{"id":65198,"date":"2018-09-03T10:41:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T10:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65198"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:10:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:10:05","slug":"60-million-powerfest-day-1-filatov-wins-159k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-1-filatov-wins-159k.html","title":{"rendered":"$60 million POWERFEST Day 1: Filatov Wins $159,000!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>$60 million guaranteed POWERFEST<\/strong> got off to a fantastic start on September 2nd with the first 35 of 670 scheduled events awarding more than $5.5 million to those who navigated their way into the money places.<\/p>\n<p>Several members of Team partypoker helped themselves to big score, although none were as substantial as the $159,000 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/partypokers-anatoly-filatov-wins-2018-live-millions-russia-main-event.html\"><strong>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/strong><\/a> banked in the first Championship Event of the series.<\/p>\n<h1>$60 million POWERFEST: The story so far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Events played: 35<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 635<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $5,533,354<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$60 million POWERFEST Day 1 highlights<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #003-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5,200<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 181<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: 1,000,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first Championship Event of the $60 million POWERFEST attracted a field of 181 entrants who were all vying for the $221,300 first-place prize. Five of our Team partypoker members made it into the money. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/joao-simao\"><strong>Joao \u201cjoaosimaobh\u201d Simao<\/strong><\/a> finished in 22nd place for $13,300, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/patrick-leonard-the-tables-are-sexier-and-more-fun-to-play.html\"><strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong><\/a> busted in 18th place for $13,300 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/roberto-romanello\"><strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a> exiting in 16th place for $17,200.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at the final table locked up at least $27,500 and the final table had two of our players at it. One by one the final tablists busted out, the prize money vastly increasing each time.<\/p>\n<p>By the time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/bertrand-elky-grospellier\"><strong>Bertrand \u201cElkY\u201d Grospellier<\/strong><\/a> fell in fourth-place, the prize was a massive $83,000. Third-place went to <strong>\u201cAlgorhtym\u201d<\/strong> who banked $116,000, leaving <strong>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cWWWpartyCOM\u201d<\/strong> to battle heads-up for the title.<\/p>\n<p>It was WWWpartyCOM who emerged victorious, leaving our hero to collect $159,000 for his runner-up finish. WWWpartyCOM collected $221,300 for their victory to go with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/40-million-powerfest-day-12-wwwpartycom-wins-the-25500-super-high-roller.html\">the huge $872,839 they won last May<\/a> in the $25,500 Super High Roller POWERFEST event.<\/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>WWWpartyCOM<\/td>\n<td>$221,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/td>\n<td>$159,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Algorhtym<\/td>\n<td>$116,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Bertrand \u201cElkY\u201d Grospellier<\/td>\n<td>$83,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Welsh187<\/td>\n<td>$58,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Swagg3r123<\/td>\n<td>$45,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>SchelampigaUhu<\/td>\n<td>$35,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>rdcrsnn<\/td>\n<td>$27,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #004-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 924<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $500,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>POWERFEST #004-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong> saw 924 partypoker players take to the table in the quest for glory. Some 120 players received prize money, including Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Josip \u201cJosip_Simunic\u201d Simunic<\/strong> who fell in 92nd place for $1,450 and <strong>Joao \u201cjoaosimaobh\u201d Simao<\/strong> who busted in 32nd place for $2,350.<\/p>\n<p>The eight stars who navigated their way to the final table locked up $6,950 for their effort, with everyone finishing in seventh-place and above securing a five-figure score.<\/p>\n<p>With only two players remaining, <strong>\u201cbagoch\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cGlobalHappiness\u201d<\/strong> paused the tournament clock and discussed a deal for the remaining $149,800 in the prize pool. Those discussion bore fruit and bagoch caimed $71,800 with GlobalHappiness walking away with a cool $78,000.<\/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>GlobalHappiness<\/td>\n<td>$78,000*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>bagoch<\/td>\n<td>$71,800*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>chenlingseng<\/td>\n<td>$41,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Hevostelija<\/td>\n<td>$28,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>FoldDigger<\/td>\n<td>$19,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>pelicangirl<\/td>\n<td>$14,150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>sabonilplz<\/td>\n<td>$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>franthemonster<\/td>\n<td>$6,950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #005-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 876<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,000,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cSirStanleyRoyce\u201d<\/strong> walked away with a combined score of $178,519 by taking down the <strong>POWERFEST #005-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong>, sending 18 opponents to the rail on their way to victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/kristen-bicknells-top-5-powerfest-tips-for-success.html\"><strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/travel-tips-from-partypoker-pro-dzmitry-urbanovich-part-1.html\"><strong>Dzmitry \u201cDzmitry_Urbanov\u201d Urbanovich<\/strong><\/a> all made it into the money, the latter falling in 15th place for $4,464 and a $260 bounty payment.