New Jersey Weekend Tournament Review for February 23, 2015
This weekend in New Jersey, Renata LadyBlueSkyColache, who plays under the handle TaintedMaverick, placed second in the PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $10,000 Guarantee on Friday and followed that up with a win in the network’s $5,000 Guarantee on Sunday, earning a total of $3,136.
PartyPoker/Borgata Poker doubled its Sunday Major guarantee to $100,000, which drew a total of 506 runners. When all was said and done, Hyperionwas victorious, pocketing $25,000.
The 888 Poker/WSOP Big Sunday also increased its guarantee from $10,000 to $15,000 this weekend. Mike JohnnnyDramaHaberman was the runner-up in this event, earning $2,625. The winner of the Big Sunday was Str8yAAnkAAs, who banked $4,500.
The 888 Poker/WSOP Sunday Major went back to its normal $25,000 guarantee. Ben Beahmer20 Beahm (pictured) won his seat to the $25,000 Guarantee through a five-seat guarantee freeroll and finished in fifth place, turning $0 to $1,876. Beahm also was the runner-up in the WSOP $5,000 Guarantee Weekend Warm-Up, pocketing $1,421. He has had some recent success in the live area recently too, earning $126,131 for his second place finish in the $1 million guarantee in the Borgata Winter Open.
Congrats to all PocketFivers who cashed this weekend. Visit PocketFives’ New Jersey poker community for the latest news and discussion from New Jersey players.
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $5,000 Guarantee for Friday, February 20th had 884 runners. 12 spots were paid with 1st place paying $1,125. The final 9 finishers were:
1 Bondfather – $1,125
2 moneyINtheAYERS – $773
3 misclick – $610 (anthonymason)
4 GiantGenius – $505 (Pompiaa2)
5 JohnnyDrama – $435 (JohnnyDrama)
6 RyansWorld – $370 (RyansWorld)
7 phatdaddy – $305 (phatchoy888)
8 Eddie_Zane – $245
9 LoFong – $190
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $10,000 Guarantee for Friday, February 20th had 96 runners buying in for $100 ($91 + $9). 12 spots were paid with 1st place being $2,250. The top 9 finishers were:
1 madhatter – $2,250
2 TaintedMaverick – $1,545 (LadyBlueSky)
3 Juaari – $1,220 (Juaari)
4 GiantGenius – $1,010 (Pompiaa2)
5 Ciao_Baby – $870
6 Ochse08 – $740
7 matthewiner – $610
8 Mazz10 – $490
9 MrWheat – $380
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $5,000 Guarantee for Saturday, February 21st had 136 runners. 12 spots were paid with 1st place paying $1,099. The final 9 finishers were:
1 mikeemortgage – $1,099*
2 dylanfan821 – $1,092*
3 JohnnyDrama – $667 (JohnnnyDrama)
4 boneybone0214 – $551
5 Amirnyc – $471
6 pokernutt – $404
7 jakep474 – $337 (jtsnakes)
8 Mrotis123 – $275
9 ACEAAA01 – $214
*Final Table Chop
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $10,000 Guarantee for Saturday, February 21st had 151 runners buying in for $100 ($91 + $9). 12 spots were paid with 1st place being $2,927. The top 9 finishers were:
1 azulciel – $2,927
2 gqplayer – $1,992
3 SpikedTheRiver – $1,498
4 JayRiv22 – $1,237 (RivJ)
5 wangtang221 – $1,058
6 mjhardy1 – $907
7 sharkslayer – $756 (ninjaGO)
8 NLRanger – $618
9 Notardamous – $481
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $5,000 Guarantee for Sunday, February 22nd had 166 runners buying in for $50 ($45+ $5). 18 spots were paid with 1st place being $1,591. The top 9 finishers were:
