The final nine players headlined Sunday at the 2025 Borgata Fall Poker Open for Day 3 of Event 1: $600 Almighty Kick Off. Six massive starting flights drew 1,829 entrants, who came close to a million-dollar prizepool, and Saturday’s Day 2 saw the field whittled from 231 down to nine.
Huge chip stacks and rising blinds expedited eliminations for the first half of the table, and then the final four players settled into deep-stacked play. The finalists went through several difficult rounds of negotiations before agreeing to a deal, which awarded the title and trophy to DeeAngelo Seng.
Seng won the lion’s share with $101,400 on a single $600 entry, Muarem Kica took home $95,000, Daniel Kusnerak won $88,000, and BetMGM qualifier Vinny Pahuja netted $87,000 following a near-perfect ICM deal.
DeeAngelo Seng Sings Opponents’ Praises
“I’m blessed, first and foremost,” Seng said after all competitors finally shook hands. “I had a lot of support from my family. I’ve been grinding quite a bit lately and this is my second win for the year.”
“The final table went quickly to start,” he said. “We had to iron out the terms and finally we all came to an agreement. It balanced itself out from the chips.”
“I’ve played with Vinny before and we chopped it three ways then,” said Seng. “He’s a great player – always a threat. He’s a real tournament player; the other two did well, but I think I could outplay them. But Vinny’s tough, so I’m grateful for a good split.”
Kica, a business owner, was animated during negotiations and cracking up the rail. Saying, “Do you know how many pizzas I have to sell to make $90,000?” His affable demeanor and Pahuja’s calm persistence ultimately got the deal done.
Final Table Payouts
- DeeAngelo Seng – $101,400*
- Muarem Kica – $95,000*
- Daniel Kusnerak – $88,000*
- Vinny Pahuja – $87,000*
- Eric Seigel – $31,560
- Anthony Chin – $24,275
- Jhordy Sanchez – $19,050
- Chris Basile – $15,005
- Coleem Chestnut – $11,760
*denotes deal
BetMGM Online Hybrid Championship
Online players have had Sunday circled on their calendar for weeks for the $1,000 BetMGM Online Hybrid Championship with a $300,000 guarantee. The event attracted 245 entrants, who built a prizepool of $232,750, and “Browniewnuts” will arrive at Borgata as the final table chip leader.
“wheels4920” surged up the chip counts with a double-elimination on the live-streamed final table bubble to finish second in chips. He had the dream spot of having both players covered, holding pocket aces when “NiceCall…” and “sorryman” both shoved preflop with ace queen. The board ran all rags and the mis-timed shoves earned them sixth and seventh place.
“FreeTupan,” “LeapingRhino,” and “SPLATTER” round out the final table. Only five players will travel to Borgata for the Nov. 15 live-streamed final table.
The field came up shy of the guarantee, leading to a $67,250 overlay, paying out the top 32 players. The finalists have $19,350 locked up once they set foot in Borgata and the winner will earn $63,048
“IReadYrSoul” took eighth place and “RockyDukes was ninth. Michael “Gags30” Gagliano bubbled the final table in 11th place for $4,500.
Final Table Chip Counts
- Browniewnuts – 7,822,618
- wheels4920 – 6,687,432
- FreeTupan – 4,662,112
- LeapingRhino – 2,930,612
- SPLATTER – 2,397,226
$1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Championship Eight-Max
The returning field expected a long grind with 14 players returning to action on Day 2. It only took two hours to trim the field to a final table of eight. But it was a slow burn until overnight chipleader Dongwuk Moon took down the event for $30,440
It’s Moon’s first Borgata Poker Open title but his third tournament win of the year. He won two daily tournaments in consecutive weeks in July and is a well-known player among the Northeast online players.
Boris Kravets finished runner-up and is a professional player who splits his time between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Orson Young took third place and is a month removed from another PLO third place during Borgata’s Big Big Buy-In Series $2,200 event.
Final Table Payouts
- Dongwuk Moon – $30,440
- Boris Kravets – $19,630
- Orson Young – $13,505
- Michael Conoran – $9,585
- Luis Rodriguez – $7,140
- Joseph Sergio – $5,740
- Sanjit Bhatia – $4,870
- Kyle Yen – $4,170
$365 No-limit Hold ‘em Seniors Championship
The 50+ crowd gathered shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday morning for the $50,000 guaranteed Seniors Championship. The one-day event pulled 350 entrants and each finalist endured a 14-hour marathon of play.
Ultimately, the final four players agreed to an even chop with Andrew Leamon taking home the min-Borgata glass trophy for his game room. He and Robert Kent out-pipped Tim Little and Alan Milstein for a single dollar more to make the math work out – but they pocketed $13,083 and $13,082, respectively.
Final Table Payouts
- Andrew Leamon – $13,083*
- Robert Kent – $13,083*
- Tim Little – $13,082*
- Alan Milstein – $13,082*
- Igor Vovchik – $4,830
- Lingyu Zen – $3,875
- John Wilson – $3,160
- Edward Burton – $2,605
- Marguerite Spagnuolo – $2,160
*denotes deal
Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty
The first two of four Day 1 flights of the $570 Monster Mirror Mystery Bounty ran Sunday with 143 entrants in the early flight and 66 in the evening flight. Players have two more flights on Monday to make Day 2 and have a chance at drawing big bounties.
Every Day 2 player returns in the money and earn a bounty envelope draw for each elimination. The bounty values roughly mirror the prizepool, so a player who min-cashes can still walk away with five figures.
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