Sunday Briefing: Sami Kelopuro Bags a $317K partypoker POWERFEST Score
The partypoker POWERFEST ended in strong fashion on Sep. 23 with more than $6.8 million awarded across 35 events. Two $1 million guaranteed Championship Events smashed their guarantee, and it was Finnish superstar Sami Kelopuro who emerged with the biggest score of the night.
partypoker POWERFEST #142-SHR: $1M Gtd Championship Event
| Date | September 23rd |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 327 |
| Prize pool | $1,635,000 |
| ITM | 48 |
A field of 327 players exchanged $5,200 for 100,000 chips, creating a prize pool of $1,635,000. This massive sum was shared among the top 48 finishers with a min-cash being worth $10,627 and a final table appearance boosting this sum to $30,411.
“Sheparentao” was the first player at the final table to bust and they were followed to the sidelines by “ubicaprofi”, “PickYouOFF”, and Oliver “sk2ll_m0dR” Weis, the latter falling in fifth-place and becoming the last player not to secure a six-figure score.
Weis was joined on the rail by “BuyThaPot” who netted $113,632 before “NoLoitering” busted in third-place for $158,595, leaving “A3PTEH” and Sami “LarsLuzak1” Kelopuro to lock horns heads-up for the title.
No deal was struck despite there being a near $100,000 pay jump. This meant when A3PTEH fell in second-place, they netted $228,900 and Kelopuro walked away with a massive $317,190 addition to his bankroll.
| Place | Player | Prize | Total prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sami “LarsLuzak1” Kelopuro | $317,190 | |
| 2 | A3PTEH | $228,900 | |
| 3 | NoLoitering | $158,595 | |
| 4 | BuyThaPot | $113,632 | |
| 5 | Oliver “sk2ll_m0dR” Weis | $80,932 | |
| 6 | PickYouOFF | $60,004 | |
| 7 | ubicaprofi | $41,692 | |
| 8 | Sheparentao | $30,411 |
partypoker POWERFEST #144-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO
| Date | September 23rd |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 1,138 |
| Prize pool | $1,160,760 |
| ITM | 152 |
Another massive tournament was the POWERFEST #144-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event PKO that saw a $1,160,760 prize pool created.
The player known as “nipa3p3” walked away with the lion’s share of this huge sum, namely a combined $171,143, made up of a $97,014 score from the main prize pool and an additional $74,129 worth of bounties.
“YmbertoZhukov” was the runner-up, a finish worth a combined $75,186 while “imPlayCash”, the third-place finisher, won $74,263 for their third-place finish. The reason they scooped almost the same as second-place was the fact they eliminated 20 opponents on their way to their third-place finish.
Nipa3p3 has now won more than $4 million from online poker tournaments, with more than $1.3 million of this stemming from his play at partypoker. It was only a couple of days ago that nipa3p3 finished seventh in the $25,500 Super High Roller for a $147,420 score; what a week!
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounty payment | Total prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nipa3p3 | $97,014 | $74,129 | $171,143 |
| 2 | YmbertoZhukov | $69,418 | $5,768 | $75,186 |
| 3 | imPlayCash | $45,576 | $28,687 | $74,263 |
| 4 | pazkoo | $30,498 | $13,462 | $43,690 |
| 5 | Maestro_Bolt | $21,622 | $9,926 | $34,261 |
| 6 | zillisander88 | $15,249 | $7,085 | $22,334 |
| 7 | imfromwinland | $10,697 | $2,210 | $12,907 |
| 8 | Adrovan “JoaoMenthias” Rodrigues | $7,169 | $2,437 | $9,606 |
PokerStars Sunday Million
| Date | September 23rd |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 6,103 |
| Prize pool | $1,220,6000 |
| ITM | 1,106 |
American pro Mike “munchenHB” Telker, playing from Cyprus, took his lifetime winnings ever closer to $10 million in online poker tournament winnings by taking down the PokerStars Sunday Million on Sep. 23 for a massive $164,789 score.
Telker navigated his way through a field of 6,102 opponents, including a star-studded final table that housed the likes of Dimitros “JIM_BALLAS” Ballas (seventh for $19,682), Chance “ChanceCU” Kornuth (fifth for $39,996), and the United Kingdom’s “david owie” (third for $81,153).
Brazil’s Joao “djjazz222” Perez was Telker’s final opponent and he was brushed aside to lock up the $164,789 score for Telker with Perez netting the $115,641 consolation prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike “munchenHB” Telker | Cyprus | $164,789 |
| 2 | Joao “djjazz222” Perez | Brazil | $115,641 |
| 3 | david owie | United Kingdom | $81,153 |
| 4 | pokerturo | Austria | $56,950 |
| 5 | Chance “ChanceCU” Kornuth | Canada | $39,966 |
| 6 | jaworlegia | Poland | $28,047 |
| 7 | Dimitrios “JIM_BALLAS” Ballas | Luxembourg | $19,682 |
| 8 | vasilikos | United Kingdom | $13,812 |
| 9 | sjaak2afhaak | Netherlands | $9,693 |
PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller
| Date | September 23rd |
| Buy-in | $2,100 |
| Guarantee | $100,000 |
| Entrants | 116 |
| Prize pool | $232,000 |
| ITM | 17 |
Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, the number one ranked online poker tournament player according to PocketFives, continued to impress when he came out on top of a stacked final table in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller.
The nine-handed final table saw some of the biggest names in poker seated at it; any one of them would have been a worthy champion.
Conor “blanconegro” Drinnan busted in eighth-place for $7,494 with Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood busting one place deeper for a $9,852 payday.
Netherlands-based Joao “Naza114” Vieira fell in fourth-place for $22,382 with Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo falling short of the victory, exiting in third-place to turn $2,100 into $29,424.
Petrangelo’s elimination left Canada’s Alex “bigfox86” Foxen and Astedt to battle one-on-one for the title. Astedt claimed the victory for Sweden, getting his hands on $50,851 and resigning Foxen to the $38,681 consolation prize.
Astedt now only trails the legendary Chris “Moorman1” Moorman in terms of money won from online poker tournaments. Moorman currently boasts of $15.34 million worth of cashes with Astedt on $12.22 million.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niklas “Lena900” Astedt | Sweden | $50,851 |
| 2 | Alex “bigfox86” Foxen | Canada | $38,681 |
| 3 | Nick “caecilius” Petrangelo | Canada | $29,424 |
| 4 | Joao “Naza114” Vieira | Netherlands | $22,382 |
| 5 | OempaLoempah | Belgium | $17,026 |
| 6 | riversouza | Brazil | $12,951 |
| 7 | Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood | Canada | $9,852 |
| 8 | Connor “blanconegro” Drinan | Mexico | $7,494 |
| 9 | Sasuke234 | Sweden | $5,700 |
You can check out the biggest results from the 888poker XL Eclipse series in our dedicated daily recap here at PokerNews.com. Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskyi won the XL Eclipse Main Event for almost $190,000!
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