{"id":65362,"date":"2018-09-17T09:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T09:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65362"},"modified":"2018-09-17T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:03:09","slug":"60-million-powerfest-day-15-ben-tollerene-wins-a-championship-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-15-ben-tollerene-wins-a-championship-event.html","title":{"rendered":"$60 million POWERFEST Day 15: Ben Tollerene Wins a Championship Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a day the 15th day of the <strong>$60 million POWERFEST<\/strong> was. Thirty-five champions were crowned and a massive $6,872,414 was distributed among those finishing in the money, taking the total prize money awarded to $45,389,319.<\/p>\n<p>POWERFEST runs all this week and you can bet your bottom dollar that <strong>Ben \u201cCowEyed\u201d Tollerene<\/strong> will be at the tables after he won the $1 million guaranteed POWERFEST event for a massive $310,440 haul!<\/p>\n<h1>$60 million POWERFEST: The story so far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Days remaining: 7<\/li>\n<li>Events played: 461<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 209<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $45,389,319<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$60 million POWERFEST Day 15 highlights<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #095-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5,200<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 312<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,560,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 40<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A field of 312 entrants meant the <strong>POWERFEST #095-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong> had it\u2019s guarantee beaten by more than 50 percent, an incredible result for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Two members of Team partypoker went deep in this event. <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> burst the final table bubble, crashing out in ninth-place for a $24,180 score. Russian sensation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/anatoly-filatov\"><strong>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/strong><\/a> saw his tournament come to an abrupt end in fourth-place. This impressive result banked Filatov a cool $114,660 and was his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-1-filatov-wins-159k.html\">second six-figure score of this POWERFEST<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three of poker\u2019s Goliaths clashed after Filatov exited. Swedish superstar <strong>Niklas \u201cDrulitooo\u201d Astedt<\/strong> busted in third-place and walked away with $157,560 to leave <strong>Jon \u201csordykrd\u201d Van Fleet<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ben &#8220;CowEyed&#8221; Tollerene<\/strong>\u00a0to lock horns heads up.<\/p>\n<p>Both Tollerene and Van Fleet have enjoyed huge scores at partypoker. Tollerene won almost $850,000 by taking down the $25,500 Super High Roller during a 2017 POWERFEST, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/jon-van-fleet-wins-5-million-guaranteed-millions-online-event.html\">Van Fleet won the inaugural MILLIONS Online<\/a> for more than $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Tollerene got his hands on the $310,440 first-place prize in this event, while Van Fleet had to make do with a $224,640 boost to his bankroll.<\/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>Ben \u201cCowEyed\u201d Tollerene<\/td>\n<td>$310,440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Jon \u201csordykrd\u201d Van Fleet<\/td>\n<td>$224,640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Niklas \u201cDrulitooo\u201d Astedt<\/td>\n<td>$157,560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/td>\n<td>$114,660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>PokerG1rl69<\/td>\n<td>$81,120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Kacakucy<\/td>\n<td>$60,840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>PaLpAlIZa<\/td>\n<td>$42,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>MaXiMuSpkr<\/td>\n<td>$31,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #097-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 1,199<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,222,980<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 152<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #097-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong> saw its massive guarantee smashed by $222,980 and this princely sum was paid out to the top 152 finishers.<\/p>\n<p>Team partypoker members <strong>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/kristen-bicknells-top-5-powerfest-tips-for-success.html\"><strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong><\/a> both cashed with Bicknell\u2019s tournament ending in a 19th place finish worth $3,297 plus an additional $2,827 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>It was Canada\u2019s <strong>\u201cnolet20\u201d<\/strong> who won the lion\u2019s share of the prize pool, namely a cool $102,214 from the main prize pool and $88,328 from the bounty prize pool. Nolet20 defeated <strong>\u201cwhresmymind\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for the title, the runner-up netting $73,139 plus $15,677 from the bounty prize pool.