partypoker’s POWERFEST X is one of the greatest MTT series ever. With it’s $28M in guarantees the series brings a lot of great action and excitements. YourPokerCash will publish the recaps of each day of the event so you can follow this great poker festival!

POWERFEST X

POWERFEST X Day 1 saw 25 champions crowned and a cool $3.519.504 paid out across those 25 action-packed events. Four members of Team partypoker navigated their way to final tables, and while none of them triumphed, they all walked away with big scores.

POWERFEST X: The Story So Far

  • Events completed: 56
  • Events remaining: 219
  • Prize money awarded: $5,842,500

POWERFEST X Day 1 Recap

POWERFEST #03-SHR: $500K Gtd

Entries: 126
Buy-in: $5,200
Prize pool: $630,000
Places ITM: 16

Brazilian sensation Renato “renato_nomura” Nomura was the first of our heroes to reach a final table, doing so in the POWERFEST #03-SHR: $500K Gtd. It was a tournament commanding a $5,200 buy-in and 126-players stumped up the cash to create a $630,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 16 finishers.

Nomura eventually fell in seventh-place to turn his $5,200 investment into a $25,200 haul. “Player2341” was the first casualty of the eight-handed final table.

After Nomura bust, “SunTzu”, “PunchlineEnBata”, “Van_Vian_Van” and “tdlvechickenbn” crashed out for score ranging between $31,500 and $78,750.

Heads-up saw “aaabbb” and “PauliBet” clash and no deal was struck despite a $44,100 difference between first and second place. The winner was PauliBet who scooped the $154,350 top prize, leaving aaabbb to collect $110,250.

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POWERFEST #04-HR: $400K Gtd PKO

Entries: 203
Buy-in: $2,100
Prize pool: $416,150
Places paid: 32

The $2,100 buy-in POWERFEST #04-HR: $400K Gtd PKO looked set to be taken down by the one and only Roberto “R_Romanello” Romanello, but the Welsh star ran out of steam midway through the final table.

“Brachiosuarus” busted in eighth-place for more than $14,000 (including bounties) and was joined on the rail by “I-Am-Benjami” and “Kroat..” Fifth-place and a haul of more than $20,000 went to “CarpePiscis” before Romanello’s impressive run came to an end in fourth-place, which banked him $17,237 from the main prize pool and $3,281 in bounty payments. Good game, sir.

Our champion in this high roller was “DasIstMirWurst” whose victory saw their partypoker account bolstered with $32,728 for winning the tournament and $50,170 from the bounty prize pool. Congratulations also to “vaueffell” wh was the runner-up for a $32,687 prize boosted by $24,609 worth of bounties.

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POWERFEST #06-HR: $250K Gtd Fast PKO

Entries: 230
Buy-in: $1,050
Prize pool: $234,600
Places paid: 32

Jeff “JeffGross” Gross was the third Team partypoker player to reach a POWERFEST X Day 1 final table. Gross entered the POWERFEST #06-HR: $250K Gtd Fast PKO for $1,050 along with 229 other players to create a $234,600 prize pool.

Gross’ impressive run ended in a fifth-place finish worth $7,807 plus $4,428. Only two other players won more from the bounty prize pool than Gross, showing an aggressive approach can yield great results in PKO events.

Those two bounty-hungry players were fourth-placed “lil4funn” who collected $8,194 from the bounty prize pool in addition to their $11,072 score, and our champion “eGGplant” whose $21,023 top prize saw $26,654 from the bounty prize pool added to it.

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A special mention also to the one and only Jaime “jaimestaples” Staples who finished in seventh place in the POWERFEST #07-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max Hyper PKO Battle for a $1,203 prize plus an additional $1,566 worth of bounty payments. Don’t forget to check out Staples’ special POWERFESt show every day on his Twitch channel.

 

POWERFEST X Day 1 Full Results

Before we jump to the 2nd-day action, check out the full results of day 1. We can freely say that this was an outstanding opening. A lot of great events, huge prizes and really great action at the tables.

