{"id":65461,"date":"2018-09-24T09:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65461"},"modified":"2021-10-07T14:07:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:07:51","slug":"60-million-powerfest-final-day-sami-kelopuro-wins-championship-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-final-day-sami-kelopuro-wins-championship-event.html","title":{"rendered":"$60 million POWERFEST Final Day: Sami Kelopuro Wins Championship Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an incredible final day of action we had for POWERFEST with a staggering <strong>$6,816,872<\/strong> being awarded to those skilful and lucky enough to navigate their way into the money. This takes the total prize money awarded during POWERFEST to more than $69.1 million!<\/p>\n<p>Finnish poker legend <strong>Sami \u201cLarsLuzak1\u201d Kelopuro<\/strong> was the biggest winner of the night, but what did he win and how much? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n<h1>$60 million POWERFEST: The story so far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Days remaining: 0<\/li>\n<li>Events played: 670<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 0<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $69,106,263<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$60 million POWERFEST Day 21 highlights<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #142-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5,200<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 327<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,635,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>POWERFEST #142-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong> drew a field of 327 players who created a $1,635,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 48 finishers. Spare a thought for Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong> who busted in 50th place to narrowly miss out on another in-the-money finish.<\/p>\n<p>Bicknell\u2019s team-mate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/joni-jouhkimainen\"><strong>Joni \u201cJJouhki\u201d Jouhkimainen<\/strong><\/a> did cash, busting in 30th place for $13,897.<\/p>\n<p>The least amount of money anyone at the final table could win was $30,411 and this was awarded to eighth-place finisher <strong>\u201cSheparentao\u201d<\/strong>. They were followed to the rail by <strong>\u201cubicaprofi\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cPickYouOFF\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>Oliver \u201csk2ll_m0dR\u201d Weis<\/strong>, the latter being the fifth-place finish and the last player not to collect a six-figure score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBuyThaPot\u201d<\/strong>, a regular in our high buy-in events, finished in fourth-place and banked $113,632 with <strong>\u201cNoLoitering\u201d<\/strong> falling next and scooping $158,595. This left <strong>Sami \u201cLarsLuzak1\u201d Kelopuro<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cA3PTEH\u201d<\/strong> to lock horns for the $317,190 first-place prize.<\/p>\n<p>It was Kelopuro who emerged victorious, grabbing the $317,190 with both hands and leaving A3PTEH to collect a still huge $228,900 consolation prize.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Sami \u201cLarsLuzak1\u201d Kelopuro<\/td>\n<td>$317,190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>A3PTEH<\/td>\n<td>$228,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>NoLoitering<\/td>\n<td>$158,595<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>BuyThaPot<\/td>\n<td>$113,632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Oliver \u201csk2ll_m0dR\u201d Wies<\/td>\n<td>$80,932<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>PickYouOFF<\/td>\n<td>$60,004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>ubicaprofi<\/td>\n<td>$41,692<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Sheparentao<\/td>\n<td>$30,411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #144-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 1,138<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,160,760<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 152<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The player known as <strong>\u201cnipa3p3\u201d<\/strong> has been knocking on the door of a huge score all POWERFEST and they finally got the job done by winning the <strong>POWERFEST #144-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They claimed eight bounties on their way to victory and netted $74,129 from the bounty prize pool as a result. Add this to the $97,014 they banked for winning the tournament and you get a massive $171,143 score!