- A look at the online poker tournament offerings this weekend in New Jersey.
Players in New Jersey have the opportunity to play some exciting online poker tournaments this weekend—a chance to do what many Americans can not.
Borgata and partypoker
For those of you that play regularly at the Borgata and partypoker, you’ll already be aware of the Majors. Instead of going through them all, we take the chance to highlight some of the other smaller tournaments that may be of interest.
6-max Tournament
Buy-in: $10
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 10:45am (Saturday)
6-max action comes around early in the morning at Borgata and partypoker. This is the first time we have pointed this type of tournament out in this report. It’s got a reasonable buy-in attached, and if you get to the final table, deal making is permitted.
$10,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $100
Starting Stack: 10,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50
Time: 7:00pm (Saturday and Sunday)
On both Saturday and Sunday the $10,000 starts at 7:00pm. In fact this tournament is on every day and is known as the Daily $10,000 guaranteed, so this is by far one of the most regular and better featured tournaments on the NJ online poker sites.
Saturday Turbo Rebuy – $1,000 Gtd [Big Add-on] NL
Buy-in: $2
Starting Stack: 3,000
Blind Levels: 5 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 8:00pm (Saturday)
This tournament is well priced considering the buy-in and the prize pool. Rebuys are also inexpensive at $1.80 for 3,000 chips. Once the rebuy phase is over there is the option for a 30,000 chip top-up for $1.80.
Sunday $100k NL Hold’em
Buy-in: $200
Starting Stack: 10.000
Blind Levels: 20 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50
Time: 5:00pm (Sunday)
High stakes punters are getting great value for their money in this tournament. Furthermore, $20,000 is guaranteed to the winner, presenting a huge payday for the winner. Players can also look out for qualifiers to this tournament.
WSOP
The WSOP is always packed with a variety of tournaments to choose from. Here we have combined some of the more similar low stakes deepstacked tournaments, plus there are a few handpicked tournaments that may interest WSOP’s New Jersey members or anyone looking to sign up and play on WSOP.com New Jersey.
$215 Qualifier to 2014 $10,000 WSOP Main Event [1 Seat Gtd]
Buy-in: $215
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 1:00pm (Saturday)
With the WSOP Main Event just around the corner, there will be plenty of satellites and qualifiers out there. This tournament is as good as any to make an attempt to be one of the faces seen at the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. Win this tournament and the seat won will be directly transferred into a WSOP Main Event ticket.
$33 Re-Entry $3,000 Guaranteed
Buy-in: $33
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 3:30pm (Saturday)
This tournament still gets a mention this week as a top pick. Firstly, its start time is a bonus for those looking for some early mid-stakes tournament action, and secondly the re-entry structure always contributes to a larger prize pool than the tournament’s standard structure would suggest.
$1,250 Guarantee Deepstack R&A
Buy-in: $11 or $16.50
Starting Stack: 4,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 4:30pm or 5:30pm (Saturday)
At 4:30pm the first of two back-to-back Deepstack R&A begins with an $11 buy-in and at 5:30pm the $16.50 buy-in version of this tournament begins.
WPT Spring Championship Last Chance Qualifier
Buy-in: $5.50
Starting Stack: 5,000
Blind Levels: 12 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 11:00am (Sunday)
Players can enter and not only win a cash prize, but also collect points to give themselves the opportunity to win a $3,500 WSOP package to the WSOP and World Tavern Poker Spring Championship.
Ultimate Poker
It’s tough to pick any weekend tournaments that stand out on the Ultimate Bet website because they don’t publish their games early enough. Below are the top two tournaments that are worth considering this weekend.
$5,000 Nightly
Buy-in: $50
Starting Stack: 5,000
Blind Levels: 10 minutes
Time: 7:30pm (Saturday and Sunday)
On every day of the week there is a $5,000 Nightly tournament. This extends to the weekend, which hosts a tournament at 7:30pm on both Saturday and Sunday with exactly the same tournament structure.
$20,000 Sundays
Buy-in: $100
Starting Stack: 20,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Time: 6:00pm (Sunday)
For another $50 on top of the $5,000 Nightly buy-in, those that are interested in a prize pool with a little more to offer, the $20,000 Sunday is just the ticket. You pay 100% more and grind it out for a prize pool with 400% the size of the Nightly tournament.
888 Poker
Currently there are 2 online poker tournaments displayed in the 888 poker lobby for this weekend, and one of them is free for those that have reached Bronze status.
Bronze $1,000 Freeroll
Buy-in: FREE
Starting Stack: 2,000
Blind Levels: 8 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 9:00pm (Saturday)
Anyone with a ‘Bronze’ status can enter into this tournament for free to get a shot at the free $1,000 giveaway already reserved in the prize pool.
$10,000 – The Big Sunday
Buy-in: $200
Starting Stack: 10,000
Blind Levels: 15 minutes
Level 1 Blinds: 10/20
Time: 9:00pm (Sunday)
As far as deepstacks go, this tournament starts probably deeper than any other. Players will begin with 500 big blinds.
