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Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
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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Five players who won their seats through $50 online qualifiers on BetMGM Poker have already turned that investment into a guaranteed payday after advancing to Day 2 of the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off.
Each qualifier has locked up $1,565, representing an impressive return after qualifying for a fraction of the tournament's $600 buy-in.
The BetMGM Poker qualifiers still in contention are:
- Demetrios Frangias – 162,000
- Mordechai Goldner – 290,000
- Aaron Grafton – 177,000
- Anthony Mancini – 247,000
- Michael Surick – 324,000
With the field now chasing the $195,925 first-place prize, those $50 satellites have already proven to be money well spent.
The starting flights are over, and it's time for the field to come together.
After six opening flights in the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off ($1,000,000 Guaranteed) at the Borgata Summer Poker Open powered by BetMGM Poker, 191 players from 2,390 entries will return for Day 2, each with $1,565 already locked up and their sights set on the $195,925 top prize.
The event attracted 2,390 entries, generating a $1,242,800 prize pool and comfortably surpassing last year's numbers.
Leading the way is Pavel Kim, who bagged 1,511,000 chips in Day 1d. He's followed by Jinsuk Kim (1,263,000), defending champion James Lauer (1,140,000), Bartholomew Golik (971,000), Michael Cucciniello (962,000) and Robert Elias (955,000). Impressively, the top six stacks all topped their respective starting flights.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Kim | United States | 1,511,000 |
| 2 | Jinsuk Kim | United States | 1,263,000 |
| 3 | James Lauer | United States | 1,140,000 |
| 4 | Bartholomew Golik | United States | 971,000 |
| 5 | Michael Cucciniello | United States | 962,000 |
| 6 | Robert Elias | United States | 955,000 |
| 7 | Chadd Beatty | United States | 947,000 |
| 8 | Steven Petitte | United States | 930,000 |
| 9 | Dale Capuano | United States | 879,000 |
| 10 | Paul Marzarella | United States | 857,000 |
Play gets underway at 12 p.m., resuming at Level 14 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and a 8,000 big blind ante. The goal for today's session is to reach the final table of nine, where every remaining player will have secured at least $14,985, before returning on Monday to play for the title.
PokerNews will have live updates, chip counts and all the biggest hands from the tournament floor throughout the day.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | Tuan Ho | 232,000 | 29 |
