January 1, 2023, marks a big day in New Jersey’s online poker history. Come the start of the new year, PokerStars NJ will merge player pools with its Michigan-facing client, becoming the second site in New Jersey to offer interstate poker play and the first to share liquidity between the two states.
With the merge, PokerStars NJ effectively more than doubles its player pool , as PokerStars is the most popular site in Michigan. It also gains a leg up over its competitors, WSOP.com and BetMGM Poker , which still operate separately within the Garden and Mitten States.
NJ online poker players will be the biggest winners of all, though. They can look forward to bigger prize pools and more action, paving the way for more sites and states to follow. Registration is already open for two massive PokerStars kickoff events
Online poker players know that Sundays are the biggest days each week. Conveniently, New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, and PokerStars will be throwing a pair of large-guarantee events to commence its new shared player pools. The PokerStars New Year’s Bash will include $150,000 in guarantees: 6 p.m. ET: $100 buy-in, $100K guaranteed
6:30 p.m. ET: $10 buy-in, $50K guaranteed
Moving forward, New Jersey poker players should expect increased guarantees from what they are used to on PokerStars, perhaps even double (or triple for large-scale tournament series such as USACOOP and SCOOP). � 3 Days until the MI/NJ New Year’s Bash � 6pm: 2-Day � $100 Special � $100k GTD
6:30pm: � $10 Mini Special � $50k GTD $10 satellites for the Special �️
Freeroll into the Mini �️ Can PokerStars compete with WSOP.com in New Jersey?
With PokerStars taking part in shared liquidity between New Jersey and Michigan, it joins WSOP.com NJ , which has offered interstate tournaments alongside players in Nevada since 2018.
Despite interstate online poker being legal in New Jersey, WSOP has enjoyed four-plus years of being the only online poker site in the state to take advantage. This was primarily due to WSOP being the only site in Nevada, previously the only state […]
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