Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
ScarletRaptor |
199,494
149,494
|
149,494 |
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier |
176,452
33,975
|
33,975 |
sunsetblvd77
|
173,674 | |
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken
|
169,728 | |
onoreally |
167,222
7,540
|
7,540 |
xxx6395200xxx |
161,045
51,011
|
51,011 |
reyd182 |
142,640
30,300
|
30,300 |
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner |
137,023
3,400
|
3,400 |
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
|
136,511
12,020
|
12,020 |
A.Jackson1767 |
129,747
29,500
|
29,500 |
Alex “JinYang” Butcher |
127,791
72,921
|
72,921 |
FRIELnGood |
123,028
200
|
200 |
jerseyman99 |
122,062
-36,775
|
-36,775 |
odo23 | 95,058 |
partypoker US Network Online Series (Nov. 29 - Dec.6)
In Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, two players limped in before "FRIELnGood" raised to 9,000 from the small blind and Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier three-bet jammed for 65,051.
Action was back on "Rickgs" who called from under the gun while both "Allyoucaneat" and "FRIELnGood" folded.
"Rickgs":
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier:
Sherrier was behind needing help and found it on the flop with the nine appearing in the window.
The turn didn't change a thing and the secured Sherrier's double-up on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier |
142,477
89,939
|
89,939 |
FRIELnGood |
122,828
-22,025
|
-22,025 |
Rickgs |
42,010
-25,786
|
-25,786 |
Allyoucaneat |
40,499
-9,501
|
-9,501 |
There’s a new breed of online poker players emerging in the United States, namely those thriving in the few regulated markets out there. One of them is Dan “mj23style” Sewnig, who has proven himself one of the most accomplished players among the New Jersey contingent.
The 29-year-old Sewnig, who graduated from Ramapo College with a degree in math and a concentration in education, has amassed well over a million in earnings playing online, where he’s also known as “RedsoxNets5”.
Finding His Way to Poker
Sewnig learned poker at 11 years old when his cousin taught him the rules to Texas hold’em. In 2003 when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker, Sewnig was in seventh grade and playing $5 SNGs with his friends.
“I'll always remember our friend's mom asked us who we thought was going to win. There were about 50 players left in the TV coverage and Ivey and Farha were the popular answers. I said, ‘I don't know, I've got a good feeling about that guy Moneymaker.’ She gave me a look at the time that I thought meant she thought I was stupid. I had no idea at the time that these shows were prerecorded and she already knew that he had gone on to win!”
In 2014, Sewnig was on track to become a teacher, even doing some student teaching. However, the call of poker was too strong to ignore.
“I decided to test the waters of the relatively new regulated online poker sites in New Jersey. I've been playing poker professionally ever since,” said Sewnig, who lives in New Jersey with his girlfriend of two years, Amy. “I'm a full-time professional poker player and put most of my volume into online tournaments. I do play live tournament series when they run at Borgata and Parx and head out to the Vegas for the WSOP each summer.”
In the live realm, Sewnig has amassed nearly $150K in earnings including a career-best $27,276 for finishing fourth in the 2016 WPT Borgata Poker Open Event #12: $1,060 NLH 6-Max.
Taking His Game to the Next Level
While Sewnig plays on all the New Jersey online sites, he’s become a familiar and successful player on the partypoker US Online Network.
“There's a lot of great value on partypoker,” he told PokerNews. “The site appeals to all sorts of different types of people and leads to a bunch of very fun tournaments. You truly never know what you're going to see in these MTTs and I am very grateful for that.”
One of the reasons we continue to see Sewnig crushing is because of the progress he’s made in poker over the past 18 months, which he ranks as his proudest accomplishment.
“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. Downswings are inevitable in poker and people react to them in all different types of ways.”
He continued: “For a long time, I'd react to them by taking way too much time off, sometimes even weeks at a time. From 2019 on, I've bounced back from tough stretches way more quickly and healthily and I think that's what I'm most proud of, more so than any individual tournament score or win.”
When asked who he thought was the best player among the New Jersey online crowd, Sewnig actually named a Borgata Poker Ambassador.
“I'd have to say Michael Gagliano. You could argue a few different people for best cash player in the state and a few different people for best tournament player, but I think he is the only name that comes up in both conversations. There are a few cash guys, such as Sean Ruane and Jake Toole, who could also fall into that category but just don't put in much tournament volume. Honorable mention to David Coleman.”
