It's Time to Crown a Champion in NJCOOP Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event
The final day of the 2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP) is here, and with it comes the final day of play in NJCOOP Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event. From a starting field of 334 entrants, just 15 return for today's Day 2 action, which kicks off at 6 p.m. EST.
Leading the pack is Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari, who brings back a stack of over eighty big blinds to begin play. The talented online grinder from New Jersey has a healthy lead over second-place "pompii23", and Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes rounds out the top three. The rest of the field all sit in a tightly bunched group between sixteen and twenty-seven big blinds, except for short stack newport_kangbaz, who will have some work to do with a starting stack of just seven big blinds.
NJCOOP Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event Day 2 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari | 6,416,124 | 80 |
| 2 | pompii23 | 5,318,146 | 66 |
| 3 | Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes | 3,372,976 | 42 |
| 4 | TiltedHard | 2,147,531 | 27 |
| 5 | soothsay | 2,074,738 | 26 |
| 6 | iFoldN0t | 1,844,717 | 23 |
| 7 | JohnnyMania | 1,764,699 | 22 |
| 8 | deeeeeeeeez | 1,522,704 | 19 |
| 9 | Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill | 1,492,828 | 19 |
| 10 | jpmcmanus14 | 1,445,438 | 18 |
| 11 | borachinhak | 1,435,070 | 18 |
| 12 | URpoker64 | 1,419,902 | 18 |
| 13 | Benji “OtB_RedHeron” Felson | 1,312,611 | 16 |
| 14 | Randy "Rhino609" Evans | 1,300,758 | 16 |
| 15 | newport_kangbaz | 531,758 | 7 |
The final fifteen have all locked up $1,134 for making it to Day 2, but all eyes will be on the top prize of $18,660 and the coveted NJCOOP Championship Trophy that comes with it. Day 2 play will resume with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with a 12,500 ante, and blind levels will continue to be fifteen-minutes in length for the remainder of the tournament.
PokerNews will be on hand for the final day of action, which should be a fast-paced day on the felt. Stay tuned as we crown the final NJCOOP Championship Trophy winner shortly!
flop with top pair, but "iFoldN0t" made trips on the 
turn to take the lead. No king fell on the 
river, and "newport_kangbaz" was the first casualty of Day 2.
runout brought no help to their Big Slick.
runout failed to provide them with any help.
flop, and Felson called.
turn, and Felson called again.
and was eliminated.
turn left him with six outs for the knockout. Felson drilled the 
on the river, and "URpoker64" was the first casualty at the Main Event final table.
to give themselves a fighting chance. The 
turn and 
river to double up. "soothsay" was left with just over two antes, and busted on the very next hand.
