The New Jersey Online Poker Briefing: Biggest Fields and Entrants This Summer

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Poker players in New Jersey turned out in big numbers this weekend, with just about every major tournament with at least a $10,000 prize pool shattering its advertised guarantee for the first time in recent memory. Chances are it was because many players returned after an action-packed summer at the 2015 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

New Jersey's "Donate_here" scored this week's biggest prize in the Garden State, winning the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee for $10,064. With 272 runners generating a $50,320 prize pool, it marked the first time this summer the tournament exceeded the guaranteed prize pool. Nick "Nickyben" Bencivengo was the runner-up in the tournament, taking home $6,627 for his efforts.

In the WSOP.com/888poker NJ Sunday $30,000 Guarantee, it was "xtermine" winning big by shipping the top prize of $9,890. Earlier this summer, the tournament boasted a $35,000 guaranteed prize pool, and if that was still the case it'd have passed that too as 198 entrants shelled out $200 to generate a healthy $36,630 prize pool. Sean "ricecakes124" Rice took home $5,769 for finishing in second place.

Meanwhile, the The Big Sunday on 888poker was the only tournament that featured at least a $10,000 prize pool that did not meet its advertised guarantee this past weekend. The tournament was still a success in some ways with 50 players ponying up the $200 entry fee - far more than the usual 30-something entrants we have grown accustomed to during almost the entire summer. "Gresmaul", otherwise known as "Mergulas" on PocketFives where he has previously been ranked in the #1 spot in New Jersey (currently #3), won the $3,200 top prize in the tournament after beating "AvadaKedavra" in heads-up play.

Here's a full look at the New Jersey weekend results on partypoker NJ, BorgataPoker.com, WSOP.com NJ, and 888poker NJ:


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Daily $10K

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$91+9July 1890$10,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1KingofNJ$2,250
2faranky13$1,545
3SLOWROLLED$1,220
4CumToDaddy$1,010
5laumserg$870
6justinj9r$740
7Alan1431$610
8Bay1Finest77$490
9Tgenk$380

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Daily $10K

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$91+9July 19154$14,014
PlacePlayerPrize
1dhimp20$2,985
2Jake "takeAwalk" Schafer$2,032
3MindOverFish$1,528
4Beastro$1,261
5pinkyup$1,079
6WinningAtTheB$925
7Patrick "my2chis" Shelley$771
8Hyperion$631
9OldSpice1968$490

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$50,000 Guarantee

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$185+15July 19272$50,320
PlacePlayerPrize
1Donate_here$10,064
2Nick "Nickyben" Bencivengo$6,627
3knittingboy$4,780
4IfLoPsEtS74$4,026
5BrianFantana$3,371
6Big_Daddy$2,868
7SkRiLLAA$2,365
8Schnids856$1,862
9Mercedes1951$1,359

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$10,000 GTD Nightly [R&A]

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$27.50+2.50July 18162$12,312
PlacePlayerPrize
1reraiserob1$3,324
2gtanju$1,939
3Maureen "HotRedMomma" Ludwig$1,108
4joetheturtle$861
5Ross "acesfullrjr" Resnick$738
6Pierre "P_aire_146" Deissler$615
7Dogzilla2098$467
8alur16$295
9SizeLarge$209

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$30,000 GTD Weekly Sunday

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$185+15July 19198$36,630
PlacePlayerPrize
1xtermine$9,890
2Sean "ricecakes124" Rice$5,769
3eyeAMeye$3,296
4Renata "TaintedLady" Colache$2,564
5ReDonKuLiS$2,197
6Josh "thejberg" Rothberg$1,831
7Tommy "ShankU4Chips" Schenck$1,391
8Michael "HankdaTank" St. John$879
9brownmagic$622

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$10,000 GTD Weekly Sunday

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$91+9July 12129$11,739
PlacePlayerPrize
1T1mB3y_B33F$3,228
2ddetoma66$1,878
3NorinnRadd$1,068
4BigRiver84$833
5abuff22$716
6jqbpk7777$598
7Daudi22$457
8Pcorda1$293
9Nathan "whattupb" Engle$211

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The Big Sunday

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$185+15July 1950$10,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1gresmaul$3,200
2AvadaKedavra$1,800
3Joshua "jerseyjosh" Baer$1,250
4caddiedad$1,050
5Daniel "yeayeaflush" Buzgon$830
6Jbenitez888$730
7Poker7777$620
8hunttheriver$520

If you play regulated online poker tournaments in New Jersey and would like your real name appearing in future articles, please contact this editor at [email protected].

*Special thanks to PocketFives.com for some of the data in this article.

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