The World Series of Poker may be in the books for another summer, but the live tournament calendar isn’t slowing down.
The Borgata Summer Poker Open powered by BetMGM Poker got underway today in Atlantic City, with the opening flights of the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off ($1M GTD) drawing players through the doors of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
One of the marquee events on the schedule, the Deep Stack Kick Off has received a significant boost this year, with its guarantee jumping from $600,000 in 2025 to $1 million for this year’s edition. Six starting flights will play out through Saturday before survivors return for Day 2 on Sunday.
And it didn’t take long for the action didn’t take long to heat up.
Andino Takes the Early Chip Lead
The tournament was only midway through Level 3 when Anthony Andino found himself at the center of the biggest pot of the day so far, dragging nearly three starting stacks in a three-way cooler.
Andino was all in and at risk on the river against an early-position player and Jason Blank in the hijack. With the board reading 9♠8♠6♦K♣10♦, there was already 85,100 in the main pot.
The early-position player tabled 9♦9♣ for a flopped set, while Blank showed K♠10♠ after making top two pair to go with a missed flush draw. However, neither hand was good enough.
Andino rolled over 7♠7♣ for a rivered ten-high straight to scoop the monster pot and vault into the early chip lead.
Jason Blank
The player with the set salvaged the small 3,800-chip side pot before immediately moving all in blind under the gun on the very next deal.
Blank, left with around 30,000 after the previous hand, isolated with A♦K♥ against A♣8♦ and flopped a pair of kings to send his opponent to the rail and recover some of his losses.
This is only the start of what’s shaping up to be another huge Borgata Summer Poker Open. Follow PokerNews’ daily highlights blog for all the biggest stories from Atlantic City, and don’t miss our live reporting from the festival’s marquee events, including start-to-finish coverage of the $2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship.
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Want to Play? There Are Plenty of Ways to Qualify
Players looking to jump into the Borgata Summer Poker Open don’t have to buy in directly. BetMGM Poker is running online qualifiers throughout the series, with satellites starting from just $10.
Among the online offerings are $50 satellites into the Deep Stack Kick Off, Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, Borgata Almighty Stack and Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty, with winners receiving both their tournament seat and $50 in cash. Players chasing the $2,700 Summer Poker Open Championship can also take advantage of $250 qualifiers, which award a Championship seat plus $500 in cash.
There are also numerous live satellites running inside the Borgata poker room throughout the festival, including direct qualifiers into the Championship and multi-event package satellites.
New players signing up for BetMGM Poker can also take advantage of a 100% deposit match up to $1,000, plus up to $75 in tournament tickets, giving them even more chances to win their way into one of the biggest events of the summer without paying full price.
Borgata Summer Open Full Schedule
Date
Time
Day
Buy-In
Tournament
Guarantee
Thu, Jul 16
11:15 a.m.
Day 1A
$600
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Thu, Jul 16
3:15 p.m.
—
$550
$5K Bankroll Builder
$30,000
Thu, Jul 16
5:15 p.m.
Day 1B
$600
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Thu, Jul 16
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Monster Stack Turbo Nightly
—
Fri, Jul 17
11:15 a.m.
Day 1C
$600
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Fri, Jul 17
3:15 p.m.
—
$650
The “One Shot” Freezeout
$25,000
17-7
5:15 p.m.
Day 1D
$600
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Fri, Jul 17
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Friday Night Super Deep Frenzy
—
Sat, Jul 18
11:15 a.m.
Day 1E
$600
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Sat, Jul 18
5:15 p.m.
Day 1F
$600
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Sat, Jul 18
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Double Board Bomb Pot PLO
$10,000
Sun, Jul 19
12 p.m.
Day 2
—
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Sun, Jul 19
1:15 p.m.
—
$350
Borgata Sunday Series
$100,000
Sun, Jul 19
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
Pot-Limit Big O
$15,000
Sun, Jul 19
5:15 p.m.
—
$350
$3K Second Chance Turbo Survivor
$15,000
Sun, Jul 19
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Sunday Night Turbo
$5,000
Mon, Jul 20
10:15 a.m.
—
$365
Seniors Championship
$50,000
Mon, Jul 20
11:15 a.m.
Day 1A
$650
Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
$75,000
Mon, Jul 20
12 p.m.
Day 3
—
Deep Stack Kick Off
$1,000,000
Mon, Jul 20
12:15 p.m.
—
$450
True Triple Stack Turbo
$15,000
Mon, Jul 20
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
H.O.S.E.
$15,000
Mon, Jul 20
5:15 p.m.
Day 1B
$650
Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
$75,000
Mon, Jul 20
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
$2K Turbo Survivor
$5,000
Tue, Jul 21
11:15 a.m.
Day 1A
$650
Super Deep 6 Max
$200,000
Tue, Jul 21
12 p.m.
