Many poker players and fans alike know that it was thanks to American poker player Chris Moneymaker's historic win in the WSOP Main Event in 2003 that sparked the poker boom of the mid-noughties after he won $2.5 million from a humble $40 satellite qualifier at an online poker site.
This past Saturday, April 28, PokerStars pro Chris Moneymaker made headlines once again as he not only took one but two New Jersey SCOOP titles!
Even if it is not as huge as its worldwide SCOOP sister (which has $65 million in guaranteed prizepools up for grabs), the PokerStars New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP) at least this time held its biggest-ever series by far in its history with $1.3 million in guaranteed prizepools throughout the 2-week long event.
Regarding his online participation during the series, Chris told Pokernews, "I always try to get online during these festivals. On Friday I actually just sat down and played $0.01/0.02 No-Limit Hold'em for a bit, then a bit of $0.05/0.10 Pot-Limit Omaha. I played a few Spin & Go's. It just meant I was able to splash around a bit and get to play with a few different people."
At the NJSCOOP tables, he said, "Over the first couple of days I bubbled a few tournaments but then on Saturday I played three tournaments and won two of them! The Main Event didn't go as planned, but overall I can't complain."
Actually, his lucky streak lasted for four consecutive tournaments. After he won Events #33 and #34, he then became the runner-up on Event #35, and he made fourth place on Event #36, turning his $650 buy-ins into more than $12,600!
The results from Chris Moneymaker's dedication and hard work as shown below. He said it's been a "busy week" for him at this weekend's PokerStars NJSCOOP.
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Place
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Event
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Prize
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1st
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#33-H $200 NLHE Final Weekend Kickoff
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$5,445.55
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1st
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#34-H $200 Stud Hi/Lo
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$2,631.98
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2nd
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#35-H $50+R NLHE 3-Max
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$2,485.27
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4th
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#36-H $200 Mixed NLHE/PLO, Progressive KO
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$1,113.86 + $947.44 in bounties
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Even if NJSCOOP is still considered a small fry, starting May 1, there will be good things to come for the future thanks to the shared playerpool liquidity deal between New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada, and people can expect to have a genuinely substantial online poker series coming soon on the stateside.
About the possibility of New York allowing regulated online poker, Chris said, "New York is really close; if we picked up New York then I think it'll only be a matter of time. I can definitely see it going back to before when we could play with the international markets. It's kind of slow moving, but it's all positive and moving in the right direction. I think interstate liquidity is a really good thing. Once we get Pennsylvania, which should be by the end of the year or the beginning of 2019 then that's a really big thing momentum-wise."
The 42-year-old Chris will then spend more than a week at home and then will travel to Canada to play SCOOP come mid-May.
Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/05/chris-moneymaker-2-new-jersey-scoop-titles-30639.htm?itm_content=pn-hp-hero-8
