The New Jersey Online Poker Briefing: Spring Poker Series Begins

Jason Glatzer

Apr 15, 2015 3 min read

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This past weekend brought some excitement to New Jersey online poker players with the Spring Poker Series kicking off on WSOP.com NJ.

Steven "stevenmadara" Madara beat out a field of 97-players to win the Spring Poker Series Event #1 for $10,878. Kevin "SofcknsicKKK" Campbell not only finished in second place in this tournament for $7,282, but also took third place in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com Daily $10K for $1,220 where he plays under the "sofcknsick" screenname.

Jesse "No_Xcape" Elliot also had a big day, winning $10,600 by finishing on top of a 211-player field in the WSOP.com/888poker NJ Sunday $40,000 Guarantee. New Jersey poker player "mingo14" won $6,200 for a runner-up performance in this tournament.

The weekly partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee attracted 277 players to pony up the $200 buy-in for this tournament with "numbnuts" coming out on top for $10,249. "Mercedes1951" finished in second place in this tournament to win $6,749. Daniel "leinad" Buzgon not only took third place in this tournament for $4,868, but also won another $3,200 when he finished on top of the 49-player field in the 888poker NJ $10,000 Big Sunday where he plays under the screenname "yeayeaflush".

Next weekend is expected to be another big week for online poker players in New Jersey with the Spring Poker Series wrapping up, and the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker II (NJCOP II) kicking off its 35-event schedule on Thursday, April 16.

Here's a full look at the New Jersey weekend results on partypoker NJ, BorgataPoker.com, WSOP.com NJ, and 888poker NJ:

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Daily $10K

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$91+9	Apr. 11	85	$10,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Michael "Manhat10ite" Lehr	$2,250
2	bobbyv64	$1,545
3	Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	$1,220
4	jim8888	$1,010
5	Chris "SLOWROLLED" Daniels	$870
6	Crazian89	$740
7	mks24	$610
8	crazynoob	$490
9	GoodLuckSir	$380

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Daily $10K

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$91+9	Apr. 12	163	$14,833

Place	Player	Prize
1	stopNmargot	$3,160
2	Ryan "hags021" Hagerty	$2,151
3	ChazzReinhold	$1,617
4	JMoney21	$1,335
5	conman	$1,142
6	DaHammer49	$979
7	talk5050	$816
8	Kevin "KevinRACKS" Racks	$667
9	ChicagoBears85	$519

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Sunday $50K

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$185+15	Apr. 12	277	$51,245

Place	Player	Prize
1	numbnuts	$10,249
2	Mercedes1951	$6,749
3	Daniel "leinad" Buzgon	$4,868
4	MrGator	$4,100
5	DGZack	$3,433
6	jim8888	$2,921
7	RiverMan	$2,409
8	jdkim0113	$1,896
9	Ezzed	$1,384

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$10,000 GTD Nightly [R&A]

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$27.50+2.50	Apr. 11	166	$10,920

Place	Player	Prize
1	cuk11	$2,948
2	SAMMYASSMAN	$1,720
3	KB1GFY	$983
4	Alpha_King	$764
5	Jonathan "jetsfan14" Borenstein	$655
6	JimmyT74	$546
7	Joshua "BruceLeroy" Baer	$415
8	MRGOODLUBE	$262
9	Jack "Jaybone2315" King	$186

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$40,000 GTD Weekly Sunday

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$185+15	Apr. 12	211	$40,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jesse "No_Xcape" Elliot	$10,600
2	mingo14	$6,200
3	Jacob "Jakep474" Perry	$3,540
4	pocketquadz	$2,720
5	cjdstable	$2,320
6	oldmanRAD	$1,920
7	PoBoy1	$1,440
8	GaryGG1950	$960
9	William "WilliamJLH" Harding	$680

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$10,000 GTD Weekly Sunday

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$91+9	Apr. 12	132	$12,012

Place	Player	Prize
1	Goodfellas2	$3,303
2	pokerypf0102	$1,922
3	Defender	$1,093
4	KilgoreTrout	$853
5	Michael "South732Paw" Haberman Jr	$733
6	Jake "Jakep474" Perry	$613
7	Bring_it	$468
8	Yong "LuckySpewy" Kwon	$300
9	Blazinjef07	$216

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Spring Poker Series Event #1 - $30,000 GTD [Re-Entry]

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$185+15	Apr. 12	97	$36,260

Place	Player	Prize
1	Steven "stevenmadara" Madara	$10,878
2	Kevin "SofcknsicKKK" Campbell	$7,252
3	Otr187	$4,351
4	boom81boom	$3,445
5	mag8500	$2,901
6	gamblegamble	$2,176
7	donkleader	$1,813
8	Dweezy1978	$1,450
9	Michael "LeftSid3" Haberman Jr	$1,088

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The Big Sunday

Buy-in	Date	Entrants	Prize Pool
$185+15	Apr. 12	49	$10,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Daniel "yeayeaflush" Buzgon	$3,200
2	AnthonyMason	$1,800
3	squeeftime88	$1,250
4	phantom25	$1,050
5	benthegreat	$830
6	Joshua "jerseyjosh" Baer	$730
7	jackhi20	$620
8	Yong "LuckySpewy" Kwon	$520