2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP)

Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event, $100K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$18,660
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
334
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
175,000 / 350,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
334
Players Left
15

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 12,500

End of Day 1 Chip Counts

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 12,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari us
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari
6,416,124
2,082,500
2,082,500
pompii23 us
pompii23
5,318,146
952,250
952,250
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes
3,372,976
2,127,113
2,127,113
TiltedHard us
TiltedHard
2,147,531
20,745
20,745
soothsay us
soothsay
2,074,738
1,055,896
1,055,896
iFoldN0t us
iFoldN0t
1,844,717
-870,026
-870,026
JohnnyMania us
JohnnyMania
1,764,699
-326,000
-326,000
deeeeeeeeez us
deeeeeeeeez
1,522,704
-56,250
-56,250
Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill us
Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill
1,492,828
475,164
475,164
jpmcmanus14 us
jpmcmanus14
1,445,438
-1,835,358
-1,835,358
borachinhak us
borachinhak
1,435,070
-92,000
-92,000
URpoker64 us
URpoker64
1,419,902
419,326
419,326
Benji “OtB_RedHeron” Felson us
Benji “OtB_RedHeron” Felson
1,312,611
-1,115,448
-1,115,448
Randy "Rhino609" Evans us
Randy "Rhino609" Evans
1,300,758
-803,750
-803,750
newport_kangbaz us
newport_kangbaz
531,758
-323,750
-323,750

Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari Leads as Fifteen Advance From Day 1 of NJCOOP Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 12,500 ante
Sridhar Sangannagari
Sridhar Sangannagari

The final trophy to be given out at this year's New Jersey Championship of Online Poker has just fifteen players left in the chase, after a brisk seven-and-a-half hour Day 1 of NJCOOP Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event reduced a starting field of 334 entrants down to just 15 by night's end.

Leading the way of the remaining contenders is Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari, who went on a tear late to surge up the counts and bag up 6,416,124, more than a million chips ahead of second place "pompii23". Sangannagari has yet to taste victory in this year's NJCOOP, but the accomplished online veteran has more than $1.3 million in Pocket Fives recorded cashes to his name, and will be looking to add the coveted NJCOOP Championship Trophy to his already impressive mantle of accolades in tomorrow's final day.

NJCOOP Event #52: $300 Main Event Day 1 Chip Counts

PositionPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
1Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari6,416,12480
2pompii235,318,14666
3Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes3,372,97642
4TiltedHard2,147,53127
5soothsay2,074,73826
6iFoldN0t1,844,71723
7JohnnyMania1,764,69922
8deeeeeeeeez1,522,70419
9Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill1,492,82819
10jpmcmanus141,445,43818
11borachinhak1,435,07018
12URpoker641,419,90218
13Benji “OtB_RedHeron” Felson1,312,61116
14Randy "Rhino609" Evans1,300,75816
15newport_kangbaz531,7587

Day 1 Action

For much of Day 1, the tournament looked like it would be ran by "jpmcmanus14", as he soared to a commanding chip lead just after registration closed. After Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro busted two spots shy of the money, "slipinjimy" jammed their short stack in with queen-jack a few hands later, only to run into the aces of Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill, to fall as the bubble boy.

Once the money bubble burst, over thirty players managed to grab a chunk of the $100,000 prize pool, which missed the guarantee by $6,480. Some notables who earned a payday include Michael “mikeyeager” Yeager (19th - $956), NJCOOP Event #44: $250 NLHE Thursday Thrill PKO Championship winner Xingang "wxg1989" Wang (29th - $807), and WSOP Bracelet winner Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty (34th - $807).

Ryan Hagerty
Ryan Hagerty

Day 2 Agenda

The remaining fifteen players will return at 5:00 p.m. EST, with blinds at 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 12,500. Blind levels will remain at 15-minutes in length for the remainder of the tournament. Play will resume until a winner is crowned, who will walk away with the NJCOOP Championship Trophy, in addition to $18,660 in prize money.

PokerNews will be providing all the action from start to finish tomorrow, so stay tuned as the final NJCOOP Championship Trophy winner of the 2021 NJCOOP is crowned!

Tags: Christopher HillFrank FunaroJaime ReyesRandy EvansRyan HagertySridhar SangannagariXingang Wang

Event #52: $300 NLHE Main Event, $100K Gtd

Day 1 Completed