PocketFives had the chance to catch up with Westfield, New Jersey’s Norman slystyle012Michalek (pictured, ranked #51 in New Jersey), who plays under the handle Abnormalitieson Borgata Poker. Over the summer, he took a three-month trip to Poland to visit family and then came back and went to work on the virtual felts.

This week in New Jersey, PartyPoker/Borgata Pokerlaunched its new tournament schedule, which saw the nightly $10,000 Guarantee get moved up an hour and the nightly $5,000 Guarantee become a turbo. Mike JohnnnyDrama Haberman, Jr. made the final table of both the $5,000 and $10,000 Guarantee on Wednesday, cashing for a total of $1,122.

This week in New Jersey online poker, Norman Michaelek (slystyle012on PocketFives, pictured) made three consecutive final tables. On Monday, he finished in third place in the PartyPoker/Borgata Poker $10,000 Guarantee, winning $1,332. On Tuesday, he finished fourth in the WSOP $5,000 Guarantee for $400. Lastly, on Wednesday, Michalek won the Party/Borgata $10,000 Guarantee, pocketing $2,325 […]