2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open

$500 Borgata Almighty Stack
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$927,780
Total Entries
2,209
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
55,225,000
Total Chips
220,900,000
Next Payout
Place 4
$44,375
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
279
Players Left
6
Players Left 4 / 2,209
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Prize Pool Information

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Borgata Branding
Borgata Branding
PlacePrizePlacePrize
1$144,25056-71$2,015
2$98,00072-87$1,740
3$66,85088-103$1,600
4$44,375104-119$1,490
5$30,225120-135$1,400
6$23,075136-151$1,325
7$17,895152-167$1,270
8$14,210168-183$1,225
9$11,100184-199$1,185
10-11$8,330200-215$1,150
12-15$6,435216-231$1,125
16-23$5,060232-247$1,100
24-31$3,850248-263$1,075
32-39$3,850264-279$1,060
40-55$2,465  

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Will Failla Leads 279 Returnees for Day 2 of the $500 Almighty Stack

Will Failla
Will Failla

One of the staples of the schedule for the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open saw 2,209 entries made in Event #16: $500 Almighty Stack. The six starting flights generated a prize pool of $927,780.

However, only 279 players were able to make it into the money and have advanced to today's Day 2, which will have cards in the air at 12 p.m. local time.

Leading the pack into Day 2 is East Coast poker legend Will Failla with 3,300,000, and "The Thrill" will look to add to over $7 million in tournament earnings.

Midhat Ibrahem (3,158,000) follows close behind in second place to begin the day, while Michael Mann (2,940,000) rounds out the podium in third.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Will FaillaUnited States3,300,000
2Midhat IbrahemUnited States3,158,000
3Michael MannUnited States2,940,000
4Yaozong YuanUnited States2,735,000
5Ferdinand ChongUnited States2,702,000
6Randy PisaneUnited States2,577,000
7Pietro Maniscalco 2,476,000
8Joseph FooteUnited States2,148,000
9Simon LauUnited States2,122,000
10Egert PressUnited States2,000,000

Others to return today with large stacks include include John D'Agostino (1,793,000), $650 6-Max fourth place finisher Yuriy Kudrynskyy (1,659,000), Boris Kravets (1,541,000), Angel Lopez (1,396,000), Bin Weng (1,048,000), Mukul Pahuja (912,000), and Kaifan Wang (902,000).

Bin Weng
Bin Weng

The action will get back underway at 12 p.m. There are 3 minutes remaining in Level 18 with blinds of 15,000/25,000 and an average stack of 785,000 (31 bb). Levels will be 40 minutes in length today, and play will continue a final table is reached. Payout information will be posted once it is made available.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates throughout the day as we play down to a final table in Event #16: $500 Almighty Stack here at the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Tags: Angel LopezBin WengBoris KravetsFerdinand ChongJohn D'AgostinoJoseph FooteKaifan WangMichael MannMukul PahujaPietro ManiscalcoRandy PisaneSimon LauWill FaillaYuriy Kudrynskyy

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerChip Count
11Chengyue He1,252,000
12James Vilardo922,000
13Zong Yang Zhang367,000
14Fabrizio Papasidero466,000
15James Tedrow523,000
16Darin Parker646,000
17Randy Pisane2,577,000
18Joseph Foote2,148,000
19Dmitriy Shamilov211,000
    
21Joseph Rapp101,000
22Jonathan Kim258,000
23Egert Press2,000,000
24Brayden Bushaw416,000
25Li Liang122,000
26Stephen Tomlinson655,000
27Robert Russo837,000
28Baruch Fishman783,000
29Kaifan Wang902,000
    
31Ronald Kampert250,000
32Gail Shearman1,526,000
33Ryan Syrko535,000
34Raffaele Imperiale504,000
35Boris Kravets1,541,000
36Khachatur Pohosian651,000
37Israel Orenshtein414,000
38Kevin Signorelli840,000
39Ryan Flynn807,000
    
41Gui Gao1,560,000
42Mark Sykes1,654,000
43Karneet Arora702,000
44Jerome Harmon173,000
45Jason Min494,000
46Thomas Tolley1,900,000
47Jon Brooks258,000
48Yiming Cao254,000
49Mukul Pahuja912,000
    
