$30M Gtd POWERFEST Day 14: Matt Staples Becomes a POWERFEST Champ!

Day 14 of the $30 million guaranteed POWERFEST, the penultimate day’s play, saw another $512,124 paid out across 13 action-packed events. One player who certainly enjoyed themselves was Team Online’s Matt Staples who became a POWERFEST champion and reached the final table of another event!

Events completed: 229

Prize money awarded: $26,825,909

Powerfest #65-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max

Buy-in: $33

Entrants: 581

Prize pool: $20,000

Team Online’s Matt Staples reached the final table of the Powerfest #65-H event and busted in fifth-place for a $1,560 prize. Disappointed not to have taken down that event, Staples made amends by becoming the champion of the Powerfest #65-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max, a result worth $3,684.

The popular Canadian streamer defeated Germany’s “daddybig77” heads-up for the title; the runner-up scooped $2,622, tweeting to his 12.7K Twitter followers, “BOOM Just shipped my first ever Powerfest title! 1st $33-M Turbo for $3,684 and 5th in the $109-H $1,560.”

It was a fantastic result for Staples who now goes into the final day of POWERFEST full of confidence and hoping to become a two-time POWERFEST champion.

Place | Player | Country | Prize
1 | MatthewStaples | Canada | $3,684
2 | daddybig77 | Germany | $2,622
3 | JSnipershow | Denmark | $1,778
4 | ozzijen93 | United Kingdom | $1,224
5 | Thanks-Dude | Netherlands | $856
6 | akacidul | United Kingdom | $622
7 | whnwbn | Germany | $448
8 | HandshakeWave | Netherlands | $318

Powerfest #64-H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max

Buy-in: $320

Entrants: 337

Prize pool: $103,796

The Powerfest #64-H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max event attracted 337 players who competed for a slice of $103,796. The lion’s share of this princely sum went to Venezuela’s “Dorianriosvnzla” who netted the $7,774 top prize plus an impressive $11,719 from the bounty prize pool.

Each of the eight players at the final table won more than $1,600 thanks to the bounty format of the tournament. The runner-up, “Jeff7010” of Ireland, banked the $7,734 second-place prize plus $79 in bounties, meaning they must have picked their spots well to navigate their way to such a deep finish.

Shout-outs to third and fourth-place finishers “payme200888” and “enjoytheride333” who were busy busting opponents, scooping $3,606 and $3,520 worth of bounties respectively.

Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties
1 | Dorianriosvnzla | Venezuela | $7,744 | $11,719
2 | Jeff7010 | Ireland | $7,734 | $79
3 | payme200888 | United Kingdom | $5,362 | $3,606
4 | enjoytheride333 | Malta | $3,842 | $3,520
5 | cashcrew2 | Germany | $2,736 | $1,500
6 | its_showtime | Malta | $2,028 | $1,278
7 | Imsofkinglucky | Brazil | $1,409 | $1,431
8 | P0L4R1C3 | Sweden | $1,028 | $651

Powerfest #66-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max

Buy-in: $530

Entrants: 110

Prize pool: $56,375

Dutch players dominated the Powerfest #66-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max event with three of them reaching the six-handed final table. With 50 percent of the final table made up by players from the Netherlands, it was no surprise to see one of them win the title.

“Tom_Poker_NL” was that champion, securing $5,267 for first-place and $7,546 worth of bounties, including that on the head of fellow Dutch player “MartinMirellaSm” who secured the $5,262 runner-up prize and $4,068 from the bounty prize pool.

The other player who calls the Netherlands home was the sixth-place finisher “MisterN411” who banked $1,285 plus $262 worth of bounties.

Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties
1 | Tom_Poker_NL | Netherlands | $5,267 | $7,546
2 | MartinMirellaSm | Netherlands | $5,262 | $4,068
3 | trackomat | Germany | $3,716 | $656
4 | sKAnKhunt92 | Colombia | $2,632 | $3,149
5 | frokennatur | Sweden | $1,935 | $2,493
6 | MisterN411 | Netherlands | $1,285 | $262

POWERFEST Day 13 Results

Event | Champion | Prize
Powerfest #63-H: $75K Gtd Deep 6-Max | smir9david | $15,000
Powerfest #63-M: $50K Gtd Deep 6-Max | cruzamirez95 | $8,500
Powerfest #63L: $20K Gtd Deep 6-Max | BACKnBls_515 | $2,701
Powerfest #64H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max | Dorianriosvnzia | $19,463*
Powerfest #64-M: $50K Gtd PKO 8-Max | rathjenefb99 | $8,093*
Powerfest #64-L: $25K Gtd PKO 8-Max | wasjaxjv | $2,845*
Powerfest #65-H: $30K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | Zarzoor912 | $5,970
Powerfest #65-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | MatthewStaples | $3,684
Powerfest #65-L: $10K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | p1zzed1 | $1,745
Powerfest #66-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast MIx-Max | Tom_Poker_NL | $12,813*
Powerfest #66-H: $30K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max | neveren0ugh27 | $7,775*
Powerfest #66-M: $20K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max | AAnewstart | $3,004*
Powerfest #66-L: $5K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max | baloo-sennin | $824*

*includes bounty payments

POWERFEST Day 15 Schedule

Another 25 POWERFEST events are scheduled for Day 15, Sunday 14th April, and they have combined guarantees worth $5,460,000 thanks to three $1 million guaranteed Championship Events taking place.. Check out the full Day 15 schedule below.

Time (CET) | Event | Buy-in
15:30 | Powerfest #67-HR: $250K Gtd Slow 8-Max | $530
15:30 | Powerfest #67-H: $150K Gtd Slow 8-Max | $109
15:30 | Powerfest #67-M: $75K Gtd Slow 8-Max | $22
15:30 | Powerfest #67-L: $25K Gtd Slow 8-Max | $5.50
17:30 | Powerfest #68-HR: $500K Gtd Deep 8-Max | $1,050
17:30 | Powerfest #68-H: $250K Gtd Deep 8-Max | $215
17:30 | Powerfest #68-M: $100K Gtd Deep 8-Max | $55
17:30 | Powerfest #68-L: $50K Gtd Deep 8-Max | $11
18:00 | Powerfest #69-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max | $5,200
20:00 | Powerfest #70-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO 8-Max | $2,100
20:00 | Powerfest #70-H: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO 8-Max | $320
20:00 | Powerfest #70-M: $200K Gtd PKO 8-Max | $55
20:00 | Powerfest #70-L: $50K Gtd PKO 8-Max | $11
20:30 | Powerfest #71-HR: $100K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | $109
20:30 | Powerfest #71-H: $50K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | $109
20:30 | Powerfest #71-M: $30K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | $33
20:30 | Powerfest #71-L: $15K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max | $11
22:00 | Powerfest #72-HR: $300K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max | $530
22:00 | Powerfest #72-H: $100K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max | $109
22:00 | Powerfest #72-M: $30K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max | $22
22:00 | Powerfest #72-L: $10K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max | $5.50
00:00 | Powerfest #73-HR: $100K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max | $530
00:00 | Powerfest #73-H: $50K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max | $109
00:00 | Powerfest #73-M: $20K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max | $22
00:00 | Powerfest #73-L: $5K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max | $5.50