The New Jersey Online Poker Briefing: Spring Poker Series Begins
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".