NJCOOP: 'TGfor3' Takes Down Super Tuesday After Four-Way Deal
On day four of the third annual PokerStars New Jersey Championship of Online Poker, the schedule offered Garden State players another three tournaments and $55,000 in total guarantees.
With the series in full swing, players logged on and registered to helped each tournament crush its guarantee and on Tuesday over $88,000 worth of NJCOOP prizes were paid out.
‘TGfor3’ took home the biggest prize of the day. A four-way deal was made at the final table of Event #11 ($250 NLHE Super Tuesday) securing each of the four no less than $6,000.
The tournament registered 215 runners and built a prize pool of $50,095. In the end, it was ‘TGfor3’ that took home the title of NJCOOP champion and a $7,584.32 first place prize. Even after the deal, there was $750 left to be fought for and ‘TGfor3’ eventually won that amount as he finished off the tournament.
Joining‘TGfor3’ in the endgame deal was ‘moevcars83’, who walked with $6,568.68 for second place. ‘HowieWelper’ officially took third place and earned $6,021.43. Then, in fourth place but earning better than third place money was ‘You Are Tim’ who received $6,384.01.
The final table of Event #12 ($150 NLHE Escalating Antes) was packed with PocketFivers. This includes Event champion ‘ForTheThr1ll’ who outlasted the 169 player field for a payday of $4,663.66 for his third cash of the series. ‘ForTheThr1ll’, who goes by ‘JohnnyDrama’ on PocketFives is currently the #17-ranked player in the U.S. and has amassed over $1.2 million in lifetime earnings.
His heads-up opponent was Dan ‘R@zzleDazz1e’ DiZenzo who settled for just over $3,500 as the runner-up. It was DiZenzo’s second NJCOOP final table in as many days, having taken third place in Event #10 on Monday.
East Rutherford, NJ’s, ’Mc_Lovin1632’ finished the tournament in seventh place for $873.61. He is less than $400 away from surpassing $40,000 in total recorded online earnings. Jason ‘TiltedHard’ Lawhun fell in eighth place for $660.82. Then, wrapping up the final table was Michael ‘DellaBarca7’ DellaBarca in ninth place adding roughly $500 to his $135,000 in lifetime earnings.
In the late tournament, ’sgahr’ pulled out the victory in Event #13 ($100 NLHE Bubble Rush) for $3,105.21 while ‘thatjuice’ finished as the runner-up for $2,366.55
Event #11 – $250 No Limit Hold’em Super Tuesday
Entries: 215
Prize pool: $50,095
- TGfor3 – $7,584.32*
- movecars83 – $6,568.68*
- HowieWelper – $6,021.43*
- You Are Tim – $6,384.01*
- JohnnyMania – $3,039.42
- mennatime – $2,270.76
- BurntBagels – $1,696.49
- WhostolemyRR – $1,267.45
- s3lfreliance – $946.92
Event #12 – $150 No Limit Hold’em Escalating Antes
Entries: 169
Prize pool: $23,271.30
- ForTheThr1ll – $4,663.66
- R@zzleDazz1e – $3,527.58
- supremetny – $2,668.37
- s3lfreliance – $2,018.43
- WolfOFbroadSt – $1,526.80
- irunthis15 – $1,154.91
- Mc_Lovin1632 – $873.61
- TiltedHard – $660.82
- DellaBarca7 – $499.86
Event #13 – $100 No Limit Hold’em Bubble Rush
Entries: 168
Prize pool: $15,422.40
- sgahr – $3,105.21
- thatjuice – $2,366.55
- ElmerHud – $1,803.66
- JinxySkunk – $1,374.66
- Fartotonics – $1,047.70
- RunsDeep84 – $798.50
- tsax20 – $608.58
- FizzEdJohn – $463.83
- asremb – $353.51
