| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $144,250 | 56-71 | $2,015 |
| 2 | $98,000 | 72-87 | $1,740 |
| 3 | $66,850 | 88-103 | $1,600 |
| 4 | $44,375 | 104-119 | $1,490 |
| 5 | $30,225 | 120-135 | $1,400 |
| 6 | $23,075 | 136-151 | $1,325 |
| 7 | $17,895 | 152-167 | $1,270 |
| 8 | $14,210 | 168-183 | $1,225 |
| 9 | $11,100 | 184-199 | $1,185 |
| 10-11 | $8,330 | 200-215 | $1,150 |
| 12-15 | $6,435 | 216-231 | $1,125 |
| 16-23 | $5,060 | 232-247 | $1,100 |
| 24-31 | $3,850 | 248-263 | $1,075 |
| 32-39 | $3,850 | 264-279 | $1,060 |
| 40-55 | $2,465 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The remaining 279 players have taken their seats and play is underway in Day 2 of the Almighty Stack.
Level: 18
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
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.
| 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.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chengyue He | 1,252,000 |
| 1 | 2 | James Vilardo | 922,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Zong Yang Zhang | 367,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Fabrizio Papasidero | 466,000 |
| 1 | 5 | James Tedrow | 523,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Darin Parker | 646,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Randy Pisane | 2,577,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Joseph Foote | 2,148,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Dmitriy Shamilov | 211,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Joseph Rapp | 101,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Jonathan Kim | 258,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Egert Press | 2,000,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Brayden Bushaw | 416,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Li Liang | 122,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Stephen Tomlinson | 655,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Robert Russo | 837,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Baruch Fishman | 783,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Kaifan Wang | 902,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Ronald Kampert | 250,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Gail Shearman | 1,526,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Syrko | 535,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Raffaele Imperiale | 504,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Boris Kravets | 1,541,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Khachatur Pohosian | 651,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Israel Orenshtein | 414,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Kevin Signorelli | 840,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Ryan Flynn | 807,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Gui Gao | 1,560,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Sykes | 1,654,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Karneet Arora | 702,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Jerome Harmon | 173,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Jason Min | 494,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Thomas Tolley | 1,900,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Jon Brooks | 258,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Yiming Cao | 254,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Mukul Pahuja | 912,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Robert DiAntonio | 397,000 |
| 5 | 2 | John Morales | 55,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Jonathan Fader | 1,201,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Amir Genzel | 454,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Evan Bell | 402,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Joseph Song | 545,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Labron Toles | 585,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Mohammad Amjadi | 1,414,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Alex Rocha | 477,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Patrick Boustead | 437,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Lingyu Zen | 945,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Sanjeev Datta | 261,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrae Sewell | 1,276,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Shane Lawler | 183,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Peter Sennon | 1,560,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Brian Taylor | 157,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Artem Bilous | 747,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Vito De Leonibus | 270,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Christopher Thompson | 515,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Louis Bailey | 749,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Robert Nichols | 421,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Anthony Pagan | 404,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Thomas Matacale | 661,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Richard Rossetti | 680,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Michael Porrini | 1,460,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Rafael Yaraliyev | 320,000 |