| 24 | 2 | Luis Rodriguez | 175,000 | 22 |
| 24 | 3 | Robert Gaudio | 316,000 | 40 |
| 24 | 4 | Anthony Mancini | 247,000 | 31 |
| 24 | 5 | Michael Cucciniello | 962,000 | 120 |
| 24 | 6 | Michael Pedulla | 283,000 | 35 |
| 24 | 7 | Wooyang Lin | 232,000 | 29 |
| 24 | 8 | Rishi Tangri | 159,000 | 20 |
| 24 | 9 | Matthew Vacon | 93,000 | 12 |
| 25 | 1 | Effter Gamble | 257,000 | 32 |
| 25 | 2 | Matthew Parnes | 405,000 | 51 |
| 25 | 3 | Salvatore Valenti | 715,000 | 89 |
| 25 | 4 | Joseph Cutler | 818,000 | 102 |
| 25 | 5 | Paul Marzarella | 857,000 | 107 |
| 25 | 6 | Andrew Wu | 153,000 | 19 |
| 25 | 7 | William Shaw | 401,000 | 50 |
| 25 | 9 | Dennis Melandro | 332,000 | 42 |
| 26 | 1 | Eric Riley | 281,000 | 35 |
| 26 | 2 | Ketan Pandya | 599,000 | 75 |
| 26 | 3 | Scott Trivolis | 599,000 | 75 |
| 26 | 4 | John Miranda | 166,000 | 21 |
| 26 | 5 | Terence Beaman | 148,000 | 19 |
| 26 | 6 | MG | 290,000 | 36 |
| 26 | 7 | Jake Dynes | 245,000 | 31 |
| 26 | 8 | Anton Saich | 637,000 | 80 |
| 26 | 9 | Michael Martin | 495,000 | 62 |
| 27 | 1 | Phillip Phan | 143,000 | 18 |
| 27 | 2 | Arihanth Anugu | 298,000 | 37 |
| 27 | 3 | Anthony Nastasi | 612,000 | 77 |
| 27 | 4 | Genaro Ticona | 120,000 | 15 |
| 27 | 5 | Franklyn Greenaway | 105,000 | 13 |
| 27 | 6 | Michael Assante | 430,000 | 54 |
| 27 | 7 | Dale Capuano | 879,000 | 110 |
| 27 | 8 | Benjamin Joory | 263,000 | 33 |
| 27 | 9 | Lingyu Zen | 389,000 | 49 |
| 28 | 1 | Jason Whitelaw | 606,000 | 76 |
| 28 | 2 | Michael Matrone | 129,000 | 16 |
| 28 | 3 | Yevgeniy Fruman | 206,000 | 26 |
| 28 | 4 | Matthew Zambanini | 214,000 | 27 |
| 28 | 5 | Jason Min | 366,000 | 46 |
| 28 | 6 | Thomas Tolley | 304,000 | 38 |
| 28 | 7 | John Wilson | 241,000 | 30 |
| 28 | 8 | Bartholomew Golik | 971,000 | 121 |
| 28 | 9 | Vittorio Abbate | 412,000 | 52 |
| 29 | 1 | Thomas Chillemi | 560,000 | 70 |
| 29 | 2 | Youngmin Han | 127,000 | 16 |
| 29 | 3 | Andrew Torrico | 480,000 | 60 |
| 29 | 4 | Leo Saiag | 758,000 | 95 |
| 29 | 5 | Paul Avezzie | 435,000 | 54 |
| 29 | 7 | David Franks | 122,000 | 15 |
| 29 | 8 | Justin Leeds | 373,000 | 47 |
| 29 | 9 | Vasilios Hrisafinis | 642,000 | 80 |
| 30 | 1 | Stephen Pedhoretzky | 252,000 | 32 |
| 30 | 2 | Wesley Clark | 156,000 | 20 |
| 30 | 3 | James Lauer | 1,140,000 | 143 |
| 30 | 4 | Robert Macri | 397,000 | 50 |
| 30 | 5 | Gregory Poverelli | 290,000 | 36 |
| 30 | 6 | Francis Gottron | 344,000 | 43 |
| 30 | 7 | Sanjeev Datta | 373,000 | 47 |
| 30 | 8 | Maksim Chepurnov | 133,000 | 17 |
| 30 | 9 | Oduok Ntuk | 330,000 | 41 |
| 31 | 1 | Gordon Wasserman | 213,000 | 27 |
| 31 | 2 | Roberto Pagano | 624,000 | 78 |
| 31 | 3 | Richard Rossetti | 762,000 | 95 |
| 31 | 4 | |||
