James Tedrow picked up K♦K♣ in the cutoff and raised to 240,000, but he found no callers and took down the blinds and ante.
Carlos Chadha then limped in from the small blind before Russ Dunlevy moved all in for 1,175,000 in the big blind with A♦3♦. Chadha folded 7♥5♣.
Chadha opened to 240,000 on the button with A♣J♦ the next hand, and Nicholas Verderamo defended K♠10♠. Chadha continued for 330,000 after hitting top pair on the A♥9♠2♦ flop, and Verderamo folded.
On the first hand of the final table, Russ Dunlevy moved all in for 1,055,000 in the small blind with Q♣J♣, and Nicholas Verderamo folded 7♠3♥ in the big blind.
Andrew Porter then raised to 1,000,000 in early position with A♣K♠, leaving himself 130,000 behind, but found no callers.
The players have finished filling out their bio sheets and posing for photographs, and action at the final table is about to get underway.
Updates will be provided on a 30-minute delay to match the live stream, which can be found on BetMGM's official YouTube channel. Stay tuned for all the action.
The 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open reaches its grand conclusion today with one player walking away with the $2,700 Championship event trophy.
Seven players out of a starting field of 565 will return to the Borgata poker room at noon local time with the goal of capturing the title and $242,385 top prize. For most of the field, though, their first challenge will be trying to catch up to chip leader Carlos Chadha.
Chadha, the D.C. native with nearly $3.5 million in live earnings, takes a commanding chip lead into the final table with 9,520,000. He controls more than 40 percent of the chips in play and has nearly three times the stack of his closest challenger.
Final Table Chip Counts
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
James Tedrow
United States
1,955,000
16
2
Maxwell Young
United States
3,450,000
29
3
Andrew Porter
United States
1,030,000
9
4
Carlos Chadha Villamarin
United States
9,520,000
79
5
Russ Dunlevy
United States
1,055,000
9
6
Nicholas Verderamo
United States
2,630,000
22
7
Michael Renna
United States
2,795,000
23
Leading the following pack is Maxwell Young with 3,450,000. Michael Renna, who was fortunate even to make it to Day 4 after a series of double ups late yesterday, sits in third place with 2,795,000, while Nicholas Verderamo (2,630,000) and BetMGM qualifier James Tedrow (1,955,000) are in the middle of the pack. Russ Dunlevy (1,055,000) and Andrew Porter (1,030,000) enter the final table with less than 10 big blinds and will need a quick rush if they want to get back into contention.
The action picks up on Level 28 with blinds of 60,000/120,000 and a 120,000 big blind ante. Levels will be reduced to 60 minutes today, then to 30 minutes once heads-up play is reached. The seven finalists are guaranteed at least $34,620 out of the $1,356,000 prize pool for making it this far. The final table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on BetMGM’s official YouTube channel, with PokerNews providing updates to match the stream.
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After more than two weeks of action and over $4 million in guaranteed prize pools handed out, another edition of the Borgata Summer Poker Open comes to an end today. One lucky player will etch their name into the record books and have themselves crowned as a champion by the end of the day. Stay tuned as PokerNews follows along the entire way.
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