On Sunday, March 20, an exciting month of action concluded on partypoker, with the final weekend of Powerfest.
Powerfest took place from Feb. 21 to March 20, featuring 98 action-packed events with over $5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The past week was the biggest of them all thanks to the High Roller portion of the series, headlined by 12 events with buy-ins ranging from $530-$5,200 and over $2.2 million in guaranteed prize pools.
Previous weeks featured lower buy-in events, including divisions dubbed Featherweight ($5.50-$11 buy-ins), Middleweight ($22-$55 buy-ins), and Heavyweight ($109-$215 buy-ins). Check out our recap here to learn more about the biggest winners in those events.
Highlights from High Roller Week
The highlight of the High Roller week was the Powerfest #96 — $500,000 Gtd — WEEK 4 MAIN EVENT with 928 entrants ponying up the $1,050 buy-in to generate a huge $928,000 prize pool. The tournament ended with a heads-up deal, and it was American poker refugee "DipesLIVES" officially coming out on top with a prize of $152,396. Argentina's Ivan "ivanvilchez8" Vilchez snagged second place for $136,212.
Also scoring big in the Main Event were Denmark's Rasmus "RasAAAAA" Agerskov Larsen (7th - $28,182) and the United Kingdom's Luke "GreenAsFelt" Haward (9th - $11,879).
Generating almost as big a prize pool was the last event on the schedule, Powerfest #98 — $500,000 Gtd, with 186 entrants buying in for $5,200 and creating a $930,000 prize pool. The event ended in a four-way deal with "Watnlos88" leading the way, banking $146,107.
Other players involved in the deal included "dafuqisdis" (2nd - $138,306), "SODA1RA" (3rd - $127,013), and "st_solo" (4th - $123,324).
Sweden's Astedt Wins Two
Meanwhle, Sweden's Niklas "Tjeeeena" Astedt did the almost unthinkable by shipping two events during High Roller week. First he won Powerfest #91 — $75,000 Gtd 6-Max on March 16 for $19,423 after agreeing to a deal with fellow country-mate Andreas "bushuset" Berggren before binking Powerfest #95 — $100,000 Gtd on March 19 for $34,960.
Here is a look at all the results during Powerfest High Roller week on partypoker:
Powerfest #87 - $100,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 13
469
$234,500
Place
Player
Prize
1
Phil “PhilRoyal888” Mighall
$45,141.25
2
ManniUndMats
$33,533.50
3
brooooooooooo
$24,622.50
4
JeanClaude1970
$18,760.00
5
WilhelmSream
$13,132.00
6
Anton "Antes08" Wigg
$10,200.75
7
justenjoylife
$7,855.75
8
FoldDigger
$5,510.75
9
barrm111
$3,986.50
Powerfest #88 - $250,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 13
808
$404,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Joel "MrsPaintba1l" Brown
$67,930.13*
2
xNittyMcNitx
$62,359.88*
3
OppositeLand
$40,400.00
4
Scott "RedDevil93" Margereson
$30,300.00
5
U-PRESIDE
$21,210.00
6
KTBFFH89
$17,170.00
7
d2vio
$13,130.00
8
calum27
$9,090.00
9
juicetus
$5,696.40
*Reflects heads-up deal
Powerfest #89 - $100,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 14
220
$110,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
ABCpoker911
$23,650
2
najden
$17,050
3
Komnuuuuu
$12,925
4
Andreas "bushuset" Berggren
$9,625
5
Paul "CroydonJim" Romain
$6,600
6
Nicholas "HooodFlatter" Carrillo
$5,500
7
tjoekalala
$4,400
8
Sitting__Out
$3,300
9
MRLUIGI68
$2,200
Powerfest #90 - $100,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 15
293
$146,500
Place
Player
Prize
1
BigPescado69
