The opening days of the third annual PokerStars New Jersey Championship of Online Poker had one of the regions top-ranked players walking away with a $30,000 trip to the Bahamas.

Anthony ‘FlawlessBINK’ Maio beat out 408 other players to win Event #6 ($86 Moneymaker Tour No Limit Hold’em) to win a $30,000 Platinum Pass which includes the $25,000 buy-in to the PokerStars Players Championship this January in the Bahamas. The runner-up in that event, ‘LuieAnderson‘, had to settle for a $5,800.49 score while third-place finisher ‘CrazyIKilla‘ earned $4,263.27.

Sunday’s biggest NJCOOP score went to ‘s3lfreliance‘ after topping the 285-player field in Event #5 ($250 No Limit Hold’em Sunday Special Special Edition). That win earned him $12,663.73. Daniel ‘AvaGray’ Lupo banked $9,418.06 for finishing second and Alex ‘Ajax624’ Jim banked $7,004.41 for finishing third.

The first non-Hold’em event on the schedule, Event #7 ($100 Pot Limit Omaha Eight Max) drew 146 players with ‘solidluck‘ earning $2,915.24 for the win.

Michael Gagliano picked up $3,622.71 and his first NJCOOP title of the year in Event #8 ($150 Hyper Turbo No Limit Hold’em Sunday SuperSonic Special Edition) by beating ‘You Are Tim‘ heads up.

Action kicked off Saturday with ‘Bornagain118‘ winning Event #1 ($100 No Limit Hold’em) for $4,432.13. The opening event brought in 251 runners for a $23,041.80 prize pool. Maio finished seventh in that event for $759.97. ‘$gt. Tibbs‘ took down Event #2 ($200 Turbo No Limit Hold’em) for a $4,856.38 score. Second-place finisher ‘09123459‘ earned $3,656.66 while Lupo pocketed $2,753.36 for outlasting all but those two players in the 114-player field.

Event #1 – $100 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 251
Prize pool: $23,041.80

1. Bornagain118 – $4,432.13
2. T1111111111M – $3,303.43
3. thewholefunk – $2,462.25
4. Big Chips79 – $1,835.26
5. Schwibbs – $1,367.93
6. MommaBluffsBIG – $1,019.60
7. FlawlessBINK – $759.97
8. BENN DOVERR – $566.45
9. GUUUULP – $422.21

Event #2 – $200 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 114
Prize pool: $21,204

1. $gt. Tibbs – $4,856.38
2. 09123459 – $3,656.66
3. AvaGray – $2,753.36
4. MartinChatwn – $2,073.19
5. iFoldN0T – $1,561.05
6. HowieWelper – $1,175.42
7. roflmfao_wp – $885.06
8. thewholefunk – $666.42

Event #3 – $200 No Limit Hold’em Progressive KO
Entries: 168
Prize pool: $31,248

1. T1111111111M – $3,613.65
2. BabyRaizer – $2,709.79
3. rosseg – $2,032.05
4. jimmyblingz – $1,523.82
5. Renorick1946 – $1,142.70
6. roflmfao_wp – $856.91
7. scamfest – $642.59
8. HowieWelper – $481.87
9. Cass N Hoes – $361.35

Event #4 – $150 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em Eight Max
Entries: 207
Prize pool: $28,503.90

1. Gay4Tray – $5,772.29
2. scamfest – $4,418.10
3. JohnnyMania – $3,277.94
4. cl1ckinbtns – $2,422.83
5. NewJerseySux – $1,567.71
6. loosebad – $1,282.67
7. D.Drumpf – $997.63
8. RikNmorty – $783.85

Event #5 – $250 No Limit Hold’em Sunday Special Special Edition
Entries: 285
Prize pool: $66,405

1. s3lfreliance – $12,663.73
2. AvaGray – $9,418.06
3. Ajax624 – $7,004.41
4. sonboi – $5,209.32
5. skeemer1 – $3,874.28
6. tsax20 – $2,881.38
7. martycohen – $2,142.94
8. OctoberSky23 – $1,593.75
9. iFoldN0T – $1,185.30

Event #6 – $86 Moneymaker Tour No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 409
Prize pool: $62,004.25

1. FlawlessBINK – $30,000*
2. LuieAnderson – $5,800.49
3. CrazyIKilla – $4,263.27
4. AvaGray – $3,133.65
5. gatorgrinds – $2,303.34
6. HankingArown – $1,693.04
7. NewJerseySux – $1,244.44
8. Schwibbs – $914.70
9. hagz2richez – $672.34

*Platinum Pass includes $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship buy-in and $5,000 for travel and accomodations.

Event #7 – $100 Pot Limit Omaha Eight Max
Entries: 146
Prize pool: $13,402.80

1. solidluck – $2,915.24
2. $gt. Tibbs – $2,077.43
3. cubsters – $1,608.33
4. MisAnnthr0pe – $1,139.23
5. OptCableGuy – $737.15
6. iFoldN0T – $603.12
7. HowieWelper – $469.09
8. Wsopboy1997 – $368.57

Event #8 – $150 Hyper Turbo No Limit Hold’em Sunday SuperSonic Special Edition
Entries: 111
Prize pool: $15,817.50

1. J3tBl@ckP0pe – $3,622.71
2. You Are Tim – $2,727.75
3. Wsopboy1997 – $2,053.91
4. aad0906 – $1,546.53
5. thewholefunk – $1,164.49
6. T1111111111M – $876.83
7. FunkyJesus – $660.22
8. KoolerU – $497.13