POWERFEST Round-Up: $104K Score and Title For Sam Trickett; Jouhkimainen Scoops PKO Event

Sam Trickett may prefer high stakes cash games but he still knows his way around a poker tournament. He recently won a $25,000 buy-in event at the partypoker LIVE Super High Roller Series Sochi for $435,000. Now he has banked himself a POWERFEST title and $104,000 in prize money.

POWERFEST #112-SHR: $150K Gtd PLO 6-Max

The $5,200 buy-in PLO event attracted a field of 52 who created a guarantee-busting prize pool of $260,000. The compact field meant only the top six spots were paid with “BaBaDeBaBa” being the first player to cash, banking $14,054.

Fifth-place and $18,200 went to “DONKEY6666” before Team partypoker’s Joni “JJouhki” Jouhkimainen busted in fourth-place for $23,400. You may recall Jouhkimainen banked $92,000 earlier in the week, well he also won POWERFEST #110-HR: $100K 8-Max PKO Fast for $25,588 while grinding this massive event!

“idefix” was the penultimate bust-out of this event, crashing out in third and netting $33,800. This left our very own Trickett and “sukamibosak” to lock horns heads-up for the title and the tournament’s six-figure top prize.

It was our hero who came out of the battle unscathed and with $104,000 to show for his efforts. The runner-up still walked away with an impressive $66,545.

Place | Player | Prize
1 | Sam “SamTrickett” Trickett | $104,000
2 | sukamibosak | $66,545
3 | idefix | $33,800
4 | Joni “JJouhki” Jouhkimainen | $23,400
5 | DONKEY6666 | $18,200
6 | BaBaDeBaBa | $14,054

POWERFEST #109-SHR: $2M Gtd 8-Max

Trickett’s prize was impressive but it was blown out of the water by the cash offered in the $25,500 Super High Roller. A field of 90 players ensured the $2 million guarantee was beaten by $250,000, quite incredible.

Isaac “Ike_Haxton” Haxton fell in 10th place for $73,125, narrowly missing out on a final table appearance.

“Robbery9999” reached the final table but their time there was shortlived and they had to make do with the $78,750 eighth-place prize. They were joined by “CaptainJack95” who scooped $95,625, the last player not to win six-figures in this event.

partypoker regulars “Triple Sexy” and “NOLIMITHOLDEM” were the next players to bust. They padded their bankrolls with $118,125 and $157,500 respectively. Then came the exit of one of our player, Team partypoker pro Mikita “fish2013” Badziakouski. His fourth-place exit seeing his $25,500 investment swell to $202,500.

The prize money was going nuts at this point with third-place finisher “SuperNutz” banking $292,500.

More than $180,000 was the difference between first and second place yet no deal was struck. This meant that “MeisterTTT” collected $416,250 for their runner-up finish with “Piace1992” collecting a gargantuan $596,250.

Piace1992 won POWERFEST #19-H: $25K Gtd 8-6 Mix-Max Fast on March 17 for $10,261. What an amazing run they are on right now.

Place | Player | Prize
1 | Piace1992 | $596,250
2 | MeisterTTT | $416,250
3 | SuperNutz | $292,500
4 | Mikita “fish2013” Badziakouski | $202,500
5 | NOLIMITHOLDEM | $157,500
6 | Triple Sexy | $118,125
7 | CaptainJack95 | $95,625
8 | Robbery9999 | $78,750

POWERFEST #110-SHR: $500K Gtd 8-Max

Another $5,200 buy-in event took place on March 26th, an 8-Max affair with $500,000 guaranteed. Its guarantee was surpassed by $15,000 when 103-entries were processed.

“CocaineKiller” was the last player standing in this huge tournament. Their first-place finish yielding a $126,175 score, the only six-figure prize of the event. They got their hands on this massive sum after sending “TheseApples” to the rail in second place, a finish worth $90,125.

Earlier at the eight-handed final table, “AndreyBolkonsky” and high-stakes mainstay “fromHolland1945” busted early doors. Their finishes resulted in $16,737 and $20,600 finding its way to their partypoker accounts.

“Mr.Toesie” and “Crackalackin” were the next players to run out of steam. They walked away with $25,750 and $33,475 respectively.

“El_Cucuy” busted in fourth-spot for $45,06 before the excellent “onehundredeyez” fell by the wayside to set the heads-up section in motion; third-place was worth $64,375.

CocaineKiller came out on top to win yet another massive prize. It definitely won’t be their last this series.

Place | Player | Prize
1 | CocaineKiller | $126,175
2 | TheseApples | $90,125
3 | onehundredeyez | $64,375
4 | El_Cucuy | $45,062
5 | Crackalackin | $33,475
6 | Mr.Toesie | $25,750
7 | fromHolland1945 | $20,600
8 | AndreyBolkonsky | $16,737

We also have to doff our cap to Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard who netted $31,968 last night. Leonard was the runner-up in the POWERFEST #1111-HR: $250K Gtd 8-Max PKO, missing out on glory to “cmiuc” who secured a payday of more than $67,000.

SPINS Your Way To Glory

More massive events are coming your way this week. Buy into the events, which you can see here, direct, win your way in via a satellite, pay for your entry with tournament dollars, or SPINS your way in for only $5. Whatever you do, play in some of the tournaments!

Multiplier | 1st place prize | Frequency in 1M games
2 | $10 cash | 651,227
3 | $15 cash | 257,202
4.4 | $22 POWERFEST ticket | 75,000
11 | $55 POWERFEST ticket | 10,000
21.8 | $109 POWERFEST ticket | 5,000
64 | $320 POWERFEST ticket | 1,000
106 | $530 POWERFEST ticket | 500
210 | $1,050 POWERFEST ticket | 50
420 | $2,100 POWERFEST ticket | 20
1,040 | $5,200 POWERFEST ticket | 1

Check Out Previous POWERFEST Highlights

This latest edition of POWERFEST is the 11th of its kind. Each POWERFEST brings something different to the poker table and you can check out the highlights from past POWERFEST festivals here.

Will it be your alias adorning those pages once the $20 million guaranteed POWERFEST XI is done and dusted? Only you can make that happen.