{"id":70728,"date":"2019-04-05T09:02:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=70728"},"modified":"2020-11-16T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:15:05","slug":"30m-gtd-powerfest-day-5-probirs-wins-the-1m-gtd-championship-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30m-gtd-powerfest-day-5-probirs-wins-the-1m-gtd-championship-event.html","title":{"rendered":"$30M Gtd POWERFEST Day 5: probirs Wins the $1M Gtd Championship Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Day 5 of the $30M Gtd POWERFEST<\/strong> saw some of the biggest tournaments of the series so far take place, including the first <strong>$1 million guaranteed Championship Event<\/strong>. By the time the final event of the day crowned its champion, $3,414,664 had been paid out, taking the total prize money awarded so far to $11,745,521!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Events completed<\/strong>: 88*<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize money awarded<\/strong>: $11,745,521<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Powerfest #21-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $10,300<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 127<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $1,270,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A star-studded field of 127 players turned out for the <strong>Powerfest #21-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/strong>, ensuring the $1 million guarantee was smashed. The top 16 finishers received prize money, including Team partypoker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/sam-trickett\"><strong>Sam \u201cSamTrickett\u201d Trickett<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/renato-nomura\"><strong>Renato \u201crenatonomura\u201d Nomura<\/strong><\/a> who finished in 11th and ninth-place respectively for $31,750 each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTimeToPardy\u201d<\/strong> busted first from the eighth-handed final table and banked $41,275. They were joined on the rail by <strong>\u201ciTiLTuu\u201d<\/strong> of Austria who collected $50,800 before <strong>\u201cschlongoperator\u201d<\/strong> from Canada fell in sixth-place for a $63,500 addition to their bankroll.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-place and $82,550 went to <strong>\u201cPokerG1rl69\u201d<\/strong> of Finland before Team partypoker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/joao-simao\"><strong>Joao \u201cjoaosimaobh\u201d Simao<\/strong><\/a> saw his tournament end in a fourth-place finish worth $111,125, the first six-figure prize of the event.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s <strong>&#8220;ADRIEN_BRODY\u201d<\/strong> then crashed out in third-place for a $158,750 prize, leaving <strong>\u201cIlove2fish\u201d<\/strong> and Hungarian star <strong>\u201cprobirs\u201d<\/strong> to fight it out for the top prize. It was probirs who emerged victorious, resigning Ilove2fish to a massive $222,250 consolation prize and bagging the $311,150 top prize for themself.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>probirs<\/td>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>$311,150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Ilove2fish<\/td>\n<td>Costa Rica<\/td>\n<td>$222,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>ADRIEN_BRODY<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$158,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>joaosimaobh<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$111,125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>PokerG1rl69<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>$82,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>schlongoperator<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$63,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>iTiLTuu<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$50,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>TimeToPardy<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$41,275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Powerfest #23-SHR: $500K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $5,200<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 100<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $500,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The $5,200 <strong>Powerfest #23-SHR: $500K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/strong> saw 100 players take to the virtual felt and it was one of our own, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/roberto-romanello\"><strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a> who claimed the unwanted title of bubble boy, busting in 13th place with 12-place paid.<\/p>\n<p>A min-cashed was worth $13,699 but this increased to $21,250, the sum given to <strong>\u201cU_goT_BanANa\u201d<\/strong> of Austria. The Austrian was followed to the sidelines by a fellow Austrian <strong>\u201cSkrillexer\u201d<\/strong> who netted $31,250 and then Germany\u2019s <strong>\u201cLoewe80\u201d<\/strong> fell by the wayside in fourth-place for a $43,750 prize.<\/p>\n<p>Next to bust was the British PLO specialist <strong>\u201cCHUFFTY\u201d<\/strong> who banked a cool $60,000 before Sweden\u2019s <strong>\u201chaddoken\u201d<\/strong>, who had led for the majority of the tournament, defeated Brazil\u2019s <strong>\u201cp7p7p7p7\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for the title. The Brazilian scooped $97,500 with the Swede walking away with a massive $156,403.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>haddoken<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$156,403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>p7p7p7p7<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$97,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>CHUFFTY<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$60,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Loewe80<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$43,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Skrillexer<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$31,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>U_goT_BanANa<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$21,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Powerfest #22-HR: $250K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $2,100<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 178<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $364,900<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team partypoker\u2019s excellent day at the tables continued when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/isaac-haxton\"><strong>Isaac \u201cIke_Haxton\u201d Haxton<\/strong><\/a> navigated his way to the final table of the $2,100 <strong>Powerfest #22-HR: $250K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/strong> event.