2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP)

Event #04: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff Championship Trophy Event, $25K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP)

Final Results
Winner
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$5,187
Event Info
Buy-in
$100
Prize Pool
$27,356
Entries
298
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
298
Players Left
1

Event #04: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff Championship Trophy Event, $25K Gtd

Day 1 Completed

Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig Earns NJCOOP Championship Trophy After Shipping Event #4: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff ($5,187)

Dan Sewnig
Dan Sewnig

The 2021 New Jersey Championship of Online Poker kicked off with a bang this weekend, with Event #4: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff Championship Trophy Event bringing a total of 298 players to the felt (191 entrants and 107 re-entries) to push the total prize pool past the advertised $25,000 guarantee. Of the $27,356 prize pool, it was Yardville, New Jersey's Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig who took home the top prize of $5,187, as well as a shiny new NJCOOP Trophy to add to his collection of accolades.

Sewnig, a poker pro with over seven figures in online earnings, told PokerNews back in 2020 that ��I've put more work into studying and improving over that timespan than I have in the rest of my career combined. I've also done a much better job of dealing with adversity." Those words rang true as his heads-up battle with "HBKandSting" saw his stack dwindle down to just eight big blinds, but a rally of double-ups and pure aggression saw him chip away until he finally vanquished "HBKandSting" and earned the coveted NJCOOP trophy.

NJCOOP Event #4: $100 NLHE Big Kickoff Championship Trophy Event Final Table Results

PositionPlayerPrize
1Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig$5,187
2HBKandSting$3,813
3wxg1989$2,804
4BENN DOVERR$2,062
5Paceman2jr$1,516
6TStacksPaper$1,115
7LilNickyDaBoss$820
8Stackhe20$603
9Kaymeal$507

Action of the Day

Forty-one players would walk away with a chunk of the prize pool, and notables such as "DangerFloof" (10th - $426), Ross "rosseg" Gottlieb (23rd - $302), and Benji ��OtB_RedHeron�� Felson (29th - $254) all managed to earn a cash.

The top two stacks at the start of the final table were Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig and "HBKandSting", and four fast eliminations kept the two of them in what looked to be a collision course for a heads-up showdown. "HBKandSting" then lost two straight all-in pots to fall to the short stack, and had to cling on as Sewnig busted "Paceman2jr" in fifth.

Sewnig, who now held more than half of the chips in play, sat on the sidelines as "wxg1989" finished off "BENN DOVERR" in fourth, and "HBKandSting" now sat neck and neck with "wxg1989". That's when one of the most pivotal hands of the final table took place; "wxg1989" held aces and got it in against "HBKandSting", who was about to be coolered to crumbs with kings. A king on the flop and a clean runout turned fortune on its head for "wxg1989", however, and the fated heads-up battle came true, with Sewnig holding a 4:3 chip lead at the onset.

Sewnig lost an early preflop all in spot with ace-ten against the ace-queen of "HBKandSting" to fall down to just over eight big blinds. Sewnig then reeled off three doubles in quick succession to bring the stacks back to even, and on the final hand, he four-bet shoved with ace-queen and held against the ace-eight of "HBKandSting" to earn the title and the trophy.

PokerNews will return for coverage of Event #15: $250 NLHE Super Tuesday NJCOOP Edition Championship Trophy Event on Tuesday, September 15th at 7 p.m. EST, so be sure to tune in then to see who the next NJCOOP Trophy Winner will be!

Recent 2021 NJCOOP Winners

TournamentEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
Event #1: $10 NLHE [NJCOOP Warm Up], $5K GTD535$5,000GHOSTBX70$811.11
Event #2: $100 NLHE [NJCOOP Big Warm Up], $8K GTD172$15,789.60MisAnnthr0pe$3,179.14
Event #3: $50 NLHE [Turbo, NJCOOP Turbo Warm Up], $6K GTD181$8,235.50aerols80$1,635.04
Event #4: $100 NLHE [8-Max, Big Kickoff Trophy Event], $25K GTD298$27,356.40Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig$5,186.56
Event #5: $300 NLHE [6-Max], $22.5K GTD75$22,500iFoldN0T$5,487.93
Event #6: $75 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Zoom], $12.5K GTD166$12,500MoZZyNJ$2,528.60

Tags: Benji FelsonDan SewnigRoss Gottlieb

"HBKandSting" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($3,813)

HBKandSting eliminated in second
HBKandSting eliminated in second

Level 34: (50,000/100,000/12,500)

Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig raised to 220,000 from the button, and "HBKandSting" three-bet to 785,000 in the big blind. Sewnig four-bet shoved, and "HBKandSting" called off for 1,243,412 more.

