Do you might have the means to get to New Jersey this month? Are you able to find somewhere to stick in Atlantic City? Do you have got friends or relatives who could put you up? Could you get some?

We mention this because PokerStars might just have made New Jersey the capital of the poker world, announcing not one major event to happen in New Jersey, but two, spanning the net and live poker realms to create three weeks of without equal poker experience.

What can we mean exactly? Well we've got the primary ever New Jersey Championship of Online Poker. Then, we're staging the primary ever PokerStars Festival in Atlantic City.

Running from October 15 to 31, the Championship will featured 43 events, combining for $1.2 million of guaranteed prize money. That makes it the richest series ever staged in New Jersey. Entry fees will range from $15 to $1,000 with satellite events running across the clock for players seeking a less expensive solution to play within the richest events.

To play NJCOOP you will have to be based in New Jersey. You'll also want a PokerStars account. Click here to get started.

The 16 day NJCOOP schedule features numerous highlights, although the $200,000 no-limit hold'em Main Event sticks out probably the most happening over two days from October 30-31. They'll even be a high roller event with a $1,000 buy in and a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000.

Among those looking ahead to this up to date series is Team Pro Jason Somerville,

"It's great that players within the region can experience playing on this prestigious festival and the thrill that incorporates chasing big prize money and major tournament titles," he said. "I'm looking ahead to playing and streaming NJCOOP on Twitch in my hunt to win a title in its debut year."

But NJCOOP is solely the beginning of 3 great weeks of poker.

The first ever PokerStars Festival New Jersey gets underway in Atlantic City from October 29 to November 6, with greater than 50 events.

As PokerStars Director of Live Events Edgar Stuchly put it, it is a festival PokerStars is thrilled to be staging, it being the primary live event PokerStars has sponsored within the America since PokerStarsNJ.com launched in 2016.

As you'd expect, this inaugural festival can be worth waiting for, with Team Pros comparable to Jason Somerville (headlining a different Run It Up event on November 5), and Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier and Chris Moneymaker in attendance, but they'll even be events clear of the tables for players to make the most of, including a Q & A session, hosted by Somerville.

Key dates

* October 30-31, 2016, $340 PokerStars Cup* November 1-5, 2016, $1,100 PokerStars Festival Main Event* November 4-5, 2016, $2,200 PokerStars Festival High Roller* November 4-6, 2016, $230 PokerStars Open* October 31 - November 4, 2016, StarsFun Skills Zone* October 30 - November 6, 2016, StarsFun Casino Festival

There's a number of detail to compliment all of this, that you could find at the relevant pages - for NJCOOP events, schedules and details of what prizes can be found of the Player of the Series contest, visit the NJCOOP homepage. Meanwhile, for everything it's a must to learn about the PokerStars Festival coming up, and the way to win your way there through special NJCOOP events, visit PokerStars.NJ.com.

Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog. Follow him on Twitter: @StephenBartley.

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