2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open

Daily Tournament Highlights
Day: live

Ambassador on Ambassador Violence in Double Board Bomb Pot

Michael Lavin
Michael Lavin

The first $25 double-board bomb pot of the night produced the biggest pot so far, with Michael Lavin handing fellow BetMGM Poker ambassador Esther Taylor a brutal cooler.

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All eight players checked the flop, prompting Taylor, holding J442, to fire out $225 from the big blind after making a full house on the top board.

Stanton, with 10763, called from the next seat over with threes full of sixes on the bottom board. Lavin, meanwhile, had a monster with KQJ3, giving him trip jacks on the top board and threes full of queens on the bottom.

Lavin raised to $800 and Taylor called before Stanton made a shrewd fold.

The pot looked destined to be chopped, but the K river on the top board improved Lavin to jacks full of kings, giving him the checkmark on both boards.

Taylor checked and quickly called when Lavin jammed for $1,580, only to discover she had been coolered.

The massive scoop gave Lavin the biggest pot of the night so far.

Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor

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