POWERFEST: "SpanishFly" Wins Super High Roller; Two Final Tables for Simao
Table Of Contents
- partypoker POWERFEST #02-H
- partypoker POWERFEST #02-H Final Table Results
- partypoker POWERFEST #04-SHR
- partypoker POWERFEST #04: $5,200 Super High Roller Final Table Results
- partypoker POWERFEST #08-HR Progressive Knockout
- partypoker POWERFEST #08-HR No Limit Hold'em Progressive Knockout Final Table Results
- partypoker POWERFEST #09-HR Pot Limit Omaha Progressive Knockout
- partypoker POWERFEST #09-HR Pot Limit Omaha Progressive Knockout Final Table Results
- Satellites Now Running
It was an impressive start to the partypoker POWERFEST for all involved, with several events getting underway to get the festival up and running.
There was a good weekend for partypoker Sponsored Pro Joao Simao who final tabled two events, and "SpanishFly" who took down the largest prize of the opening day's action!
partypoker POWERFEST #02-H
| Buy-in | Date | Players | Prizepool |
|---|---|---|---|
| $109 | 15th March | 2,100 | $210,000 |
Event #2 of the partypoker POWERFEST was the biggest three-figure buy-in event of the weekend, attracting 2,100 entrants and more than doubling the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. Of this massive field, just 280 players would be assured a cash of $216.30.
New partypoker Team Online member Travis “dramaticdegen” Darroch was one of them (200th - $243,60) along with fellow pro Lui Martins (159th - $285,60).
The final eight players featured another team pro in the shape of Joao Simao, but the Brazilian would have to settle for second place and $24,717 behind "iRolledlow" who took home $35,070 for his POWERFEST victory.
partypoker POWERFEST #02-H Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | iRolledlow | $35,070 |
| 2 | XjoaosimaoX | $24,717 |
| 3 | CAPN_Crunch | $15,960 |
| 4 | Semen Suarez | $10,605 |
| 5 | maxsuwillians | $7,445 |
| 6 | MrEsprectro.. | $5,124 |
| 7 | TheDrino | $3,520 |
| 8 | Arizer | $2,258 |
partypoker POWERFEST #04-SHR
| Buy-in | Date | Players | Prizepool |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,200 | 15th March | 208 | $943,400 |
The marquee event on the first Sunday of the partypoker POWERFEST festival was the $5,200 Super High Roller. The event almost doubled the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool after 208 players entered generating a prize pool of $943,400.
And after over 11 hours it was "SpanishFly" who triumphed securing himself $192,359.26 after beating out a final table that included partypoker Team Online's Jeff Gross who finished seventh for $29,254.40.
Also at the final table were two former Sunday Big Game runner-ups in the shape of "bitw1" and "BaBaDeBaBa".
partypoker POWERFEST #04: $5,200 Super High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish Fly | $192,359.26 |
| 2 | RainMan74 | $139,623.20 |
| 3 | Lone1 | $99,528.70 |
| 4 | bitw1 | $73,585.20 |
| 5 | gastrader | $51,887 |
| 6 | neomorf | $39,622.80 |
| 7 | JeffGross | $29,245.40 |
| 8 | BaBaDeBaBa | $21,698.20 |
Other notables to cash include "CalmDownMan" (10th - $16,792.52) and partypoker Sponsored Pro Roberto Romanello (25th - $9,811.36).
partypoker POWERFEST #08-HR Progressive Knockout
| Buy-in | Date | Players | Prizepool |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,100 | 15th March | 201 | $412,050 |
Progressive Bounty Tournaments are among some of the most exciting tournaments around online at the moment, and the first day of the POWERFEST featured several in both No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha variants.
There were several partypoker Sponsored Pros at the business end of proceedings in Event #08-HR, with no fewer than four of them making the money along with taking home their bounty winnings. Jeff Gross (23rd - $2,512,50 + 525) and Ludovich "Gr4vyBo4t" Geilich (14th - $2,974.80 + $2,100) both performed well, and while Patrick Leonard (9th - $3,577.80 + $2,362.50) missed out on the final table, Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov (4th - $17,068 + $10,499.99) did manage to secure a seat at the final table.
However, he couldn't stop the exotically-named "kgroqigmqtbmqom" from securing victory, and taking home over $70,000 in prize money and bounties combined after defeating "jiggidyjigjohn" heads-up.
partypoker POWERFEST #08-HR No Limit Hold'em Progressive Knockout Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kgroqigmqtbmqom | $32,405.59 | $38,152.76 |
| 2 | jiggidyjigjohn | $32,365.35 | $10,959.38 |
| 3 | aaaaaaaaaaaaa | $23,085.57 | $21,418.37 |
| 4 | NL_Profit | $17,068.00 | $10,499.99 |
| 5 | Junglemandan | $12,035.13 | $8,055.46 |
| 6 | StrawberryGirl | $9,190.46 | $9,581.24 |
| 7 | Thenut21 | $6,783.43 | $1,837.50 |
| 8 | MrDatt | $5,032.87 | $3,018.75 |
partypoker POWERFEST #09-HR Pot Limit Omaha Progressive Knockout
| Buy-in | Date | Players | Prizepool |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,100 | 15th March | 102 | $209,100 |
In the Pot Limit Omaha variant of the Progressive Knockout, there was a familiar face at the final table as Joao Simao secured his second POWERFEST final table of the day with a fifth place.
Not only did he take home $7,444.05 in prize money, but he also managed to secure $11,550 in bounty winnings, the highest of any player in the tournament besides winner "Raul33" and runner-up "CaptainThug".
partypoker POWERFEST #09-HR Pot Limit Omaha Progressive Knockout Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raul33 | $23,235.70 | $21,984.38 |
| 2 | CaptainThug | $23,215.26 | $18,834.37 |
| 3 | Carnotaurus | $14,292.59 | $9,450 |
| 4 | Junglemandan | $10,421.68 | $4,068.75 |
| 5 | XjoaosimaoX | $7,444.05 | $11,550 |
| 6 | Das_Mutter99 | $5,061.95 | $4,987.50 |
| 7 | TWIXHUNTER | $3,315.00 | $4,462.50 |
| 8 | trustnobody_99 | $3,315.00 | $2,100 |
Satellites Now Running
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