Ryan Hohner beat out the 304 other players to win the 2018 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker Main Event (Borgata photo).

Ryan ‘ISlowRollYou’ Hohner might just look back at 2018 as the year that he broke out in a big way in the poker world.

In January, Hohner finished second in the Borgata Winter Poker Open Kick-Off Event and picked up a career-best cash of $245,967. In July, he picked up his first cash in the World Series of Poker Main Event for $33,305. Hohner added yet another chapter to his story on Monday night, picking up the victory in the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker Main Event for $28,218.90, his largest online score yet.

‘WhostolemyRR‘ finished runner-up for $21,112.41 while Michael ‘DellaBarca7’ DellaBarca narrowly missed out on a second 2018 NJCOOP title with a third place finish for $15,795.61. Don ‘mrblonde2020’ Himpele finished fourth for $11,817.76.

While the end of the two-day Main Event garnered most of the attention, there were two other events on the schedule. ‘COBYElectronics‘ outlasted 181 other players to win Event #46 ($150 No Limit Hold’em [Nightly Stars SE]) for $4,975.16.

‘555nobluff‘ won $2,766.40 for winning Event #47 ($100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em [Deep, Hyper-Turbo]). Anthony ‘FlawlessBINK’ Maio finished one spot behind for $1,862.00.

Event #42: $500 No Limit Hold’em Main Event
Entries: 305
Prize pool: $150,000

  1. ISlowRollYou – $28,218.90
  2. WhostolemyRR – $21,112.41
  3. DellaBarca7 – $15,795.61
  4. mrblonde2020 – $11,817.76
  5. vandiesel7 – $8,841.66
  6. hoodini10 – $6,615.04
  7. PlzMuk – $4,949.16
  8. skeemer1 -$3,702.79
  9. PompYouUp – $2,770.30

Event #46: $150 No Limit Hold’em (Nightly Stars SE)
Entries: 182
Prize pool: $25,061.40

  1. COBYElectronics – $4,975.16
  2. movecards83 – $3,780.61
  3. coles93 – $2,872.95
  4. Chr0meKing – $2,183.21
  5. $gt. Tibbs – $1,659.06
  6. SaucyPaws – $1,260.75
  7. meech7 – $958.06
  8. IGOTCRABZ_33 – $728.05
  9. DaBirds23 – $553.26

Event #47: $100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em (Deep, Hyper-Turbo)
Entries: 112
Prize pool: $10,640

  1. 555nobluff – $2,766.40
  2. FlawlessBINK – $1,862.00
  3. HowieWelper – $1,383.20
  4. RaiderJoeNJ – $904.40
  5. TobogganM.D. – $691.60
  6. NYJa11day – $478.80