<\/p>\n<p>Shout out to third-place finisher <strong>\u201cimPlayCash\u201d<\/strong> who was like a wrecking ball throughout the $1,050 buy-in event, sending an incredible 20 opponents to the showers before they finally ran out of steam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/index\">Team partypoker<\/a>\u2019s <strong>Joni \u201cJJouhki\u201d Jouhkimainen<\/strong> navigated his way into the money, busting in 57th place for $1,877 plus an additional $1,787 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><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>nipa3p3<\/td>\n<td>$97,014<\/td>\n<td>$74,129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>YmbertoZhukov<\/td>\n<td>$69,418<\/td>\n<td>$5,768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>imPlayCash<\/td>\n<td>$45,576<\/td>\n<td>$28,687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>pakzoo<\/td>\n<td>$30,498<\/td>\n<td>$13,462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Maestro_Bolt<\/td>\n<td>$21,622<\/td>\n<td>$9,926<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>zillisander88<\/td>\n<td>$15,249<\/td>\n<td>$7,085<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>imfromwinland<\/td>\n<td>$10,697<\/td>\n<td>$2,210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Adrovan \u201cJoaoMenthias\u201d Rodrigues<\/td>\n<td>$7,169<\/td>\n<td>$2,437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>POWERFEST #144-H: $500K Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $215<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 2,702<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $556,612<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 344<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A huge field of 2,702 players turned out in force for the <strong>POWERFEST #144-H: $500K Gtd Championship Event PKO<\/strong> to smash the $500,000 guarantee by $56,612.<\/p>\n<p>Team partypoker members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/renato-nomura\"><strong>Renato \u201crenatononumra\u201d Nomura<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/bertrand-elky-grospellier\"><strong>Bertrand \u201cElkY_\u201d Grospellier<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Kristen \u201cKrissyb24\u201d Bicknell<\/strong>, <strong>Day \u201cdaykotoviezy\u201d Kotoviezy<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/patrick-leonard\"><strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Dzmitry \u201cDzmitry_Urbanov\u201d Urbanovich<\/strong> all cashed, the latter falling in 73rd place.<\/p>\n<p>The player of the hour, however, was <strong>\u201cNotoriousGIB\u201d<\/strong> who topped the monster-sized field to get their hands on a combined score worth a cool $67,434. They defeated <strong>\u201cAzorAhai\u201d<\/strong> heads-up to bank this massive sum, resigning the runner-up to a $30,897 prize from the main prize pool and an additional $7,950 worth of bounty payments.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>NotoriousGIB<\/td>\n<td>$43,671<\/td>\n<td>$23,763<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>AzorAhai<\/td>\n<td>$30,897<\/td>\n<td>$7,950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>BBCgiants<\/td>\n<td>$19,878<\/td>\n<td>$5,430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>BOOMALOOM_<\/td>\n<td>$13,212<\/td>\n<td>$3,485<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>valueoverbetPL<\/td>\n<td>$9,186<\/td>\n<td>$529<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>aifadeev<\/td>\n<td>$6,268<\/td>\n<td>$6,769<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>TigerVSyou<\/td>\n<td>$4,323<\/td>\n<td>$3,341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>juca_pirama<\/td>\n<td>$2,756<\/td>\n<td>$3,304<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>So POWERFEST is now done and dusted, but there are still giant prize pools to play for in our daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/tournaments\/annual-series\"><strong>Power Series<\/strong> tournaments<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/millions-online\"><strong>$20 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online<\/strong><\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p>We launched some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/partypoker-beefs-up-millions-online-satellites-guaranteeing-over-10m-in-seats.html\"><strong>brand new MILLIONS Online satellites<\/strong><\/a> where we are <strong>adding $5,300 seats to the prize pool<\/strong> instead of simply guaranteeing a seat. This means there will always be an extra seat to be won in these satellites regardless of the prize pool accumulated.<\/p>\n<p>There are also some <strong>excellent Phased Satellites<\/strong> that run every two hours from 16:00-02:00 CET. You take your chip stacks from each Phased Satellite through to a weekly <strong>\u201cFinal Phase\u201d<\/strong> Qualifier where 10 seats, worth $5,300 each, are added to the prize pool, meaning there\u2019s a huge $5,000 in added-value to be won every week!<\/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>What an incredible final day of action we had for POWERFEST with a staggering $6,816,872 being awarded to those skilful and lucky enough to navigate their way into the money. This takes the total prize money awarded during POWERFEST to more than $69.1 million! Finnish poker legend Sami \u201cLarsLuzak1\u201d Kelopuro was the biggest winner of<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/60-million-powerfest-final-day-sami-kelopuro-wins-championship-event.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":65463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[1356,1424,1425,840,1641,360],"yst_prominent_words":[6985,6978,6989,6982,6987,6980,4761,4753,4749,6983,5010,4987,4754,6984,6977,6988,6981,6986,6979,4454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65461"}],"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=65461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154632,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65461\/revisions\/154632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65461"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}