"HBKandSting": {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Sewnig's kicker held on the {k-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop, but chop opportunities emerged on the {3-Diamonds} turn. The {2-Diamonds} river was a brick, and "HBKandSting" settles for second, while Sewnig earns the first NJCOOP Championship Trophy of the series.

A full recap will follow shortly.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
7,450,000
2,753,412
2,753,412
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HBKandSting
Busted

Tags: Dan Sewnig

Sewnig Retakes the Chip Lead

Level 34: (50,000/100,000/12,500)

"HBKandSting" raised to 200,000 on the button, and Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig called on the button.

Sewnig check-called a bet of 200,000 from "HBKandSting" on the {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{k-Spades} flop, and check-called another bet of 412,500 on the {7-Spades} turn. Both players checked the {3-Diamonds} river, and Sewnig showed {a-Spades}{2-Hearts}. "HBKandSting" mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
4,696,588
1,811,500
1,811,500
Profile photo of HBKandSting us
HBKandSting
2,753,412
-1,811,500
-1,811,500

Tags: Dan Sewnig

Sewnig Claws Back

Sewnig strikes back
Sewnig strikes back

Level 33 (40,000/80,000/10,000)

After doubling up his short stack twice, Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig three-bet shoved for 1,432,544 from the big blind over a 160,000 raise from "HBKandSting", who called.

Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}
HBKandSting: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

Sewnig flopped top set and turned a full house on a {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts} runout to earn another double and pull closer to "HBKandSting".

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of HBKandSting us
HBKandSting
4,564,912
-2,235,452
-2,235,452
Profile photo of Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig us
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
2,885,088
2,235,452
2,235,452

Tags: Dan Sewnig

"HBKandSting" Doubles Through Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig

HBKandSting doubles up
HBKandSting doubles up

Level 33: (40,000/80,000/10,000)

Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig raised to 176,000 on the button, and "HBKandSting" three-bet to 708,000 in the big blind. Sewnig tanked before four-bet shoving, and "HBKandSting" called off for 2,682,182 more.

"HBKandSting": {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Sewnig would fail to hit his kicker on a {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{k-Spades} runout, and took a massive hit to his stack, while "HBKandSting" doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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HBKandSting
6,800,364
3,544,237
3,544,237
Profile photo of Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig us
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
649,636
-3,544,237
-3,544,237

Tags: Dan Sewnig

"wxg1989" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,804)

wxg1989 eliminated in third
wxg1989 eliminated in third

Level 32: (35,000/70,000/8,750)

"HBKandSting" raised to 140,000 on the button, and "wxg1989" three-bet to 420,000 from the big blind. "HBKandSting" four-bet shoved, and "wxg1989" called off for 1,120,539 more.

"wxg1989": {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
"HBKandSting": {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

It looked like "wxg1989" was going to earn a massive double and leave "HBKandSting" with crumbs, but the {10-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop had other ideas. The {4-Spades} turn and {9-Diamonds} river left "HBKandSting" with kings-full, and "wxg1989" was eliminated on an awful beat.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
4,193,873
-43,750
-43,750
Profile photo of HBKandSting us
HBKandSting
3,256,127
1,829,289
1,829,289
Profile photo of wxg1989 us
wxg1989
Busted

"BENN DOVERR" Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,062)

BENN DOVERR eliminated in fourth
BENN DOVERR eliminated in fourth

Level 32: (35,000/70,000/8,750)

"BENN DOVERR" jammed for 575,765 from the button, and "wxg1989" called in the big blind.

"BENN DOVERR": {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
"wxg1989": {a-Spades}{8-Spades}

A dry {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{q-Spades}{q-Clubs} runout left the kicker of "wxg1989" in front, and "BENN DOVER" was dusted in fourth.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
4,046,873
-154,000
-154,000
Profile photo of wxg1989 us
wxg1989
2,540,958
715,765
715,765
Profile photo of HBKandSting us
HBKandSting
862,169
154,000
154,000
Profile photo of BENN DOVERR us
BENN DOVERR
Busted

"Paceman2jr" Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,516)

Paceman2jr eliminated in fifth
Paceman2jr eliminated in fifth

Level 32: (35,000/70,000/8,750)

"Paceman2jr" jammed for 423,509 from the button, and was at risk against Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig in the small blind.

"Paceman2jr": {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Both players hit a pair on the {3-Spades}{a-Spades}{k-Hearts} flop, but Sewnig's aces would prove best on the {9-Diamonds} turn and {8-Diamonds} river to earn the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan "monkeyman067" Sewnig
4,200,873
837,534
837,534
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wxg1989
1,825,193
714,500
714,500
Profile photo of BENN DOVERR us
BENN DOVERR
715,765
-378,775
-378,775
Profile photo of HBKandSting us
HBKandSting
708,169
-8,750
-8,750
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Paceman2jr
Busted

Tags: Dan Sewnig