If he continues on his current trajectory, don’t be surprised to see Sewnig’s name mentioned among New Jersey’s best.
You can follow Sewnig on Twitter @RedsoxNets5.
In Level 10 with blinds of 900/1,800 and an ante of 225, Michael "miw210x" Wang was all in preflop from under the gun and was called by "Bluehaven" from the hijack.
"Bluehaven":
Michael "miw210x" Wang:
"Bluehaven" was ahead with their pocket jacks but the flop gave them a sweat as both players picked up flush draws with Wang holding the higher spade.
The turn came the completing the flush but it wasn't over as "Bluehaven" could still win if the nine of spades were to fall on the river.
Luckily for Wang the nine that appeared on the river wasn't a spade but the that secured his double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael "miw210x" Wang | 93,790 | |
|
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Bluehaven |
83,663
-48,545
|
-48,545 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
onoreally |
159,682
114,147
|
114,147 |
jerseyman99 |
158,837
50,570
|
50,570 |
FRIELnGood |
144,853
83,595
|
83,595 |
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner |
133,623
50,049
|
50,049 |
Bluehaven |
132,208
44,558
|
44,558 |
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
|
124,491
27,761
|
27,761 |
reyd182 |
112,340
112,029
|
112,029 |
xxx6395200xxx |
110,034
60,034
|
60,034 |
youngkoi | 106,063 | |
doctorJ |
100,875
-23,240
|
-23,240 |
A.Jackson1767 | 100,247 | |
Rikishi |
97,465
-1,207
|
-1,207 |
JakeTheSnake99 | 86,085 | |
UberNoober |
84,160
-3,150
|
-3,150 |
In Level 8 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 200, "chen718" raised to 3,500 from late position and was called by "UberNoober" from the hijack before Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman squeezed for 31,421 from the big blind.
Action was back on "chen718" who isolated after coming over the top for 124,700 and the two players tabled their hands.
"chen718":
Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:
Haberman was behind and nothing changed after the flop.
The [2] turn left Haberman drawing to either an ace or a jack and luckily, the dropped on the river securing his double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
chen718 |
93,279
-38,171
|
-38,171 |
UberNoober |
87,310
-7,530
|
-7,530 |
Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman |
68,442
3,211
|
3,211 |
Players are on a five-minute break.
In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty raised to 2,400 from under the gun, "FRIELnGood" three-bet jammed for 27,924 from the hijack and only "Rickgs" called from the button.
"Rickgs":
"FRIELnGood":
"FRIELnGood" was behind until an ace appeared in the window on the flop. "FRIELnGood" just needed to dodge the case queen and did so as the followed by the completed the board to secure their double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rickgs |
67,796
-31,204
|
-31,204 |
FRIELnGood | 61,258 | |
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty
|
54,075 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
chen718 |
131,450
81,450
|
81,450 |
doctorJ |
124,115
-7,665
|
-7,665 |
Jon “Jetsfan411” Borenstein
|
109,499 | |
jerseyman99 |
108,267
42,481
|
42,481 |
Rickgs | 99,000 | |
Rikishi | 98,672 | |
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
|
96,730
44,370
|
44,370 |
UberNoober |
94,840
44,840
|
44,840 |
Bluehaven |
87,650
27,475
|
27,475 |
redraider |
87,060
-9,465
|
-9,465 |
John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza |
83,588
33,588
|
33,588 |
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner |
83,574
7,212
|
7,212 |
In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, "Bluehaven" opened for 2,300 from under the gun and "reyd182" three-bet to 8,400 from late position.
"doctorJ" called from the button and action folded back around to "Bluehaven" who came along as well to see a flop appear.
"Bluehaven" checked their option only to fold after "reyd182" continued for 12,600 while "doctorJ" called.
The came on the turn and "reyd182" fired out 27,200, "doctorJ" called.
Once the completed the board on the river "reyd182" slowed down and checked to "doctorJ" who moved all in for 11,490.
"reyd182" called and rolled over for two-pair but it was no good as "doctorJ" flopped the nuts holding to win the double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
doctorJ |
131,780
52,115
|
52,115 |
Bluehaven |
60,175
60,175
|
60,175 |
reyd182 | 311 |