Daily Grind: Powerfest Big Fifty Takes Center Stage on partypoker
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Monday is here ahead of a HUGE week of online poker. The PokerNews The Daily Grind is the place to come to check out the best online poker sites and the events that are running today.
The WPTDeepStacks on 888poker starts today, and you also have the thrilling conclusions to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars, the partypoker Powerfest and of course the $150M GTD GG Spring Festival on GGPoker.
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partypoker Powerfest
It's the 12th and final flight of The Big Fifty on partypoker today, with this $300,000 guaranteed event having a Day 1L Turbo for players ahead of Day 2 at 20:05.
And don't worry if you missed it, The Big Fifty Knockout starts tonight with Day 1A and a bigger $500,000 guarantee.
| Date | Time (BST) | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 19th | 17:05 | Powerfest #02: $55 The Big Fifty Day 1L Turbo | $300,000 |
| 19:05 | Powerfest #17: $1,575 High Roller Super Six | $200,000 | |
| 19:05 | Powerfest #17: $320 Super Six | $75,000 | |
| 19:05 | Powerfest #17: $33 Mini Super Six | $30,000 | |
| 19:05 | Powerfest #17: $3.30 Micro Super Six | $4,000 | |
| 20:05 | Powerfest #02: $55 The Big Fifty Day 2 | $300,000 | |
| 20:05 | Powerfest #18: $55 The Big Fifty Knockout Day 1A | $500,000 |
Try Out GG Spring Festival Daily Main Events
Why wait until the weekend for a Main Event? The GG Spring Festival has three Main Events today guaranteeing $900,000 between them. They start with the $25 Mini Main Event ($300k Gtd) but if that's too much for your bankroll, there's the $5 6-Max which still comes with a $20,000 guarantee.
| Date | Time (BST) | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 19th | 16:05 | H-77: $525 Bounty Hunters HR | $350,000 |
| 16:05 | M-77: $52.50 Bounty Hunters | $200,000 | |
| 16:05 | L-77: $5.25 Bounty Hunters | $20,000 | |
| 17:05 | H-78: $2,100 PLO-NL Bounty | $150,000 | |
| 17:05 | M-78: $210 PLO-NL Bounty | $30,000 | |
| 17:05 | L-78: $21 PLO-NL Bounty | $10,000 | |
| 18:05 | H-79: $1,050 High Rollers Main Event | $500,000 | |
| 18:05 | M-79: $250 Daily Main Event | $300,000 | |
| 18:05 | L-79: $25 Mini Main Event | $100,000 | |
| 19:05 | H-80: $525 6-Max | $200,000 | |
| 19:05 | M-80: $50 6-Max | $125,000 | |
| 19:05 | L-80: $5 6-Max | $20,000 |
PokerStars SCOOP: Tell Me About it Stud
Some may argue that Stud doesn't get enough love in the modern online poker world, but if you're a fan of the seven-carded wonder then today is your lucky day! Today's PokerStars SCOOP schedule has three tournaments guaranteeing well over $100,000 in Stud as well as exciting 4-Max PKO tournaments, as usual in low, medium and high buy-in levels.
| Date | Time (BST) | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 19th | 18:05 | SCOOP 68-H: $530 NLHE | $750,000 |
| 18:05 | SCOOP 68-L: $5.50 NLHE | $85,000 | |
| 18:05 | SCOOP 68-M: $55 NLHE | $400,000 | |
| 19:15 | SCOOP 69-H: $1,050 Stud | $75,000 | |
| 19:15 | SCOOP 69-L: $11 Stud | $20,000 | |
| 19:15 | SCOOP 69-M: $109 Stud, $40K Gtd | $40,000 | |
| 20:30 | SCOOP 70-H: $530 NLHE [4-Max, Progressive KO] | $250,000 | |
| 20:30 | SCOOP 70-L: $5.50 NLHE [4-Max, Progressive KO] | $35,000 | |
| 20:30 | SCOOP 70-M: $55 NLHE [4-Max, Progressive KO] | $150,000 |
The 888poker WPTDeepStacks Continues
Another Day 1 of the $1,000,000 guaranteed Event #16 takes place on 888poker today as part of the WPTDeepStacks, as well as two different buy-in levels of Progressive Knockout.
| Date | Time (BST) | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 19th | 18:00 | WPT DS #3: $320 DS PKO | $100,000 |
| 18:00 | WPT DS #4: $55 DS PKO | $30,000 | |
| 18:30 | WPT DS #16: $1,050 Event Day 1 | $1,000,000 |
