Level 34
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Raymond Ferretti
Baruch Fishman opened to 2,500,000 under the gun before Raymond Ferretti jammed for his remaining 11,000,000 from the big blind, and Fishman snapped it off as the covering stack.
Raymond Ferretti: 8♥8♣
Baruch Fishman: K♦K♣
Ferretti was in rough shape with the underpair. Neither the 10♠7♥2♠ flop nor the 4♣ turn offered any help, leaving him with just two outs.
The river was the K♠, improving Fishman to top set, and Ferretti was eliminated as the first casualty of the day.
Another massive field was assembled for a Borgata staple in the $500 Almighty Stack, which saw 2,209 hopefuls try their luck across six starting flights to generate a prize pool of $927,780. 279 of these players made the money and advanced to Day 2, but that number has been reduced to just six who remain in contention for the first-place prize of $144,250.
These final six survivors will return at 12 p.m. today to play down to a champion on a live-streamed final table, available on the Bet MGM Youtube channel.
Leading the way into the final day is John Malczan with 75,000,000. Malczan won a massive all in with aces against kings halfway through Day 2, and he maintained his position towards the top the rest of the way. A victory today would see Malczan climb to $1 million in career live tournament earnings.
John Malczan
He is joined at the top by Yuriy Kudrynskyy (57,500,000), who is already enjoying a fruitful series after finishing in fourth place out of 401 in the $650 Super Deep 6-Max.
Final Table Seat Assignments and Chip Counts
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Yuriy Kudrynskyy
57,500,000
58
2
Raymond Ferretti
12,000,000
12
3
Baruch Fishman
16,000,000
16
4
John Wilson
29,500,000
30
5
William Shaw
31,000,000
31
6
John Malczan
75,000,000
75
William Shaw (31,000,000) and John Wilson (29,500,000) will have to battle it out from the middle of the pack, which usually requires cautious procedures at a final table, while Baruch Fishman (16,000,000) and Raymond Ferretti (12,000,000) will have free rein to gamble and try to spin up their short stacks.
William Shaw
Play gets back underway at 12 p.m. local time today on the live stream table in the Borgata Poker Room. There are 17 minutes remaining in Level 34 with blinds of 500,000/100,000 and an average stack of 36,800,000 (37 BB).
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
$144,250
2
$98,000
3
$66,850
4
$44,375
5
$30,225
6
$23,075
7
Toby Gafner
United States
$17,895
8
Will Failla
United States
$14,210
9
Michael Mann
United States
$11,100
Updates from PokerNews will be aligned with the stream to avoid any spoilers, with a delay of approximately 30 minutes expected. Stay tuned as we crown a champion from a starting field of 2,209 in the $500 Almighty Stack here at the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open.
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