$2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship | 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open

13 hours 33 minutes ago

Sun Into the Lead; Esposito Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Pranav Sarda was left with only a handful of black T-100 chips when his 8♠8♣ clashed with the K♥K♦ of Lou Esposito and couldn't get there on the 10♦5♣4♦A♥7♠ runout. The last big blind of Sarda vanished the next hand and he re-entered to table 37, which no longer featured Kat Khaterzai as her entire stack moved one spot over to Emily Sun.

Another player at the table asked if that was her first hand since the clash with aces against Khaterzai's ace-queen and Jordan Glazer jokingly mentioned that Sun only has a VPIP of two percent.

Tags: Emily Sun Jordan Glazer Kat Khaterzai Lou Esposito Pranav Sarda

13 hours 43 minutes ago

The Roller Coaster Action Continues

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a flop of A♥9♣4♣, Luis Nargentino bet 4,000 and Robert Ozello raised to 14,300. Nargentino then reraised to 34,000 and Ozello eventually pushed all-in for Nargentino to call.

Robert Ozello: A♦K♥ All in
Luis Nargentino: A♠9♠

The K♦ turn gave Ozello the superior two pair and the 8♠ river brought no further upset.

Nargentino was reduced to fewer than half the starting stack but then doubled before he raised to 1,200. John Lytle three-bet to 4,300 and Nargentino called while Ozello folded. Lytle jammed the 9♥9♦3♥ flop and forced a fold to flash the 3♠, Ozello mentioned he folded a nine preflop.

Nargentino then got some chips back when he defended against Ozello's open raise. On the 7♠4♣4♥ flop, Ozello bet 1,500 and called a check-raise to 4,000. The 2♥ came on the turn and Nargentino bet 3,000 to win the pot.

A few hands later, Nargentino then lost a smaller pot to Lytle when he paid off the K♦Q♦J♦6♣7♣ river for 3,000 and couldn't beat Lytle's K♥5♥.

Tags: John Lytle Luis Nargentino Robert Ozello

13 hours 54 minutes ago

New (Re) Entries After the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Both Matthew Zambanini and Sharman Olshan reentered after the break while Feruz Khasanov entered for the first time on Day 1a, which brought the field up to 68 entries.

Tags: Matthew Zambanini Sharman Olshan

14 hours 2 minutes ago

"It ain't easy being me."

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

John Lytle three-bet to 3,600 from an early position and was called once to then see the initial raiser four-bet to 12,000 for both to come along.

The A♣5♦3♦ flop was checked to Lytle and he bet 13,000 to win the pot uncontested. Before claiming the chips, he flashed the 8♠7♠ on the table for a successful bluff.

Lytle has already more than doubled his stack and is wearing a shirt with the slogan "It ain't easy being me."

Tags: John Lytle

14 hours 10 minutes ago

Vo Back Above the Starting Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Four ways to the 6♣6♦5♥ flop, Danny Vo and Darren Elias check-called a bet of 2,200.

The trio then checked the A♦ turn and Vo bet the A♠ river for 3,500. Two folds later, Vo claimed the pot and leaped back above the starting stack.

Tags: Danny Vo Darren Elias

14 hours 11 minutes ago

Assorted Counts After Level 4

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

14 hours 31 minutes ago

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Upon completion of four levels of 60 minutes each, the Day 1a field has reached 61 entries and all those with chips at their disposal have been sent on the second scheduled 15-minute break.

14 hours 36 minutes ago

Sarda Eliminated by Duronio

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Four ways to the J♠10♠5♣ flop, Pranav Sarda bet 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Benjamin Duronio. The small blind then raised to 10,000 and Sarda called, as did Duronio.

They headed to the 9♣ turn on which the small blind bet 15,000. Sarda reluctantly jammed for the last 17,500 and Duronio then pushed over the top to isolate successfully.

Pranav Sarda: J♥9♥ All in
Benjamin Duronio: K♦Q♠

Duronio's turned nut-straight needed to dodge jacks and nines, which was the case after a blank 7♦ on the river.

Tags: Benjamin Duronio Pranav Sarda

14 hours 46 minutes ago