| 7 | 9 | Bin Weng | 1,048,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Wei Xiao | 815,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Lance Vernon | 118,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Joseph Gay | 255,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Brian Gelman | 1,491,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Eric Ladny | 480,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Jason Sanita | 477,000 |
| 8 | 7 | David Elliott | 1,016,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Bartholomew Golik | 1,438,000 |
| 8 | 9 | Heung Yoon | 266,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Elizabeth Levis | 603,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Christoph Hill | 965,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Toby Gafner | 838,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Derek Marmen | 804,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Julian DeJesus | 421,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Kyle Crawford | 663,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Phillip Phan | 582,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Keith McCarroll | 499,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Simon Lau | 2,122,000 |
| 10 | 1 | Michael Hammers | 477,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Emad Kheiralla | 1,506,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Aaron Stein | 611,000 |
| 10 | 4 | Christian Mazzarelli | 915,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Daniel Lazrus | 470,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Craig Gould | 1,258,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Anthony Fung | 1,199,000 |
| 10 | 8 | Brian Mooney | 741,000 |
| 10 | 9 | Greg Himmelbrand | 453,000 |
| 11 | 1 | MG | 1,189,000 |
| 11 | 2 | Joshua Baer | 842,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Dmitry Levi | 865,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Justin Laudadio | 434,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Stephen Murawski | 271,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Alan Johnson | 679,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Andrew Porter | 149,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Lamel Riollano | 1,091,000 |
| 11 | 9 | Ziv Karasanti | 682,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Anthony Herman | 333,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Daniel Bailey | 1,640,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Scott Lebedz | 857,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Wesley Shi | 329,000 |
| 12 | 5 | James Brennan | 641,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Yaozong Yuan | 2,735,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Gary Braufman | 180,000 |
| 12 | 8 | George Burns | 166,000 |
| 12 | 9 | Carlos Urena | 952,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Robert Aronowitz | 570,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Will Failla | 3,300,000 |
| 13 | 3 | David Shalmiyev | 555,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Raymond Ferretti | 541,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Zheng Li | 918,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Robert Teti | 639,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Steven Primiano | 927,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Gaetano Taormina | 258,000 |
| 13 | 9 | Mark Filippo | 1,791,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Ziyuan Wang | 775,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Weining Qu | 282,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Guan Huang | 861,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Sebastian Marquez | 581,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Christopher Russell | 1,224,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Joseph Kent | 343,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Ferdinand Chong | 2,702,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Jaime DeGennaro | 474,000 |
| 14 | 9 | Pablo Bravo | 1,166,000 |
| 15 | 1 | Ravi Bayanker | 1,366,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Xiang Zou | 1,644,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Midhat Ibrahem | 3,158,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Matthew Ulrich | 764,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Weize Lin | 1,363,000 |
| 15 | 6 | Benjamin Beahm | 410,000 |
| 15 | 7 | James Dalesandro | 840,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Scott Love | 325,000 |
| 15 | 9 | William Shaw | 1,171,000 |
| 16 | 1 | Thomas Yarbrough | 634,000 |
| 16 | 2 | David Golin | 884,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Jean Brillant | 174,000 |
| 16 | 4 | Matthew Blaustein | 542,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Michael Surick | 205,000 |
| 16 | 6 | Johnny Lau | 202,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Changfeng Fan | 841,000 |
| 16 | 8 | Matthew Iles | 1,010,000 |
| 16 | 9 | Meraf Tedla | 274,000 |
| 17 | 1 | Radhames Vargas | 1,243,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Paul Shamilov | 394,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Robert Thomas | 1,742,000 |
