Michael "MikeyCasino" Azzaro was the biggest winner on Sunday in New Jersey's regulated online poker rooms after shipping the WSOP.com NJ/888poker $50,000 Ultimate Warrior for $13,500. Keith "T1mB3y_B33F" Donovan finished in second place in this tournament for $7,875.
This was Azzaro's second biggest cash, as three years ago in January 2014 he took second place in thepartypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com Sunday $100K for $19,285. To add to his Sunday haul, Azzaro also took fifth place in the WSOP.com NJ/888poker NJ $10,000 Warriors’ Opening Strike for $803.
Meanwhile, the PokerStars NJ Winter Series kicked off its 10 event series at PokerStars NJ from Jan. 22-29 with $275,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the online poker festival is the NJ Winter Series 10 - Main Event: NL Hold'em, $75,000 Gtd on Jan. 29.
The first two events were this past Sunday. Mitchell "TrumpsDong" Friedberg won the NJ Winter Series 1: $75 NL Hold'em [6-Max], $15,000 Gtd for $5,918 after defeating Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio in heads-up. Maio banked the $4,330 runner-up prize.
The final three players agreed to a deal in the NJ Winter Series 2: $200 NL Hold'em [Sunday Special SE], $65,000 Gtd with "RvrCrdBING" winning the tournament for $10,719, "PupoStarsNJ" taking second place for $9,495 and "GivnUstrokes" snagging third place for $10,925.
Yong "iFoldN0T" Kwon once again made headlines by shipping the PokerStars NJ Sunday High Roller [6-Max], $15,000 Gtd for $7,144.
Renata "TaintedLady Colache
Renata "TaintedLady" Colache also won a big tournament this weekend, taking down the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com Daily $10K for $3,276. While this represents her biggest online cash on New Jersey regulated online poker rooms to date, she has more than a dozen live cashes that exceed this amount including a second-place finish in the Borgata Poker Player's Series $560 No Limit Hold'em - Double Play for $26,408 in March 2015.
NJ Winter Series 1: $75 NL Hold'em [6-Max], $15,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$68.25+6.75
423
$28,869.75
Place
Player
Prize
1
Mitchell "TrumpsDong" Friedberg
$5,918.62
2
Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio
$4,330.46
3
sri100k
$3,247.84
4
slickcuk11
$2,237.40
5
medusamm
$1,660.01
6
s3lfreliance
$1,082.61
NJ Winter Series 2: $200 NL Hold'em [Sunday Special SE], $65,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$186+14
381
$70,866
Place
Player
Prize
1
RvrCrdBING
$10,719.41*
2
PupoStarsNJ
$9,494.53*
3
GivnUstrokes
$10,924.76*
4
0marComin
$5,669.28
5
Andrew "BreweRonnie" Glauberg
$3,968.49
6
ShrimplyPibs
$3,011.80
7
VicSr311
$2,303.14
8
Mnthn3
$1,594.48
9
Mike91680
$1,176.37
*Reflects three-way deal
Sunday High Roller [6-Max], $15,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$470+30
38
$ 17,860
Place
Player
Prize
1
Yong "iFoldN0T" Kwon
$7,144.00
2
HowieWelper
$4,822.20
3
David "coles93" Coleman
$2,679.00
4
AnteUpPlease
$1,786.00
5
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon
$1,428.80
Nightly Stars $100, $12,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$91.80+8.20
174
$15,973.20
Place
Player
Prize
1
Cass N Hoes
$3,434.33
2
$gt. Tibbs
$2,475.84
3
TremorzPB
$1,876.85
4
Frank "Frankboy111" Saraf
$1,397.65
5
Bigcakes
$958.39
6
hyerolla777
$798.66
7
BEINGGHOSTED
$638.92
8
Pokerphace77
$479.19
9
Sandeep "san52sara" Mathai
$319.46
Sunday $40K gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
225
$45,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
crazeelf666
$9,000.00
2
PhilsFan1957
$6,120.00
3
Ryan "iLikeTo4betU" Hohner
$4,455.00
4
im_riley
$3,690.00
5
Itsluigi
$3,195.00
6
Jeremy "Jermz" Danger
$2,745.00
7
J-Money
$2,295.00
8
HygieneMan
$1,845.00
9
Michael "MikeDB7" DellaBarca
$1,395.00
Daily $10K
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$100+9
117
$11,700
Place
Player
Prize
1
Renata "TaintedLady" Colache
$3,276.00
2
Michael "pay4medsch00l" Lavenburg
$2,135.25
3
focused
$1,404.00
4
Ryan "iLikeTo4betU" Hohner
$1,023.75
5
jameson
$731.25
6
LucaBrasi
$585.00
7
Donate_here
$468.00
8
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane
$380.25
9
Justin "leveling" Wong
$292.50
Sunday Seconds $10K Gtd
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$150+12
77
$11,550
Place
Player
Prize
1
Hashtag_Hashtag
$3,407.27
2
Frank "warmapplepyz" Pyzik
$2,165.62
3
Kanish29
$1,617.00
4
iamlegend
$1,155.00
5
Jacob "jakep474" Perry
$924.00
6
David "TheKing411" Coleman
$779.62
7
KINGDONK99
$635.25
8
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon
$490.87
9
Klaidi127
$375.37
$10,000 Warriors’ Opening Strike
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$45.50+4.50
196
$13,377
Place
Player
Prize
1
Deezer
$3,611.79
2
cashking201
$2,106.87
3
LittleBug
$1,203.93
4
M94Nasty
$936.39
5
Michael "MikeyCasino" Azzaro
$802.62
6
jmzit2u
$668.85
7
Christian "ChiNiAM" Soto
$508.32
8
basedgod
$321.04
9
Frank "Binkedit88" Vulpis
$227.40
$50,000 Ultimate Warrior
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
174
$50,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Michael "MikeyCasino" Azzaro
$13,500.00
2
Keith "T1mB3y_B33F" Donovan
$7,875.00
3
BabyBrunson3
$4,500.00
4
1111_NiceGuy
$3,500.00
5
DrDoom
$3,000.00
6
Dobby22
$2,500.00
7
Michael "HankdaTank" St. John
$1,900.00
8
James "BagelBud" Lillis
$1,200.00
9
Michael "LeftSid3" Haberman Jr
$850.00
$10,000 Fierce Warrior
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$91+9
107
$14,014
Place
Player
Prize
1
notyourfault
$3,923.92
2
VicSr311
$2,270.26
3
Craig "Ruby_" Rubinstein
$1,303.30
4
Cody "OohKILLemm" Cluff
$1,023.02
5
muckman
$882.88
6
Justin "byeoz" Chmielarz
$742.74
7
RandyMoss
$588.58
8
Anthony "l0lflawless" Maio
$392.39
9
RIP_Neiko
$294.29
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Michael "MikeyCasino" Azzaro ships the WSOP.com NJ/888poker $50,000 Ultimate Warrior for $13,500.