1 TaintedMaverick – $1,591 (LadyBlueSky)
2 sandman9876 – $1,083
3 RedsoxNets5 – $814 (RedsoxNets5)
4 PocketProfits – $672 (PocketProfits)
5 saltman1006 – $575
6 haz23sweep – $493
7 knicks333 – $411
8 NoXcape – $336 (No_Xcape)
9 easy_AA – $261
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $10,000 Guarantee for Sunday, February 22nd had 197 runners. 27 spots were paid with 1st place paying $3,495. The final 9 finishers were:
1 MotherMary – $3,495
2 TheOracle – $2,455
3 mikeemortgage – $1,810
4 rjsk0531 – $1,505
5 brownmagic – $1,272
6 shekel99 – $1,093
7 jakep474 – $914 (jtsnakes)
8 Nightmare – $735
9 RCM77- $555
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PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $100,000 Guarantee $200 ($185 + $15) for Sunday, February 22nd had 506 runners for a prize pool of $93,610 ($6,390 overlay). 45 spots were paid with 1st place paying $25,000. The final 9 finishers were:
1 Hyperion – $25,000
2 Sveinbinder099 – $14,855
3 MajorMalady – $11,445
4 haveitall – $7,710
5 ZhuMaster – $5,650 (aceszhuited)
6 startrack – $4,400
7 Pumpernickel – $3,350
8 BigBongLoads – $2,200
9 masaverake – $1,180
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888 Poker/WSOP “NJ High Roller” $2,500 Guarantee – $100 buy in for Friday February 20th had 51 runners for a prize pool totaling $4,794. 9 spots were paid with 1st place $1,438. The top 9 finishers were:
1 sandip89 – $1,438 (sandip815)
2 veera2014 – $839
3 phiI_ivey – $585 (gary k)
4 Otr187 – $489
5 CharlieBrown – $388 (money4bacon)
6 abiyatzee – $340
7 Bigcakes1111 – $292 (Bigcakes)
8 Hap1wldfree – $244
9 Luckyriver13 – $177 (Dogdaze84)
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888 Poker/WSOP “NJ High Roller” $2,500 Guarantee – $100 buy in for Saturday,February 21st had 60 runners for a prize pool totaling $5,640. 9 spots were paid with 1st place $1,692. The top 9 finishers were:
1 billstat12 – $1,692
2 jake32 – $987
3 Rickey4283 – $688
4 BruceLeroy – $575
5 RUA11 – $457
6 liquidTLO – $400
7 JayRiv – $344 (RivJ)
8 JohnyDigs – $288
9 LeftSid3 – $209 (JohnnnyDrama)
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888 Poker/WSOP “NJ High Roller” $2,500 Guarantee – $100 buy in for Sunday, February 22nd had 79 runners for a prize pool totaling $7,426. 15 spots were paid with 1st place $2,116. The top 9 finishers were:
1 Ashisit – $2,116
2 ShoveNpray – $1,225
3 TreadLightly – $743 (savant111)
4 Hitmy2outer – $594
5 secretfish – $512
6 olmuggins – $438 (ol muggins)
7 cragston – $364
8 Johnnyds – $252
9 Themadhatter – $201
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888 Poker/WSOP “Big Sunday” $15,000 Guarantee – $200 buy in for Sunday, February 22nd had 58 runners. 9 spots were paid with 1st place $4,500. The top 9 finishers were:
1 Str8yAAnkAAs – $4,500
2 South732Paw – $2,625 (JohnnnyDrama)
3 waZzZzZzZup – $1,830
4 HelloMcFly – $1,530
5 barkzdale – $1,215 (AvonBarkz)
6 SoEzzed – $1,065
7 TemptMe – $915
8 DuhMiz66 – $765
9 Bigcakes1111 – $555 (Bigcakes)
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888 Poker/WSOP the $5,000 Nightly Guarantee R&A for Friday, February 20th had 316 runners buying in for $11 ($10+$1) each, 363 re-buys for $10 and 212 add-ons for $10, for a prize pool totaling $8,108. 35 spots were paid with 1st place being $2,068. The top 9 finishers were:
