Here's what happened at all the New Jersey online poker sites for the week ending 02/23!
The $25,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee occurred on Feb. 23 with 151 players, a return to form compared to the previous week's 135 players. The buy-in was $200 +$15, so it beat the guarantee by $5,200. It was won by juice, who got $8,154. FuriousGeorg, who won last week, did not play this week; Bigcakes1, who won the week before and got 7th last week, played this week again, but did not cash.
The $10,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee, with a buy-in of $100 + $9, got 137 players, a drop from 154 players the week before. This event beat the guarantee by $3,700. The winner was Stormheart, who got $3,767.50. Donk_Star, who won last week, missed the final table at 33rd.
Satellites are already running at WSOP-com this week in both New Jersey and Nevada for this summer's live World Series of Poker events, happening in just a few months.
See below for the major tournament results, as PartyPoker and BorgataPoker share players and all major tournaments. There are separate promotions on each site, so it's still worth playing on both sites, though not at the same time, as the software prevents it.
The Sunday $50K, run on both Borgata and Party, continues its large numbers. This week, it got 303 players, falling back down from the previous week's 329, and 378 the week before that. The buy-in was $185 + $15, so it soared past the guarantee by $6,055. This event was won by ayaanabhai, who got $5,760 in a four-way even chop.
This event will change this Sunday, March 2 to a $100,000 GUARANTEED event. Expect this event to draw massive numbers... including you. Why wouldn't you play?
The Saturday $10K guaranteed, on Feb. 22, got 125 players, back down from last week's surprising 157 players. The buy-in was $91 + $9, so it beat the guarantee by $1,375. The winner was jcgamblers, who got $2,275.07.
The "Big Sunday" $10,000 Guaranteed event on 888 happened on Feb. 23, with 53 players, an uptick from last week's 47 players. This means that, with a buy-in of $185 + $15, it beat the guarantee by $335. The tournament was won by phatchoy, who got $3,000 even.
Ultimate Poker runs a $20,000 Sundays guaranteed event. Last week there were 190 players, which might be a record high for this event and a significant increase over 126 players the week before. This means good things for Ultimate overall. It still isn't enough to beat the guarantee, but if it does ever happen, all the players will get their entry fee back in tournament dollars. The buy-in is $91 + $9, so the overlay was $2,710. This time, MooseSLife won and got $4,292.40.
Betfair Poker has not grown enough to have large guaranteed tournaments.
Player Numbers
According to PokerScout, PartyPoker, Borgata and WSOP's player population continues to inch up in New Jersey, and Ultimate is staying about where it is. It might require a compact between New Jersey and another state to shore up Ultimate's numbers.
As always, take a look at our New Jersey Online Poker page for the latest sign-up deals and special offers.
