One of the most anticipated tournament series on the New Jersey poker grinder's calendar began last night, as the 2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP) started off strong with three Warm-Up events to get players primed up for a big eighteen-day schedule of poker action, with $1 million in guarantees available for the NJCOOP series.
Today's featured event, Event #04: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff Championship Trophy Event, $25K Gtd, which begins at 6:00 p.m. EST, gives players the chance to earn a piece of hardware along with their cash, as this event is one of twenty-one events across the COOP events in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania that will award the champion a COOP Trophy. The NJCOOP series, which features buy-ins ranging from $10 to $1,000, culminates in a two-day, $300 Main Event on September 26th-27th, with a juicy $100,000 Guarantee. You can check out the full schedule of all three COOP series here.
Players will begin with 25,000 in chips for the Big Kickoff, and blinds will start at 80/160 with a 20 ante. Levels are 12-minutes in length for the duration of the tournament, and players can late register or re-enter (up to three times) until 9:15 EST. This is a one-day event, meaning play will continue until a champion is crowned.
PokerNews will be following the virtual action from this event and a selection of other events across the NJCOOP schedule all series long, so stay tuned as we crown the first trophy winner of the 2021 NJCOOP!
PokerNews NJCOOP Live Reporting Schedule
| Date | Day | Time (EST) | Event | GTD |
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| September 11 | Saturday | 6 p.m. | Event #04: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff Championship Trophy Event | $25,000 |
| September 14 | Tuesday | 7 p.m. | Event #15: $250 NLHE Super Tuesday NJCOOP Edition Championship Trophy Event | $35,000 |
| September 15 | Wednesday | 8 p.m. | Event #20: $1,000 NLHE 6-Max High Roller Championship Trophy Event | $40,000 |
| September 19 | Sunday | 5 p.m. | Event #34: $300 NLHE Championship Trophy Event | $50,000 |
| September 23 | Thursday | 7 p.m. | Event #44: $250 NLHE Thursday Thrill PKO SE Championship Trophy Event | $30,000 |
| September 26 | Sunday | 5 p.m. | Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event (Day 1) | $100,000 |
| September 27 | Monday | 5 p.m. | Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event (Day 2) | $100,000 |
flop, and "Cindy71763" folded. "RitaRob" raised to 4,640, and "oceangurl2" called.
turn was checked by "oceangurl2", and "RitaRob" bet 8,205. "oceangurl2" folded.
flop, and "Arsenalgunr" called.
fell on the turn, and "Stackhe20" bet 960. "Arsenalgunr" folded.