Joshua Berardi Wins GSSS Spring 2017 Edition High Roller

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GSSS Spring 2017 Edition

Joshua "WilfordBrimley" Berardi won the Garden State Super Series (GSSS) Spring 2017 Edition #11 - $50,000 GTD NLH High Roller at partypoker NJ and BorgataPoker.com for $10,389, his highest online cash to date.

He made a heads-up deal with runner-up "Mr._Robot," who took $10,361.

The GSSS Spring Edition, which ran March 19-26, featured 11 events and a combined $265,000 in prize pools, a huge drop from GSSS V in October.

GSSS V featured 75 events and boasted a $1.1 million in prize pools. The change signals a large drop in traffic of the partypoker NJ network - who was the industry leader for 2.5 years - until PokerStars NJ entered the market a year ago.

Despite the reduced schedule, nearly half of the events failed to meet their posted guarantees.

"Tiger915" was the biggest winner of the festival after he outlasted a field of 363 players to win the GSSS Spring '17 #10 - $100,000 GTD NLH Championship Event [Re-Entry] for $19,624. "Lakad" was the other five digit winner in this tournament collecting the runner-up prize of $13,907, while Thomas "romet05" Romeo recorded his largest score on New Jersey regulated networks with a fifth-place finish worth $6,915.

Two other players on the final table of the $50,000 GTD NLH High Roller went on to appear on multiple final tables during the online poker festival. Michael "Mazz10" Azzaro banked $7,500 after finishing in third place in the High Roller. He also finishing in fourth place in the GSSS Spring '17 #1 - $10,000 Six Max Hold 'Em [Re-Entry] for $1,015 and in fifth place in the GSSS Spring '17 #3 - $5,000 GTD NLH [2x Re-Entry] for $300.

Meanwhile, David "TheKing411" Coleman snagged eighth place in the High Roller for $3,500, collected the top prize of $1,000 in the GSSS Spring '17 #3 - $5,000 GTD NLH [2x Re-Entry] and banked another $1,871 including bounties after finishing in third place in the GSSS Spring '17 #4 - $10,000 GTD NLH Bounty.

Yong "OWNEDLOLUMAD" Kwon patched together a good series despite not winning a tournament. He took third place in the GSSS Spring '17 #1 - $10,000 Six Max Hold 'Em [Re-Entry] for $1,392, seventh place in the GSSS Spring '17 #2 - $50,000 GTD NLH [Re-Entry] for $2,550 and second place in the GSSS Spring '17 #4 - $10,000 GTD NLH Bounty for $2,497 including bounties.

Daniel "mj23style" Sewnig continued to impress by finishing in first place as part of a three-way deal in the GSSS Spring '17 #2 - $50,000 GTD NLH [Re-Entry] for $8,988. Also involved in the deal were "Moose4Life" (second place - $6,543) and Craig "Cpan44" Panella (third place - $6,219).

Other notable players to win tournaments in the series included Keith "T1mB3y_B33F" Donovan (GSSS Spring '17 #5 - $10,000 GTD NLH Rebuy - $3,766), David "dak161616" Kotler (GSSS Spring '17 #7 - $10,000 GTD PLO Rebuy - $3,000) and Renata "TaintedMaverick" Colache (GSSS Spring '17 #8 - $10,000 GTD NLH 1R/1A - $3,450).

Here is a look at all the final table results of the GSSS Spring 2017 Edition:


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GSSS Spring '17 #1 - $10,000 Six Max Hold 'Em [Re-Entry]

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9March 19116$11,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Big_Daddy$3,248
2Alvaro "Exit9Polarizer" Holguin$2,117
3Yong "OWNEDLOLUMAD" Kwon$1,392
4Michael "Mazz10" Azzaro$1,015
5JNP09123$725
6Anthony "Flawlessbinkage" Maio$580

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GSSS Spring '17 #2 - $50,000 GTD NLH [Re-Entry]

