Daytona Beach Poker Open – Event 2 Recap

The first champion of the 2026 Daytona Beach Poker Open was crowned Wednesday evening as Event 2: Mega Stack No Limit Hold’em $200 Buy-in drew 68 total entries, easily surpassing its $5,000 guarantee and building the prize pool to $10,620. After several hours of play and final table negotiations, Joel Reagan of Jacksonville, Florida emerged victorious, earning $2,098, the event trophy, and a $600 seat into the DBPO Main Event. While Event 2 wrapped up Wednesday night, the series continues with Event 1: Almighty Stack No Limit Hold’em $400 Buy-in, a multi-flight tournament featuring a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool that runs through the weekend before returning for Day 2 play. Action resumes Thursday, April 16, 2026, with another starting flight of the Almighty Stack along with Event 17: Satellite into the Almighty Stack, a $100 buy-in No Limit Hold’em satellite at 3:10 PM guaranteeing one seat into Event 1. With early prize pools already exceeding guarantees and major tournaments still ahead including the $250,000 guaranteed Main Event, the Daytona Beach Poker Open is quickly building momentum.