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth-placed <strong>\u201crudiga1\u201d<\/strong> ended the dreams of 14 opponents and netted $13,682 from bounty payments alone. Only SirStanleyRoyce, the tournament\u2019s eventual champion, eliminated more foes with 18 scalps to their name. Those 18 bustouts were worth a massive $83,344, which was more than the second-place prize!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty payment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>SirStanleyRoyce<\/td>\n<td>$95,175<\/td>\n<td>$83,344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Tremaz77<\/td>\n<td>$67,951<\/td>\n<td>$12,656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Sheparentao<\/td>\n<td>$45,246<\/td>\n<td>$2,535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>rudiga1<\/td>\n<td>$30,490<\/td>\n<td>$13,682<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>reallygamble<\/td>\n<td>$21,506<\/td>\n<td>$8,482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Birkenstock78<\/td>\n<td>$15,408<\/td>\n<td>$5,179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>dnvz23<\/td>\n<td>$10,889<\/td>\n<td>$7,166<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>LvckyLvke<\/td>\n<td>$7,568<\/td>\n<td>$4,964<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>POWERFEST events running today<\/h3>\n<p>Another <strong>29 POWERFEST events<\/strong> are scheduled to run on Monday 3rd September that have combined guarantees worth a massive $1,505,500. Check out the full schedule for Day 2 in the table below, or feast your eyes on the entire $60 million POWERFEST, which has <strong>$20 million guaranteed on Week 3<\/strong> alone,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\">via this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Time (CET)<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #009-H: $100K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #009-M: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #009-L: $15K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #009-L: $5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #009-Mi: $1.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$1.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #010-HR: $200K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #010-H: $100K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #010-M: $50K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #010-L: $25K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #010-Mi: $7.5K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #011-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #011-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #011-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #011-L: $30K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #011-Mi: $7.5K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #012-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #012-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #012-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #012-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #012-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #013-HR: $100K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #013-H: $75K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #013-M: $25K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #013-L: $5K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #013-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #014-H: $20K Gtd Turbo 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #014-M: $7.5K Gtd Turbo 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #014-L: $2.5K Gtd Turbo 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #014-Mi: $500 Gtd Turbo 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>$60 million POWERFEST promotions<\/h3>\n<p>With $60 million guaranteed across 670 events, the POWERFEST is already immense value, but we\u2019ve also created some POWERFEST promotions that are dripping with value.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\"><strong>daily Click Card promotion<\/strong><\/a> where you can win POWERFEST tickets worth up to $5,200, then there\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\"><strong>series-long Leaderboards<\/strong><\/a> that have $60,000 worth of MILLIONS Online tickets up for grabs each week.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, because there\u2019s more. You can win POWERFEST tickets worth up to $5,200 for only $2.50 in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\"><strong>POWERFEST Sit &amp; Go Jackpot<\/strong><\/a> tournaments, then there\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\"><strong>daily Power Hour<\/strong><\/a> where cash game and fastforward players earn double cashback points for an hour every day!<\/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>The $60 million guaranteed POWERFEST got off to a fantastic start on September 2nd with the first 35 of 670 scheduled events awarding more than $5.5 million to those who navigated their way into the money places. Several members of Team partypoker helped themselves to big score, although none were as substantial as the $159,000<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-1-filatov-wins-159k.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":65201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[1197,1709,1710,187,200,840,1739],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65198"}],"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=65198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81680,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65198\/revisions\/81680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65198"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}