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+15March 19201$50,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Daniel "mj23style" Sewnig$8,988*
2Moose4Life$6,543*
3Craig "Cpan44" Panella$6,219*
4HOYA86$4,100
5Colonel_Forbin$3,550
6Bezzzziee$3,050
7Yong "OWNEDLOLUMAD" Kwon$2,550
8Matt "J.duhAAmel" Affleck$2,050
9Ben "JudgeBen" Laves$1,550

*Reflects three-way deal


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GSSS Spring '17 #3 - $5,000 GTD NLH [2x Re-Entry]

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$18+2March 20246$5,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1David "TheKing411" Coleman$1,000
2metdyhard$700
3Morgi$473
4Michael "MoikeA" Aiello$385
5Michael "Mazz10" Azzaro$300
6Kyle "TheInterrobang" Adamski$250
7scottyb4848$200
8MrSteven$158
9ooohKillEM$125

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GSSS Spring '17 #4 - $10,000 GTD NLH Bounty

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+50+15March 2171$14,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Jtheace2$3,318
2Yong "OWNEDLOLUMAD" Kwon$2,497
3David "TheKing411" Coleman$1,871
4billypoker101$1,448
5Michael "pay4medsch00l" Lavenburg$1,055
6Donate_here$796
7GrapeAPE$816
8Justin "PocketProfits" Wong$529

Prizes include bounties


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GSSS Spring '17 #5 - $10,000 GTD NLH Rebuy

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$50+5March 22117$13,450
PlacePlayerPrize
1Keith "T1mB3y_B33F" Donovan$3,766
2Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo$2,455
3ACEAAA01$1,614
4jakes0826$1,177
5Fred "BiggDaddy" Farrell$841
6ChipRuler$673
7sdlex1109$538
8Grant "NevaTeachTheWu" Hollien$437
9PhilsFan1957$336

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GSSS Spring '17 #6 - $5,000 GTD NLH Heads Up

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9March 2340$5,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1JNP09123$1,750
2jakes0826$1,000

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GSSS Spring '17 #7 - $10,000 GTD PLO Rebuy

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$50+5March 2461$10,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1David "dak161616" Kotler$3,000
2beast801$1,900
3Ted "roystalin" Ely$1,500
4hyerolla$1,200
5Michael "hags021" Hagerty$900
6Jeremy "Jermz" Danger$800
7Tulkas44$700

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GSSS Spring '17 #8 - $10,000 GTD NLH 1R/1A

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9March 2557$11,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1Renata "TaintedMaverick" Colache$3,450
2Edwin "GiantGenius" Roman$2,185
3Anthony "IamSkynet" Cicali III$1,725
4Jamie "girlequity" Kerstetter$1,380
5PhilsFan1957$1,035
6TENAFLY_BILL$920
7Bob "SLHalper13" Taylor$805

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GSSS Spring '17 #9 - $10,000 Six Max Hold 'Em [Re-Entry]

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+9March 26135$13,500
PlacePlayerPrize
1skonny$3,476
2Unaware$2,302
3Joshua "layitdown08" Rothberg$1,485
4zekearchie$1,148
5Mistythedog$844
6Ben "JudgeBen" Laves$675

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GSSS Spring '17 #10 - $100,000 GTD NLH Championship Event [Re-Entry]

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$300+20March 26363$108,900
PlacePlayerPrize
1Tiger915$19,624
2Lakad$13,907
3WillAtkinson$9,801
4pd55473$8,059
5Thomas "romet05" Romeo$6,915
6StuUngar$5,826
7FepsFan10$4,737
8cwinks78987$3,648
9catfoodcritiC$2,570

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GSSS Spring '17 #11 - $50,000 GTD NLH High Roller

Buy-inDateEntrantsPrize Pool
$1,000+60March 2649$50,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Joshua "WilfordBrimley" Berardi$10,389*
2Mr._Robot$10,361*
3Michael "Mazz10" Azzaro$7,500
4RackCityB1tch$6,000
5POKERDEGAN23$4,500
6KingsWin$4,000
7Skip_2_My_Lou$3,750
8David "TheKing411" Coleman$3,500

*Reflects heads-up deal

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