Day 2
—
Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
$75,000
Tue, Jul 21
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
T.O.R.S.E.
$15,000
Tue, Jul 21
2:15 p.m.
—
$650
5 Card PLO
$20,000
Tue, Jul 21
5:15 p.m.
Day 1B
$650
Super Deep 6 Max
$200,000
Tue, Jul 21
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Deep Stack Super Turbo
$5,000
Wed, Jul 22
11:15 a.m.
Day 1C
$650
Super Deep 6 Max
$200,000
Wed, Jul 22
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
H.O.R.S.E.
$15,000
Wed, Jul 22
2:15 p.m.
—
$500
PLO/NLH
$15,000
Wed, Jul 22
5:15 p.m.
Day 1D
$650
Super Deep 6 Max
$200,000
Wed, Jul 22
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Triple Green Chip Bounty
$5,000
Thu, Jul 23
11:15 a.m.
Day 1A
$500
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Thu, Jul 23
12 p.m.
Day 2
—
Super Deep 6 Max
$200,000
Thu, Jul 23
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
O.E.
$20,000
Thu, Jul 23
1:15 p.m.
—
$1,100
Mad Max (8 Max to 6 Max)
$25,000
Thu, Jul 23
5:15 p.m.
Day 1B
$500
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Thu, Jul 23
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Monster Stack Turbo Nightly
—
Fri, Jul 24
11:15 a.m.
Day 1C
$500
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Fri, Jul 24
12 p.m.
Day 3
—
Super Deep 6 Max
$200,000
Fri, Jul 24
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
Stud Hi-Lo
$15,000
Fri, Jul 24
4:15 p.m.
—
$260
Ladies Championship
$15,000
Fri, Jul 24
5:15 p.m.
Day 1D
$500
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Fri, Jul 24
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Friday Night Super Deep Frenzy
—
Sat, Jul 25
11:15 a.m.
Day 1E
$500
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Sat, Jul 25
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
Omaha Hi-Lo
$15,000
Sat, Jul 25
5:15 p.m.
Day 1F
$500
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Sat, Jul 25
7:15 p.m.
—
$260
Double Board Bomb Pot PLO
$10,000
Sun, Jul 26
12 p.m.
Day 2
—
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Sun, Jul 26
12:15 p.m.
Day 1A
$2,700
Summer Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000
Sun, Jul 26
1:15 p.m.
—
$500
H.O.E.
$15,000
Sun, Jul 26
1:15 p.m.
—
$320
Mega Summer Poker Open Championship Qualifier (1 in 10)
10 Seats Guaranteed
Sun, Jul 26
4:15 p.m.
—
$550
$5K Re-Up Survivor
$50,000
Sun, Jul 26
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Sunday Night Turbo
$5,000
Mon, Jul 27
12 p.m.
Day 3
—
Borgata Almighty Stack
$750,000
Mon, Jul 27
12:15 p.m.
Day 1B
$2,700
Summer Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000
Mon, Jul 27
1:15 p.m.
—
$160
Bounty Ladder Shootout
$10,000
Mon, Jul 27
5:15 p.m.
—
$320
Qualifier: Event 22: SUPO Championship (1 in 10)
5 Seats Guaranteed
Mon, Jul 27
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
$2K Turbo Survivor
$5,000
Tue, Jul 28
12:15 p.m.
Day 1C
$2,700
Summer Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000
Tue, Jul 28
3:15 p.m.
—
$650
Borgata Forty Bigs
$20,000
Tue, Jul 28
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Deep Stack Super Turbo
$5,000
Wed, Jul 29
11:15 a.m.
Day 1A
$580
Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
$250,000
Wed, Jul 29
12 p.m.
Day 2
$2,700
Summer Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000
Wed, Jul 29
1:15 p.m.
—
$1,100
Deep Stack Semi-Turbo One Day
$35,000
Wed, Jul 29
5:15 p.m.
Day 1B
$580
Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
$250,000
Wed, Jul 29
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Triple Green Chip Bounty
$5,000
Thu, Jul 30
11:15 a.m.
Day 1C
$580
Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
$250,000
Thu, Jul 30
12 p.m.
Day 3
—
Summer Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000
Thu, Jul 30
5:15 p.m.
Day 1D
$580
Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
$250,000
Thu, Jul 30
7:15 p.m.
—
$250
Monster Stack Turbo Nightly
$5,000
Fri, Jul 31
12 p.m.
Day 2
$580
Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
$250,000
Fri, Jul 31
12 p.m.
Day 4
—
Summer Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000
Fri, Jul 31
1:15 p.m.
—
$250
Last Chance One Day
$25,000
Fri, Jul 31
5:15 p.m.
—
$250
Friday Night Super Deep Frenzy
—
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Live Events Executive
Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game.
Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
