$40 million POWERFEST Day 1: Three $1M events kick off the festival

Day 1 of the $40 million guaranteed POWERFEST kicked off on Sunday 6th May with the first 30 of 366 scheduled events.

Getting the festival off to a flying start were three $1 million guaranteed Championship Events, which helped us paid out almost $6.3 million in prize money on the opening day of POWERFEST.

Keep reading to discover which partypoker players won some serious money on the opening day of this amazing $40 million guaranteed poker festival.

$40 million POWERFEST: The Story So Far

Event played: 30

Events remaining: 336

Money awarded: $6,276,758

$40 million POWERFEST Day 1 Highlights

POWERFEST #03-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO

Buy-in: $5,200

Entries: 196

Prize pool: $1,000,000

ITM: 32

The biggest prize of the day went to “alex2pairs” who added a massive $233,404 to their partypoker bankroll thanks to winning the POWERFEST #03-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO for a total of $233,304.

Thirty-two of the 196 entries were paid with a min-cash being worth $5,100. Team partypoker’s Isaac “ike_haxton” Haxton (61st), Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard (55th) and Roberto “WelshWizard” Romanello (37th) fell short of the money, but Joao “joaosimaobh” Simao finished in 26th place for $5,100 and $8,612 for sending three opponents to the rail.

Prizes at the final table started at $11,279, but there were also some substantial bounties on the heads of the eight finalists.

Fourth-place finisher “mask0ff_” sent 10 opponents to the showers and banked $20,475 in bounty payments alone. Mask0ff_ also collected $38,251 in prize money.

Heads-up saw alexpairs lock horns with “TorTor2012”. No deal was struck, despite the different in prize money being more than $27,000 plus bounties, so when alex2pairs eliminated TorTor2012, they won $99,992 from the prize pool and a huge $133,412 from bounties! TorTor2012 didn’t do badly for themselves either, winning $72,579 in prize money and $32,418 from bounties.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | alex2pairs | $99,992 | $133,412
2 | TorTor2012 | $72,579 | $32,418
3 | JohnBoy_ | $51,737 | $6,500
4 | mask0ff | $38,251 | $20,475
5 | ITSWHATITIZ | $26,972 | $17,550
6 | veniVidi_Vici | $20,596 | $19,500
7 | MOTHERSMATT | $15,202 | $10,075
8 | Cool_Dave | $11,279 | $0

POWERFEST #04-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event

Buy-in: $530

Entries: 1,703

Prize pool: $1,000,000

ITM: 216

The POWERFEST #04-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event saw 1,703 players exchange $50 for the chance to win a share of a million dollar prize pool. Some 216 players received prize money for their effort with Team partypoker’s Renato “renatonomura” Nomura finishing in 87th place for $2,100 and Johnny “JLoHarada” Lodden falling in 72d place for $2,400.

Everyone at the eight-handed final table was guaranteed $11,800, which is the sum “Number_NInjas” collected. One by one the players fell by the wayside until only “hamischc2” and “sk2ll_m0dR” remained. The jump in prizes were substantial so it was nu surprise they struck a deal for the remaining prize pool.

Hamishc2 walked away with $143,525 and second-place with sk2ll_m0dR collecting $144,874, the title of champion and the winner’s trophy that all Championship Event winners get their hands on.

Place | Player | Prize
1 | sk2ll_m0dR | $144,874*
2 | hamishc2 | $143,525*
3 | FMylife | $77,800
4 | Kaggis_ | $51,900
5 | skoupidotenekes | $36,800
6 | GettinDaze | $25,800
7 | simba8787 | $17,900
8 | Number_Ninjas | $11,800

*reflects a heads-up deal

POWERFEST #05-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO

Buy-in: $1,050

Entries: 999

Prize pool: $1,018,980

ITM: 136

The third Championship Event of the day was POWERFEST #05-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO which saw 999 players create a prize pool of $1,018,980 thanks to us removing the rake from the bounty element of PKO events.

