The NJCOP II Main Event attracted 659 players who ponied up the $200 buy-in in hopes of grabbing a share of the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool. New Jersey's "MattLoFan89" won $25,613 after winning the heads-up match against "jmoney", who scooped a prize of $18,450 for his runner-up finish.
"MotherMary" took first place in the NJCOP #31 - $75,000 GTD NLH Slow Highroller, outlasting the 97-player field to win $20,734. "HodorHodorHodor" also managed a nice payday in this tournament after finishing in second place for $14,237.
The big winner on WSOP.com NJ and 888poker NJ was Darren "darrenelias" Elias, who shipped the weekly $40,000 Guarantee for $10,600. Elias is no stranger to the big stage, amassing over $3.5 million in online tournament cashes tracked on PocketFives.com and over $2 million in live tournaments according to The Hendon Mob.
Meanwhile it was "Confluence" winning $3,200 after he outlasted the 48-player field in the Big Sunday on 888poker NJ.
NJCOP #33 - $50,000 GTD NLH Super Bounty Highroller
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$480+20
Apr. 26
363
$50,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
jjinbk
$10,650
2
El-Chapo
$7,250
3
JohnR1971
$5,450
4
Chips_Jammed
$4,500
5
mrnissan50
$3,850
6
MikeSexton
$3,300
7
Jonathan "jetsfan411" Borenstein
$2,750
8
PartyVisionz
$2,250
9
Thatgood45
$1,750
NJCOP #34 - $10,000 GTD NLH Heads Up
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$91+9
Apr. 26
91
$10,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
layitdown08
$2,406*
2
mags69
$2,394*
3
jsuppp
$1,000
4
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
$1,000
*Reflects heads-up deal
NJCOP #35 - $20,000 GTD NLH Turbo Last Chance
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$185+15
Apr. 26
158
$29,230
Place
Player
Prize
1
Justin "PocketProfits" Wong
$5,618*
2
mixedfish
$4,847*
3
due904
$3,186
4
spraack
$2,631
5
TVHobo
$2,251
6
youngkoi
$1,929
7
NovaSky
$1,608
8
bobbyv64
$1,315
9
FitzroidPoo
$1,023
*Reflects heads-up deal
$10,000 GTD Nightly [R&A]
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$27.50+2.50
Apr. 25
158
$11,548
Place
Player
Prize
1
Basile28
$3,176
2
AvonBarkz
$1,848
3
Dominiking
$1,051
4
BorgataShark
$820
5
castro78
$704
6
Brian "Deuxexmachin" Willis
$589
7
COLF_DADDY
$450
8
Foldigotit30
$289
9
connectorman
$208
$40,000 GTD Weekly Sunday
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$185+15
Apr. 26
209
$40,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Darren "darrenelias" Elias
$10,600
2
0V0X0
$6,200
3
Pivotroller
$3,540
4
Zebraii29
$2,720
5
TJBeenman
$2,320
6
secretfish
$1,920
7
sellycubeme
$1,440
8
sports247
$960
9
c0l0jer0
$680
$10,000 GTD Weekly Sunday
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$91+9
Apr. 26
141
$12,831
Place
Player
Prize
1
miw210x
$3,529
2
djmacjr
$2,053
3
Goodfellas2
$1,168
4
Jacob "Jakep474" Perry
$911
5
SaulGoodman
$783
6
brownmagic
$654
7
RIP_Neiko
$500
8
black_ivy09
$321
9
Richard "MuckUrLife" Rodrigo
$231
The Big Sunday
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$185+15
Apr. 26
48
$10,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Confluence
$3,200
2
jerseyjosh
$1,800
3
luckyleo80
$1,250
4
Jesse "NoXcape" Elliot
$1,050
5
Showers
$830
6
nemochips
$730
7
l0lflawless
$620
8
buriedpeak
$520
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