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
16
Average Chip Stack
1,412,500
Total Chips
22,600,000
Next Payout
Place 16
$12,475
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
178
Players Left
24
Players Left 16 / 565
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Weng, Renna Exchange Raises on the Flop

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Bin Weng raised to 40,000 on the button and Michael Renna called in the big blind.

The flop came J47 and Weng bet 65,000. Renna then raised to 165,000, and Weng reraised to 390,000. Renna used up a time bank before sending his cards back to the dealer.

Tags: Bin WengMichael Renna

Small Check-Raise Does the Job

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Carlos Chadha Villamarin opened to 40,000 from middle position and was called by Ricky Guan in the hijack and Adam Kim in the big blind.

On the 863 flop, it checked to Guan who bet 50,000, and Kim called. Chadha then check-raised to 125,000, getting folds from both opponents.

Tags: Adam KimCarlos ChadhaCarlos Chadha VillamarinRicky Guan

Rinaldi Dispatches Serrao

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Antonio Serrao
Antonio Serrao

Antonio Serrao opened to 45,000 on the button and Concetta Rinaldi called from the big blind.

On the KQ6 flop, Rinaldi check-called a bet of 65,000 from Serrao.

Rinaldi checked again on the 8 turn before Serrao bet 215,000 of his remaining 240,000. Rinaldi asked for the rest and Serrao flicked in the final chip.

Antonio Serrao: J10 All in
Concetta Rinaldi: K7

Rinaldi was ahead with top pair against the open-ended straight draw of Serrao. Unfortunately for him, the river was the 2, and the rest of his stack was sent to Rinaldi.

Tags: Antonio SerraoConcetta Rinaldi

Verderamo Raises on the Flop

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Michael Renna raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and was called by Mike Dentale on the button and Nicholas Verderamo in the big blind.

The flop came 1029 and Renna continued for 35,000. Dentale called, while Verderamo then raised to 150,000. Both opponents quickly folded, and Verderamo took the pot.

Tags: Michael RennaMike DentaleNicholas Verderamo

McDonald Doubles Through Gillette, Who Then Busts

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
AJ Gillette
AJ Gillette

AJ Gillette opened to 40,000 from middle position before John McDonald jammed for 250,000 from the button, and Gillette called as the slightly covering stack.

John McDonald: 77 All in
AJ Gillette: AJ

It was another flip as the Q33 flop kept the sevens in the lead. The 9 turn changed nothing, and McDonald held through the K river to double, and leave Gillette with 45,000 chips.

The next hand, Gillette put his final 45,000 in the middle second-to-act before isolated to 110,000 on the button, and the others folded.

AJ Gillette: K8 All in
Maxwell Young: 1010

Gillette held one overcard to Young's pair as the A92 flop gave him a flush draw as well.

However, the board would run out J2, leaving the tens best as Gillette exited.

Tags: AJ GilletteJohn McDonaldMaxwell Young

Renna Scores Back-to-Back Bustouts

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Gregory Fishberg
Gregory Fishberg

Michael Renna raised to 40,000 in the cutoff before Gregory Fishberg three-bet to 120,000 in the big blind. Renna then moved all in, and Fishberg called for 550,000.

Gregory Fishberg: 1010 All in
Michael Renna: AJ

Fishberg was racing for his tournament life, but he quickly fell behind on the A9Q flop as Renna hit top pair. The rest of the board ran out 35, and Fishberg was sent to the rail.

A few hands later, David Kilcoyne got in his last 350,000 from the small blind on a board of 65A10 and Renna put him at risk in the hijack.

Kilcoyne showed A4 for top pair and a flush draw, but Renna had 55 for a set. The river was the 7, and Renna stayed in the lead to bust another opponent.

"Man what is going on over there, you are mowing down people ..." Joel Mitchell on the other side of the dealer joked towards Renna.

Tags: David KilcoyneGregory FishbergMichael RennaJoel Mitchell

Stolt Eliminated by Verderamo

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Arian Stolt
Arian Stolt

Arian Stolt raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and kept one T-5,000 chip behind, but he didn't have any time bank chips anymore beyond that.

Nicholas Verderamo flat-called in the small blind and they headed to the 872 flop. Verderamo bet 25,000 and the dealer reminded Stolt that he had to call within the allocated thirty seconds of the action clock or his hand was dead. Stolt called and they flipped over the cards.

Arian Stolt: K10 All in
Nicholas Verderamo: AJ

The 4 turn left Stolt in worse shape with two outs gone, and found no escape on the 2 river to bow out in 31st place.

Tags: Arian StoltNicholas Verderamo

Dentale Looks Up Moll With Ace-High

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Colin Moll
Colin Moll

Three players went to a flop of 732 when Colin Moll moved all in for 225,000 in the cutoff. Mike Dentale then reshoved for 450,000 in the big blind, and James Tedrow folded in the hijack.

Colin Moll: K10 All in
Mike Dentale: A10

Dentale was ahead with his ace-high, while Moll was chasing a flush draw. The turn was the 2, while the 3 fell on the river to keep Dentale in the lead and send Moll to the rail.

Tags: Colin MollJames TedrowMike Dentale

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000