$40 million POWERFEST Day 13: Sami Kelopuro wins the $1K PKO

Day 13 of the $40 million guaranteed POWERFEST took place on Thursday 17th May with the crowning of another 22 champions.

Those 22 events awarded a cool $1,484,692 in prize money, taking the total prize money paid out to $41,397,018. 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: 310

Events remaining: 56

Money awarded: $41,397,018

$40 million POWERFEST Day 13 Highlights

POWERFEST #71-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO NL Hold’em

Buy-in: $1,050

Entries: 299

Prize pool: $304,980

ITM: 36

Finnish star Sami “LarsLuzak1” Kelopuro banked a cool $63,414 by walking away with the title of POWERFEST #71-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO NL Hold’em champion. Kelopuro was one of 299 players in the $1,050 buy-in event, a field that created a prize pool with $104,980 more than the original guarantee.

Team partypoker’s Joao “joaosimaobh” Simao fell in 19th place to secure a $1,345 payout plus an additional $3,607 in bounty payments, while his teammate Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard navigated his way to the final table where he bust in sixth-place for $5,931 in bounty payments and $5,980 from the prize pool.

Kelopuro found himself heads-up against “ZeKick” who had eliminated 18 opponents for a massive $20,105 bounty payout. Kelopuro finally sent his final opponent to the sidelines to win $34,112 for first-place and $29,302 in bounties.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | LarsLuzak1 | $34,112 | $29,302
2 | ZeKick | $22,798 | $20,105
3 | RingelStink | $16,445 | $910
4 | mwhldwn | $11,960 | $7,418
5 | broooooooooo | $8,222 | $6,223
6 | Patrick_Leonard | $5,980 | $5,931

POWERFEST #70-HR: $200K Gtd PKO NL Hold’em

Buy-in: $530

Entries: 450

Prize pool: $230,625

ITM: 64

Joao “joaosimaobh” Simao played his way to 24th place in the POWERFEST #70-HR: $200K Gtd PKO NL Hold’em event and locked up $1,023 and $1,607 in bounties, but the player of the hour was “aLiNeNok1617” who emerged victorious to scoop $21,206 and an additional $15,662 in bounties.

A field of 450 entries saw the $200,000 guarantee smashed by $30,625. Half of the prize pool was awarded to the top 64 finishers with the other half reserved for the PKO element of the tourament.

aLiNeNok1617 ocked horns with “Loewe80” heads-up and managed to brush them aside to take home almost $37,000 in prizes. The runner-up didn’t do too badly for themselves either as they had more than $20,000 added to their partypoker account.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | aLiNeNok1617 | $21,206 | $15,662
2 | Loewe80 | $15,097 | $5,638
3 | Wall2Wall3bet | $10,350 | $6,248
4 | wisimaki | $7,200 | $3,051
5 | GreenAsFelt | $5,107 | $4,780
6 | maxifeli | $3,712 | $881
7 | WeRize | $2,643 | $4,429
8 | TIMEXCNT | $1,912 | $721

POWERFEST #71-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO NL Hold’em

Buy-in: $215

Entries: 955

Prize pool: $200,000

ITM: 132

POWERFEST #71-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO NL Hold’em ended in a heads-up chop between “Buehlero” and “ImSeriously” who netted a combined $47,810 between them.

“Buehlero” won $13,896 in bounties to go with the $14,625 to struck a deal for. “ImSeriously” walked away with $14,264 as part of the aforementioned deal plus $5,025 worth of bounties.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | Buehlero | $14,625* | $13,896
2 | ImSeriously | $14,264* | $5,025
3 | youaremelon | $9,136 | $3,917
4 | robbin14111 | $6,271 | $212
5 | Chul0ssl | $4,098 | $1,858
6 | very_addictive | $2,532 | $1,782

*reflects a heads-up deal

POWERFEST Events Running Today

There are 26 POWERFEST events scheduled for Saturday 19th May and they have combined guarantees weighing in at an impressive $1,306,000. Check out the full Day 14 schedule below, which includes a trio of POWERFEST Ladies events!

Time (CET) | Tournament | Buy-in
16:00 | Powerfest #74-Mi: $5K Gtd | $3.30
16:00 | Powerfest #74-L: $20K Gtd | $16.50
16:00 | Powerfest #74-M: $50K Gtd | $55
16:00 | Powerfest #74-H: $100K Gtd | $215
18:00 | Powerfest #75-Mi: $2K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $1.10
18:00 | Powerfest #75-L: $10K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $5.50
18:00 | Powerfest #75-M: $50K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $27.50
18:00 | Powerfest #75-H: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $109
18:00 | Powerfest #75-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO | $530
20:00 | Powerfest #76-Mi: $5K Gtd PKO Smooth | $3.30
20:00 | Powerfest #76-L: $25K Gtd PKO Smooth | $16.50
20:00 | Powerfest #76-M: $100K Gtd PKO Smooth | $55
20:00 | Powerfest #76-H: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth | $215
20:00 | Powerfest #76-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth | $1,050
20:00 | Powerfest Ladies Event-Low: $5K Gtd | $2.20
20:00 | Powerfest Ladies Event-Mid: $10K Gtd | $22
20:00 | Powerfest Ladies Event-High | $215
20:30 | Powerfest #77-Mi: $1K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $3.30
20:30 | Powerfest #77-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $16.50
20:30 | Powerfest #77-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $55
20:30 | Powerfest #77-M: $20K Gtd 6-Max PLO | $215
22:00 | Powerfest #78-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast | $1.10
22:00 | Powerfest #78-L: $5K Gtd Fast | $5.50
22:00 | Powerfest #78-M: $20K Gtd Fast | $27.50
22:00 | Powerfest #78-H: $50K Gtd Fast | $109
22:00 | Powerfest #78-HR: $100K Gtd Fast | $530

Win your way into big POWERFEST events

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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.

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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.

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