Day 12 of the $40 million guaranteed POWERFEST took place on Thursday 17th May with the crowning of another 24 champions, including the winner of the $5 million guaranteed $25,500 buy-in Championship Event.
Those 24 events awarded a cool $7,083,072 in prize money, taking the total prize money paid out to $39,912,326. Keep reading to discover which partypoker players won some serious money on Day 10 of this amazing $40 million guaranteed poker festival.
$40 million POWERFEST: The Story So Far
- Event played: 288
- Events remaining: 78
- Money awarded: $39,912,326
$40 million POWERFEST Day 12 Highlights
POWERFEST #64-SHR: $5M Gtd Championship Event NL Hold’em
- Buy-in: $25,500
- Entries: 202
- Prize pool: $5,050,000
- ITM: 32
“WWWpartyCOM” won the POWERFEST #64-SHR: $5M Gtd Championship Event NL Hold’em for a massive $872,839 after a three-handed deal with “JgsNV” and “R0meluLukaku” who between them shared more than $2.3 million.
The $5 million guarantee was hit after 202 entries were processed. The $5,050,000 prize pool was shared among the top 32 finishers and two Team partypoker members showed a return on their $25,500 investment.
Isaac “Ike_Haxton” Haxton bust in 31st place for $52,520, which is the same sum Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard walked away with for his 25th place finish.
$116,150 was the least any of the eight players at the final table could win. “FMlife” fell in eighth-place with “PokerG1rl69” collecting $156,550 for their seventh-place finish.
MILLIONS Germany Super High Roller champion Michael Chi “mczhang” Zhang was eliminated in sixth-place for $212,100 with partypoker regular Manig “liangmannu” Loeser crashing out in fifth-place for $277,750.
Ben “CowEyed” Tollerene, who won this event in September 2017 for $846,772, fell in fourth-place and the final three players struck a deal for the remaining $2,309,870 prize pool.
R0meluLukaku banked $657,848, JgsNV walked away with $779,181 and WWWpartyCOM added $872,839 to their partypoker bankroll.
| Place | Player | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WWWpartyCOM | $872,839* | |
| 2 | JgsNV | $779,181* | |
| 3 | R0meluLukaku | $657,848* | |
| 4 | Ben “CowEyed” Tollerene | $393,900 | |
| 5 | Manig “liangmannu” Loeser | $277,750 | |
| 6 | Michael Chi “mczhang” Zhang | $212,100 | |
| 7 | PokerG1rl69 | $156,550 | |
| 8 | FMylife | $116,150 |
*reflects a three-handed deal
POWERFEST #65-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth NL Hold’em
- Buy-in: $530
- Entries: 597
- Prize pool: $305,962
- ITM: 80
British pro “Pete_Tugger187” won the POWERFEST #65-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth NL Hold’em for a combined score of $54,241 when bounty payments were taken into account.
A field of 597 created a prize pool of $305,962 to smash the $200,000 guarantee. Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov, Joao “joaosimaobh” Simao, Richard “RichyDubini” Dubini and Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard of Team partypoker all cashed in the event, the latter falling in 11th place for $1,910 and $1,607 in bounties
The player of the hour was Pete_Tugger187 of Kent who now has almost $300,000 in winnings at partypoker. A shout-out has to go to “Gl4diat0r” who finished second for $19,556 from the prize pool and $3,281 in bounties. Gl4diat0r now has more than $650,000 in winnings online at partypoker.
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete_Tugger187 | $27,491 | $26,750 |
| 2 | Gl4diat0r | $19,566 | $3,281 |
| 3 | Wital11 | $13,268 | $4,971 |
| 4 | Specter_Litt | $9,134 | $5,512 |
| 5 | MaXiMuSpkr | $6,387 | $2,707 |
| 6 | AlSaherrr | $4,641 | $2,567 |
| 7 | Krstokljun | $3,343 | $1,312 |
| 8 | TullaMoreFan12 | $2,373 | $4,684 |
POWERFEST #66-HR: $500K Gtd NL Hold’em
- Buy-in: $1,050
- Entries: 524
- Prize pool: $524,000
- ITM: 72
POWERFEST #66-HR: $500K Gtd NL Hold’em event was yet another tournament that saw its lofty guarantee hit, this time it was surpassed by $24,000 thanks to 524 players exchanging $1,050 for the chance to become a POWERFEST champion.
“pieru_VLADI” won the lion’s share of the prize pool, namely $97,673 after they were the last player standing. They defeated “KERRMODE” heads-up to leave the runner-up collecting $69,430 while the UK’s Paul “pvasnunes” Nunes secured a $47,317 payday for his third-place finish.
Bertrand “ElkY_” Grospellier was Team partypoker’s only representative to reach the money place. The popular Frenchman exited in 69th place for $2,358.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pieru-VLADI | $97,673 |
| 2 | KERRMODE | $69,430 |
| 3 | pvasnunes | $47,317 |
| 4 | nomoneynoglory | $32,750 |
| 5 | RedDwarf | $23,056 |
| 6 | luffynated | $16,663 |
| 7 | Hevostelija | $11,999 |
| 8 | I_Am_Groot | $8,593 |
POWERFEST Events Running Today
There are 22 POWERFEST events scheduled for Friday 18th May and they have combined guarantees weighing in at an impressive $1,249,500. Check out the full Day 12 schedule below.
| Time (CET) | Tournament | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Powerfest #69-Mi: $5K Gtd Smooth | $3.30 |
| 16:00 | Powerfest #69-L: $20K Gtd Smooth | $16.50 |
| 16:00 | Powerfest #69-M: $50K Gtd Smooth | $55 |
| 16:00 | Powerfest #69-H: $100K Gtd Smooth | $215 |
| 18:00 | Powerfest #70-Mi: $2K Gtd PKO | $1.10 |
| 18:00 | Powerfest #70-L: $10K Gtd PKO | $5.50 |
| 18:00 | Powerfest #70-M: $50K Gtd PKO | $27.50 |
| 18:00 | Powerfest #70-H: $100K Gtd PKO | $109 |
| 18:00 | Powerfest #70-HR: $200K Gtd PKO | $530 |
| 20:00 | Powerfest #71-Mi: $5K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $3.30 |
| 20:00 | Powerfest #71-L: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $16.50 |
| 20:00 | Powerfest #71-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $55 |
| 20:00 | Powerfest #71-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $215 |
| 20:00 | Powerfest #71-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $1,050 |
| 20:30 | Powerfest #72-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO8 | $3.30 |
| 20:30 | Powerfest #72-L: $1K Gtd 6-Max PLO8 | $16.50 |
| 20:30 | Powerfest #72-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO8 | $55 |
| 22:00 | Powerfest #73-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast Smooth | $1.10 |
| 22:00 | Powerfest #73-L: $5K Gtd Fast Smooth | $5.50 |
| 22:00 | Powerfest #73-M: $20K Gtd Fast Smooth | $27.50 |
| 22:00 | Powerfest #73-H: $50K Gtd Fast Smooth | $109 |
| 22:00 | Powerfest #73-HR: $100K Gtd Fast Smooth | $530 |
Win your way into big POWERFEST events
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