POWERFEST X 4

*includes bounty payments

POWERFEST X Day 2 Recap

POWERFEST #09-HR: $150K Gtd PKO

Entries: 137
Buy-in: $1,050
Prize pool: $150,000
Places paid: 20

RentCollection’s first victory came in the $1,050 POWERFEST #09-HR: $150K Gtd PKO that saw 137 players compete for a slice of $150,000. The top 20 places were paid and each of the eight players who reached the final table guaranteed themselves at least $2,526 plus how every many scalps they claimed along the way.

“Afroluxbon” busted in eighth-place and won $2,526 plus $3,315 and they were joined on the sidelines by “GaloDeCalca” and “imakeusweat”, the latter securing a combined prize worth $6,990.

Fifth-place went to one of our own. Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard won $9,440 when bounties were taken into consideration.

“CalmDownMan”, who won the opening POWERFEST X event on Day 1, finished in fourth-place for $8,979 with “kapros21” being the penultimate casualty, their third-place exit adding $15,859 to their partypoker account.

RentCollection went toe-to-toe with “Van_Vian_Van” who had won $55,125 on Day 1 with a fourth-place finish in the $500,000 Gtd Super High Roller. Van_Vian_Van couldn’t quite get the job done and had to make do with a $19,690 prize, leaving RentCollection to collect a combined prize worth $31,731.

POWERFEST X 5

POWERFEST #09-M: $75K Gtd PKO

Entries: 1,697
Buy-in: $55
Prize pool: $89,092
Places paid: 216

A huge field of 1,697 entires participated in the POWERFEST #09-M: $75K Gtd PKO and ensured the $75,000 guarantee was blown out of the water. $89,092 was up for grabd and it was RentCollection who got their hands on the lion’s share of the prize pool.

After winning the $1,050 buy-in edition of this event, RentCollection went on to waltz away with their second title of the evening. First-place in this $55 buy-in event was worth $5,622 with the champion also securing $3,931 from the bounty prize pool.

The champion defeated “Snusklubba” heads-up for their second victory of the day, resigning the runner-up to a $5,613 consolation prize that was padded with $1,900 worth of bounties; only RentCollection collected more scalps.

Earlier at the final table, “Sandor Clegane” crashed out in eighth-place ($1,133), “elmal”busted in seventh-place ($1,219) and sixth-place went to “Sega Mega drive” ($1,511).

“Stylegames66” ($2,448) and “ShiraFTW” ($3,782) followed them to the sidelines, because the elimination of “Cactussen” in third-place ($4,309) sent the tournament into the heads-up stage and we know how that panned out.

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POWERFEST #11-HR: $30K Gtd PLO 6-Max Fast PKO

Entries: 62
Buy-in: $530
Prize pool: $31,775
Places ITM: 9

One of our Brazilian members of Team partypoker, Renato “renato_nomura” Nomura, came agonisingly close to banking a POWERFEST title of the series, falling at the final hurdle in the $530 buy-in POWERFEST #11-HR: $30K Gtd PLO 6-Max Fast PKO.

Nomura reached the final table of the POWERFEST #03-SHR: $500K Gtd on Day 1 for $25,200 and added another $6,789 by finishing second in this Pot-Limit Omaha event.

It was “PottiPete95” who sent Nomura to the rail, locking up the $4,036 top prize as a result. The winner also scooped $4,216 from the bounty prize pool, which included their own bounty, for an impressive return on their investment.

Everyone else won more than $1,500 for reaching the six-handed final table. Shout-outs to “BRAER_71RUS” ($1,594), “KanielOutis” ($2,018), “Sweeet Jooonny” ($3,074) and “layla”($2,857) who were the other four finalists.

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POWERFEST X Day 2 Full Results

Before we jump to the 3rd-day action, check out the full results of day 2.