1 Mbsfnyo – $2,068
2 thatspoker – $1,196 (thatspoker7)
3 drifter0nzRm – $762
4 Jn22451 – $600
5 WhyStopNow – $519
6 boom81boom – $357
7 allskill – $276
8 pixelpusher – $195
9 Diminish973 – $158
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888 Poker/WSOP $10,000 Guarantee for Friday, February 20th had 198 runners buying in for $30 ($27.50 + $2.50) R&A, 212 re-buys for $27.50, 145 add-ons for $27.50, totaling $15,152. 30 spots were paid with 1st place being $4,091. The top 9 finishers were:
1 dp0330 – $4,091 (dp0330)
2 GIMMEDALOOT – $2,386
3 Ashisit – $1,364
4 Moose4Life – $1,061 (Moose4Life)
5 Deuxexmachin – $909 (WillisNYC)
6 SLHalper – $758 (S.l.halper)
7 MarshalLaw – $576
8 ninjaGO – $364 (ninjaGO)
9 Grassiknoll – $258
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888 Poker/WSOP the $5,000 Nightly Guarantee R&A for Saturday, February 21st had 350 runners buying in for $11 ($10+$1) each, 394 re-buys for $10 and 225 add-ons for $10, for a prize pool totaling $8,818. 35 spots were paid with 1st place being $2,249. The top 9 finishers were:
1 ParMaker – $2,249 (ParMaker)
2 azarts1 – $1,301
3 BOSSOFAC – $829
4 connectorman – $653
5 Patriciag1 – $564
6 Plonker – $388
7 PokerJoe711 – $300
8 BruceLeroy – $212
9 Black9 – $172
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888 Poker/WSOP $10,000 Guarantee for Saturday, February 21st had 223 runners buying in for $30 ($27.50 + $2.50) R&A, 221 re-buys for $27.50, 174 add-ons for $27.50, totaling $16,871. 30 spots were paid with 1st place being $4,471. The top 9 finishers were:
1 l0lflawless – $4,471
2 schaf4206 – $2,615 (schaf4206)
3 phatdaddy – $1,493 (phatchoy888)
4 grannydw – $1,147
5 HankdaTank – $979 (Bigmike22)
6 Luckyriver13 – $810 (Dogdaze84)
7 RLMmachine – $607
8 RUA11 – $405
9 stephhub31 – $287
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888 Poker/WSOP $25,000 Guarantee for Sunday, February 22nd had 169 runners buying in for $200 ($185 + $15) for a prize pool of $31,265. 30 spots were paid with 1st place being $8,442. The top 9 finishers were:
1 mglnow – $8,442
2 OMG_Obama – $4,924
3 joeyrup – $2,814 (joeyrup)
4 Str8FlushGuy – $2,189
5 ASUSunDevil – $1,876 (Beahmer20)
6 puperoni – $1,563
7 eyeAMeye – $1,188
8 JarrodM – $750
9 IFearBooBoo – $532
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888 Poker/WSOP $10,000 GTD Weekly Sunday for February 22nd had 166 runners for a prize pool of $15,106. 30 spots were paid with 1st place $4,079. The top 9 finishers were:
1 PompYouUp – $4,079 (PompYouUp)
2 juice – $2,379
3 buriedpeak – $1,360
4 JewJon – $1,057 (OhUrAPro)
5 CharlieBrown – $906 (money4bacon)
6 Chopitup99 – $755 (Chopitup99)
7 Grassiknoll – $574
8 azarts1 – $363 (ArtZ)
9 SoEzzed – $257
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WSOP $5,000 GTD The Weekend Warm-Up R&A for Saturday, February 21st had 54 runners buying in for $50 each and 51 re-buys and 37 add-ons for a prize pool totaling $6,461. 6 spots were paid with 1st place being $2,261. The top 6 finishers were:
1 balldntlie – $2,261
2 ASUSunDevil – $1,421 (Beahmer20)
3 phatdaddy – $969 (phatchoy888)
4 Hap1wldfree – $711
5 olmuggins – $581 (ol muggins)
6 BruceLeroy – $517
