Borgata Spring Poker Open

Dariusz Slusarczyk

A player was all in from the blinds for his last 90,000 and Dariusz Slusarczyk called with a covering stack from late position. 

• All-In -
• Slusarczyk -

The board ran out and Slusarczyk rivered the nut flush to burst the Flight B money bubble. 

The remaining 22 players have all secured a min-cash of $1,200 and 14 players will find a bag into Day 2 on Sunday. 

This concludes coverage for Day 1 of the 2026 Borgata Spring Poker Open! Be sure to check back tomorrow morninig for a quick recap of Flight B and the chip counts from both Flight A and Flight B. 

Picking up the action with two players all-in, from early position and the button, Michael Hermoza had called having both covered from the blinds. 

• EP -
• Button -
• Hermoza -  

Hermoza was in great shape to score the double elimination and when the board ran out he flopped a set to send Flight B to the money bubble. 

Xubo "X-Man" Qian

The remaining 31 players in Flight B of the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off have returned from another break, and the blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante for the start of Level 17. 

Leading the way is Xubo "X-Man" Qian with 470,000, followed by Doug Brander (430,000) and Rachel R. (408,000). 

22 players will find a min-cash of $1,200, and 14 will find a bag into Day 2 on Sunday.