Up until now, online poker sites in New Jersey have been all about working out geolocation issues and trying to gain a foothold in the market. But Party Borgata apparently feel very confident about their place in the market since they recently held New Jersey’s largest internet poker promotion to date.
Party Borgata sought to make one lucky player the “Next Poker Millionaire.” The promotion began with thousands of online players hoping to qualify for one of the few seats in the Next Poker Millionaire tournament. When the dust settled, a handful of lucky players got to compete in a televised tourney at the Borgata Hotel Spa & Casino.
It took less than seven hours for everybody except Myroslaw Woroch and Steven ‘ChipsJammed’ Edwards to fall by the wayside. That left these two players facing off for the million-dollar prize, with Woroch (4.3m) holding a small chip lead over Edwards (3.7m). Despite both players being relatively close in chips, it took Woroch just 15 minutes to finish off his final opponent. The Cedar Knolls, NJ resident flopped a straight, which was good enough to beat Edwards on the final hand.
Like something out of a game show, confetti rained down from the ceiling while Mike Sexton emphatically shouted, “You are New Jersey’s Next Poker Millionaire!” It was quite an ending for the Garden State’s first major online poker promo. As for Woroch, he had no live tournament cashes before winning this event. Now, Woroch will be taking home $1 million worth of cash and tourney entries.
At the moment, Party Borgata seem to be doing pretty well in the New Jersey internet poker market. When the first numbers were released by the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, Party led the seven online poker operators with $3.75 million in revenue. This included data from the first five weeks, when geolocation issues were a major problem. So it’ll be interesting to see if they’re doing much better with the issues largely fixed and after holding the Next Poker Millionaire promo.
You can always dream eh?
If I had a million…
In your dreams