2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open

$580 Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
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Event Info
2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event Info
Buy-in
$580
Prize Pool
$310,000
Total Entries
620
Players Left
5
Average Chip Stack
2,430,000
Total Chips
12,150,000
Next Payout
Place 5
$6,125
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
76
Players Left
5
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Martin and Faust Double

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Renata Colache limped in from the button and called when Vance Martin III made it 175,000 from the small blind.

Maritn continued for 175,000 and called off of his stack of 515,000 when Colache jammed.

Vance Martin III: J♦J♠All in
Renata Colache: 9♥8♥

Colache flopped top pair but remained behind the pocket jacks. Martin doubled up after the 5♦5♣ runout.

On the next deal, Martin raised to 100,000 from the button before Shane Brown shoved as the big stack. Matthew Faust committed his stack of 675,000 and Martin got out of the way.

Matthew Faust: Q♠Q♦All in
Shane Brown: K♥J♦

The queens made a full house on the A♠Q♥9♦J♠A♠ runout and Faust doubled.

Tags: Matthew Faust (PA)Renata ColacheShane BrownVance Martin III

Martin Nearly Triples His Stack

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Renata Colache opened to 125,000 from the cutoff before Vance Martin III jammed for 295,000 from the button. In the big blind, Matthew Faust rejammed for 840,000 and Colache painfully folded after a short tank.

Vance Martin III: J♠J♦ All in
Matthew Faust: K♥9♥

The K♠J♣7♥ flop gave Faust top pair, but Martin made middle set. The 7♠ turn added outs for Faust to make a better full house, but the river was the A♠, giving Martin the winner.

Tags: Matthew Faust (PA)Renata ColacheVance Martin III

Ortiz folds Top Pair

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Alan Nosonchuk opoened to 115,000 from the hijack and Erick Ortiz called from the big blind.

On the 9♠4♦2♥ flop, Ortiz check-raised to 435,000 over a bet of 135,000. Nssonchuk snap-jammed as the big stack. After some thought, Ortiz flashed the 9♦ and folded.

Tags: Alan NosonchukErick Ortiz

Level: 21

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Break Time (full)

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The remaining 19 players are taking their second 15-minute break of the day.

The two largest bounties remain available as play will resume in Level 21 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an average stack of 1,631,000.

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Ortiz Doubles Through Nosonchuk

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On a flop of 10♣9♥4♦ in a single three-way pot, Alan Nosonchuk and Alan Johnson checked to Erick Ortiz who bet 120,000. Alan Nosonchuk then pushed all-in with the covering stack while Ortiz reluctantly called.

Erick Ortiz: 9♠8♠ All in
Alan Nosonchuk: Q♦J♠

The 10♦ turn and 4♠ river were blanks and Ortiz doubled for 475,000 just before the break.

Tags: Alan JohnsonAlan NosonchukErick Ortiz

Triple Up for Rodriguez

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Shane Brown opened to 175,000 from the hijack before Karen Rodriguez put in her last 190,000 from the small blind. Renata Colache called from the big blind and Brown put in the extra chips.

It checked through to showdown, for the board to read 6♦4♣2♣7♦3♦.

Karen Rodriguez: 5♦5♥All in
Renata Colache: 8♣6♣
Shane Brown: K♥J♥

Rodriguez had a straight and tripled up.

Tags: Karen RodriguezRenata ColacheShane Brown

Brown Sitting on Piles

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Shane Brown opened to 150,000 from under the gun before Wei Zhang made it 600,000 from the cutoff. Brown jammed as the big stack, and Zhang called off the 400,000 more he had behind.

Wei Zhang: A♠K♣All in
Shane Brown: Q♠Q♣

Zhang failed to connect on the 3♥7♥8♠10♥6♥ runout and was eliminated.

Tags: Norman JovenShane Brown

Lewis Gets a Shove Through, Grabe is Fuming

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Three ways to the J♣10♠9♣ flop, George Grabe checked from under the gun and Simon Lau bet 175,000. Todd Lewis called and Grabe then reluctantly folded.

Lau bet the Q♠ turn for 175,000 once more and Lewis then jammed.

"How much is it, like five hundred?" Lau asked and folded when it was deemed to be for 475,000 total.

"This god damn mother f**ker made me fold ace-king," George Grabe fumed and then continued to ramble while another player remarked he had folded K♠5♠ preflop.

Tags: George GrabeSimon LauTodd Lewis

Samuels Bluffs It Off to Brown

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Corrie Samuels limped from middle position before Shane Brown raised to 150,000 on the button, and Samuels called.

On the 7♥6♠5♣ flop, Samuels check-called a bet of 175,000 from Brown.

The 3♦ turn checked through to the 3♠ river which saw Samuels quickly lead all in for about 675,000 and Brown snapped it off.

Corrie Samuels: K♣Q♠ All in
Shane Brown: A♠4♦

Samuels was bluffing with king-high while Brown turned a straight and got Samuels' entire stack along with the bounty.

Tags: Corrie SamuelsShane Brown

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