{"id":65410,"date":"2018-09-19T11:14:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65410"},"modified":"2018-09-19T11:14:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:14:36","slug":"60-million-powerfest-day-17-jason-koon-and-ike-haxton-win-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-17-jason-koon-and-ike-haxton-win-big.html","title":{"rendered":"$60 million POWERFEST Day 17: Jason Koon and Ike Haxton Win Big"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A staggering $5,065,816 was paid out on <strong>Day 17 of the $60 million guaranteed POWERFEST<\/strong>, including a massive $424,112 to the winner of the <strong>$2 million guaranteed Championship Event<\/strong>. Let\u2019s find out who got their hands on that gargantuan prize.<\/p>\n<h1>$60 million POWERFEST: The story so far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Days remaining: 5<\/li>\n<li>Events played: 521<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 149<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $52,110,452<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$60 million POWERFEST Day 17 highlights<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #108-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $10,300<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 208<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $2,080,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #108-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong> saw 208 players exchange $10,300 for 100,000 chips and the chance to win a massive prize. Those 208 entries ensured the $2 million guarantee was surpassed and the $2,080,000 prize pool was divided up among the top 32 finishers.<\/p>\n<p>Spare a thought for <strong>\u201corpenkk\u201d<\/strong> who busted in 33rd place to become the last player to be eliminated with no prize money to show for their effort.<\/p>\n<p>Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> finished in 28th place for $21,632 while <strong>Anatoly \u201cNL_Profit\u201d Filatov<\/strong> cashed in 16th place for $30,784 to continue his incredible series.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who finished in fifth-place and above netted a six-figure score. Russian superstar <strong>\u201cPhileasFogg\u201d<\/strong> banked $114,400 for their fifth-place finish with <strong>\u201cp0kchkmonsta\u201d<\/strong> walking away with $162,240.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chance \u201cChanceSeeYou\u201d Kornuth<\/strong> was streaming his play on Twitch and managed to navigate his way to a third-place finish worth $219,440, leaving <strong>\u201cAlien_Army\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cmbtremendo\u201d<\/strong> to lock horns heads-up.<\/p>\n<p>No deal was struck despite there being $116,272 difference between first and second-place. This meant when mbtremendo emerged victorious, they won a cool $424,112 while Alien_Army added $307,840 to their partypoker 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>mbtremendo<\/td>\n<td>$424,112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Alien_Army<\/td>\n<td>$307,840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Chance \u201cChanceSeeYou\u201d Kornuth<\/td>\n<td>$219,440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>p0kchkmonsta<\/td>\n<td>$162,240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>PhileasFogg<\/td>\n<td>$114,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>PlayingOnlyNuts<\/td>\n<td>$87,360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>MoNddLeR<\/td>\n<td>$64,480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Mar10k4rt3n<\/td>\n<td>$47,840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #110-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 495<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $500,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #110-HR: $500K Gtd<\/strong> event ended in a heads-up chop that saw <strong>\u201cSUPERSCOUSER\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cTheFatMexican\u201d<\/strong> share a combined $161,350! Both heads-up players split the remaining prize pool equally so each banked $80,675 for their $1,050 investment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/ludovic-geilich\"><strong>Ludovic \u201cGr4vyBo4t\u201d Geilich<\/strong><\/a> had earlier crashed out in 20th place for $4,550 while everyone at the final table secured a payday of at least $8,500, the sum awarded to <strong>\u201cHahaha_Owned\u201d<\/strong>, the eighth-place finisher.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone else won at least five-figures, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-5-andras-nemeth-wins-a-championship-event.html\"><strong>Andras \u201cprobirs\u201d Nemeth<\/strong><\/a> who finished sixth for $16,500 and <strong>Christophe \u201cgetmechips\u201d De Meulder<\/strong> whose fifth-place finish was worth $22,700.<\/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>SUPERSCOUSER<\/td>\n<td>$80,675*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>TheFatMexican<\/td>\n<td>$80,675*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Welsh187<\/td>\n<td>$46,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>polariced<\/td>\n<td>$32,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Christophe \u201cgetmechips\u201d De Meulder<\/td>\n<td>$22,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Andras \u201cprobirs\u201d Nemeth<\/td>\n<td>$16,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>NHOHOj6<\/td>\n<td>$11,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Hahaha_Owned<\/td>\n<td>$8,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #111-SHR: $500K Gtd Championship Event 6-Max PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $10,300<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 97<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $970,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An incredible 97 players turned out in force for the <strong>POWERFEST #111-SHR: $500K Gtd Championship Event<\/strong> 6-Max PKO creating a $970,000 prize pool as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Two members of Team partypoker navigated their way to the final table and looked set for an epic victory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/isaac-haxton-joins-partypoker.html\"><strong>Isaac \u201cIke_Haxton\u201d Haxton<\/strong><\/a> eventually busted in third-place for $11,6400 leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/jason-koon-bags-another-2-1-million-on-the-live-circuit.html\"><strong>Jason \u201cJason_Koon\u201d Koon<\/strong><\/a> to fly the partypoker flag in a heads-up battle with <strong>\u201cMysterioBrown\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our hero could not quite get the job done and had to settle for the runner-up prize, although we are sure the $189,150 cash haul will help numb the pain somewhat.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations then to MysterioBrown who emerged as a worth champion, securing a custom trophy and a cool $303,421 first-place prize.<\/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>MysterioBrown<\/td>\n<td>$303,421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Jason \u201cJason_Koon\u201d Koon<\/td>\n<td>$189,150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Isaac \u201cIke_Haxton\u201d Haxton<\/td>\n<td>$116,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Niklas \u201cDrulitooo\u201d Astedt<\/td>\n<td>$84,875<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>VolZoK_<\/td>\n<td>$60,625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Eder \u201cKingJamesMVP\u201d Campana<\/td>\n<td>$41,225<\/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 Wednesday 19th September that have combined guarantees worth $1,516,000. Check out the full schedule for Day 17 in the table below, or feast your eyes on the entire $60 million POWERFEST via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\">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 #115-H: $100K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #115-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #115-L: $15K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #115-L: $5K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #115-Mi: $1.5K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$1.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #116-HR: $200K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #116-H: $100K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #116-M: $50K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #116-L: $25K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #116-Mi: $7.5K Gtd PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #117-HR: $500K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #117-H: $200K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #117-M: $100K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #117-L: $30K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$16.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #117-Mi: $7.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #118-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #118-H: $10K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #118-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #118-L: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #118-Mi: $500 Gtd 6-Max PLO8<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #119-HR: $100K Gtd Fast PKO<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #119-H: $75K Gtd Fast PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #119-M: $25K Gtd Fast PKO<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #119-L: $5K Gtd Fast PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #119-Mi: $1K Gtd Fast PKO<\/td>\n<td>$1.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #120-H: $30K Gtd 6-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #120-M: $15K Gtd 6-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$27.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #120-L: $5K Gtd 6-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>POWERFEST #120-Mi: $1K Gtd 6-Max 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>A staggering $5,065,816 was paid out on Day 17 of the $60 million guaranteed POWERFEST, including a massive $424,112 to the winner of the $2 million guaranteed Championship Event. Let\u2019s find out who got their hands on that gargantuan prize. $60 million POWERFEST: The story so far Days remaining: 5 Events played: 521 Events remaining:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-day-17-jason-koon-and-ike-haxton-win-big.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":65411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301,1219],"tags":[1634,1334,184,187,200,840,50837],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65410"}],"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=65410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65416,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65410\/revisions\/65416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65410"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}