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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.
2021 New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP)
16-H: $200 NLHE [7-Max, Exit 7], $12.5K Gtd
Day: 1
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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.
In Level 9 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, "NikkieBlueEyes" opened the action with a raise to 1,600 in the hijack and Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski re-jammed for 22,008 on the button. Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner was in the small blind and also shoved his stack of 36,185 into the middle, prompting a fold from "NikkieBlueEyes"
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski: 
Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner: 
Tentnowski was in trouble with his ace-queen running into two aces. He found three outs to Broadway by the turn of a runout 
, but Hohner's aces remained best when all was said and done and Tentnowski was forced to fire again as a result.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In Level 4 with blinds of 150/300 and an ante of 40, Ross "Rosseg" Gottlieb opened to 600 in the hijack and Ryan "ISlowRollYou" Hohner called, defending his big blind.
The flop came 
and Hohner checked to Gottlieb, who continuation-bet 625. Hohner check-raised to 2,091 and Gottlieb called.
Hohner continued for another 1,500 on the turn and Gottlieb called again, bringing the river . Hohner bet a final time for 5,877 and Gottlieb shoved all in, effectively putting Hohner to a decision for his remaining 12,000. Hohner folded.
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.
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.
