New Jersey Online Poker Briefing: Justin "Byeo" Chmielarz Ships the Sunday Special

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Jul 26, 2016 3 min read Last updated Aug 01, 2016

It was a huge weekend in the Garden State with most of the tournaments with at least a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool smashing their guarantees.

The biggest winner over the weekend was "AnthonyMason", who shipped the WSOP.com NJ/888poker NJ NJ $50,000 The Ultimate Warrior for $13,825. Finishing just behind him was "Blacktomas" collecting the runner-up prize of $8,086, while "Boney526a" banked $4,617 for third place.

Also with a five-digit haul in a single tournament this weekend was Justin "Byeo" Chmielarz, who took home $10,225 after winning the PokerStars NJ Sunday Special, $50,000 Gtd. Three other well-known New Jersey players appeared on the final table in this tournament including Justin "L0ck1tUp" Wong (4th - $4,250), Timothy "tcIrish13" Clark (7th - $1,750), and last weekend's overall biggest winner James "BurntBagels" Lillis (9th - $950).

The biggest winner on partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com was Michael "pay4medsch00l" Lavenburg, who bested a star-studded final table including eight well-known players in the Sunday $40k Championship Bonus for $9,200. Lavenburg added to his big day on this network by also taking second place in the Sunday Seconds $10K Gtd for $9,200.

Michael "JohnnyDrama" Haberman Jr took second place in the Sunday $40k Championship Bonus for $6,058 and added to his already great day with a win in the Daily $10K for $3,304.

Meanwhile, Jesse "NoXcape" Elliot also managed a great day by taking third place in the Sunday $40k Championship Bonus for $4,370 and having a bigger haul by finishing in first place as part of a four-way deal in the PokerStars NJ Sunday High Roller for $4,999.

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

Sunday Warm-Up, $10,000 Gtd

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Sunday Special, $50,000 Gtd

Nightly Stars, $10,000 Gtd

Sunday High Roller [6-Max], $15,000 Gtd

_{*Reflects four-way deal}

Sunday $40k Championship Bonus

Daily $10K

Sunday Seconds $10K Gtd

$10,000 Warriors�� Opening Strike

$50,000 The Ultimate Warrior

$10,000 Fierce Warrior

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_{*Special thanks to PocketFives.com for some of the data in this article.}

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