Pennsylvania online poker players now have a second place to play with the Thursday launch of BetMGM Poker and Borgata Poker in their home state. Powered by the partypoker US Network, this marks the second operator to launch in the Keystone State, ending the monopoly that PokerStars PA has had since launching in November 2019.

“I definitely don’t consider myself a pro. I’m a school psychologist.” Chris ‘Billypoker1’ Bilinsky may not be a professional online poker player, but he’s not your typical school psychologist either.

This week in New Jersey, the Garden State Super Series II had six events with $116,500 in total guaranteed prize money up for grabs on PartyPoker/Borgata Poker. Off to a hot start is Mitch money4bacon Friedberg (pictured, ranked 25th in New Jersey), who shipped Event #4 High, a $15,000 guarantee, banking $3,061. This follows up… Continue reading New Jersey Weekday Tournament Review for January 16, 2015

If you haven’t heard, PartyPokerand Borgata Pokerin New Jersey have announced the schedule for the Garden State Super Series II, the second iteration of the ambitious online poker tournament series for New Jersey players. Sign up for Borgata Poker hereand sign up for PartyPoker here!

This week in New Jersey, Tom The CaretakerSchafer (pictured) recorded three tournament wins. Schafer won the PartyPoker/Borgata Poker$10,000 Guarantee on back-to-back nights and then won the 888 Poker New Jersey High Roller $2,500 Guarantee for a total of $5,543. Just last month, Schafer won the WSOP $10,000 Guarantee twice in the same week. He has… Continue reading New Jersey Weekday Tournament Review for December 12, 2014

PocketFives had the opportunity to catch up with Jermz(pictured, ranked # 7 in New Jersey), who started playing poker around the fourth grade with his older brother in home games. When not playing poker, he spends time adding content to his blog. With close to $100,000 in recorded online cashes, his accomplishments include two wins… Continue reading Heads-Up with New Jersey Poker Player Jermz

On Sunday, October 26, Rodney VetstadiumKoodray (pictured, ranked #16th in New Jersey) outlasted a field of 264 players to come out victorious in the PartyPoker/Borgata Poker$50,000 Guarantee Sunday Major, recording his largest online cash of $10,000. The win also earned him a $100K badge on PocketFives, which was one of his poker goals for 2014.

This weekend in New Jersey, Maureen RedhotmommaLudwig continued her hot run on the New Jersey regulated websites by winning the $5,000 Guarantee on PartyPoker/Borgata Poker on Friday, taking home $1,017.

This weekend in New Jersey, PartyPoker/Borgata Pokerincreased its Sunday Major guarantee from $50,000 to $100,000. The tournament attracted a total of 512 runners, generating a prize pool of $94,720 (a $5,280 overlay). Once the dust settled, it was PocketFiver John ChalkyWhite Winter (pictured) who was victorious, banking a cool $20,967 after a three-way deal. This… Continue reading New Jersey Weekend Tournament Review for October 20, 2014

A recent software update was made available for PartyPokerand Borgata Poker players in New Jersey. The enhancements made with this update, some of which came at the behest of players, include tournament lobby changes, in-game features, improved mobile geolocation technology, and the addition of payment processing at the Borgata cage during World Poker Tour events.

This week in New Jersey online poker, PartyPoker/Borgata Pokerran its nightly $5,000 and $10,000 Guarantees. Making four final tables this week on PartyPoker/Borgata Poker was brand new PocketFiver Kevin Campbell (Sofcknsickk, pictured). Campbell finished third in the $10,000 Guarantee, fourth in the $5,000 Guarantee, third in the $5,000 Guarantee Six-Max, and second in the $5,000… Continue reading New Jersey Weekday Tournament Review for July 11, 2014

This Memorial Day weekend in New Jersey online poker, volume dipped a bit, but plenty of PocketFivers still showed up to make multiple final tables. In the PartyPoker/Borgata Poker$50,000 Guarantee Sunday Major, Mike H. (JohnnnyDrama on PocketFives, pictured) outlasted a field of 229 runners to come out on top, banking the top prize of $10,500.… Continue reading New Jersey Weekend Tournament Review for May 26, 2014

This weekend on the virtual felts of New Jersey online poker, there were a number of PocketFivers who made multiple final tables. La_Flama_Blan27 (rimmer27on PocketFives) made back-to-back final tables in the $10,000 Guarantee nightly on PartyPoker/Borgata Poker. He finished in fourth place on both Saturday and Sunday for a total of $1,887.

Oliver odi420Dent (pictured) battled through a field of over 800 players to make the final table of the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker Main Event on Borgata Pokerand PartyPokeron Sunday, April 27. When all was said and done, Dent finished in seventh place, taking home $4,900, which is his largest cash to date on… Continue reading Heads-Up with NJCOP Main Event Final Tablist odi420

In case you missed it on Sunday, the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker Main Event attracted a sizable field of 892 players at a buy-in of $185 apiece. Despite the nearly 900 players who turned out, the tournament, which took place on Borgata Pokerand PartyPoker and guaranteed $200,000, still featured a $34,000 overlay. You… Continue reading NJCOP Main Event Has $34,000 Overlay, MikeFrancesa Wins