36-H: $200 NLHE [Super Tuesday], $17.5K Gtd
Day 1 Completed
2021 New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP)
36-H: $200 NLHE [Super Tuesday], $17.5K Gtd
Day: 1
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari Tops the Field in NJSCOOP Event #36-H ($5,096)
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari has done it. On Tuesday night, Sangannagari topped a field of 125 in the 2021 PokerStars New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP) Event #36-H: $200 NLHE [Super Tuesday], $17.5K Gtd, earning $5,096 for his dominating performance.
Sangannagari was one of the few dozen to have been a part of the action right away in Level 1. He was knocked out once during the late registration period, Shortly after registration closed, he found a double when his queen-nine got there against the ace-jack of eventual fifth-place finisher "TrashNinja00".
He took that momentum through the bursting of the bubble, and then saw queen-nine treat him right once more after he three-bet it from the big blind and double barreled on a king-nine-four-deuce board into the king-ten of Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara. A nine on the river gave Sangannagari trips and put him atop the leader board, where he stayed the remainder of the tournament.
Event #36-H Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari | $5,096 |
| 2 | Jeebus459 | $3,876 |
| 3 | Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson | $2,948 |
| 4 | Batzz88 | $2,243 |
| 5 | TrashNinja00 | $1,706 |
| 6 | thekidraf04 | $1,297 |
| 7 | Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro | $987 |
| 8 | IGOTCRABZ_33 | $751 |
| 9 | Renorick1946 | $571 |
Final Table Action
After Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro eliminated "Q8kicksass" and Dan "AvaGray" Lupo was felted by Sangannagari in quick succession to bring about the final table, "Renorick1946" entered play under one big blind and was eliminated on the first hand. Shortly thereafter, Sangannagari surpassed 1 million in chips, at which point he held more than one-third of the chips in play with eight still remaining.
The short-stacked "IGOTCRABZ_33" then bowed out in eighth before Sangannagari got back to work, winning a huge coin flip with ace-king against the pocket fours of Funaro for a pot of 750K and then extending his chip lead even further by knocking out "thekidraf04" in sixth. "thekidraf04" was second in chips at the time and got stacks in on an ace-high board with ace-king against Sangannagari's ace-jack after it flopped top two pair.
A level later, "TrashNinja00" busted in fifth and "Batzz88" fell to runner-up "Jeebus459" just a couple of hands later to bring about three-handed play, which continued for a full level before "Jeebus459" knocked out Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson in third place after Felson's ace-king lost a coin flip against pocket jacks. From there, Sangannagari took roughly a three-to-two chip lead into heads-up play and never looked back. In less than a level, he ground "Jeebus459" down, taking a chunk of their chips before flopping a flush and getting the rest of it against top pair, top kicker.
"Jeebus459" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($3,876)
In Level 26 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Jeebus459" raised to 40,000 on the button and Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari defended his big blind, bringing a flop of 
. Sangannagari checked and then called a continuation-bet of another 40,000.
The turn came 
and Sangannagari checked again. "Jeebus459" fired a second barrel of 80,000 and Sangannagari check-raised to 242,500. "Jeebus459" three-bet jammed for 751,447 and Sangannagari called.
"Jeebus459": 
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari: 
"Jeebus459" flopped top pair, top kicker, but it was drawing dead to Sangannagari's flopped flush by the time all the chips got in on the turn. The river 
fell as the final card of the tournament and all of the chips were sent Sangannagari's way as "Jeebus459" became the runner-up of NJCOOP Event #36-H, earning $3,876 in doing so.
Meanwhile, Sangannagari claims victory and receives the top prize of $5,096 to go along with it. A recap of the event will be posted shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,125,000 | 678,947 |
|
Busted |
Sangannagari Pulls Away Some More
In Level 26 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Jeebus459" opened to 40,000 on the button and Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari defended his big blind.
The flop came and Sangannagari checked to "Jeebus459", who continuation-bet 45,000. Sangannagari called.
The turn was 
and Sangannagari checked again. "Jeebus459" fired a second barrel of 140,000 and Sangannagari check-shoved for just under 700K more effective.
"Jeebus459" opted not to call it all off, earning Sangannagari the pot with his turn check-shove.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,446,053 | 512,000 |
|
|
678,947 | -512,000 |
Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,948)
In Level 26 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Jeebus459" opened to 40,000 on the button and was three-bet to 147,500 by Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari in the small blind. Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson was in the big blind and cold four-bet jammed for 300,862 with "Jeebus459" coming over the top for a shove of their own, totaling 735,085. Sangannagari thought for about 10 seconds and then folded, letting the other two have at it.
Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson: 
"Jeebus459": 
Felson needed to hit an ace or king to stay alive and was unable to find either on the runout 
, ending his tournament run in third place. Meanwhile, the heads-up match between "Jeebus459" and Sangannagari has now begun with Sangannagari taking roughly 60% of the chips in play into the beginning of the battle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,934,053 | -144,500 |
|
|
1,190,947 | 489,862 |
|
|
Busted |
No Recent Showdowns
In Level 25 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, nearly a full level has been played with no major hands of note. Updated counts are posted below, with Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari increasing his chip lead slightly and surpassing 2 million along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,078,553 | 274,250 |
|
|
701,085 | 33,310 |
|
|
345,362 | -242,310 |
"Batzz88" Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,243)
In Level 24 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, action folded to "Batzz88" in the small blind and they completled. "Jeebus459" was in the big blind and jammed for 343,944. "Batzz88" called all in for just less, totaling 316,381.
"Batzz88": 
"Jeebus459": 
"Batzz88" had called correctly but was unable to fade a safe runout, as the board ultimately came 
to give "Jeebus459" two pair and eliminate "Batzz88" in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
667,775 | 208,081 |
|
|
Busted |
"TrashNinja00" Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,706)
In Level 24 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "TrashNinja00" open-jammed for 283,346 in the hijack and action folded around to the big blind, where Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson called for all but 5,230 of his stack.
"TrashNinja00":
Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson: 
A paired flop 
gave "TrashNinja00" a shot at a chop, but running 
left Felson out in front and thus eliminated "TrashNinja00" in fifth place as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
587,672 | 293,596 |
|
|
Busted |
Felson Doubles Through the Chip Leader
In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson open-shoved for 140,288 under the gun and action folded around to Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari, who was in the big blind and called.
Benji "OtB_RedHeron" Felson:
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari:
A jack on the flop 
put Felson even further ahead and he had Sangannagari drawing dead by the turn 
, improving two jacks up before the river completed the runout to make his double official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,804,303 | -143,288 |
|
|
294,076 | 150,788 |
Updated Counts
The final five are on a five-minute break. Updated counts have been provided below, with Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari holding nearly two-thirds of the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,947,591 | -26,700 |
|
|
459,694 | 193,780 |
|
|
329,581 | -4,188 |
|
|
244,846 | 56,903 |
|
|
143,288 | -168,500 |