{"id":64211,"date":"2018-05-09T11:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64211"},"modified":"2018-05-09T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T17:13:21","slug":"40-million-powerfest-day-3-rdcrsnn-wins-the-5200-6-max-championship-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-3-rdcrsnn-wins-the-5200-6-max-championship-event.html","title":{"rendered":"$40 million POWERFEST Day 3: \u201crdcrsnn\u201d wins the $5,200 6-max Championship Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40000000-guaranteed-powerfest-schedule-released.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>$40 million guaranteed POWERFEST<\/strong><\/a> continued on Tuesday 8th May with the crowning of another 24 champions, including another winner of a POWERFEST Championship Event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Those 24 events awarded a cool $3,423,455 in prize money<\/strong>, taking the total prize money paid out to <strong>$11,711,502 over the course of the first three days<\/strong>. This massive sum was assisted by the fact the latest $1 million guaranteed Championship Event surpassed its guarantee. Keep reading to discover which partypoker players won some serious money on Day 2 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: 120<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 246<\/li>\n<li>Money awarded: $11,711,502<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>$40 million POWERFEST Day 3 Highlights<\/h1>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #14-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 6-Max NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5,200<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 218<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,090,000<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #14-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 6-Max NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong> hit its $1 million guarantee despite it being a warm, Tuesday evening when the tournament shuffled up and dealt. Some 218 entries were processed before late registration closed, meaning the guarantee was beaten by $90,000.<\/p>\n<p>$1,090,000 was shared among the top 30 finishers so spare a thought for the <strong>partypoker LIVE<\/strong> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/john-duthie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>John \u201cJohn_Duthie\u201d Duthie<\/strong><\/a> who was the 31st place finisher and therefore gained the unwanted title of bubble boy.<\/p>\n<p>Team partypoker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/roberto-romanello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a> secured another POWERFEST cash by finishing in 26th place for $10,046 but it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/elky-to-join-team-partypoker-as-eu-ambassador.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bertrand \u201cElkY_\u201d Grospellier<\/strong><\/a> who went the deepest of the partypoker stable; he burst the final table table by finishing in seventh-place for $29,975.<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay\u2019s <strong>\u201cDrMiKee\u201d<\/strong> exited in sixth-place for $43,600, a result that pushes his lifetime online winnings every closer to $7 million. <strong>\u201cThebattler33\u201d<\/strong> then bust in fifth-place for $65,400 with UK-based Spaniard <strong>\u201cMalakastyle\u201d<\/strong> falling in fourth-place for $87,745.<\/p>\n<p>Albania\u2019s <strong>\u201cporketttt\u201d<\/strong> saw their tournament end in third-place for a cool $120,115, which left <strong>\u201cigalinek\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201crdcrsnn\u201d<\/strong> to lock horns heads-up for the title. These last two players struck a deal that awarded igalinek $199,594 with rdcrsnn collecting $225,505 and a POWERFEST Championship Event trophy.<\/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>rdcrsnn<\/td>\n<td>$225,505*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>igalinek<\/td>\n<td>$199,594*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>porketttt<\/td>\n<td>$120,115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Malakastyle<\/td>\n<td>$87,745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>thebattler33<\/td>\n<td>$65,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>DrMiKee<\/td>\n<td>$43,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #16-HR: $500K Gtd NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 591<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $591,000<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #16-HR: $500K Gtd NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong> saw its guarantee beaten by some $91,000 after 591 players turned out for the $1,050 buy-in high roller event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team partypoker<\/a> were seriously out of luck in this tournament because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/patrick-leonard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong><\/a>, Bertrand \u201cElkY_\u201d Grospellier and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/isaac-haxton-joins-partypoker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Isaac \u201cIke_Haxton\u201d Haxton<\/strong><\/a> fell in 90th, 85th and 84th place respectively with 80-places paid. Ouch!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong> did navigate her way into the money place, eventually falling in 23rd place for $4,787.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at the eight-handed final table locked up $9,396 and everyone finishing from seventh upwards collected at least a five-figure cash haul. A special mention has to go to fourth-place finisher <strong>\u201csk2ll_m0dR\u201d<\/strong> who has already won two POWERFEST events.<\/p>\n<p>The eventual winner, and recipient of a six-figure cash, was <strong>\u201cTheLivingMeme\u201d<\/strong> who walked away with a $108,862 addition to their bankroll. Top work!