button in SafariWill Failla Leads 279 Returnees for Day 2 of the $500 Almighty Stack
One of the staples of the schedule for the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open saw 2,209 entries made in Event #16: $500 Almighty Stack. The six starting flights generated a prize pool of $927,780.
However, only 279 players were able to make it into the money and have advanced to today's Day 2, which will have cards in the air at 12 p.m. local time.
Leading the pack into Day 2 is East Coast poker legend Will Failla with 3,300,000, and "The Thrill" will look to add to over $7 million in tournament earnings.
Midhat Ibrahem (3,158,000) follows close behind in second place to begin the day, while Michael Mann (2,940,000) rounds out the podium in third.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Failla | United States | 3,300,000 |
| 2 | Midhat Ibrahem | United States | 3,158,000 |
| 3 | Michael Mann | United States | 2,940,000 |
| 4 | Yaozong Yuan | United States | 2,735,000 |
| 5 | Ferdinand Chong | United States | 2,702,000 |
| 6 | Randy Pisane | United States | 2,577,000 |
| 7 | Pietro Maniscalco | 2,476,000 | |
| 8 | Joseph Foote | United States | 2,148,000 |
| 9 | Simon Lau | United States | 2,122,000 |
| 10 | Egert Press | United States | 2,000,000 |
Others to return today with large stacks include include John D'Agostino (1,793,000), $650 6-Max fourth place finisher Yuriy Kudrynskyy (1,659,000), Boris Kravets (1,541,000), Angel Lopez (1,396,000), Bin Weng (1,048,000), Mukul Pahuja (912,000), and Kaifan Wang (902,000).
The action will get back underway at 12 p.m. There are 3 minutes remaining in Level 18 with blinds of 15,000/25,000 and an average stack of 785,000 (31 bb). Levels will be 40 minutes in length today, and play will continue a final table is reached. Payout information will be posted once it is made available.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates throughout the day as we play down to a final table in Event #16: $500 Almighty Stack here at the 2026 Borgata Summer Poker Open.