Heads-Up with NJCOP Main Event Final Tablist odi420
Oliver odi420Dent (pictured) battled through a field of over 800 players to make the final table of the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker Main Event on Borgata Pokerand PartyPokeron Sunday, April 27. When all was said and done, Dent finished in seventh place, taking home $4,900, which is his largest cash to date on any of the New Jersey regulated sites. Visit PocketFives’ New Jersey poker community for the latest news and discussion from New Jersey players.
PocketFives: Congrats on getting seventh in the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker Main Event. Tell us how you are feeling.
Oliver Dent: I am pretty happy at the moment considering I took Monday to Friday off prior to that Sunday after an awful run in the $100,000 Guarantee on Party/Borgata the Sunday prior.
Pocketfives: How tough was the final table?
Oliver Dent: It was pretty tough considering I came in as the short stack with about 15 big blinds and had two monstrous-stack aggro players directly to my left. I tried to wait and pick up a hand to shove with, as the two big stacks were being very active. I picked up Q-Q and shoved into an earlier position raiser, who took about a minute to call with 5-5. He flopped quads, which ended my tournament run.
Pocketfives: Do any particular hands stick out during your final table run?
Oliver Dent: About five hours in, I had 5-5 in late position facing an UTG min-raise and a call. I called and saw a flop of A-5-J. UTG checked and the caller promptly bet half the pot. I flatted and the UTG raiser instantly made a healthy raise. The caller folded and it was back to me.
At this point, I was actually thinking of folding because of the dreaded set versus under-set scenario. After about a minute of going through hand ranges, I put him on A-K or A-J, called, was shown A-J, and the board ran out well for me. I went from about 400th place with 500 left to top 20 and stayed there for pretty much the remainder of the tournament.
Pocketfives: Do you have any plans for the money you won?
Oliver Dent: I think I am going to surprise the wife with a Jamaican vacation for the week after Christmas.
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