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly for Haxton, he couldn\u2019t quite get the job done and busted in third-place for a $22,019 prize boosted by $7,415 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-handed final table read like a who\u2019s who of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/\">online poker<\/a> with it seating the likes of <strong>\u201cHellmuthTheGr8\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cJimyTransaction\u201d<\/strong>, and <strong>\u201crudiqa1\u201d<\/strong>. The heads-up duo were <strong>\u201cJWPRODIGY\u201d<\/strong> who looks to have moved from Thailand to Malta to continue his online poker career, and Brazilian sensation <strong>\u201cn1ceFTW\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was n1ceFTW who was the victory in this event, getting their hands on $30,200 for finishing in first-place and a substantial $68,184 worth of bounty payments. JWPRODIGY had to console themself with a $30,164 second-place prize and $6,168 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>n1ceFTW<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$30,200<\/td>\n<td>$68,184<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>JWPRODIGY<\/td>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>$30,164<\/td>\n<td>$6,168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Ike_Haxton<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$22,019<\/td>\n<td>$7,415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>mantelis38<\/td>\n<td>Lithuania<\/td>\n<td>$15,755<\/td>\n<td>$2,493<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>rudiqa1<\/td>\n<td>Latvia<\/td>\n<td>$11,009<\/td>\n<td>$6,890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>seijistar<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$8,542<\/td>\n<td>$4,528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>JimyTransaction<\/td>\n<td>Costa Rica<\/td>\n<td>$6,643<\/td>\n<td>$7,481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>HellmuthTheGr8<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$5,220<\/td>\n<td>$2,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>POWERFEST Day 5 Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #20-HR: $150K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>jizonhisniz<\/td>\n<td>$42,615<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #20-H: $100K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>HU_ACE<\/td>\n<td>$27,310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #20-M: $50K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>dries1234<\/td>\n<td>$13,292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #20-L: $20K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>massi_83<\/td>\n<td>$3,795<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #21-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>probirs<\/td>\n<td>$311,150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #22-HR: $250K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>n1ceFTW<\/td>\n<td>$98,384<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #22-H: $150K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>meatbulmeantula<\/td>\n<td>$31,934*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #22-M: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>NightOwl1859<\/td>\n<td>$13,169*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #22-L: $25K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Reeeeeeeeee<\/td>\n<td>$2,953*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #23-SHR: $500K Gtd PLO 6-Max 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>haddoken<\/td>\n<td>$156,403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #24-HR: $50K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>ElkY_<\/td>\n<td>$14,458<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #24-H: $30K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>neckbre4k<\/td>\n<td>$8,223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #24-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>kanapasta<\/td>\n<td>$5,016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #24-L: $10K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>JoeBizzle111<\/td>\n<td>$2,189<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #25-HR: $150K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>do or die<\/td>\n<td>$38,622*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #25-H: $50K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>shortyno03<\/td>\n<td>$11,588*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #25-M: $20K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>Saul_In<\/td>\n<td>$3,882*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #25-L: $5K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>CesarAAnd<\/td>\n<td>$945*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*includes bounty payments<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>POWERFEST Day 6 Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Another 13 POWERFEST events are scheduled for Day 6 and they have combined guarantees worth $485,000. Check out the full Day 6 schedule below.<\/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>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #26-H: $75K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #26-M: $50K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #26-L: $20K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #27-H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #27-M: $50K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #27-L: $25K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #28-H: $30K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #28-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #28-L: $10K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #29-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #29-H: $30K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #29-M: $20K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #29-L: $5K Gtd PKO Fast 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>POWERFEST SPINS<\/h2>\n<p>Our POWERFEST SPINS come with buy-ins of $5 and $50 and give you the chance to win POWERFEST tickets worth up to $25,500! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/powerfest\/spins\"><strong>You can learn more about POWERFEST SPINS by clicking this link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/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>Day 5 of the $30M Gtd POWERFEST saw some of the biggest tournaments of the series so far take place, including the first $1 million guaranteed Championship Event. By the time the final event of the day crowned its champion, $3,414,664 had been paid out, taking the total prize money awarded so far to $11,745,521!<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30m-gtd-powerfest-day-5-probirs-wins-the-1m-gtd-championship-event.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":70729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[184,187,200,840,50837],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70728"}],"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=70728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98769,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70728\/revisions\/98769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70728"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=70728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}