- Ten events will run mid-April, including a $200,000 guaranteed main event.
- The series is slated to kick off with a $50,000 freeroll.
- According to the draft schedule, the Main Event will replace the normal Sunday $50k,, and the other events will replace the Daily $10ks.
- The network has in the last responded to player feedback to structure and schedule, so further changes are likely.
Partypoker has announced that its NJ network will host the inaugural NJOPC—the “New Jersey Online Poker Championship”—next month.
The ten-event series will start on April 19 and run through to April 27. According to a tentative draft schedule, subject to change, it will culminate in a $200,000 guaranteed Main Event, with a $50,000 first place prize.
The tournament series will be accessible to players on the two poker rooms on the network, partypoker NJ and Borgata Poker.
The series is slated to kick off with a $50,000 freeroll event. Buyins for the other nine events range from $50 to $200. All events so far are no limit hold’em; all but one are freezeouts; two 6-max tournaments offer the only other variety.
Event #7 is the most interesting—Player’s Choice. The buyin and format is up for discussion among players on partypoker’s official customer support forum. The event is listed with a $15,000 guarantee.
The headlining event #10, the $200-buyin $200,000k Main Event, promises double the prize pool of its largest guaranteed tournament to date: The special $100,000 Sunday which ran at the beginning of March. The tournament enticed 786 players to the tournament, smashing the guarantee and creating a prize pool of nearly $150,000.
According to the draft schedule, the Main Event will replace the normal Sunday $50k, and the other events will replace the Daily $10ks. Given the network’s recent success with MTTs, the schedule might seem a touch unambitious.
However, the purpose of the announcement “is to gauge feedback from the community … whether you like the events, buyins, format, structure, etc,” according to a party representative. The network has in the past responded to player feedback to structure and schedule, so further changes are not unlikely.
