{"id":13359,"date":"2018-09-07T19:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T19:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=13359"},"modified":"2018-09-07T19:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T19:08:00","slug":"partypoker-powerfest-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/partypoker-powerfest-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Payouts, Big Turnouts As partypoker POWERFEST Gets Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"
The $60 million guaranteed partypoker POWERFEST kicked off on Sept. 2 and is off to a fast start with plenty of big money already awarded. The entire tournament series features 635 events for every bankroll \u2013\u00a0ranging from \u00a0$1.10 to $25,500 and running through Sept. 23.<\/span><\/p>\n Through the first five days, 154 events had already been played with more than $16 million awarded. <\/span><\/p>\n The first day already featured some major action playing out with the <\/span>$1 Million Guaranteed Championship (Event #003) <\/b>attracting 181 players in the $5,200 buy-in event. It was WWWpartyCOM collecting $221,300 for first place.<\/span><\/p>\n Five partypoker<\/a> team members had nice finishes including <\/span>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/b>, who finished runner-up for $159,000. <\/span>Bertrand \u201cElkY\u201d Grospellier<\/b> also fared well, finishing in fourth for a cool $83,000. Other team members cashing included: <\/span>Joao \u201cjoaosimaobh\u201d Simao<\/b>, 22nd for $13,300; <\/span>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/b>, 18th for $13,300; and <\/span>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/b>, 16th for $17,200.<\/span><\/p>\n Event #004<\/b> featured a nice $500,000 guarantee with a $530 buy-in. The tournament attracted 924 entries with 120 making the money. That included <\/span>Simao <\/b>again with a deep run<\/span> (32nd for $2,350).<\/span><\/p>\n In the end, it was<\/span>\u201cbagoch\u201d<\/b> and <\/span>\u201cGlobalHappiness\u201d <\/b>heads-up for the title. They reached a deal for the remaining $149,800 with bagoch pocketing $71,800 and GlobalHappiness taking $78,000 and the title. <\/span><\/p>\n Yet another big buy-in tournament, Event #005 $1 Million Guaranteed Championship PKO, attracted 876 players. The $1,050 buy-in event paid 120 players with <\/span>\u201cSirStanleyRoyce\u201d<\/b> coming out on top with a combined $178,519 after eliminating 18 players.<\/span><\/p>\n Teams members<\/span> Filatov<\/b>, <\/span>Romanello, Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/b>, and <\/span>Dzmitry \u201cDzmitry_Urbanov\u201d Urbanovich<\/b> all cashed in the event. <\/span><\/p>\n Another chance at a big score came in Event #011 on Day 2, the $300,000 Guaranteed 6-Max PKO, which featured a $1,050 buy-in, attracted 359 entries, and built a nice prize pool of $366,180.<\/span><\/p>\n Romanello was at it again, finishing sixth for a combined $12,857. It was <\/span>\u201cRosenheimCops\u201d <\/b>coming out on top and collecting $35,900 and $32,391 in bounties.<\/span><\/p>\n Event #013 offered a $100,000 guarantee for a $530 buy-in and brought in 194 entries. <\/span>Romanello<\/b> and <\/span>Simao<\/b> continued big runs for the team. Romanello took 16th for $1,300, and Simao notched an impressive third place for $11,250. In the end, <\/span>\u201cPaul_Folders\u201d<\/b> defeated <\/span>\u201cIEatBears\u201d<\/b> heads-up for the championship and $24,906.<\/span><\/p>\n Day 3 was highlighted by the $5,200 buy-in $1 Million Guaranteed Championship, which fetched 204 entries and topped the guarantee by $20,000. <\/span>Leon Tsoukernik<\/b>, owner of <\/span>King\u2019s Casino<\/b> in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, and host of the <\/span>World Series of Poker Circuit Kings<\/b> and <\/span>World Series of Poker Europe<\/b><\/a>, took the title and $207,978.<\/span><\/p>\n The fourth day featured Event #024: $300,000 Guaranteed 6-Max. The tournament\u2019s $1,050 buy-in attracted 360 entries and a $360,000 total prize pool. <\/span>\u201cIlijix133\u201d<\/b> finished in the top spot, pocketing $64,452, with <\/span>\u201cskippyskip5\u201d<\/b> taking runner-up for $60,827.<\/span><\/p>\n The $550 Event #023: $200,000 Guaranteed PKO added almost an extra $40,000 to the prize pool with 438 entries. \u201cMateee\u201d emerged as champion and won $22,054 and $22,328 in bounties.<\/span><\/p>\n On Day 5, Hungary\u2019s <\/span>Andras \u201cprobirs\u201d Nemeth<\/b> topped a field of 195 players in the $5,200 Event #029: $1 Million Guaranteed Championship. Nemeth was heads-up with <\/span>\u201crdcrsnn\u201d <\/b>for the title when they struck a deal. <\/span>rdcrsnn <\/b>took home $173,965 and Nemeth snagged $177,934. He now has more than $8.5 million in lifetime online winnings.<\/span><\/p>\n Plenty of action awaits partypoker<\/a> players no matter the bankroll size as the weekend rolls in, including Friday\u2019s Event <\/span>#037: $300,000 Guaranteed 6-Max PKO ($1,050 buy-in). On the same day, two $530 events offer $200,000 and $100,000 guarantees.<\/span><\/p>\n Saturday and Sunday should bring in plenty of weekend players for even bigger turnouts. That includes another $1,050 buy-in $200,000 PKO event on Saturday, and a $530 buy-in $100,000 Guaranteed Fast 6-Max tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n Plenty of big prize pools await Sunday players. That includes two $1,050 events with $1 million and $500,000 guarantees. The day is highlighted by the $5,200 buy-in Event #049, the $5,200 Championship PKO.<\/span><\/p>\n And while these may be a bit out of your bankroll, there are even $33 events that offer $100,000 guarantees. Grab the keyboard and get registered.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The $60 million guaranteed partypoker POWERFEST kicked off on Sept. 2 and is off to a fast start with plenty… Continue reading Powerful Payouts, Big Turnouts As partypoker POWERFEST Gets Underway<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":13360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,372,373],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-13359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-category","8":"category-player","9":"category-tournament","10":"tag-partypoker","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBig action early<\/h2>\n
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