$35 Million Guaranteed Powerfest to be held in September
This was published 18-08-2017Partypoker is pleased to announce that it will be guaranteeing a whopping $35 million during the latest edition of its Powerfest series.
Powerfest had guaranteed prize pools of $5 when it launched in February of last year with the total guarantees increasing to $7.8 million when partypoker ran another edition of Powerfest in May 2016. Partypoker increased the guarantees to $10 million in August of last year, before increasing the guarantees to $11 million in January of this year.
The last time that Powerfest ran was in May, 2017, when $20 million was guaranteed and over $27 million was paid out across 301 events.
There has been a marked increase in confidence in the Powerfest with an amount of $35 million on the line when the series returns next month. The latest Powerfest will be the largest and most ambitious series that partypoker has run for quite some time.
Partypoker is promising that there will be a vast range of buy-ins available from $5.50 to $530 in order to give all players an opportunity to win a life changing amount of money.
The 12 Champion events that are due to take place in September include a number of multi-phase tournaments that take place online.
The $25,500 Super High Roller event that is due to return is bound to be popular with partypoker players. The Super High Roller attracted 129 entries last time and when it returns on Tuesday, 19th September 2017 it will be a two day event with a $3 million guaranteed prize pool.
Four Main Events will round off the series on Sunday, 24th September at 7.00 p.m. BST with buy-ins of $11, $55, $215 and $1,050 and combined guarantees of $2.7 million.
Partypoker ambassador, Patrick Leonard, revealed that he remembers playing Powerfest at the start of the year and it was great to play some “pure” poker. He went on to say that the schedule for September is the best that partypoker has ever had, with bigger buy-ins, bigger guarantees and 2 day tournaments. He also said that the software will be improved to make it easier for players to find the right tournaments.hbh
