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$600 Deep Stack Kick Off
Day 2 Completed
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
$600 Deep Stack Kick Off
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$1,242,800
Total Entries
2,390
Level
38
Blinds
50,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
192
Players Left
6
Players Left 1 / 2,390
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Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Borgata regular Coleem Chestnut felt right at home today on Day 2 of the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off, the first event of the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open.
Chestnut leads the six players who return tomorrow at noon local time for the live-streamed final table. The Brooklyn, New York native bagged up 19,725,000 to finish atop the chip counts. Chestnut’s wave of bustouts on his way to building a big stack included flopping a wheel against Paul Spitzberg. He has live recorded earnings of nearly $100,000 dating back to 2013 on The Hendon Mob, all of them coming here at Borgata.
Final Six Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coleem Chestnut | United States | 19,725,000 | 66 |
| 2 | Derek Childress | United States | 15,750,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Lingyu Zen | United States | 13,450,000 | 45 |
| 4 | Jordan Williamson | United States | 13,375,000 | 45 |
| 5 | Craig Robertson | United States | 6,100,000 | 20 |
| 6 | Leo Saiag | United States | 2,975,000 | 10 |
Derek Childress is Chestnut’s closest challenger after two massive hands once the field reached the nine-handed final table. Childress first flopped the nut flush to bust defending champion James Lauer in eighth place, and then picked up aces in the big blind for a massive double up off Robert Hwang. The Virginia native ended up with 15,750,000 and is in second place heading into tomorrow’s final table.
Lingyu Zen was nearly the odd man out of the feature table. He was all in after flopping top pair with king-queen, but Chestnut showed down ace-king. Zen was on his way to being the last bustout of the day until a lucky queen fell on the turn to give him two pair and the double up. He finished with 13,450,000 and in third place.
Jordan Williamson (13,375,000) rounds out the top stacks, while Craig Robertson (6,100,000) and Leo Saiag (2,975,000) will be looking for help at the start of the final table tomorrow.
The Borgata Summer Poker Open got off to an astounding success, as the first event drew a massive field of 2,390 entries over six starting flights. Just 191 players returned for Day 2, and Lauer was one of the top stacks as he sought to go back-to-back over consecutive big fields. Lauer was left short after Saiag cracked his kings on the river, but he then loudly celebrated a series of double ups to get back into contention. His run at consecutive titles, though, came to an end after another bad beat to Childress. “Is this real?” Lauer lamented on his way to the rail.
Final Table payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $195,925 | ||
| 2 | $133,055 | ||
| 3 | $90,775 | ||
| 4 | $60,205 | ||
| 5 | $40,975 | ||
| 6 | $31,260 | ||
| 7 | Robert Hwang | United States | $24,215 |
| 8 | James Lauer | United States | $19,205 |
| 9 | Chadd Beatty | United States | $14,985 |
From those 191, just these six remain for a chance at the $195,925 top prize and Borgata championship trophy. The six finalists have already locked up $31,260 for making it this far. The action on Day 3 picks up with 38 minutes remaining in Level 33 with blinds of 150,000/300,000 and a 300,000 big blind ante. Levels remain 40 minutes at the final table.
PokerNews will be back from inside the luxurious Borgata poker open tomorrow, following all the action from the feature table and providing updates until a champion is crowned.
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Lingyu Zen raised to 600,000 under the gun and Robert Hwang called all in from the big blind. "I don't know what I have yet. Let's hope it's something good," Hwang said.
Robert Hwang: K♥3♠ 
Lingyu Zen: K♠9♠
Zen hit top pair on the 9♥2♠7♥ flop. "It's going to be hard," Hwang admitted, and the A♣ turn left him drawing dead. The 10♦ river was the last card of the night, and Hwang was sent to the rail in seventh place.
The remaining six players are bagging up their chips for tomorrow's live-streamed final table.
Level: 33
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The remaining seven players are going on a 15-minute break.
The day will conclude once six players remain.
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
On the last hand before break, Craig Robertson raised to 500,000 in the cutoff and Coleem Chestnut called on the button.
The flop came 10♠A♦9♥ and Robertson bet 725,000. Chestnut then raised to 1,600,000, and Robertson called.
The turn was the 4♠ and Chestnut moved all in. Robertson tanked for several minutes as the other players got up to go off on break. He eventually folded, and Chestnut allowed him to pick one of his cards. Robertson choose the 10♦.
"Ace-ten or two tens. I had kings," Robertson admitted.
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Derek Childress raised to 600,000 in the hijack before Coleem Chestnut three-bet to 2,600,000 in the big blind. Childress called, and the flop came Q♥3♠6♥.
Chestnut then bet 3,500,000, and Childress took a minute before tossing away 10♥10♠.
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Leo Saiag raised to 800,000 on the button and Robert Hwang called blind for his last 325,000 in the big blind.
Robert Hwang: 9♠8♣
Leo Saiag: A♥10♥
The Q♣2♠3♠ flop kept Saiag in the lead, but Hwang hit the 9♥ on the turn to move in front. The river was the J♦ and Hwang doubled up.
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Robert Hwang raised to 500,000 under the gun and was called by Coleem Chestnut in the cutoff and Leo Saiag in the small blind. Derek Childress then three-bet to 2,000,000 in the big blind and Hwang moved all in. Chestnut and Saiag both folded, but Childress quickly called for 9,000,000.
Derek Childress: A♥A♦
Robert Hwang: A♣K♥
Hwang had run right into Childress' aces, and the board ran out K♠6♣7♠Q♣J♥ to earn Childress the massive double up.
"Fourth time I've had them in the last hour and a half," Childress said.
"Stupid game," Hwang lamented as most of his stack vanished in one instant.