| 31 | 5 | George Small Jr. | 336,000 | 42 |
| 31 | 6 | Quan Quach | 116,000 | 15 |
| 31 | 7 | Stephen Rozanski | 457,000 | 57 |
| 31 | 8 | John Hurly | 169,000 | 21 |
| 31 | 9 | Jose Jaramillo | 278,000 | 35 |
| 32 | 1 | Jean Augustin | 555,000 | 69 |
| 32 | 2 | Changfeng Fan | 232,000 | 29 |
| 32 | 3 | Mark Stover | 276,000 | 35 |
| 32 | 4 | Ernesto Caban | 404,000 | 51 |
| 32 | 5 | Ilya Dyment | 239,000 | 30 |
| 32 | 6 | David Levy | 243,000 | 30 |
| 32 | 7 | Bijay Lama | 222,000 | 28 |
| 32 | 8 | Piyush Mittal | 193,000 | 24 |
| 32 | 9 | Carmine Tirone | 367,000 | 46 |
| 33 | 1 | Ralph Grafton | 82,000 | 10 |
| 33 | 2 | Matthew Costanzo | 832,000 | 104 |
| 33 | 3 | Willyam Da Silva Moura | 331,000 | 41 |
| 33 | 4 | Mark Donly | 110,000 | 14 |
| 33 | 5 | Werner Muller | 291,000 | 36 |
| 33 | 6 | David Weisberger | 415,000 | 52 |
| 33 | 7 | Edward Sullivan | 292,000 | 37 |
| 33 | 8 | Michael Surick | 324,000 | 41 |
| 33 | 9 | Joseph Galazzo | 297,000 | 37 |
| 34 | 1 | Carlos Rosal | 289,000 | 36 |
| 34 | 2 | Bartlomie Glab | 316,000 | 40 |
| 34 | 3 | Allen Kerlin | 461,000 | 58 |
| 34 | 4 | James Geron | 217,000 | 27 |
| 34 | 5 | Aaron Stein | 191,000 | 24 |
| 34 | 6 | Chadd Beatty | 947,000 | 118 |
| 34 | 7 | George St. Lawrence | 130,000 | 16 |
| 34 | 8 | Inhyo Joo | 290,000 | 36 |
| 34 | 9 | Marc Rabin | 439,000 | 55 |
| 35 | 1 | Jinsuk Kim | 1,263,000 | 158 |
| 35 | 2 | Justin Shapiro | 263,000 | 33 |
| 35 | 3 | James Kuhns | 418,000 | 52 |
| 35 | 4 | Kevin Nee | 370,000 | 46 |
| 35 | 5 | |||
| 35 | 6 | Rafael Polanco-Polanco | 291,000 | 36 |
| 35 | 7 | Jordan Williamson | 657,000 | 82 |
| 35 | 8 | Robert Elias | 955,000 | 119 |
| 35 | 9 | John Dorsey | 244,000 | 31 |
| 36 | 1 | Spiros Stathakis | 165,000 | 21 |
| 36 | 2 | Deepal Nawab | 167,000 | 21 |
| 36 | 3 | Demetrios Frangias | 162,000 | 20 |
| 36 | 4 | Alan Ammann | 130,000 | 16 |
| 36 | 5 | Deeangelo Seng | 252,000 | 32 |
| 36 | 6 | Todd Mungin | 137,000 | 17 |
| 36 | 7 | Leonid Kaziyev | 289,000 | 36 |
| 36 | 9 | Brayden Bushaw | 516,000 | 65 |
| 37 | 1 | David Di Lorenzo | 490,000 | 61 |
| 37 | 2 | John Dagostino III | 219,000 | 27 |
| 37 | 3 | Boris Kravets | 324,000 | 41 |
| 37 | 4 | Adnan Mohammad | 164,000 | 21 |
| 37 | 5 | Saker Alatrach | 625,000 | 78 |
| 37 | 6 | Nathaniel Lindquist | 466,000 | 58 |
| 37 | 7 | Chase James Watson | 185,000 | 23 |
| 37 | 8 | Rajagopalan Sankaranarayanan | 74,000 | 9 |
| 37 | 9 | Derek Childress | 456,000 | 57 |
| 38 | 1 | Eric Frank | 285,000 | 36 |
| 38 | 2 | Han Oh | 427,000 | 53 |
| 38 | 3 | Melinda Harris | 554,000 | 69 |
| 38 | 4 | James Goldblatt | 634,000 | 79 |
| 38 | 5 | Aaron Grafton | 177,000 | 22 |
| 38 | 6 | Michael Nifosi | 175,000 | 22 |
| 38 | 7 | Lakshay Aggrawal | 117,000 | 15 |