| 17 | 4 | Anton Kalinin | 656,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Eric Palumbo | 1,138,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Damian Alonso | 362,000 |
| 17 | 7 | John D'Agostino | 1,793,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Matthew Matros | 502,000 |
| 17 | 9 | Jason Cohen | 358,000 |
| 18 | 1 | John Cipriano | 486,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Justin Song | 876,000 |
| 18 | 3 | Michael Hermoza | 366,000 |
| 18 | 4 | Mariano Castro | 189,000 |
| 18 | 5 | Alan Yakuboff | 862,000 |
| 18 | 6 | Keiko Lim | 264,000 |
| 18 | 7 | David Macisaac | 660,000 |
| 18 | 8 | Ronald Adams | 1,557,000 |
| 18 | 9 | Alex Berenson | 201,000 |
| 19 | 1 | Justin Greenup | 440,000 |
| 19 | 2 | Richard Yau | 228,000 |
| 19 | 3 | Eric Riley | 544,000 |
| 19 | 4 | Javier Gomez | 1,948,000 |
| 19 | 5 | John Malvasio | 219,000 |
| 19 | 6 | Philip Bottos | 238,000 |
| 19 | 7 | Guang Chen | 1,441,000 |
| 19 | 8 | Angel Lopez | 1,396,000 |
| 19 | 9 | Kai Ma | 873,000 |
| 20 | 1 | Matthew Kropp | 469,000 |
| 20 | 2 | Jason Pardy | 338,000 |
| 20 | 3 | Brian Lee | 902,000 |
| 20 | 4 | Omar Younes | 844,000 |
| 20 | 5 | Gregory Bauer | 1,473,000 |
| 20 | 6 | Imanol Uribe | 752,000 |
| 20 | 7 | Maxwell Liddell | 820,000 |
| 20 | 8 | Danny Vo | 156,000 |
| 20 | 9 | Yuriy Kudrynskyy | 1,659,000 |
| 21 | 1 | Alexander Farin | 357,000 |
| 21 | 2 | Corey Whitaker | 745,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Joe Gil | 371,000 |
| 21 | 4 | Adam Calabrese | 1,170,000 |
| 21 | 5 | Andrew Kim | 618,000 |
| 21 | 6 | Gennadi Josovich | 183,000 |
| 21 | 7 | John Botticello | 809,000 |
| 21 | 8 | Pietro Maniscalco | 2,476,000 |
| 21 | 9 | Timothy Lee | 300,000 |
| 22 | 1 | Michael Fenwick | 598,000 |
| 22 | 2 | Samarth Mishra | 648,000 |
| 22 | 3 | David Kilcoyne | 1,015,000 |
| 22 | 4 | Andrew DeFrancesco | 600,000 |
| 22 | 5 | John Merriam | 944,000 |
| 22 | 6 | Seung Lee | 936,000 |
| 22 | 7 | Kennedy Taruvamba | 65,000 |
| 22 | 8 | Stuart Gibbel | 428,000 |
| 22 | 9 | Aaron Fischer | 1,186,000 |
| 23 | 1 | Mario Rodriguez | 239,000 |
| 23 | 2 | Soukha Kachittavong | 541,000 |
| 23 | 3 | Michael Mann | 2,940,000 |
| 23 | 4 | Matthew Bennett | 930,000 |
| 23 | 5 | Aaron Eis | 1,433,000 |
| 23 | 6 | Daniel McCarthy | 712,000 |
| 23 | 7 | Brian Luo | 326,000 |
| 23 | 8 | Jackson McGonagle | 744,000 |
| 23 | 9 | Stewart Marin | 387,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Carlos Hurtado | 594,000 |
| 24 | 2 | Joseph Katsenelinboigen | 823,000 |
| 24 | 3 | Brian Grzywaczewski | 1,294,000 |
| 24 | 4 | Colby Lawler | 1,483,000 |
| 24 | 5 | Gina Tuttle | 923,000 |
| 24 | 6 | Alex Soares | 795,000 |
| 24 | 7 | Eliseo Terrones | 369,000 |
| 24 | 8 | Joseph Sambriski | 233,000 |
| 24 | 9 | Bijay Lama | 1,156,000 |
| 25 | 1 | Anthony Potis | 590,000 |
| 25 | 2 | Jacob Reid | 208,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Victor Chirinian | 578,000 |
| 25 | 4 | Nicholas Barone | 986,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Jules Bui | 356,000 |
| 25 | 6 | Nicholas Di Marzo | 996,000 |
| 25 | 7 | Kole Lekic | 568,000 |
| 25 | 8 | Lakshay Aggrawal | 232,000 |
| 25 | 9 | Pashk Gjini | 875,000 |
| 26 | 1 | Alex Penyevsky | 865,000 |
| 26 | 2 | Oren Eitan | 952,000 |
| 26 | 3 | Edwin Santiago | 1,223,000 |
| 26 | 4 | John Riccobono | 1,302,000 |
| 26 | 5 | Anthony Imperial | 56,000 |
| 26 | 6 | Rajath Tangam | 1,021,000 |
| 26 | 7 | D Darmiento | 655,000 |
| 26 | 8 | Daniel Oliveira | 318,000 |
| 26 | 9 | Leno Thomas | 614,000 |
| 27 | 1 | Michel El Massih | 380,000 |
| 27 | 2 | Laura Church | 1,046,000 |
| 27 | 3 | Daniel Sweeney | 1,055,000 |
| 27 | 4 | Joseph Siracusa | 789,000 |
| 27 | 5 | Michael Richer | 697,000 |
| 27 | 6 | Kenneth Neri | 1,194,000 |
| 27 | 7 | Jean Augustin | 558,000 |
| 27 | 8 | Sean Sisco | 510,000 |
| 27 | 9 | Giuseppe Lomuscio | 429,000 |
| 28 | 1 | Andres Gallego | 1,138,000 |
| 28 | 2 | Brett Milstein | 369,000 |
| 28 | 3 | Paul Cucchiara | 951,000 |
| 28 | 4 | Bruce Homan | 166,000 |
| 28 | 5 | John Scrimenti | 152,000 |
| 28 | 6 | Heinz Cordova | 107,000 |
| 28 | 7 | John Malczan | 537,000 |
| 28 | 8 | Lucas Levenson | 474,000 |
| 28 | 9 | Marco Caruso | 846,000 |
| 29 | 1 | Samuel Ick | 1,836,000 |
| 29 | 2 | Sergio Vigano | 625,000 |
| 29 | 3 | Allen White | 435,000 |
| 29 | 4 | Gary McKillop | 673,000 |
| 29 | 5 | Kenneth Keppol | 1,910,000 |
| 29 | 6 | John Wilson | 1,903,000 |
| 29 | 7 | David Lu | 139,000 |
| 29 | 8 | Laura Hill | 43,000 |
| 29 | 9 | Skender Alicka | 413,000 |
| 30 | 1 | Ryan McDonald | 826,000 |
| 30 | 2 | David Gorski | 680,000 |
| 30 | 3 | Kevin Marrero | 1,056,000 |
| 30 | 4 | Serhiy Stankovych | 997,000 |
| 30 | 5 | John Long | 375,000 |
| 30 | 6 | Jackson Sprague | 1,393,000 |
| 30 | 7 | Jose Jaramillo | 863,000 |
| 30 | 8 | Renato Soldera | 848,000 |
| 30 | 9 | Christopher Lyle | 154,000 |
| 31 | 1 | Matthew Lake | 1,591,000 |
| 31 | 2 | Keith Palek | 467,000 |
| 31 | 3 | George Alberto | 1,110,000 |
| 31 | 4 | Braden Kulley | 801,000 |
| 31 | 5 | Thomas Parkes | 310,000 |
| 31 | 6 | Joseph Kim | 1,139,000 |
| 31 | 7 | Michael Conoran | 953,000 |
| 31 | 8 | Antonio Benito | 746,000 |
| 31 | 9 | Michael Shumsky | 1,094,000 |
$500 Borgata Almighty Stack
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