2021 New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP)

Play has moved into Level 11 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150 and 65 entries have now been recorded, just a few shy of reaching the $12.5K guarantee. Here's an updated look at some top counts and notables from the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
NikkieBlueEyes	94,734
Ivon Putsky	85,000	22,450
Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner	82,278	21,085
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara	81,740	68,072
djjoelz	76,693	76,693
cncly1314	72,474	72,474
Batzz88	69,072	22,662
CrazyKilla	68,151	68,151
Lester Townsend	68,114	40,439
karish33	66,805	49,544
DavidM07407	63,367	63,367
Mike "FortheThr1ll" Haberman	62,474	14,485
shipitshell	58,697	2,426
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza	57,645	49,245
OMGnealpeart	50,182	20,589
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig	42,090	40,430
Dkornblau	37,241	-36,921
TiltedHard	35,525	26,809
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty	35,404	19,906
Ross "Rosseg" Gottlieb	31,770	-20,003
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	24,787	7,717

In Level 10 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon raised to 2,300 in the cutoff and "steve5579" re-jammed for 16,780 in the small blind. Buzgon called.

"steve5579":
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon:

Buzgon had "steve5579" dominated and pulled even further ahead on the flop . However, "steve5579" picked up backdoor flush and Broadway draws on the turn , and the river gave him the nut flush to score him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	37,629	15,362
steve5579	35,310	35,310

In Level 8 with blinds of 350/700 and an ante of 90, "DavidM07407" open-limped in middle position and "shipitshell" limped behind in the hijack. "555nobluff" pumped it up to 2,798 in the cutoff and action folded back to the two limpers, who both called.

The flop fell and both "DavidM07407" and "shipitshell" checked. "555nobluff" continuation-bet 2,798, "DavidM07407" check-jammed for 11,152, and "shipitshell" check-re-jammed for 32,247, forcing a fold from "555nobluff".

"DavidM07407":
"shipitshell":

Both players had flush draws with "shipitshell" having the better of the two. The turn gave them top pair, leaving "DavidM07407" with nothing but a backdoor gutshot straight draw, and the draw missed on the river to result in "shipitshell" earning the pot and the knockout. "DavidM07407" immediately re-entered and was given a new seat at another table with a fresh 25K to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
shipitshell	56,271	34,611
555nobluff	19,713	19,713
DavidM07407	Busted

In Level 7 with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75, "karish33" opened the action with a raise to 1,400 in middle position and "Dkornblau" called on the button. "pompii23" came along as well, defending their big blind, to take action three ways to a flop of .

"pompii23" checked and "karish33" continuation-bet 2,513. "Dkornblau" raised to 7,539, prompting a fold from "pompii23" before "karish33" called. The turn came and "karish33" checked. "Dkornblau" bet 17,400, enough to put "karish33" all in, and they folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dkornblau	74,162	10,269
pompii23	23,644
karish33	17,261

The tournament is on its first break of the night midway into Level 5 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60. Forty entries have now been recorded with 36 players possessing chips. "Dkornblau" is the chip leader with more than two-and-a-half starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dkornblau	63,893	36,246
Ivon Putsky	62,550	62,550
Ross "Rosseg" Gottlieb	51,773	11,433
Mike "FortheThr1ll" Haberman	47,989	3,245
Batzz88	46,410	46,410
Pokeher299	44,080	44,080
faraon1953	41,293	41,293
kyleorto86	38,477	38,477
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	33,325	6,430
Lond13onE	30,703	30,703
OMGnealpeart	29,593	29,593
mikeyeager	29,368	29,368
thekidraf04	28,052	28,052
Lester Townsend	27,675	27,675
st0neydanza	25,742	25,742
Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner	24,816	-2,590
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	22,267	-3,039
shipitshell	21,660	6,827
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	17,070	-7,930
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty	15,498	-9,502
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara	13,668	-10,657
TiltedHard	8,716	-10,694
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza	8,400	3,025
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig	1,660	1,660

In Level 5 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50, Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner raised to 880 under the gun and John "GameofEdges" Forlenza three-bet to 2,640 in the hijack. Action folded back to Hohner and he called.

The flop dropped and both players checked. Hohner led for 1,600 on the turn and Forlenza called, bringing the river . Hohner shoved for 9,013, just shy of the 9,380 already in the middle, and Forlenza made the call.

Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner:
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza:

Hohner's turned trips earned him the double over Forlenza's aces up, taking him back above starting stack and leaving Forlenza with just 5,375 to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner	27,406	15,163
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza	5,375	-19,625

In Level 3 with blinds of 125/250 and an ante of 30, Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon opened the action with a raise to 575 in the cutoff and was called by both Mike "FortheThr1ll" Haberman on the button and "TiltedHard", who defended their big blind.

Action checked through the flop and the turn came . Both "TiltedHard" and Buzgon checked again and Haberman bet 1,000. Only Buzgon called, and both players checked the river to take the hand to showdown.

Buzgon showed for top pair and Haberman mucked, earning Buzgon the pot. However, Haberman is the one who finds himself with the early chip lead after taking nearly every chip that "vigman@135" had in their stack at the end of Level 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike "FortheThr1ll" Haberman	44,744	19,744
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	25,306	306
TiltedHard	19,410	-5,590
vigman@135	Busted

In Level 2 with blinds of 100/200 and an ante of 25, "Dkornblau" raised to 440 under the gun and was called by both "shipitshell" in the hijack and Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara, who was on the button.

Action checked to Madara on a flop of and he bet 600. "Dkornblau" folded and "shipitshell" called. The turn came and "shipitshell" check-called another 1,800 from Madara.

The river fell and "shipitshell" checked a third time. Madara fired once more for 4,380 and "shipitshell" called to take the hand to showdown.

Madara showed for the nuts and received a muck, and as a result is back to around starting stack after losing a bit to start the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dkornblau	27,647	2,647
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	26,895	26,895
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara	24,325	-675
shipitshell	14,833	-10,167