<\/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>nolet20<\/td>\n<td>$102,214<\/td>\n<td>$88,328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>whresmymind<\/td>\n<td>$73,139<\/td>\n<td>$15,677<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>josef_shvejk<\/td>\n<td>$48,019<\/td>\n<td>$16,938<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>ch1ck3nrobb3rr<\/td>\n<td>$32,133<\/td>\n<td>$5,094<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Ben \u201cbfzhang\u201d Farrell<\/td>\n<td>$22,781<\/td>\n<td>$11,480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Tenebrus321<\/td>\n<td>$16,066<\/td>\n<td>$9,518<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>goodluckhavefun<\/td>\n<td>$11,270<\/td>\n<td>$12,934<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>mwhldwn<\/td>\n<td>$7,553<\/td>\n<td>$10,091<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #096-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 1,179<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $589,500<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 152<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cMike__420\u201d<\/strong> took down the <strong>POWERFEST #096-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong> event to turn a $530 investment into a massive $100,509 score, the only player to net a six-figure sum.<\/p>\n<p>Three Team partypoker players cashed in this event. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/bertrand-elky-grospellier\"><strong>Bertrand \u201cElkY_\u201d Grospellier<\/strong><\/a> finished in 109th for $1,355 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/joni-jouhkimainen\"><strong>Joni \u201cJJouhki\u201d Jouhkimainen<\/strong><\/a> busting in 101st place for $1,473. <strong>Dzmitry \u201cDzmitry_Urbanov\u201d Urbanovich<\/strong> went the deepest of our pros, falling in 35th place for $2,299.<\/p>\n<p>The man of the hour was Mike__420 who defeated <strong>\u201cjo1ntheparty\u201d<\/strong> heads-up to scoop the $100,509 top prize. Jo1ntheparty banked$= $71,919 for their runner-up finish with Denmark\u2019s <strong>Jonas \u201cPalsgaard93\u201d Palsgard<\/strong> finishing in third-place for a $47,218 score.<\/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>Mike__420<\/td>\n<td>$100,509<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>jo1ntheparty<\/td>\n<td>$71,919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Jonas \u201cPalsgaard93\u201d Palsgard<\/td>\n<td>$47,218<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>ImReadyGambo<\/td>\n<td>$31,597<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>slfmdmllnr<\/td>\n<td>$22,401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>GewoonBoef<\/td>\n<td>$15,798<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Gary.Breenstein<\/td>\n<td>$11,082<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>POKERPRO2.0<\/td>\n<td>$7,427<\/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 17th September that have combined guarantees worth $1,526,000. Check out the full schedule for Day 15 in the table below, or feast your eyes on the entire $60 million POWERFEST via this link.<\/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 #101-H: $100K Gtd Deep<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #101-M: $50K Gtd Deep<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #101-L: $15K Gtd Deep<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #101-L: $5K Gtd Deep<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #101-Mi: $1.5K Gtd Deep<\/td>\n<td>$1.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #102-HR: $200K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #102-H: $100K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #102-M: $50K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #102-L: $25K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #102-Mi: $7.5K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #103-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #103-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #103-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #103-L: $30K Gtd 6-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #103-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 #104-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #104-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #104-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #104-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #104-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #105-HR: $100K Gtd Fast Mix-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #105-H: $75K Gtd Fast Mix-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #105-M: $25K Gtd Fast Mix-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #105-L: $5K Gtd Fast Mix-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #105-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast Mix-Max PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #106-H: $30K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #106-M: $15K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #106-L: $5K Gtd 6-Max PKO Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #106-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<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>What a day the 15th day of the $60 million POWERFEST was. Thirty-five champions were crowned and a massive $6,872,414 was distributed among those finishing in the money, taking the total prize money awarded to $45,389,319. POWERFEST runs all this week and you can bet your bottom dollar that Ben \u201cCowEyed\u201d Tollerene will be at<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-15-ben-tollerene-wins-a-championship-event.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":65363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[184,200,543,840,50837,477,476],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65362"}],"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=65362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65371,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65362\/revisions\/65371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65362"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}