2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open

$2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship
Day: 2
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 12
$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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Iachan Doubles Again

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Daniel Iachan
Daniel Iachan

Daniel Iachan moved all in for 37,000 from the cutoff and Lucas Bernui called in the small blind. "The whole room is rooting against me," Iachan said.

Daniel Iachan: 1010
Lucas Bernui: 99

Iachan had Bernui dominated with his tens, and the board ran out 5J4A6 to keep him in the lead as Iachan doubled up yet again.

Tags: Daniel IachanLucas Bernui

Laessig Wins Multi-Way Pot

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
TJ Laessig
TJ Laessig

Four ways to the Q96J turn, Maxwell Young checked in the small blind. TJ Laessig bet 22,000 from under the gun and was called by Xiaojong Liu on the button as well as Young.

Young then also checked the 7 on the river and Laessig used one time bank extension before he bet 65,000. Two quick folds later, Laessig collected the pot.

Tags: Maxwell YoungTJ Laessig

Rinaldi Four-Bets; Ten Hands Now Complete

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Concetta Rinaldi opened to 16,000 from middle position before Xiaoqiong Liu three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind.

Rinaldi fought back with a four-bet to 210,000, over half of her stack, and Liu let it go after some deliberation.

Tags: Concetta RinaldiXiaoqiong Liu

Volpe Takes From O'Connell

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Three ways to the J98Q turn, the action checked to Drew O'Connell and he bet 20,000.

It folded to Paul Volpe who asked "how much do you have?"

"I started with one eighty," O'Connell replied and Volpe called thereafter.

They checked the 6 on the river and Volpe tabled his K9 for a flush, O'Connell flung his cards into the muck.

Tags: Drew O'ConnellPaul Volpe

Moll Wakes Up With Aces on the Bubble

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Colin Moll
Colin Moll

Eric Yanovsky raised to 16,000 in the hijack before Colin Moll three-bet to 40,000 on the button. Yanovsky then moved all in, and Moll snap-called for 344,000. "Zero chance he was bluffing on the bubble. Zero chance," Mike Dentale said to Yanovsky as they waited to turn over their cards.

Colin Moll: AA All in
Eric Yanovsky: 44

Yanovsky had shoved right into Moll's aces, and the board ran out 2QKQ8 to earn Moll the double-up.

Tags: Colin MollEric Yanovsky

Bubble Continues; Fan Pressures Mermelstein

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There has been little action on the stone bubble so far as the seventh hand commences.

Aaron Mermelstein limped in the small blind before Changfeng Fan isolated to 20,000 from the big blind, and Mermelstein called.

On the Q32 flop, Mermelstein check-called a bet of 8,000 from Fan.

Mermelstein then check-folded to an 18,000 bet on on 9 turn, prompting Fan to show the Q as he scooped one.

Tags: Aaron MermelsteinChangfeng Fan

Updated Counts on the Bubble

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Robert Thomas raised it up and was only flat-called by George St. Lawrence in the cutoff. They checked the Q102 flop to the 8 turn. Thomas bet and St. Lawrence folded the JJ face-up.

Tags: George St. LawrenceRobert Thomas

Laessig Spikes the River to Bust Hawkins; Hand-For-Hand Begins

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

Arian Stolt raised to 16,000 in the hijack and TJ Laessig called in the cutoff. Maurice Hawkins then moved all in for 123,000 on the button and Stolt folded, while Laessig called to put Hawkins at risk.

Maurice Hawkins: AK All in
TJ Laessig: JJ

Hawkins took the lead on the K810 flop, while the turn was the 9. The river, though, brought the 7 to give Laessig a straight, and Hawkins was sent to the rail two spots off the money.

With 72 players remaining, play is going hand-for-hand until there is one more elimination.

Tags: Arian StoltMaurice HawkinsTJ Laessig

Porter Approaching One Million

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On the river of a J7366 board, Andrew Porter bet what appeared to be just shy of 100,000 and Adnan Mohammad used two time bank extensions before he called.

Porter tabled the A6 for trips sixes and won the next larger pot. His stack has now reached nearly seven figures.

One hand later, George St. Lawrence jammed for 106,000 and won the blinds.

Tags: Adnan MohammadAndrew PorterGeorge St. Lawrence

Kim Picks Off Volpe; Iachan Survives on the River

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Paul Volpe led out for 18,000 on a board of 766A and Adam Kim called.

The river was the 6 and Volpe bet another 80,000. Kim tanked for a few minutes and burned through multiple time bank cards. He eventually called with 107 for a full house, and Volpe mucked 98.

At the same time at another table, Daniel Iachan was all in for his last 26,000 from the big blind and up against Ricky Landais in middle position.

Daniel Iachan: AK All in
Ricky Landais: 66

Iachan remained behind through the turn on a board of 2594, but he hit the K on the river to win the pot and double up.

Tags: Adam KimDaniel IachanPaul VolpeRicky Landais

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