Only Roberto “WelshWizard” Romanello of Team partypoker made it into the money places. Roberto finished in 116th place for $1,248.

Everyone who reached the final table would have been a worthy champion, but tournament poker dictates only one player can win. That winner was “MonkMode” who scooped $85,914 in prize money and an additional $69,519 for busting 11 opponents on their way to victory. “Ignent” was the runner-up and won $14,553 in bounty payments and $61,538 in prize money.

Shout-out to “JJouhki” at the final table who finished fifth for $19,330 but thanks to sending 13 opponents to the showers, the most of any player in the tournament, also grabbed $27,486 in bounty payments, which goes to show how profitable PKO events can be.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | MonkMode | $85,914 | $69,519
2 | Ignent | $61,538 | $14,553
3 | KONY2012 | $40,709 | $6,662
4 | SanityWaterline | $27,272 | $12,171
5 | JJouhki | $19,330 | $27,486
6 | Sr.Penes | $13,686 | $4,680
7 | Sizzuurp | $9,590 | $8,096
8 | muggy1 | $6,493 | $7,020

POWERFEST Events Running Today

There are 22 POWERFEST events scheduled for Monday 7th May and they have combined guarantees weighing in at an impressive $1,256,000. You can get involved in some eight-max no-limit hold’em tournaments, some eight-handed PKO, six-max PKO, six-max pot-limit Omaha events and the last five tournaments have a fast and smooth blind structure. Will you become a POWERFEST champion today?

Time (CET) | Tournament | Buy-in
16:00 | Powerfest #08-Mi: $5K Gtd | $3.30
16:00 | Powerfest #08-L: $20K Gtd | $16.50
16:00 | Powerfest #08-M: $50K Gtd | $55
16:00 | Powerfest #08-H: $100K Gtd | $215
18:00 | Powerfest #09-Mi: $2K Gtd PKO | $1.10
18:00 | Powerfest #09-L: $10K Gtd PKO | $5.50
18:00 | Powerfest #09-M: $50K Gtd PKO | $27.50
18:00 | Powerfest #09-H: $100K Gtd PKO | $109
18:00 | Powerfest #09-HR: $200K Gtd PKO | $530
20:00 | Powerfest #10-Mi: $5K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $3.30
20:00 | Powerfest #10-L: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $16.50
20:00 | Powerfest #10-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $55
20:00 | Powerfest #10-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $215
20:00 | Powerfest #10-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $1,050
20:30 | Powerfest #11-Mi: $1K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $3.30
20:30 | Powerfest #11-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $16.50
20:30 | Powerfest #11-H: $10K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $55
22:00 | Powerfest #12-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast Smooth | $1.10
22:00 | Powerfest #12-L: $5K Gtd Fast Smooth | $5.50
22:00 | Powerfest #12-M: $20K Gtd Fast Smooth | $27.50
22:00 | Powerfest #12-L: $50K Gtd Fast Smooth | $109
22:00 | Powerfest #12-HR: $100K Gtd Fast Smooth | $530

Win your way into big POWERFEST events

If you want to play in some of the bigger buy-in POWERFEST events but do not have the bankroll for it, why not try to win your way into them via our POWERFEST satellites.

We recently launched POWERFEST sit & go satellites and satellites to the POWERFEST Super High Rollers. You can also win a share of $1.1 million worth of tickets, ranging from $109 to $1,050, every week via our Power Series Mega Satellites; these tickets can be used for POWERFEST events.

Win MILLIONS Online tickets via the POWERFEST Leaderboards

The POWERFEST Leaderboards run until May 20th and award $120,000 worth of MILLIONS Online tickets every week. These leaderboards are split into two buy-in categories of Low ($1 to $44) and High ($55+) and prizes range from $109 MILLIONS Online satellites tickets up to $5,300 seats to the $20 million guaranteed event.

You will also earn double cashback points when you enter POWERFEST tournaments on Friday 11th May, Saturday 12th May, Friday 18th May and Saturday 19th May.