- Highlights from the New Jersey online poker schedule for this weekend.
New Jersey’s online poker rooms continue to make their guaranteed prize pool tournaments exciting weekend opportunities to cash in on a variety of tournament structures.
Borgata and Partypoker
Saturday $2,500 Guaranteed
Buyin: $20
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 7:00pm (Saturday)
Start the tournament with 150 big blinds through a mid-stakes buyin tournament that attracts plenty of entrants bumping up the value of the cash spots past the bubble.
Saturday $10,000 Guaranteed
Buyin: $100
Starting Stack: 10,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50
Time: 7:00pm (Saturday)
Blinds start slightly higher up the scale compared to the standard 10/20 blinds, but the Saturday $10,000 Guaranteed more than makes up for this with a 200bb stack and more time on the levels.
Saturday Turbo Rebuy $1,000 Gtd (Big Add-On)
Buyin: $2
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 5 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 8:00pm (Saturday)
Players will get unlimited re-buys in a low stakes tournament guaranteed to attract plenty of players. $1.80 will buy 3,000 chips and players that survive through the buyin spots will have the chance to top-up for 30,000 chips at $1.80.
Sunday Omaha Hi-Lo – $250 Gtd PL Omaha Hi-Lo
Buyin: $2
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 12:00pm (Sunday)
More low stakes action comes to Partypoker and Borgata via fast and furious hi/lo action on the PLO Hi/Lo tables.
Sunday $50k Guaranteed
Buyin: $200
Starting Stack: 10,000
Blind Levels: 20 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50
Time: 5:00pm (Sunday)
This week the Sunday high stakes $200 buyin tournament returns to its $50k prize pool guarantee. No Limit plays with 10,000 chips providing all entrants with 200 big blinds to grind over 20 minute blind levels.
Sunday $10,000 Guaranteed
Buyin: $100
Starting Stack: 10,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50
Time: 7:00pm (Sunday)
The Sunday $10,000 Guaranteed gives players 200 big blinds and 15 minute blind levels. This is an ideal tournament structure for the tight/aggressive player.
888 Poker
In addition to the tournaments listed below, also look out for “NJ Highrollers” with guaranteed prize pools to boost the value of making it through the bubble.
$88,888 Grand Final Tourney
Buyin: Free
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 6:00pm (Sunday)
After a month of 888 MAD tournaments, those who qualified for the Freeroll are now in for some Sunday madness as the $88,888 grand final comes around.
Players can still qualify by finishing in the top 8 of any $8,888 MAD Freerolls, or qualify via the Slam Dunk promotion where there are 8 tickets to the $8,888 MAD Freerolls on offer.
Additionally, the Hot Hand will give away a ticket for showing down with a Full House of 888 or Four-of-a-Kind 8’s in cash games or tournaments, and finally the Cinderella promotion gives players the opportunity to qualify via $8 MAD Freeroll Satellites.
$10,000 – The Big Sunday
Buyin: $200
Starting Stack: 10,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 9:00pm (Sunday)
This is probably one of New Jersey’s most favored tournament structures of the weekend. There are 500 big blinds to start in this deep stacked tournament. Early double ups are priceless, and almost guarantee a cash spot if you can stay away from bad beats and suck outs along the way. And, if the $200 buyin is too steep for your bankroll, there are step tournaments running that will allow you to satellite your way into the big event.
Ultimate Poker
The listing here are subject to slight time changes, guarantee alterations and structures may also be slightly altered. Here’s a list of the regular action for Ultimate Poker this weekend.
$5,000 Nightly
Buyin: $50
Starting Stack: 5,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Time: 7:30pm (Saturday)
The $5,000 Nightly is a popular mid-stakes buyin tournament. Late registration is open for an hour after cards get in the air.
Nightly 2nd Chance [$1,000 Guaranteed]
Buyin: $20
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Time: 8:30pm (Saturday)
For the second time in one day the Nightly tournament returns, but with a lower buyin and a fifth of the prize pool guarantee.
$20,000 Sundays
Buyin: $100
Starting Stack: 20,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Time: 6:00pm (Sunday)
Ultimate Poker’s most expensive weekend buyin provides players with the highest prize pool of the weekend on the Ultimate Poker client.
$5,000 Nightly
Buyin: $50
Starting Stack: 5,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Time: 7:30pm (Sunday)
The Nightly tournament will appear again on Sunday, and including Saturday’s two Nightly tournaments, player have yet another shot at a four figure prize pool that has the potential to go into 5 figures with an extended number of buyins.
WSOP
The WSOP as always has an exciting weekend of poker tournaments with multiple structures to choose from to suit your preferred tournament style.
Weekend Warm-up $55 R&A $5,000 Guaranteed
Buyin: $55
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 2:00pm (Saturday)
$1,000 Guarantee Deepstack R&A
Buyin: $11
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 4:30pm (Saturday)
$1,000 Guarantee Deepstack R&A
Buyin: $16.50
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 5:30pm (Saturday)
No Limit Holdem Freezout $1,000 Guarantee
Buyin: $55
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 2:00pm (Sunday)
R&A Pot Limit Omaha $2,000 Guarantee
Buyin: $27.50
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 4:00pm (Sunday)
$1,250 Guarantee Deepstack R&A
Buyin: $16.50
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 5:30pm (Sunday)
$25,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee
Buyin: $215
Starting Stack: 5,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 6:00pm (Sunday)
$10,000 Weekly Sunday Guarantee
Buyin: $109
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 8:00pm (Sunday)
