Pokerfest was a huge success on partypoker, with the 80 scheduled tournaments decimating the combined $2.5 million guaranteed prize pools by awarding players over $3,355,118 in prizes. The tournament festival just ended its action-packed 15-day schedule this past weekend with its events taking place from Oct. 25 to Nov. 8.
Part of the reason for the huge success is that the tournament festival featured something for every type of poker player, with buy-ins ranging from as low as $5 to as high as $2,100.
Most of the events took place in the most popular no-limit hold'em format, however, the schedule also featured six pot-limit Omaha events. Additionally, the schedule featured a variety of poker tournament formats including full-ring freezeout, six-max, turbo, hyper-turbo, rebuy, reentry, and bounty.
As you might imagine, the highlight of the online poker festival was the Pokerfest $300,000 Gtd NLHE Main Event on Nov. 8, which was Event #73 on the schedule. This tournament attracted 1,469 players for $250 each to generate a $342,277 prize pool.
The winner of the event was "Tschilli", banking $52,506 for his efforts. Also scoring big in this tournament was "zupersherlock", snagging $38,129 for second place ,and "easylimppp", taking home $27,656 for third place.
Despite "Tschili" having the honor of winning the most prestigious event on the Pokerfest schedule, it was "nipa3p3" who won the most money in a single event after shipping Pokerfest #75: $75,000 Gtd NLHE Super High Roller for $57,510.
This event proved to be much more popular than partypoker realized when scheduling it, with 135 runners buying in for $2,100 to generate a $270,000 prize pool — or 360 percent larger than the $75,000 guarantee.
Here is a look at all the final table finishes for Pokerfest events that generated at least a $50,000 prize pool.
Pokerfest #3 – $5,000 Gtd NLH Ante-Up
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$100+9
Oct. 25
892
$89,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
strj200099
$14,606.50
2
komel21
$10,347.20
3
Sergio "EV4dGloryOMC" Garcia
$7,314.40
4
tommytime.
$5,708.80
5
Granite89
$4,620.56
6
VT_chisna
$3,728.56
7
herioslen10
$2,836.56
8
ffswtfrofl
$1,962.40
9
FLAP5
$1,507.48
Pokerfest #7 – $250,000 Gtd NLH
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$233+17
Oct. 25
1,097
$255,601
Place
Player
Prize
1
Das-Sackgesicht
$40,513.14
2
HungarysHero
$29,074.61
3
domano111
$20,857.04
4
bubs26pp
$15,975.06
5
kuximaxi
$13,022.87
6
JimmyJazz55
$10,466.86
7
Albert_77
$7,910.85
8
PASHKA987555544
$5,367.62
9
Kaeleaben
$4,064.05
Pokerfest #9 – $60,000 Gtd NLH
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$233+17
Oct. 25
862
$86,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
RipWinamp
$14,115.25
2
orsenjack27
$9,999.20
3
moderecepcia
$7,068.40
4
HomeDelivery14
$5,516.80
5
Rofl_Lolboom
$4,465.16
6
LVa_HEth_BRI
$3,603.16
7
spetsern
$2,741.16
8
Jakub "nevytocimnic" Šenk
$1,896.40
9
BOOMALOOM
$1,456.78
Pokerfest #10 – $150,000 Gtd NLH High Roller
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$500+30
Oct. 25
350
$175,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Lena900
$32,410.00
2
I_AM_ZLATAN
$22,767.50
3
icenigel
$16,275.00
4
wwwsop
$13,300.00
5
Partyyycular
$11,375.00
6
domano111
$9,625.00
7
alidaei1010
$7,875.00
8
mehpkr
$6,125.00
9
NehmenDiesePot
$4,375.00
Pokerfest #16 – $40,000 Gtd NLH Rebuy
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$46.30+3.70
Oct. 27
350