POWERFEST X 8

*includes bounty payments

For day 2 we can also say it was a very successful one. Again there as a lot of great events, nice prizes and interesting action at the tables. So far, it seems like this is going to be a series to remember. Find out how it was in day 3 in the text below.

 

Team partypoker’s Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard continued his impressive run of form by becoming a POWERFEST champion on Day 3.

Leonard cashed 10 times in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker, banking more than $200,000 in the process. Now he has continued to impress in the online world by taking down a High Roller PKO event for more than $24,000.

Some $1,533,014 was awarded on POWERFEST X Day 3 as 16 champions were crowned. Here’s the best of the action.

POWERFEST X Day 3 Recap

POWERFEST #14-H: $150K Gtd Big Antes PKO

Entries: 488
Buy-in: $320
Prize pool: $150,304
Places paid: 64

A field of 488 competed in the POWERFEST #14-H: $150K Gtd Big Antes PKO and created a $150,304 prize pool that was shared half with the top 64 finishers and half as bounty payments.

Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard was the eventual champion, a fantastic result that was worth $10,812 for finishing in first place. Leonard also secured $14,104 worth of bounties on his way to victory.

Leonard defeated “TJQKAKQJT” heads-up to lock up the title. The runner-up still did well for their $320 buy-in as they took home a combined prize worth $12,248.

Third-place finisher “SovseFlemming” was the only other player to walk away with a five-figure prize. Their $7,407 main prize pool haul was boosted by a mightly impressive $4,528 from the bounty prize pool; only Leonard won more bounties.

Congratulations to everyone who cashed, especially Leonard who has set himself up nicely for a massive series.

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POWERFEST #13-SHR: $500K Gtd PKO

Entries: 97
Buy-in: $5,200
Prize pool: $500,000
Places paid: 16

Leonard’s teammate Roberto “R_Romanello” Romanello also joined him in the winner’s circle after he reached the final table of the POWERFEST #13-SHR: $500K Gtd PKO event, a tournament commanding a $5,200 buy-in.

Nobody at the final table walked away with less than $11,000 after we took bounties in the consideration.

“CaseyWells” was joined on the sidelines by “tdlvechicknbn” and then by “Tigerbluff” who won a $150,000 Gtd PKO event on Day 2 of POWERFEST. “Bartolito” fell in fifth place before Romanello ran out of steam and busted in fourth.

Romanello banked $23,314 for his deep run, plus an additional bounty payment of $11,050 for a total prize worth $34,364.

Third place went to “M0ng0lit0”, which set up a heads-up battle between “CygnusCross” and “PayAndPlay”. It was the latter who emerged victorious, winning their second POWERFEST event in as many days, this one worth a colossal $46,653 plus a huge $113,100 from the bounty prize pool.

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POWERFEST #12-L: $20K Gtd Deep

Entries: 2,316
Buy-in: $11
Prize pool: $23,160
Places paid: 312

POWERFEST isn’t only about big buy-in events because the lower buy-in tournaments are also creating some substantial prizes. Take the POWERFEST #12-L: $20K Gtd Deep for example, an $11 buy-in that saw 2,316 players compete and create a $23,160 prize pool shared among the top 312 finishers.

That $11 investment swelled to at least $242 for the players who navigated their way to the eight-handed final table and to a four-figure prize by the time only four players remained.

“Labarumm” was the first of the grinders to win more than a thousand dollars, taking home $1,151 for their fourth-place exit. “ChangeDeNom” has plenty of loose change now they banked $1,730 for their third-place exit, while the runner-up “kroul1ke1337” saw their $11 turn into $2,686.

The player of the hour was “Upstate IPA” who emerged victoriously and saw their partypoker bankroll padded with a cool $3,800. You don’t have to spend big to win big at partypoker.

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POWERFEST X Day 3 Full Results

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Great action so far for sure! Stay tuned for more action in the following days!