$30,032.50
2
BOOMALOOM
$21,975.00
3
Rensu
$16,554.50
4
ErikSchniedel
$12,452.50
5
CHAMOOONAAA
$8,643.50
6
ilovedogs9
$6,592.50
7
Stephen "woody1234321" Woodhead
$5,127.50
8
OwnYrSoul
$3,662.50
9
JohnyK91
$2,563.75
Powerfest #91 - $75,000 Gtd 6-Max
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 16
180
$90,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Niklas "Tjeeeena" Astedt
$19,422.59*
2
Andreas "bushuset" Berggren
$17,927.42*
3
brooooooooooo
$10,350.00
4
Owain "ows86" Carey
$7,425.00
5
Emil "semislaktarn" Ohlsson
$5,625.00
6
gotunagi19
$3,600.00
*Reflects heads-up deal
Powerfest #92 - $100,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 17
217
$108,500
Place
Player
Prize
1
AAassasin007
$23,327.50
2
gotunagi19
$16,817.50
3
Matias "Tatute1" Gabrenja
$12,748.75
4
Komnuuuuu
$9,493.75
5
yolosnap
$6,510.00
6
jinshan0809
$5,425.00
7
danking11
$4,340.00
8
bossamtisch1
$3,255.00
9
Clayton "claymation4" Hamm
$2,170.00
Powerfest #93 - $100,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 18
181
$100,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
D0nKanaille_
$21,500
2
DankMemes
$15,500
3
jesusneedsaces
$11,750
4
Albertov07
$8,750
5
HeavenlyFather
$6,000
6
lobstereater99
$5,000
7
adkbhai
$4,000
8
Knightsgeee
$3,000
9
froehnzii
$2,000
Powerfest #94 - $75,000 Gtd 6-Max
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 19
239
$119,500
Place
Player
Prize
1
Rhys "floppinhel" Jones
$28,680.00
2
Scott "RedDevil93" Margereson
$19,120.00
3
lastmandancing
$13,443.75
4
tunsheiken1
$9,739.25
5
Trash Compactor
$7,170.00
6
Andreas "Sheater" Samuelsson
$4,780.00
Powerfest #95 - $100,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$1,000+$50
Mar. 19
152
$152,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Niklas "Tjeeeena" Astedt
$34,960
2
ronnie909
$24,320
3
Peter "myst_elbarto" Turmezey
$18,468
4
zupsherlock
$13,680
5
Chris "thebattler33" Hunichen
$9,120
6
SIX GOD
$7,600
7
gotunagi19
$6,080
8
Rensu
$4,560
9
JeanClaude1970
$3,800
Powerfest #96 - $500,000 Gtd - WEEK 4 MAIN EVENT
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$1,000+$50
Mar. 20
928
$928,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
DipesLIVES
$152,396.17*
2
Ivan "ivanvilchez8" Vilchez
$136,211.83*
3
icenigel
$90,480.00
4
rudinhos
$66,694.00
5
MRZAMUNDA
$47,792.00
6
onlyGoodMusic
$38,512.00
7
Rasmus "RasAAAAA" Agerskov Larsen
$28,182.00
8
pok3rp4rty
$20,508.80
9
Luke "GreenAsFelt" Haward
$11,878.40
*Reflects heads-up deal
Powerfest #97 - $200,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+$30
Mar. 20
798
$399,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Dylan "walter1963" Linde
$60,360.41*
2
Dennis "DBerglin" Berglin
$55,939.61*
3
ilovedogs9
$52,277.48*
4
RuffYouUpSon
$29,925
5
James "supanova99" Bills
$20,947.50
6
frippu
$16,957.50
7
Viktor "marek_heinz" Celikovsky
$12,967.50
8
AmusedByYou
$8,977.50
9
chanalise
$5,625.90
*Reflects three-way deal
Powerfest #98 - $500,000 Gtd
Buy-in
Date
Entrants
Prize Pool
$5,000+$200
Mar. 20
186
$930,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Watnlos88
$146,107.14*
2
dafuqisdis
$138,305.67*
3
SODA1RA
$127,012.92*
4
st_solo
$123,324.27*
5
barrm111
$55,800.00
6
nicecallLOL
$46,500.00
7
ALBERT1959
$37,200.00
8
stier_bald
$27,900.00
9
Ch4nsey
$18,600.00
*Reflects four-way deal
*Special thanks to PocketFives.com for some of the data in this article.
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