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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
$2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship
Day: 2
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Esther Taylor raised to 5,500 in middle position and picked up calls from opponents in the hijack and button. Kathy Saraf then three-bet to 15,500 in the small blind, and Taylor four-bet to 30,000. Action folded back to Sarah, and she moved all in for 80,000. Taylor snap-called.
Kathy Saraf: 10♥10♦ 
Esther Taylor: K♥K♦
Taylor had Saraf crushed with her kings, and the board ran out J♣9♥5♠A♣Q♣ to earn her the pot and send Saraf to the rail.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The outer tables in the poker room have already been broken and table one just broke as well as the field dropped to 162 players remaining.
Among those with a foote out of the door were Joseph Foote and Will Failla, Xiang Zou followed soon after along with Charles Hook.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Paul Volpe raised to 5,000 in early position and Coleem Chestnut called in middle position. Cleveland Richards then moved all in for 65,000 in the hijack and Volpe folded, while Chestnut quickly called.
Cleveland Richards: A♦K♥
Coleem Chestnut: 4♥4♣
Richards was racing for his tournament life as the flop came A♣8♦10♥, giving him the lead with top pair. The rest of the board ran out 7♠5♦, and Richards doubled up.
"Good job. I had the ace-ten," Volpe said.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
A player jammed for 22,000 under the gun before Ricardo Eyzaguirre rejammed for 36,000 on the button, and the subsequent action folded.
Under the Gun: K♠Q♥
Ricardo Eyzaguirre: J♠J♥
It was a coinflip scenario as the 6♣5♦5♣ flop kept Eyzaguirre's jacks in the front. Nothing changed on the 4♦2♣ runout, leaving the jacks best for the elimination as Eyzaguirre pads his stack.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Aubrey Williams moved all in for 60,000 from the big blind and Luis Nargentino reshoved in early position, while another opponent in middle-position got out of the way.
Aubrey Williams: K♠J♠
Luis Nargentino: J♣J♦
Williams was already standing up from her seat as the flop came 9♦3♣8♦. The Q♦ turn gave her a straight draw, but she missed the A♠ river and was sent to the rail.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
In a recent interview with PokerNews, Maurice Hawkins explained, "I feel like I got the recipe, and I'm spreading it all over the world."
Thomas Workman opened to 10,000 from under the gun off 55 big blinds before it folded to Hawkins in the big blind, who immediately flipped over A♥Q♠ and slid his chips in the direction of Workman, indicating a fold.
The table implored Workman to show his hand, and he obliged, tabling 7♥7♦.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
In a single-raised pot to the Q♥7♠5♠ flop, Nicholas Verderamo checked and Aaron Mermelstein checked back to the 4♠ turn. Verderamo check-called for 5,000.
The 2♣ came on the river and Verderamo check-folded to a bet of 15,000.
In the meanwhile, two seats were open after the departures of Dave Stefanski and Thomas Francis with Alex Queen among those arriving as replacements.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Boris Vaynberg three-bet to 21,000 on the button and Joseph Foote called on the button.
The flop came A♣7♣7♠ and Vaynberg bet 12,000. Foote then raised to 30,000, and Vaynberg came back with a reraise to 50,000. Foote quickly folded.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andrew Porter raised it up and then called a three-bet to 16,000 by Ricardo Eyzaguirre, which led to the 10♠5♦2♣ flop.
Porter check-called for 13,000 and the 4♥ turn was checked.
Porter jammed the 5♣ river with the covering stack and Eyzaguirre folded.
