On Monday, the first-ever New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP) became history at PokerStars NJ after Jesse "ROU$EY" Elliot won the NJCOOP-40: $500 NL Hold'em [Main Event,2-Day Event], $200,000 Gtd for $38,380. Elliot just about called his shot, when on the PocketFives New Jersey Poker Community page he announced before the start of the second day, "Everyone who made Day 2 of the main, let's send these PokerStars pros the f*** home. Let's go baby!"
Elliot proved what he was made of during the NJCOOP, as not only did he win the NJCOOP Main Event, but last weekend he also took first place in a heads-up deal with Chris ""MoneyNJ800" Moneymaker in the NJCOOP-21: $350 NL Hold'em [Sunday Special SE], $75,000 Gtd for $17,818.
Also on the final table in the NJCOOP Main Event were PokerStars Team Pro and former World Poker Tour champion Victor Ramdin (eighth - $4,500) and two-time WPT champion Darren "oldmoneyD" Elias (ninth - $3,320).
Elliot also managed a cash in the NJCOOP-39: $100 NL Hold'em [Big Antes], $15,000 Gtd, where he took eighth place for $562. The top two spots in this tournament belonged to Daniel "AvaGray" Lupo (first - $4,026) and Michael "MartinChatwn" Lavenburg (second - $2,903).
In another big tournament on PokerStars NJ, "boyequity" shipped the Sunday High Roller [6-Max], $15,000 Gtd for $10,011.
New Jersey's "slowmotion" was the big winner this past weekend on partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com by finishing on top of a 253-entrant field to win the Sunday $40K gtd for $10,120. Notable players on the final table in this tournament included Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane (third - $4,807), Christian "ChinIAM" Soto (fifth - $3,390), Jacob "jakep474" Perry (sixth - $2,884), Jeremy "Jermz" Danger (seventh - $2,378) and Craig "Ruby_" Rubinstein (eighth - $1,872).
Rubinstein managed to nail down a much bigger cash on WSOP.com NJ/888poker NJ when he took second place in the monthly $30,000 The BIG Deal to collect $7,304. This tournament was won by "VicSr311" for $12,460, while both Douglas "Badwis" Weider (5th - $3,437) and Jason "LuckDuck" Lawhun (6th - $2,965) also appeared on the final table.
Also, with a five-digit payday this past Sunday was "grebnrets" after taking down the WSOP.com NJ/888poker NJ $50,000 Ultimate Warrior for $13,500. Brian "pure_reason" Wood just missed out on the top prize by taking second place for $7,875. Michael "SnakePlisken" Bees finished a few spots behind in fifth place for $3,000.
Also winning a tournament with at least a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool on Sunday was John "Selurznug" Cosgrove Jr, who shipped the WSOP.com NJ/888poker NJ $10,000 Fierce Warrior for $3,423.
NJCOOP-42: $75 NL Hold'em [Sunday SuperSonic SE, Hyper-Turbo], $10,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$70.50+4.50
216
$15,228
Place
Player
Prize
1
souljaboyty0
$3,274.02
2
drive2jersey
$2,360.34
3
Le Poisson13
$1,789.29
4
martillo1978
$1,332.45
5
Alex "Ajax624" Jim
$913.68
6
Joseph "joey1way" Fortuna
$761.40
7
David "supadphat" Cheng
$609.12
8
Ken Kratz
$456.84
9
Daniel "yazi4" Caiazzo
$304.56
Sunday $40K gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
253
$50,600
Place
Player
Prize
1
slowmotion
$10,120.00
2
AshBond
$6,664.02
3
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane
$4,807.00
4
Itsluigi
$4,048.00
5
Christian "ChinIAM" Soto
$3,390.20
6
Jacob "jakep474" Perry
$2,884.20
7
Jeremy "Jermz" Danger
$2,378.20
8
Craig "Ruby_" Rubinstein
$1,872.20
9
supremetny
$1,366.20
Sunday Seconds $10K Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$150+12
88
$13,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
Moose4Life
$3,160.32*
2
FitzroidPoo
$3,129.49*
3
Christopher "PayneKilla" Payne
$1,815.00
4
David "TheKing411" Coleman
$1,254.00
5
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
$1,023.00
6
CHIPEATER
$831.60
7
theborg123
$693.00
8
TENAFLY_BILL
$547.80
9
Leonard "smoothustler" August
$415.80
*Reflects heads-up deal
Daily $10K
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$100+9
125
$12,500
Place
Player
Prize
1
Jeremy "Jermz" Danger
$3,500.00
2
Min_Cash_Mike
$2,281.25
3
Donate_here
$1,500.00
4
Steven "stevenmadara" Madara
$1,093.75
5
Michael "JohnnyDrama" Haberman Jr
$781.25
6
David "TheKing411" Coleman
$625.00
7
Kanish29
$500.00
8
Fred "BiggDaddy" Farrell
$406.25
9
Yong "OWNEDLOLUMAD" Kwon
$312.50
$10,000 Warriors’ Opening Strike
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$45.50+4.50
166
$11,193
Place
Player
Prize
1
Pokerqueen69
$3,022.11
2
Ngudan777
$1,762.89
3
Jamie "mooseman1710" Reyes
$1,007.37
4
saif57
$783.51
5
TYdonkman
$671.58
6
Yong "LuckySpewy1" Kwon
$559.65
7
WOLFof5thSt
$425.33
8
Zdvol632
$268.63
9
Michael "ryansworld" Ryan
$190.28
$30,000 The BIG Deal
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$467+33
69
$42,964
Place
Player
Prize
1
VicSr311
$12,459.56
2
Craig "Ruby_" Rubinstein
$7,303.88
3
JingboSlice
$5,155.68
4
.BEAST.
$4,296.40
5
Douglas "Badwis" Weider
$3,437.12
6
Jason "LuckDuck" Lawhun
$2,964.51
7
Mediocre
$2,534.87
8
xxJoe11
$2,105.23
9
sansara52
$1,503.74
$50,000 Ultimate Warrior
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$185+15
180
$50,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
grebnrets
$13,500.00
2
Brian "pure__reason" Wood
$7,875.00
3
Pumpkins
$4,500.00
4
MagicMike99
$3,500.00
5
Michael "SnakePlisken" Bees
$3,000.00
6
Borgatcha
$2,500.00
7
Pretty_eri
$1,900.00
8
Zdvol632
$1,200.00
9
thehorror
$850.00
$10,000 Fierce Warrior
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$91+9
93
$12,012
Place
Player
Prize
1
John "Selurznug" Cosgrove Jr
$3,423.42
2
Daniel "centrfieldr" Lupo
$1,981.98
3
Fred "BiggDaddy" Farrell
$1,201.20
4
Borgatcha
$960.96
5
Matt "OMG_Obama" Iles
$828.82
6
archegos
$708.70
7
Maggs
$588.58
8
mbg1016
$408.40
9
David "dak1616" Kotler
$324.32
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*Special thanks to PocketFives.com for some of the data in this article.