{"id":70865,"date":"2019-04-14T12:47:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T12:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=70865"},"modified":"2019-04-14T20:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T20:42:29","slug":"30m-gtd-powerfest-day-14-matthew-staples-becomes-powerfest-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30m-gtd-powerfest-day-14-matthew-staples-becomes-powerfest-champ.html","title":{"rendered":"$30M Gtd POWERFEST Day 14: Matt Staples Becomes a POWERFEST Champ!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 14 of the <strong>$30 million guaranteed POWERFEST<\/strong>, the penultimate day\u2019s play, saw another $512,124 paid out across 13 action-packed events. One player who certainly enjoyed themselves was Team Online\u2019s <strong>Matt Staples<\/strong> who became a POWERFEST champion and reached the final table of another event!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Events completed<\/strong>: 229<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize money awarded<\/strong>: $26,825,909<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Powerfest #65-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 581<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $20,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team Online\u2019s <strong>Matt Staples<\/strong> reached the final table of the Powerfest #65-H event and busted in fifth-place for a $1,560 prize. Disappointed not to have taken down that event, Staples made amends by becoming the champion of the <strong>Powerfest #65-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/strong>, a result worth $3,684.<\/p>\n<p>The popular Canadian streamer defeated Germany\u2019s <strong>\u201cdaddybig77\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for the title; the runner-up scooped $2,622, tweeting to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattstaplespkr?lang=en\">his 12.7K Twitter followers<\/a>, \u201cBOOM Just shipped my first ever Powerfest title! 1st $33-M Turbo for $3,684 and 5th in the $109-H $1,560.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a fantastic result for Staples who now goes into the final day of POWERFEST full of confidence and hoping to become a two-time POWERFEST champion.<\/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>MatthewStaples<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$3,684<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>daddybig77<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$2,622<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>JSnipershow<\/td>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>$1,778<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>ozzijen93<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$1,224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Thanks-Dude<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$856<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>akacidul<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$622<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>whnwbn<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>HandshakeWave<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Powerfest #64-H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $320<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 337<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $103,796<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Powerfest #64-H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/strong> event attracted 337 players who competed for a slice of $103,796. The lion\u2019s share of this princely sum went to Venezuela\u2019s <strong>\u201cDorianriosvnzla\u201d<\/strong> who netted the $7,774 top prize plus an impressive $11,719 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the eight players at the final table won more than $1,600 thanks to the bounty format of the tournament. The runner-up, <strong>\u201cJeff7010\u201d<\/strong> of Ireland, banked the $7,734 second-place prize plus $79 in bounties, meaning they must have picked their spots well to navigate their way to such a deep finish.<\/p>\n<p>Shout-outs to third and fourth-place finishers <strong>\u201cpayme200888\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cenjoytheride333\u201d<\/strong> who were busy busting opponents, scooping $3,606 and $3,520 worth of bounties respectively.<\/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>Dorianriosvnzla<\/td>\n<td>Venezuela<\/td>\n<td>$7,744<\/td>\n<td>$11,719<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Jeff7010<\/td>\n<td>Ireland<\/td>\n<td>$7,734<\/td>\n<td>$79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>payme200888<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$5,362<\/td>\n<td>$3,606<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>enjoytheride333<\/td>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>$3,842<\/td>\n<td>$3,520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>cashcrew2<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$2,736<\/td>\n<td>$1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>its_showtime<\/td>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>$2,028<\/td>\n<td>$1,278<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Imsofkinglucky<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$1,409<\/td>\n<td>$1,431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>P0L4R1C3<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$1,028<\/td>\n<td>$651<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Powerfest #66-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $530<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 110<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $56,375<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dutch players dominated the <strong>Powerfest #66-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max<\/strong> event with three of them reaching the six-handed final table. With 50 percent of the final table made up by players from the Netherlands, it was no surprise to see one of them win the title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTom_Poker_NL\u201d<\/strong> was that champion, securing $5,267 for first-place and $7,546 worth of bounties, including that on the head of fellow Dutch player <strong>\u201cMartinMirellaSm\u201d<\/strong> who secured the $5,262 runner-up prize and $4,068 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>The other player who calls the Netherlands home was the sixth-place finisher <strong>\u201cMisterN411\u201d<\/strong> who banked $1,285 plus $262 worth of bounties.