51Robert DiAntonio397,000
52John Morales55,000
53Jonathan Fader1,201,000
54Amir Genzel454,000
55Evan Bell402,000
56Joseph Song545,000
57Labron Toles585,000
58Mohammad Amjadi1,414,000
59Alex Rocha477,000
    
61Patrick Boustead437,000
62Lingyu Zen945,000
63Sanjeev Datta261,000
64Andrae Sewell1,276,000
65Shane Lawler183,000
66Peter Sennon1,560,000
67Brian Taylor157,000
68Artem Bilous747,000
69Vito De Leonibus270,000
    
71Christopher Thompson515,000
72Louis Bailey749,000
73Robert Nichols421,000
74Anthony Pagan404,000
75Thomas Matacale661,000
76Richard Rossetti680,000
77Michael Porrini1,460,000
78Rafael Yaraliyev320,000
79Bin Weng1,048,000
    
81Wei Xiao815,000
82Lance Vernon118,000
83Joseph Gay255,000
84Brian Gelman1,491,000
85Eric Ladny480,000
86Jason Sanita477,000
87David Elliott1,016,000
88Bartholomew Golik1,438,000
89Heung Yoon266,000
    
91Elizabeth Levis603,000
92Christoph Hill965,000
93Toby Gafner838,000
94Derek Marmen804,000
95Julian DeJesus421,000
96Kyle Crawford663,000
97Phillip Phan582,000
98Keith McCarroll499,000
99Simon Lau2,122,000
    
101Michael Hammers477,000
102Emad Kheiralla1,506,000
103Aaron Stein611,000
104Christian Mazzarelli915,000
105Daniel Lazrus470,000
106Craig Gould1,258,000
107Anthony Fung1,199,000
108Brian Mooney741,000
109Greg Himmelbrand453,000
    
111MG1,189,000
112Joshua Baer842,000
113Dmitry Levi865,000
114Justin Laudadio434,000
115Stephen Murawski271,000
116Alan Johnson679,000
117Andrew Porter149,000
118Lamel Riollano1,091,000
119Ziv Karasanti682,000
    
121Anthony Herman333,000
122Daniel Bailey1,640,000
123Scott Lebedz857,000
124Wesley Shi329,000
125James Brennan641,000
126Yaozong Yuan2,735,000
127Gary Braufman180,000
128George Burns166,000
129Carlos Urena952,000
    
131Robert Aronowitz570,000
132Will Failla3,300,000
133David Shalmiyev555,000
134Raymond Ferretti541,000
135Zheng Li918,000
136Robert Teti639,000
137Steven Primiano927,000
138Gaetano Taormina258,000
139Mark Filippo1,791,000
    
141Ziyuan Wang775,000
142Weining Qu282,000
143Guan Huang861,000
144Sebastian Marquez581,000
145Christopher Russell1,224,000
146Joseph Kent343,000
147Ferdinand Chong2,702,000
148Jaime DeGennaro474,000
149Pablo Bravo1,166,000
    
151Ravi Bayanker1,366,000
152Xiang Zou1,644,000
153Midhat Ibrahem3,158,000
154Matthew Ulrich764,000
155Weize Lin1,363,000
156Benjamin Beahm410,000
157James Dalesandro840,000
158Scott Love325,000
159William Shaw1,171,000
    
161Thomas Yarbrough634,000
162David Golin884,000
163Jean Brillant174,000
164Matthew Blaustein542,000
165Michael Surick205,000
166Johnny Lau202,000
167Changfeng Fan841,000
168Matthew Iles1,010,000
169Meraf Tedla274,000
    
171Radhames Vargas1,243,000
172Paul Shamilov394,000
173Robert Thomas1,742,000
174Anton Kalinin656,000
175Eric Palumbo1,138,000
176Damian Alonso362,000
177John D'Agostino1,793,000
178Matthew Matros502,000
179Jason Cohen358,000
    
