{"id":65274,"date":"2018-09-10T08:53:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65274"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:13:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:13:01","slug":"60-million-powerfest-day-8-backdoormat-banks-227k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-8-backdoormat-banks-227k.html","title":{"rendered":"$60 million POWERFEST Day 8 : BackDoorMat Banks $227K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 8 of the <strong>$60 million POWERFEST<\/strong> was absolutely huge with 35 champions crowned and a cool $5,847,619 awarded to those partypoker players who navigated their way into the money.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest prize of the day weighed in at a combined $228,177, the prize awarded to <strong>\u201cBackDoorMat\u201d<\/strong> who took down one of two Championship Events on September 9th.<\/p>\n<h1>$60 million POWERFEST: The story so far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Events played: 249<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 421<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $25,303,403<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$60 million POWERFEST Day 8 highlights<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #049-SHR: $1M Gtd championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5,200<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 203<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,035,300<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bumper crowd of 203 players paid $5,200 for the chance to become the <strong>POWERFEST #049-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong> champion, creating a $1,035,300 prize pool as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-two places were paid and Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong> fell in 44th place to narrowly miss out on yet another cash. Bicknell\u2019s team mates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/joni-jouhkimainen\"><strong>Joni \u201cJJouhki\u201d Jouhkimainen<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/roberto-romanello\"><strong>Roberto\u201dWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a> both reached the money, falling in 26th and 25th place respectively, each bagging $5,278 and Jouhkimainen netting $8,125 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>Romanello wasn\u2019t the partypoker pro to progress the deepest in this tournament. That honour went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-7-patrick-leonard-wins-6-max-pko.html\"><strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong><\/a> who played his way to a fifth-place finish worth $27,912 plus an additional $10,806 courtesy of sending three opponents to the rail.<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up <strong>Sergio \u201cnomoneynoglory\u201d Aido<\/strong> was the player to collect the most scalps with 10 opponents falling at his feet. This meant the talented UK-based Spaniard banked $51,898 worth of bounties to go with his $75,110 prize money.<\/p>\n<p>BackDoorMat was the player of the tournament, finishing on top for a $103,479 first-place prize and a further $123,698 worth of bounties.<\/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>BackDoorMat<\/td>\n<td>$103,479<\/td>\n<td>$124,698<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Sergio \u201cnomoneynoglory\u201d Aido<\/td>\n<td>$75,110<\/td>\n<td>$51,898<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>SchelampigaUhu<\/td>\n<td>$53,541<\/td>\n<td>$15,071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>MentulaMagna<\/td>\n<td>$39,585<\/td>\n<td>$13,650<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/td>\n<td>$27,912<\/td>\n<td>$10,806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Oliver \u201csk2ll_m0dr\u201d Weis<\/td>\n<td>$21,315<\/td>\n<td>$11,781<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>fren96<\/td>\n<td>$15,732<\/td>\n<td>$23,075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>PicassoToo<\/td>\n<td>$11,672<\/td>\n<td>$17,793<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #050-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 1,076<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $538,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 136<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #050-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong> saw 1,076 players turn out for it, ensuring the guarantee was surpassed by $38,000.<\/p>\n<p>Some 136 spots were paid with <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> exiting in 105th for $1,345 and Brazilian sensation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/renato-nomura\"><strong>Renato \u201crenatonomura\u201d Nomura<\/strong><\/a> falling in 52nd place for a $1,990 addition to his bankroll.<\/p>\n<p>All but one of the eight players to reach the final table banked a five-figure score. <strong>\u201cInsiderexp\u201d<\/strong> busted in eighth-place for $6,994 to ensure everyone else with chips in front of them locked up at least $10,329.<\/p>\n<p>Heads-up was a classic affair with two talented grinders locking horns. Ukraine\u2019s <strong>Roman \u201cSanityWaterline\u201d Romanovsky<\/strong> would eventually fall in second-place, a finish worth $66,281, which left Brazil&#8217;s <strong>Igor \u201cIgorFederal\u201d Trafane<\/strong> to secure the $92,536 top prize and bragging rights among his peers.