{"id":64164,"date":"2018-05-07T09:34:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T09:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64164"},"modified":"2020-02-21T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:30:10","slug":"40-million-powerfest-day-1-three-1m-events-kick-off-the-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-1-three-1m-events-kick-off-the-festival.html","title":{"rendered":"$40 million POWERFEST Day 1: Three $1M events kick off the festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40000000-guaranteed-powerfest-schedule-released.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>$40 million guaranteed POWERFEST<\/strong><\/a> kicked off on Sunday 6th May with the first 30 of 366 scheduled events.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to discover which partypoker players won some serious money on the opening day of this amazing $40 million guaranteed poker festival.<\/p>\n<h1>$40 million POWERFEST: The Story So Far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Event played: 30<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 336<\/li>\n<li>Money awarded: $6,276,758<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>$40 million POWERFEST Day 1 Highlights<\/h1>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #03-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5,200<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 196<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,000,000<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The biggest prize of the day went to <strong>\u201calex2pairs\u201d<\/strong> who added a massive $233,404 to their partypoker bankroll thanks to winning the <strong>POWERFEST #03-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong> for a total of $233,304.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-two of the 196 entries were paid with a min-cash being worth $5,100. Team partypoker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/isaac-haxton-joins-partypoker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Isaac \u201cike_haxton\u201d Haxton<\/strong><\/a> (61st), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/patrick-leonard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong><\/a> (55th) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/roberto-romanello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a> (37th) fell short of the money, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/joao-simao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Joao \u201cjoaosimaobh\u201d Simao<\/strong><\/a> finished in 26th place for $5,100 and $8,612 for sending three opponents to the rail.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes at the final table started at $11,279, but there were also some substantial bounties on the heads of the eight finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth-place finisher <strong>\u201cmask0ff_\u201d<\/strong> sent 10 opponents to the showers and banked $20,475 in bounty payments alone. Mask0ff_ also collected $38,251 in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>Heads-up saw alexpairs lock horns with <strong>\u201cTorTor2012\u201d<\/strong>. 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\u2019t do badly for themselves either, winning $72,579 in prize money and $32,418 from bounties.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>alex2pairs<\/td>\n<td>$99,992<\/td>\n<td>$133,412<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>TorTor2012<\/td>\n<td>$72,579<\/td>\n<td>$32,418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>JohnBoy_<\/td>\n<td>$51,737<\/td>\n<td>$6,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>mask0ff<\/td>\n<td>$38,251<\/td>\n<td>$20,475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>ITSWHATITIZ<\/td>\n<td>$26,972<\/td>\n<td>$17,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>veniVidi_Vici<\/td>\n<td>$20,596<\/td>\n<td>$19,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>MOTHERSMATT<\/td>\n<td>$15,202<\/td>\n<td>$10,075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Cool_Dave<\/td>\n<td>$11,279<\/td>\n<td>$0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #04-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 1,703<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,000,000<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 216<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #04-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong> 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\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/renato-nomura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Renato \u201crenatonomura\u201d Nomura<\/strong><\/a> finishing in 87th place for $2,100 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/johnny-lodden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Johnny \u201cJLoHarada\u201d Lodden<\/strong><\/a> falling in 72d place for $2,400.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at the eight-handed final table was guaranteed $11,800, which is the sum <strong>\u201cNumber_NInjas\u201d<\/strong> collected. One by one the players fell by the wayside until only <strong>\u201chamischc2\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201csk2ll_m0dR\u201d<\/strong> remained. The jump in prizes were substantial so it was nu surprise they struck a deal for the remaining prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>Hamishc2 walked away with $143,525 and second-place with sk2ll_m0dR collecting $144,874, the title of champion and the winner\u2019s trophy that all Championship Event winners get their hands on.