{"id":64270,"date":"2018-05-20T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64270"},"modified":"2018-05-20T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T13:03:12","slug":"40-million-powerfest-day-14-louise-butler-and-philipp-gruissem-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-14-louise-butler-and-philipp-gruissem-win.html","title":{"rendered":"$40 million POWERFEST Day 14: Louise Butler and Philipp Gruissem Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 14 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40000000-guaranteed-powerfest-schedule-released.html\"><strong>$40 million guaranteed POWERFEST<\/strong><\/a> took place on Saturday 19th May with the crowning of another 26 champions.<\/p>\n<p>Those 26 events awarded a cool <strong>$1,373,186<\/strong> in prize money, taking the total prize money paid out to <strong>$42,770,204<\/strong>. Keep reading to discover which partypoker players won some serious money on Day 14 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: 336<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 30<\/li>\n<li>Money awarded: $42,770,204<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>$40 million POWERFEST Day 14 Highlights<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Powerfest Ladies Event-Low: $5K Gtd NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $2.20<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 456<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $5,000<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team partypoker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/five-tips-for-low-stakes-mtt-players-for-building-a-bankroll.html\"><strong>Louise \u201clou045\u201d Butler<\/strong><\/a> won the $5,000 guaranteed Powerfest Ladies Event-Low for 942 after topping a field of 456 entrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/team-partypokers-natalia-breviglieris-tips-for-succeeding-in-satellites.html\"><strong>Natalia \u201cN4talB\u201d Breviglieri<\/strong><\/a> had crashed out earlier in 54th place to leave Butler as the only partypoker Ladies member in the field. Butler navigated her way to the eight-handed final table where all the ladies were guaranteed to turn their $2.20 investment into $85.<\/p>\n<p>Butler found herself heads-up against <strong>\u201cSkankyHo55\u201d<\/strong> for the title and did what she does best, finishing off the tournament with a victory. Butler banked $942 and the runner-up walked away with $671.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCristalCandy\u201d<\/strong> won the $10,000 guaranteed Ladies event for $2,039 with <strong>\u201cRunYoucleverboy\u201d<\/strong> winning the $20,000 guaranteed Ladies event for $5,300; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/welcoming-beata-wildhungarian-jambrik-to-the-team.html\"><strong>Beata \u201cWIldHungarian\u201d Jambrik<\/strong><\/a> finished fifth in that tournament for $1,400.<\/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>Louise \u201clou045\u201d Butler<\/td>\n<td>$942<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>SkankyHo55<\/td>\n<td>$671<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>leticiadr92<\/td>\n<td>$460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Hammer_Girl<\/td>\n<td>$320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>JuneH1957<\/td>\n<td>$227<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>julkootto<\/td>\n<td>$165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>hctiwldiw<\/td>\n<td>$117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Mgtbabyxxx<\/td>\n<td>$85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #75-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 392<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $200,900<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cPrettySteph\u201d<\/strong> won the <strong>POWERFEST #75-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong> to take home $19,600 and an additional $16,763 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>Three-hundred and 92 players turned out for the $530 buy-in event which saw everyone start with a $262.50 bounty on their heads. This bounty increased each time a player bust another meaning there were some big bounty prizes up for grabs in the latter stages of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, <strong>\u201cboxfresh_\u201d<\/strong> made it all the way to seventh-place without bust a foe, a stark contrast to fourth-place finisher <strong>\u201cbjorn1965\u201d<\/strong> who sent 11 opponents packing and one $6,050 in bounties in addition to the $7,426 in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>The eventual champion secured 13 scalps worth $16,763 on their way to victory.<\/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>PrettySteph<\/td>\n<td>$19,600<\/td>\n<td>$16,763<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>smilethenclick<\/td>\n<td>$14,504<\/td>\n<td>$3,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Britz1<\/td>\n<td>$10,535<\/td>\n<td>$3,281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>bjorn1965<\/td>\n<td>$7,426<\/td>\n<td>$6,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Iveyzovski<\/td>\n<td>$5,390<\/td>\n<td>$3,917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Chemical_Mind<\/td>\n<td>$3,724<\/td>\n<td>$0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #76-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 225<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $229,500<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/philipp-gruissem-joins-partypoker.html\"><strong>Philipp \u201cPhil_Gruissem\u201d Gruissem<\/strong><\/a> took down the $1,050 buy-in <strong>POWERFEST #76-HR: $200K Gtd PKO Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong> to round off a great day for the Team partypoker stable.<\/p>\n<p>Gruissem outlasted 224-opponents to win the event, a finish worth $22,938. The German superstar also collected $34,547 from the bounty prize pool thanks to sending 12 opponents to the showers on his way to yet another major victory.<\/p>\n<p>The top three finishers won five-figures each from the regular prize pool. Runner-up <strong>\u201cINFORTHELOL\u201d<\/strong> banked $16,650 (plus $9,506 in bounties) and <strong>\u201cskippyskip5\u201d<\/strong> won $11,868 ($3,851) for finishing in third place.<\/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>Philipp \u201cPhil_Gruissem\u201d Gruissem<\/td>\n<td>$22,938<\/td>\n<td>$34,547<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>INFORTHELOL<\/td>\n<td>$16,650<\/td>\n<td>$9,506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>skippyskip5<\/td>\n<td>$11,868<\/td>\n<td>$3,851<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>FearTheBeard13<\/td>\n<td>$8,775<\/td>\n<td>$2,925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Partyyycular<\/td>\n<td>$6,187<\/td>\n<td>$2,827<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>dartazz<\/td>\n<td>$4,725<\/td>\n<td>$2,860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>SiguiendoElFlow<\/td>\n<td>$3,487<\/td>\n<td>$2,665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Hahaha_Owned<\/td>\n<td>$2,587<\/td>\n<td>$2,405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>POWERFEST Events Running Today<\/h2>\n<p>There are 30 POWERFEST events scheduled for Sunday 20th May and they have combined guarantees weighing in at an impressive $5,864,500. Check out the full Day 14 schedule below!<\/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>14:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #79-Mi: $5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #79-L: $20K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #79-M: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #79-H: $100K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #80-Mi: $10K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #80-L: $50K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #80-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #80-H: $500K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #80-HR: $500K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #81-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #82-Mi: $5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #82-L: $25K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #82-M: $100K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #82-H: $200K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #82-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #83-Mi: $10K Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #83-L: $50K Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #83-M: $200K Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #83-H: $500K Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #83-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #84-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #84-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #84-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #84-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #84-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #78-Mi: $2K Gtd Fast<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #78-L: $10K Gtd Fast<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #78-M: $50K Gtd Fast<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #78-H: $100K Gtd Fast<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #78-HR: $200K Gtd Fast<\/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\">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 14 of the $40 million guaranteed POWERFEST took place on Saturday 19th May with the crowning of another 26 champions. Those 26 events awarded a cool $1,373,186 in prize money, taking the total prize money paid out to $42,770,204. Keep reading to discover which partypoker players won some serious money on Day 14 of<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-14-louise-butler-and-philipp-gruissem-win.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":[1578,184,187,1647,200,840,50837],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64270"}],"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=64270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64271,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64270\/revisions\/64271"}],"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=64270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64270"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=64270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}