Blinds: 20,000/40,000

"zhatka" kicked off the action with a raise to 80,000 under the gun, and next to act, Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta three bet to 325,000. It folded back to "zhatka", and he moved all in, easily having Datta covered.

Datta called with , but he was miles behind the pocket aces of "zhatka." The board ran down , and Datta was knocked out in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
zhatka	3,098,898 1,802,699	1,802,699
Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta	Busted

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Following a raise to 74,000 from one of the big stacks "Chalmisi6", Mike “mmenz08816” Menzer moved all in for his final 433,000. "Chalmisi6" called with , and he was dominating Menzer's .

The board ran down , and the jack kicker played for "Chalmisi6" to earn the bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chalmisi6	1,841,542 468,639	468,639
Mike “mmenz08816” Menzer	Busted

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

"nickybrunson" was under the gun when he raised to 65,000, and a few seats over, big stack "Chalmisi6" reraised to 200,000. Action folded back to "nickybrunson", who would call all in for just a few thousand less.

"nickybrunson":
"Chalmisi6":

"nickybrunson" was in a world of hurt with a dominated pair, and the board would provide no help, coming down .

Player	Chips	Progress
Chalmisi6	1,568,903 279,428	279,428
nickybrunson	Busted

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

"D-DUB1969" moved all in from late position for his final 280,786, and in the big blind, chip leader "ohhh hellooo" called with . He was dominating the of D-DUB1969, while he would pick up some extra outs after the flop, no further help would come, as the two red sixes in the deck finished off the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
ohhh hellooo	2,079,597 312,786	312,786
D-DUB1969	Busted

After a double elimination on the final table bubble, only eight players remain. "ohh hellooo" remains in the chip lead, but he has a couple of players catching up to him quickly. Stay tuned to find out who takes home the opening NJCOOP title!

Player	Chips	Progress
ohhh hellooo	1,766,811 406,914	406,914
zhatka	1,384,224 233,050	233,050
Chalmisi6	1,289,475 396,371	396,371
Mike “mmenz08816” Menzer	893,389 149,300	149,300
bgtpoker	583,007 -77,750	-77,750
Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta	419,130 19,000	19,000
D-DUB1969	287,286 -160,500	-160,500
nickybrunson	213,178 -17,750	-17,750

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

"ohhh hellooo" was the short stack with three tables remaining, but a series of fortunate hands has seen him rise into the top five now. Here is the hand that did most of the adding to his stack.

"ohhh hellooo" started with a raise to 28,000, and "Chalmisi6" called. Next to act, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski moved all in for 277,075. Action folded back to "ohhh hellooo", who moved all in for over 440,000 to isolate.

"ohhh hellooo":
Tentnowski:

The board ran down ten high, and just like that, "ohhh hellooo" is one of our chip leaders with nearly 800,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
ohhh hellooo	784,348 338,325	338,325
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	Busted