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>sk2ll_m0dR<\/td>\n<td>$144,874*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>hamishc2<\/td>\n<td>$143,525*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>FMylife<\/td>\n<td>$77,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Kaggis_<\/td>\n<td>$51,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>skoupidotenekes<\/td>\n<td>$36,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>GettinDaze<\/td>\n<td>$25,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>simba8787<\/td>\n<td>$17,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Number_Ninjas<\/td>\n<td>$11,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #05-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 999<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,018,980<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 136<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The third Championship Event of the day was <strong>POWERFEST #05-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Only <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> of Team partypoker made it into the money places. Roberto finished in 116th place for $1,248.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who reached the final table would have been a worthy champion, but tournament poker dictates only one player can win. That winner was <strong>\u201cMonkMode\u201d<\/strong> who scooped $85,914 in prize money and an additional $69,519 for busting 11 opponents on their way to victory. <strong>\u201cIgnent\u201d<\/strong> was the runner-up and won $14,553 in bounty payments and $61,538 in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>Shout-out to <strong>\u201cJJouhki\u201d<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>MonkMode<\/td>\n<td>$85,914<\/td>\n<td>$69,519<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Ignent<\/td>\n<td>$61,538<\/td>\n<td>$14,553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>KONY2012<\/td>\n<td>$40,709<\/td>\n<td>$6,662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>SanityWaterline<\/td>\n<td>$27,272<\/td>\n<td>$12,171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>JJouhki<\/td>\n<td>$19,330<\/td>\n<td>$27,486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Sr.Penes<\/td>\n<td>$13,686<\/td>\n<td>$4,680<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Sizzuurp<\/td>\n<td>$9,590<\/td>\n<td>$8,096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>muggy1<\/td>\n<td>$6,493<\/td>\n<td>$7,020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>POWERFEST Events Running Today<\/h2>\n<p>There are <strong>22 POWERFEST events scheduled for Monday 7th May<\/strong> and they have combined guarantees weighing in at an impressive $1,256,000. You can get involved in some eight-max no-limit hold\u2019em 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?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Time (CET)<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #08-Mi: $5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #08-L: $20K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #08-M: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #08-H: $100K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #09-Mi: $2K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #09-L: $10K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #09-M: $50K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #09-H: $100K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #09-HR: $200K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #10-Mi: $5K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #10-L: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #10-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #10-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #10-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #11-Mi: $1K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #11-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #11-H: $10K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #12-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #12-L: $5K Gtd Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #12-M: $20K Gtd Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #12-L: $50K Gtd Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #12-HR: $100K Gtd Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Win your way into big POWERFEST events<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>We recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/powerfest-super-high-roller-and-sit-go-satellites-launched.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>POWERFEST sit &amp; go satellites<\/strong> and <strong>satellites to the POWERFEST Super High Rollers<\/strong><\/a>. You can also win a share of $1.1 million worth of tickets, ranging from $109 to $1,050, every week via our <strong>Power Series Mega Satellites<\/strong>; these tickets can be used for POWERFEST events.<\/p>\n<h3>Win MILLIONS Online tickets via the POWERFEST Leaderboards<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/over-170000-in-prizes-to-be-won-in-powerfest-promotions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>POWERFEST Leaderboards<\/strong><\/a> run until May 20th and award <strong>$120,000 worth of MILLIONS Online tickets every week<\/strong>. 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/millions-online-2018-quadrupled-20000000-guaranteed-prizepool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> $20 million guaranteed event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You will also <strong>earn double cashback points<\/strong> when you enter POWERFEST tournaments on <strong>Friday 11th May<\/strong>, <strong>Saturday 12th May<\/strong>, <strong>Friday 18th May<\/strong> and <strong>Saturday 19th May<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account with us, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.partypoker.com\/en\/promo\/launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-1-three-1m-events-kick-off-the-festival.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":64166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[1634,1057,1202,184,187,890,1674,200,840,943,50837,360],"yst_prominent_words":[5009,5013,5015,4761,4753,4749,5011,5010,5017,4041,5007,4987,4754,5016,5018,5008,5012,5014,4981,4454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64164"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80705,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64164\/revisions\/80705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64164"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=64164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}