181John Cipriano486,000
182Justin Song876,000
183Michael Hermoza366,000
184Mariano Castro189,000
185Alan Yakuboff862,000
186Keiko Lim264,000
187David Macisaac660,000
188Ronald Adams1,557,000
189Alex Berenson201,000
    
191Justin Greenup440,000
192Richard Yau228,000
193Eric Riley544,000
194Javier Gomez1,948,000
195John Malvasio219,000
196Philip Bottos238,000
197Guang Chen1,441,000
198Angel Lopez1,396,000
199Kai Ma873,000
    
201Matthew Kropp469,000
202Jason Pardy338,000
203Brian Lee902,000
204Omar Younes844,000
205Gregory Bauer1,473,000
206Imanol Uribe752,000
207Maxwell Liddell820,000
208Danny Vo156,000
209Yuriy Kudrynskyy1,659,000
    
211Alexander Farin357,000
212Corey Whitaker745,000
213Joe Gil371,000
214Adam Calabrese1,170,000
215Andrew Kim618,000
216Gennadi Josovich183,000
217John Botticello809,000
218Pietro Maniscalco2,476,000
219Timothy Lee300,000
    
221Michael Fenwick598,000
222Samarth Mishra648,000
223David Kilcoyne1,015,000
224Andrew DeFrancesco600,000
225John Merriam944,000
226Seung Lee936,000
227Kennedy Taruvamba65,000
228Stuart Gibbel428,000
229Aaron Fischer1,186,000
    
231Mario Rodriguez239,000
232Soukha Kachittavong541,000
233Michael Mann2,940,000
234Matthew Bennett930,000
235Aaron Eis1,433,000
236Daniel McCarthy712,000
237Brian Luo326,000
238Jackson McGonagle744,000
239Stewart Marin387,000
    
241Carlos Hurtado594,000
242Joseph Katsenelinboigen823,000
243Brian Grzywaczewski1,294,000
244Colby Lawler1,483,000
245Gina Tuttle923,000
246Alex Soares795,000
247Eliseo Terrones369,000
248Joseph Sambriski233,000
249Bijay Lama1,156,000
    
251Anthony Potis590,000
252Jacob Reid208,000
253Victor Chirinian578,000
254Nicholas Barone986,000
255Jules Bui356,000
256Nicholas Di Marzo996,000
257Kole Lekic568,000
258Lakshay Aggrawal232,000
259Pashk Gjini875,000
    
261Alex Penyevsky865,000
262Oren Eitan952,000
263Edwin Santiago1,223,000
264John Riccobono1,302,000
265Anthony Imperial56,000
266Rajath Tangam1,021,000
267D Darmiento655,000
268Daniel Oliveira318,000
269Leno Thomas614,000
    
271Michel El Massih380,000
272Laura Church1,046,000
273Daniel Sweeney1,055,000
274Joseph Siracusa789,000
275Michael Richer697,000
276Kenneth Neri1,194,000
277Jean Augustin558,000
278Sean Sisco510,000
279Giuseppe Lomuscio429,000
    
281Andres Gallego1,138,000
282Brett Milstein369,000
283Paul Cucchiara951,000
284Bruce Homan166,000
285John Scrimenti152,000
286Heinz Cordova107,000
287John Malczan537,000
288Lucas Levenson474,000
289Marco Caruso846,000
    
291Samuel Ick1,836,000
292Sergio Vigano625,000
293Allen White435,000
294Gary McKillop673,000
295Kenneth Keppol1,910,000
296John Wilson1,903,000
297David Lu139,000
298Laura Hill43,000
299Skender Alicka413,000
    
301Ryan McDonald826,000
302David Gorski680,000
303Kevin Marrero1,056,000
304Serhiy Stankovych997,000
305John Long375,000
306Jackson Sprague1,393,000
307Jose Jaramillo863,000
308Renato Soldera848,000
309Christopher Lyle154,000
    
311Matthew Lake1,591,000
312Keith Palek467,000
313George Alberto1,110,000
314Braden Kulley801,000
315Thomas Parkes310,000
316Joseph Kim1,139,000
317Michael Conoran953,000
318Antonio Benito746,000
319Michael Shumsky1,094,000

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