 

 

 

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POKERSTARS LIVE

 

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GG Poker Network introduced an interesting innovation in the world of online Multi Table tournaments! If you register before the start of the tournament, you will have Bubble protection! Find more details in the text below!

Bubble protection

  • No more vacant stares into your monitor because you were once place short of claiming a prize.
  • Now your buy-in will be protected, cost-free, no strings attached, when you fall just short of the money.
  • All you need to do is Show up Early!

How to qualify for the protection of your buy-in and play without fear when you are so close to the ITM?

  • Look for the ‘Bubble Protection’ badge within the tournament lobby
  • Register before the start of the tournament
  • Get your buy-in back if you bubble (finish just outside payouts)

 

Tournaments with Bubble Protection:

  • Daily Guarantees
  • Bounty Hunters
  • Omaholic
  • Phoenix Rebuy
  • MBP

The number of bubble players will correspond to the number of entrants.

Bubble protection

 

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From today, real name cash games are available on partypoker! Check out how it looks and meet your opponents! Check out in the text below what else is new at partypoker!

Real name cash games

partypoker has today released a new software update that will allow players to use their real names on cash game tables instead of their screen names. Offering real name cash games reduces player concerns around anonymity and the chance to build more of a community feel around the tables.

A second key feature of the software release is the new tournament lobby for Mac users. This closes the gap against the current software available for Windows users and now offers:

1.  Dashboard overview; personalized lobby display showing players chip stack and position whilst tournament is in play

2.  Digital tournament clock providing a visual improvement for players

3.  Improved player list to include rank, player name (screenname). As the tournament progress, Bounty on a players head and Chips/Prizes will be displayed

4.  Quick access sub-navigation tabs to provide quick access to vital tournament sections

5.  Updated title bar display including the total buy-in and the tournament ID

6.  New colors for tournament statuses to enhance the visuals for the player

7.  Position & stack; a new data point that will display the position and stack of the player at the end of each hand

Other features of the release on partypoker today include:

1.  Players using Windows and Mac will now have the ability to play six fast forward tables at a time instead of the previous four

2.  $0.01/$0.02 has now been added to the Fast Forward lobby for the lower stakes, recreational players

3.  A new POWERFEST table theme has been added to give players more variety with an improved final table theme

 

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partypoker has released the POWERFEST schedule – the upcoming online festival! Find the dates for your favorite tournaments and joint this $28M series!

powerfest schedule

 

The 10th edition of the partypoker’s flagship tournament series will run from July 28 to August 11. It will bring ver $28M in guaranteed prize money spread across 275 separate tournaments.

The POWERFEST schedule features an array of game types and structures in a range of buy-ins to suit all bankrolls.  There will be new and returning formats such as ‘Battle PKOs’, ‘6-4 Mix-Max’, ‘PLO’, ‘PLO8’ and ‘Big Antes’, while ‘Phased events’ and ‘POWERFEST $320s’ also make a return for the 10th edition.

Omaha players are well catered for, with over $1.9M in guaranteed prize money to be won. This popular 4-card game will also have it’s own championship events!

A total of eight Championship Events will bring the festival to a close on August 11, while players can enjoy a taste of the action for a fraction of the price through special edition SPINS games, starting July 14.

The following table displays the Championship Events scheduled for August 11, with commemorative silverware awaiting all eight winners:

powerfest schedule 1

To celebrate the landmark 10th edition, a $10k Freeroll will award a mixture of series seats.  Also, the “POWERFEST Satellite Week”  starts on July 21st and they make this schedule even more attractive.  There will be daily freerolls each giving away $1,000 worth of satellite tickets in the run-up to the campaign. 

Team partypoker’s Patrick Leonard said: “I am really excited that POWERFEST is coming back around again. The series is always a standout highlight on the online poker calendar and one I make space in my diary for.

“The 10th edition promises to be extra special too, with a host of promotions lined up to give players the chance to join the action for less, including a $10k freeroll!”