<\/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>Tom_Poker_NL<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$5,267<\/td>\n<td>$7,546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>MartinMirellaSm<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$5,262<\/td>\n<td>$4,068<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>trackomat<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$3,716<\/td>\n<td>$656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>sKAnKhunt92<\/td>\n<td>Colombia<\/td>\n<td>$2,632<\/td>\n<td>$3,149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>frokennatur<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$1,935<\/td>\n<td>$2,493<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>MisterN411<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$1,285<\/td>\n<td>$262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>POWERFEST Day 13 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 #63-H: $75K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>smir9david<\/td>\n<td>$15,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #63-M: $50K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>cruzamirez95<\/td>\n<td>$8,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #63L: $20K Gtd Deep 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>BACKnBls_515<\/td>\n<td>$2,701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #64H: $100K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Dorianriosvnzia<\/td>\n<td>$19,463*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #64-M: $50K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>rathjenefb99<\/td>\n<td>$8,093*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #64-L: $25K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>wasjaxjv<\/td>\n<td>$2,845*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #65-H: $30K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Zarzoor912<\/td>\n<td>$5,970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #65-M: $20K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>MatthewStaples<\/td>\n<td>$3,684<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #65-L: $10K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>p1zzed1<\/td>\n<td>$1,745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #66-HR: $50K Gtd PKO Fast MIx-Max<\/td>\n<td>Tom_Poker_NL<\/td>\n<td>$12,813*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #66-H: $30K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>neveren0ugh27<\/td>\n<td>$7,775*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #66-M: $20K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>AAnewstart<\/td>\n<td>$3,004*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powerfest #66-L: $5K Gtd PKO Fast Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>baloo-sennin<\/td>\n<td>$824*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*includes bounty payments<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>POWERFEST Day 15 Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Another 25 POWERFEST events are scheduled for Day 15, Sunday 14th April, and they have combined guarantees worth $5,460,000 thanks to three $1 million guaranteed Championship Events taking place.. Check out the full Day 15 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>15:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #67-HR: $250K Gtd Slow 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #67-H: $150K Gtd Slow 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #67-M: $75K Gtd Slow 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #67-L: $25K Gtd Slow 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #68-HR: $500K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #68-H: $250K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #68-M: $100K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #68-L: $50K Gtd Deep 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>18:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Powerfest #69-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>$5,200<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Powerfest #70-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO 8-Max<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>$2,100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Powerfest #70-H: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO 8-Max<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>$320<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #70-M: $200K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #70-L: $50K Gtd PKO 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #71-HR: $100K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #71-H: $50K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #71-M: $30K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #71-L: $15K Gtd Deep Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #72-HR: $300K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #72-H: $100K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #72-M: $30K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #72-L: $10K Gtd PKO Fast 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #73-HR: $100K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #73-H: $50K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #73-M: $20K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>Powerfest #73-L: $5K Gtd PKO Turbo 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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 14 of the $30 million guaranteed POWERFEST, the penultimate day\u2019s play, saw another $512,124 paid out across 13 action-packed events. One player who certainly enjoyed themselves was Team Online\u2019s Matt Staples who became a POWERFEST champion and reached the final table of another event! Events completed: 229 Prize money awarded: $26,825,909 Powerfest #65-M: $20K<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30m-gtd-powerfest-day-14-matthew-staples-becomes-powerfest-champ.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":70604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1301],"tags":[1099,2000,2001,454,200,840,1652,50837],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70865"}],"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=70865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70880,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70865\/revisions\/70880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70865"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=70865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}