<\/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>TheLivingMeme<\/td>\n<td>$108,862<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>MindSlaver<\/td>\n<td>$77,480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>pockjack0<\/td>\n<td>$52,539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>sk2ll_m0dR<\/td>\n<td>$36,169<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Mr.Water99<\/td>\n<td>$25,294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Albertomeran<\/td>\n<td>$18,380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>MaXiMuSpkr<\/td>\n<td>$13,238<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>sluuvtanuuv<\/td>\n<td>$9,396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #15-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries:700<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $358,750<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 88<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An aggressive style of play can reap dividends in PKO events, just as <strong>\u201ciTILTuu\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201ctractordriver\u201d<\/strong> if you don\u2019t believe us.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who finished first and second in the <strong>POWERFEST #15-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong> event, claimed 29 scalps between them for combined bounty payments in excess of $48,000!<\/p>\n<p>iTILTuu walked away with $31,902 and $35,613 in bounties after topping a 700-strong field in the $530 buy-in tournament. tractordriver finished second for $12,699 in bounties and $22,715 in prize money.<\/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>iTILTuu<\/td>\n<td>$31,902<\/td>\n<td>$35,613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>tractordriver<\/td>\n<td>$22,715<\/td>\n<td>$12,699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>EXPENSlVE22<\/td>\n<td>$15,330<\/td>\n<td>$6,925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>IIijix133<\/td>\n<td>$10,482<\/td>\n<td>$5,713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>InthisCity<\/td>\n<td>$7,315<\/td>\n<td>$1,328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Sakorr3573<\/td>\n<td>$5,320<\/td>\n<td>$2,395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>HanzooKid<\/td>\n<td>$3,850<\/td>\n<td>$1,788<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>sluuvtanuuv<\/td>\n<td>$2,695<\/td>\n<td>$2,928<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>POWERFEST Events Running Today<\/h2>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22 POWERFEST events scheduled for Wednesday 9th May<\/a> and they have combined guarantees weighing in at an impressive $1,257,000. You can get involved in some eight-max no-limit hold\u2019em tournaments, some eight-handed PKO, six-max pot-limit Omaha Hi\/Low 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 #19-Mi: $5K Gtd Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #19-L: $20K Gtd Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #19-M: $50K Gtd Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #19-H: $100K Gtd Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #20-Mi: $2K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #20-L: $10K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #20-M: $50K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #20-H: $100K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #20-HR: $200K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #21-Mi: $5K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #21-L: $25K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #21-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #21-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #21-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #22-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #22-L: $1K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #22-M: $2.5K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #22-H: $10K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #23-Mi: $1K Gtd PKO Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #23-L: $5K Gtd PKO Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #23-M: $20K Gtd PKO Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #23-H: $50K Gtd PKO Fast Smooth<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/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\">POWERFEST sit &amp; go satellites and satellites to the POWERFEST Super High Rollers<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<h3>Win MILLIONS Online tickets via the POWERFEST Leaderboards<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/over-170000-in-prizes-to-be-won-in-powerfest-promotions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The POWERFEST Leaderboards<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/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\"><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\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 of the $40 million guaranteed POWERFEST continued on Tuesday 8th May with the crowning of another 24 champions, including another winner of a POWERFEST Championship Event. Those 24 events awarded a cool $3,423,455 in prize money, taking the total prize money paid out to $11,711,502 over the course of the first three days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-3-rdcrsnn-wins-the-5200-6-max-championship-event.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":64166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[1709,1634,1164,1356,187,1398,890,200,743,840,943,50837],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64211"}],"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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64213,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64211\/revisions\/64213"}],"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=64211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64211"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=64211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}