| 38 | 8 | Anthony Wong | 535,000 | 67 |
| 38 | 9 | Christopher Steinberg | 437,000 | 55 |
| 39 | 1 | Eric Valerio | 139,000 | 17 |
| 39 | 2 | Amit Aery | 484,000 | 61 |
| 39 | 3 | Concetta Rinaldi | 521,000 | 65 |
| 39 | 4 | Timothy Latouch | 160,000 | 20 |
| 39 | 5 | Feruz Khasanov | 542,000 | 68 |
| 39 | 6 | Harry Davis | 135,000 | 17 |
| 39 | 7 | Matthew Gailums | 234,000 | 29 |
| 39 | 8 | Philip Saracino | 507,000 | 63 |
| 39 | 9 | Tsung Hsieh | 541,000 | 68 |
| 40 | 1 | Jonathan Coyle | 316,000 | 40 |
| 40 | 2 | Matthew Iles | 476,000 | 60 |
| 40 | 3 | Nicholas Poulos | 219,000 | 27 |
| 40 | 4 | August Smrek | 140,000 | 18 |
| 40 | 5 | Omar Taveras | 468,000 | 59 |
| 40 | 6 | John Scavo | 120,000 | 15 |
| 40 | 7 | Andrew DeMarco | 216,000 | 27 |
| 40 | 8 | Obli Prabu Kuppusamy Venkatesan | 361,000 | 45 |
| 40 | 9 | Jonathan Vanderveen | 366,000 | 46 |
| 41 | 1 | Jason Sobin | 126,000 | 16 |
| 41 | 2 | Josue Vazquez | 581,000 | 73 |
| 41 | 3 | Aaron Fischer | 146,000 | 18 |
| 41 | 4 | James Lillis | 563,000 | 70 |
| 41 | 5 | Gerard Shasho | 140,000 | 18 |
| 41 | 6 | Craig Robertson | 719,000 | 90 |
| 41 | 7 | Steven Juricek | 235,000 | 29 |
| 41 | 8 | Eugene Zaslavsky | 226,000 | 28 |
| 41 | 9 | Scott Lesh | 625,000 | 78 |
| 42 | 1 | Daniel Ilijeski | 588,000 | 74 |
| 42 | 2 | Coleem Chestnut | 595,000 | 74 |
| 42 | 3 | Christopher Weekes | 82,000 | 10 |
| 42 | 4 | Steven Petitte | 930,000 | 116 |
| 42 | 5 | Bin Weng | 696,000 | 87 |
| 42 | 6 | Robert Hwang | 665,000 | 83 |
| 42 | 7 | Brandon Mueller | 449,000 | 56 |
| 42 | 8 | Azra Kundi | 399,000 | 50 |
| 42 | 9 | David Filarski | 383,000 | 48 |
| 43 | 1 | Pavel Kim | 1,511,000 | 189 |
| 43 | 2 | Edgar Flores | 202,000 | 25 |
| 43 | 3 | Eli Hersh | 446,000 | 56 |
| 43 | 4 | Adam Lucosky | 423,000 | 53 |
| 43 | 5 | Matthew Faust | 241,000 | 30 |
| 43 | 6 | Shad Murphy | 93,000 | 12 |
| 43 | 7 | Alexander Murphy | 506,000 | 63 |
| 43 | 8 | Anthony Marioni | 264,000 | 33 |
| 43 | 9 | Craig Gould | 192,000 | 24 |
| 44 | 1 | Jamie Carmen | 277,000 | 35 |
| 44 | 2 | Lunique Petiote | 304,000 | 38 |
| 44 | 3 | Alexander Rocha | 226,000 | 28 |
| 44 | 5 | Gary Purpura | 132,000 | 17 |
| 44 | 6 | Norman Rogers | 262,000 | 33 |
| 44 | 7 | Andrew Chang | 210,000 | 26 |
| 44 | 8 | Christopher Thompson | 186,000 | 23 |
| 44 | 9 | Dimitrios Sotiriou | 129,000 | 16 |
| 45 | 1 | Michael Pupello | 566,000 | 71 |
| 45 | 2 | Avery Williams | 360,000 | 45 |
| 45 | 3 | Maxwell Hussin | 810,000 | 101 |
| 45 | 4 | Mario Rodriguez | 440,000 | 55 |
| 45 | 5 | Jose Sari | 166,000 | 21 |
| 45 | 6 | Brian Cole | 449,000 | 56 |
| 45 | 7 | Joseph Kent | 402,000 | 50 |
| 45 | 8 | Paul Spitzberg | 174,000 | 22 |
$600 Deep Stack Kick Off
Day 2 Started
