Just two weeks ago PokerStars made one of the biggest announcements in their history regarding their live tournament schedule and branding. Live events now fall under two categories, the PokerStars Championship and the PokerStars Festival, with events being held worldwide.

With competition in the New Jersey online gaming market on the rise, Garden State operators are working diligently to promote their US brands and fine-tune their products to keep current players happy. 888, for its part, is taking a novel approach to gathering feedback from customers and plans to hold a New Jersey town hall… Continue reading 888 New Jersey Hosting Live Town Hall Meeting This Saturday

Online poker giant PokerStars has returned to New Jersey. Since it has been five years since PokerStars offered real money play to American players, PocketFives has constructed this Frequently Asked Questions page to help answer any questions that may come up.

This week in New Jersey, the PartyPoker/Borgata GSSS III continued with eight events and $95,000 in guaranteed money at stake. Daniel wildman75Buzgon shipped Event #26 and finished second in Event #31 for a total of $4,246. Longtime PocketFiver Mike Gags30 Gagliano took down Event #29, a $10,000 Guarantee Six-Max tournament, for $2,197.

PocketFives had the opportunity to sit with Jason JLaw Lawhun (pictured, ranked 17th in New Jersey), who relocated from Ohio to New Jersey for work purposes two years ago. It turned out to be perfect timing, as online poker became legal in New Jersey, allowing him to fire up cash games and tournaments from the… Continue reading Heads-Up with New Jersey Poker Player Jason Lawhun (JLaw)

This weekend in New Jersey was the start of the Garden State Super Series III on PartyPoker/Borgata. The four tournaments that ran on Sunday had great turnouts and all of the guarantees were crushed.

This week in New Jersey, taking down the PartyPoker/Borgata $5,000 Guarantee for the first time was Frank FLD15DiRe, who will earn his highest online cash to date at $1,605. Dan Caiazzo (yazi4 on PocketFives) shipped the network’s $10,000 Guarantee, also earning his largest online cash at $3,247.

PocketFives had the opportunity to chat with Anna OhUrAPro Antimony (pictured, ranked 30th in New Jersey), who learned the game of poker the hard way by losing a lot like most players and developing her skills to make her the player she is today. After deciding to play poker full-time, she finds the luxury of… Continue reading Heads-Up with New Jersey Poker Player Anna Antimony (OhUrAPro)

This weekend on the virtual felts of New Jersey, coming out on top of the PartyPoker/Borgata $10,000 Guarantee on Saturday was Charlie seedloadZimmerman, who collected the top prize of $3,000. The following night, Anthony tonydatiger Maio shipped the same tournament, pocketing $3,495.

This week on the virtual felts of New Jersey, continuing where he left off last week was PocketFiver Mergulas, who won the PartyPoker/Borgata $5,000 Guarantee twice. He also finished third on two occasions in the 888 Poker/WSOPP High-Roller for a total of $3,713. Taking down the PartyPoker $10,000 Guarantee on Tuesday night was Mike Gags30… Continue reading New Jersey Weekday Tournament Review for October 2, 2015

PocketFives had the opportunity to chat with Anthony Thatgood45 Pagan (pictured, ranked 5th in New Jersey), who has shown passion for the game of poker ever since he was 12 years old. Any opportunity Pagan could find to develop his poker skills and accomplish his dream to play in the WSOP Main Event, he went… Continue reading Heads-Up with New Jersey Poker Player Anthony Pagan (Thatgood45)

This weekend in New Jersey, Mergulas(pictured) won the $10,000 Guarantee on Sunday night on PartyPoker/Borgata, earning a total of $3,210. Taking down the $50,000 Guarantee on the same network was flabbergast, who outlasted PocketFiver Moose4Life heads-up to take the top prize of $10,000. Moose4Life will bank $6,800 for his runner-up finish.

This week in New Jersey, Baruch k1dpokr2010Krieger shipped the PartyPoker/Borgata $5,000 Guarantee on Monday night, collecting $1,300 after a heads-up chop. Taking down the network’s $10,000 Guarantee the same night was Dan RedsoxNets5 Sewnig, who will add an extra $2,626 to his bankroll.

PocketFives had the opportunity to talk with Jeffrey japhy Pinyan (pictured), who is a programmer by trade, but hits the virtual felts in New Jersey by night. Mostly a micro-stakes grinder, he surrounds himself with successful online poker players in the New Jersey community to help him get better and move up in stakes.

This week in New Jersey, taking down the PartyPoker/Borgata $10,000 Guarantee on Tuesday night was Dan centrfieldrLupo, who cashed for $3,210. On Thursday night, it was Sean wishihAdsOMeLUcK Martin’s turn to win the same tournament, pocketing $3,120.