tips the Dealer For Lucky Turn

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Tom Gottlieb
Tom Gottlieb

Tom Gottlieb and Joe McKeehen went heads-up to a flop of J♥8♣4♦ when Gottlieb bet 26,000 from the cutoff. McKeehen then raised to 70,000 under the gun, and Gottlieb moved all in for 172,000. McKeehen snap-called.

Tom Gottlieb: K♦K♥ All in
Joe McKeehen: J♦8♠

Gottlieb showed down two kings, but McKeehen had flopped two pair to take the lead. The turn, though, came the K♣, and Gottlieb shot out of his seat and let out a big fist pump as he made a set. The river was the 7♣, and Gottlieb tossed the dealer a crisp bill as he raked in the double up.

Tags: Joe McKeehenTom Gottlieb

No Happy End for Abbate

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Vittorio Abbate
Vittorio Abbate

"I flopped a queen-high flush and he flopped a straight flush," Vittorio Abbate told the live reporting team when he walked out of the tournament area and a quick look at his former table confirmed that by multiple players.

Abbatte's Q♠10♠ ran into the 8♠6♠ of Jason Seller, who got the entire stack of the Charity Event qualifier who received the entry for free but bowed out before the money.

Tags: Jason SellerVittorio Abbate

Avery Runs Into a Massive Cooler Against Yueh

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Austen Yueh
Austen Yueh

Corbin Avery in early position and Austen Yueh in the hijack got all their chips in the middle before the flop, with Yueh having Avery's remaining 150,000 covered.

Corbin Avery: K♦K♣ All in
Austen Yueh: A♣A♥

"Every Main Event this happens to me," Avery lamented after finding out he had run his kings into Yueh's aces. The board ran out 4♣2♠8♠6♠10♦, and Yueh took the big pot to send Avery to the rail.

Tags: Austen YuehCorbin Avery

Seller Is Screaming Queens; Moll Cannot Fold

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Lucas Bernui raised to 10,000 and Colin Moll flat-called. Jason Seller in the big blind then three-bet to 35,000 and Bernui folded while Moll called.

Seller bet the 7♦3♦3♥ flop for 40,000 and Moll called before they headed to the 5♠ turn.

Seller now pushed all in and Moll sighed while he asked for an exact count. The shove was deemed to be for 109,000 total.

"I mean, you are screaming aces or queens ..." Moll said a few seconds before he called.

Jason Seller: Q♣Q♥ All in
Colin Moll: 10♣10♥

Moll could barely see the cards from the other side of the table and asked "what is it?" before he was told pocket queens, then added "nice hand" when the blank 7♠ river completed the board.

They parted ways after the hand because the table broke.

Tags: Colin MollJason SellerLucas Bernui

McDonald Sends Botticello Steaming to the Rail

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
John Botticello
John Botticello

John McDonald raised to 10,000 in early position before John Botticello three-bet to 45,000 in middle position. McDonald then moved all in, and Botticello snap-called.

John Botticello: K♥K♣ All in
John McDonald: A♠K♠

Botticello remained in the lead on the 8♠3♦3♥ flop, while the 4♠ came on the turn to give McDonald a flush draw. The river was the J♠, and McDonald made his flush to win the pot.

"Come on. How do you shove with that?" Botticello fumed on his way to the rail. Meanwhile, the dealer counted down the stacks and determined that Botticello actually had McDonald covered.

The table called Botticello back, but then a tournament official came by to confirm the counts and it was determined that McDonald had Botticello's 145,000 covered by 5,000.

Tags: John BotticelloJohn McDonald

Taveras Escapes On the River

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mario Damiao
Mario Damiao

Mike Dentale raised and then had two shorter stacks get their chips into the middle in Omar Taveras and Mario Damiao.

Mario Damiao: A♦9♥ All in
Omar Taveras: A♠10♥ All in
Mike Dentale: A♥J♠

"I am dead," Damiao said when he had the worst kicker.

The board ran out 5♦3♠2♥7♥10♣ and Taveras rivered the ten to more than double, while Damiao was eliminated.

"I mean, I raise a lot. They jam ace ten into one of my fifty raises," Dentale shrugged.

Tags: Mario DamiaoMike DentaleOmar Taveras

Dentale Gets Paid with Rivered Full House

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mike Dentale
Mike Dentale

Eric Yanovsky opened to 10,000 from early position and was called by Mario Damiao in middle position, Mike Dentale on the button, as well as the big blind.

On the 8♣6♥5♥ flop, it checked to Dentale who bet 20,000. The big blind folded, but both Yanovsky and Damiao called.

The 9♠ turn checked through to the 5♦ river which saw the action check to Dentale once again. He moved a stack of 5,000 chips into the middle equaling a bet of 95,000. Yanovsky took a while before electing to fold.

"If it was 100 this would be an easy fold," Damiao joked as he called off the majority of his remaining stack. However, he got the bad news as Dentale tabled 6♠5♠ for a rivered full house, and Damiao mucked to be left on a short stack while Dentale collected a huge one.

Tags: Eric YanovskyMario DamiaoMike Dentale

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