Powerfest key information:

  • Dates: Sunday, 28th July – Sunday, 11th August (full schedule is available on the site now)
  • GTD: $28M
  • Buy-in range: $5.50 – $25,500
  • Variants: NLH / PLO
  • Championship Events: 8
  • Exclusive promotion: POWERFEST SPINS
  • Also: POWERFEST $320s & phased and Championship events

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Money Back

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PokerStars has another great promotion for all their players. This time on the menu is the UFC Knockout! Get prizes from the chests worth up to $100,000 from now until August 4! Find out more details in the text below!

UFC KNOCKOUT

How does UFC Knockout promotion work?

  • Opt-in to The Knockout via your Challenges Window
  • Win Stars Rewards Chests as normal when you complete your progress bars
  • Get an additional UFC Knockout Chest with fight moves inside
  • Complete rounds by finding fight combinations to win prizes!
  • There are five rounds in total – so five different prizes to be won

 

The UFC chests

Each UFC Knockout Chest that you win will have one of the following moves or combinations of moves inside. Each one has a value and you need 10 points in total to finish the round and get a prize!

  • Punch = 1 point
  • Kick = 1 point
  • Takedown = 2 points
  • Knockout = 10 points and an instant prize

For example, you could win a UFC Chest with two Punches and one Kick inside. The total value would, therefore, be three points.

 

The Rounds

There are five rounds in total. Can you go the distance?

The value of the prize goes up every time you complete a round. Win round five and you could get up to $100,000!

 

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Are you getting ready for the upcoming POWERFEST series on partypoker? $28M is heading your way and with POWERFEST SPINS you could turn $5 into a $1,050 POWERFEST ticket! Do not miss all that fun! Check out for more details below!

powerfest spins

partypoker is currently running a special edition of SPINS –  until the end of POWERFEST (Sunday, 11th August). Once you buy in for just $5, the SPINS multiplier will determine the size of the prize pool – it could be boosted by up to 210 times. This means that you have the chance to win a $1,050 POWERFEST ticket in minutes!

Here’s the key information about POWERFEST SPINS:

  • 3 players
  • $5 buy-in
  • The top prize of a $1,050 POWERFEST ticket

Below is the breakdown of the prizes you could win, along with the probability of playing for that prize:

powerfest spins 1

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Are you hungry for some great MTT action? Be patient for a little while! POWERFEST returns to partypoker! Be ready to jump into the action!

POWERFEST RETURNS

POWERFEST returns to partypoker bringing $28M in guarantees!

This great series will take place from 28th July to 11th August. There will be buy-ins, games, and structures to suit all tastes and bankrolls, so anyone can enjoy it!

You can also expect Championship Events, POWERFEST SPINS, and above all, huge prize pools! 

Stay tuned for more information soon! By then, prepare yourself for one of the greatest MTT actions this summer!

 

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Unibet has a unique loyalty scheme. With their Poker Challenges, you can win great rewards by completing simple tasks. Check out for more!

Poker Challenges

Start collecting Challenges Points which you will be able to exchange for various rewards.

How do I earn Poker Challenges Points?

For each poker type, you’ll always have two Challenges active – a Minor and a Major. Minor Challenges are the easiest, e.g. ‘Be dealt a suited hand’, whereas Major Challenges usually require more strategy, e.g. ‘Win a hand post-flop when you have any hand worse than one pair’.

Each Challenge is split into steps, and that’s how many times you have to complete the task to receive your Challenges Points. A Challenge showing 5/30 means you’ve completed the task 5 times, and you’ve got 25 more to go before your points are awarded.

Multi-table tournaments don’t have their own Challenges – instead, they award Challenges Points directly. For every €1 you spend in tournament fees, you’ll receive 100 points.

What can I do with Challenges Points?

Challenges Points track your progression, and you’ll start earning rewards as soon as you get 50 points. Rewards include free cash, new avatars, playthrough bonuses, poker tickets and bonus points. You can then exchange any bonus points you earn for extra rewards of your choice!

 

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