<\/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>Igor \u201cIgorFederal\u201d Trafane<\/td>\n<td>$92,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Roman \u201cSanityWaterline\u201d Romanovsky<\/td>\n<td>$66,281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>buck82<\/td>\n<td>$43,847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Hesskopp<\/td>\n<td>$29,374<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Kraaaaaut<\/td>\n<td>$20,820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Z-ENERGIES<\/td>\n<td>$14,741<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>TR22TR<\/td>\n<td>$10,329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>insiderexp<\/td>\n<td>$6,994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #051-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 1,001<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,021,020<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 136<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second $1 million guaranteed Championship Event of the day saw 1,001 players buy in for $1,050 and create a prize pool of $1,021,020 that was shared among the top 136 finishers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joni \u201cJJouhk\u201d Jouhkimainen<\/strong> was the first Team partypoker players to bust in the money, crashing out in 124th for $1,151 plus $520 worth of bounties. The partypoker LIVE President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/john-duthie.html\"><strong>John \u201cJohn_Duthie\u201d Duthie<\/strong><\/a> was on the right side of the table this time and booked a 73rd-place finish worth $1,551 and a $1,283 bounty payment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong> busted in 54th-place for a combined $3,118 with <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> navigating his way to 32nd-place for $2,902 in total, the deepest run of one of our pros.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament\u2019s champion was no other than <strong>\u201cPaul_Folders\u201d<\/strong> who last week won the $530 edition of Event #013 for $24,906. This time around, Paul_Folders walked away with a massive $86,086 from the main prize pool plus $62,745 worth of bounties after defeating <strong>\u201cjarumen\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for the title; the runner-up saw their bankroll swell by a combined $76,984.<\/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>Paul_Folders<\/td>\n<td>$86,086<\/td>\n<td>$62,745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>jarumen<\/td>\n<td>$61,661<\/td>\n<td>$15,323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>MOTHERSMATT<\/td>\n<td>$40,790<\/td>\n<td>$8,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Batdog666<\/td>\n<td>$27,327<\/td>\n<td>$18,565<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>GreenHullk<\/td>\n<td>$19,369<\/td>\n<td>$1,560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>MoNddLeR<\/td>\n<td>$13,713<\/td>\n<td>$2,762<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Rodrigo \u201csonmonedas\u201d Perez<\/td>\n<td>$9,609<\/td>\n<td>$3,380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Sami \u201cLarsLuzak1\u201d Kelopuro<\/td>\n<td>$6,506<\/td>\n<td>$260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>POWERFEST events running today<\/h3>\n<p>Another 29 POWERFEST events are scheduled to run on Monday 10th September that have combined guarantees worth $1,526,000. Check out the full schedule for Day 8 in the table below, or feast your eyes on the entire $60 million POWERFEST via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\"><strong>this link<\/strong><\/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 #055-H: $100K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #055-M: $50K Gt<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #055-L: $15K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #055-L: $5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #055-Mi: $1.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$1.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #056-HR: $200K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #056-H: $100K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #056-M: $50K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #056-L: $25K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #056-Mi: $7.5K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #057-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #057-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #057-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #057-L: $30K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #057-Mi: $7.5K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #058-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #058-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #058-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #058-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #058-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #059-HR: $100K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #059-H: $75K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #059-M: $25K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #059-L: $5K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #059-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #060-H: $50K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #060-M: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #060-L: $7.5K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #060-Mi: $1K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/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<p>And last but not least, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\">fastforward Rake Race<\/a><\/strong> has returned with $50,000 worth of Week 3 POWERFEST tickets up for grabs!<\/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 8 of the $60 million POWERFEST was absolutely huge with 35 champions crowned and a cool $5,847,619 awarded to those partypoker players who navigated their way into the money. The biggest prize of the day weighed in at a combined $228,177, the prize awarded to \u201cBackDoorMat\u201d who took down one of two Championship Events<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-8-backdoormat-banks-227k.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":65278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[1750,184,1424,1425,840,1641,360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65274"}],"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=65274"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154276,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65274\/revisions\/154276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65274"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}