$175,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Dennis "DBerglin" Berglin
$11,205.36
2
wwwsop
$7,929.10
3
richking
$5,596.27
4
HNR06
$4,464.44
5
butihasreads
$3,772.77
6
Tonny "benzen." Jensen
$3,143.97
7
NittyGrinder
$2,515.18
8
gimmeyawallet
$1,949.26
9
nicecallLOL
$1,383.34
Pokerfest #31 – $50,000 Gtd NLHE Re-Entry
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$186+14
Oct. 31
250
$50,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
woody1234321
$8,102.67*
2
nelisschuf
$8,032.34*
3
CNTHARIV
$4,900.00
4
Maatedyret
$4,050.00
5
trucking_67
$3,400.00
6
lindstroem44
$2,900.00
7
Robert "TheCropSnagger" James
$2,400.00
8
Treizee
$1,900.00
9
DELLINHONo1
$1,400.00
*Reflects heads-up deal
Pokerfest #40 – $250,000 Gtd NLHE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$233+17
Nov. 1
1,134
$264,222
Place
Player
Prize
1
Jes_hansen
$32,596.80*
2
cpt_lechuck
$32,096.20*
3
Arekias
$28,155.46*
4
F4anor99
$16,381.76
5
S.Sarnelli
$13,448.89
6
trixibelle1
$10,780.25
7
D0nKanaille_
$8,138.03
8
peteb177
$5,495.81
9
Sam "sammy_squid" Grafton
$4,174.70
*Reflects three-way deal
Pokerfest #42 – $75,000 Gtd NLHE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$100+9
Nov. 1
889
$88,900
Place
Player
Prize
1
Wade "ricestuud" Townsend
$14,557.87
2
massi_83
$10,312.40
3
Leqenden
$7,289.80
4
Doug "dlanger610" Lang
$5,689.60
5
ilik3turtl3s
$4,605.02
6
jotaefe2810
$3,716.02
7
DeathByOnions
$2,827.02
8
Dr.WALTZ
$1,955.80
9
Frutosex
$1,502.41
Pokerfest #42 – $75,000 Gtd NLHE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$100+9
Nov. 1
230
$230,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Graftekkel
$41,436.92*
2
MnVriendjeDeZon
$32,784.09*
3
Mike "PokeHerPlayerHer" Carter
$22,540.00
4
Estratega18
$18,630.00
5
GreenAsFelt
$15,640.00
6
skiw-moi
$13,340.00
7
Owain "ows86" Carey
$11,040.00
8
spetsern
$8,740.00
9
Gagurgel
$6,440.00
*Reflects heads-up deal
Pokerfest #49 – $30,000 Gtd NLHE ½ Price Rebuy
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$46.30+3.70
Nov. 3
747
$52,054.30
Place
Player
Prize
1
tunantis
$9,380.56
2
Ne4mal99
$6,647.33
3
Vinkyy
$4,684.88
4
Mads "MadsMP-_" Pedersen
$3,852.01
5
Mario "TH3K1D_M8" Sánchez
$3,305.44
6
skycyp
$2,784.90
7
DeathByOnions
$2,264.36
8
Paul "senterpied99" Senter
$1,743.81
9
powerflowerz
$1,228.48
Pokerfest #64 – $50,000 Gtd NLHE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$186+14
Nov. 7
321
$59,706
Place
Player
Prize
1
My5016
$11,057.78
2
Olegsazonov
$7,767.75
3
Simon "Igorkarkarof" Rønnow Pedersen
$5,552.65
4
I_GO_DEEP
$4,537.65
5
zaaqq
$3,880.89
6
shadoww0rm
$3,283.86
7
alakazoo81
$2,686.77
8
Kelvin "OMGflyngbaby" Beattie
$2,089.71
9
Russell "rdcrsn" Carson
$1,492.65
Pokerfest #69 – $50,000 Gtd NLHE Slow Grind
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$100+9
Nov. 8
916
$91,600
Place
Player
Prize
1
richking
$12,814.82*
2
SryGottaFeeling
$12,810.29*
3
David "dcoates3" Coates
$7,511.20
4
HERRPP DERRPPP
$5,862.40
5
Clowis
$4,744.88
6
erikUff
$3,828.88
7
reddog95
$2,912.88
8
wobanlve
$2,015.20
9
Szadiziom
$1,548.04
Pokerfest #73 – $300,000 Gtd NLHE Main Event
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$233+17
Nov. 8
1,469
$342,277
Place
Player
Prize
1
Tschilli
$52,506.38
2
zupersherlock
$38,129.65
3
easylimppp
$27,655.98
4
KidAlex13
$20,776.21
5
Kevin "MattSplatt" Gibson
$16,874.25
6
murderlicious
$13,451.48
7
Nath07951
$10,028.71
8
mightyboossh
$6,811.31
9
Guus Geluk4
$5,099.92
Pokerfest #75 – $75,000 Gtd NLHE Super High Roller
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