Sunday Briefing: 'jayser1337' Takes Down $1M Powerfest Event
The $20 million guaranteed Powerfest Series kicked off at partypoker May 7 with the first 24 of 301 scheduled events.
Event 13 was a $215 buy-in tournament with a massive $1 million prize pool, which attracted 3,354 entrants and left partypoker nursing a $329,200 overlay. Taking full advantage of the extra money was ��jayser1337�� who took down the tournament and banked a cool $140,400 after being involved in a deal with runner-up ��DonAndresPL�� who scooped $125,000.
Another massive prize is now in the partypoker account of ��collony87�� after triumphing in the $300K Gtd Super High Roller. Collony87 outlasted 127 opponents and turned $2,600 into $78,400.
The United Kingdom's ��kashmir_uzi�� also became a Powerfest champion after winning the $300K Gtd High Roller for $58,299, ��ManniUndMats�� secured the $46,653 first-place prize in the $200K Gtd High Roller and ��AllinIvey1�� won another $200K Gtd event and walked away with $34,185.
PokerStars�� Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) commenced on Sunday and there will be a daily article covering this huge festival coming at you on PokerNews each day, so we will concentrate on PokerStars�� Sunday Majors in the Sunday briefing this week.
Charlie ��Epiphany77�� Carrell returned to the virtual felt with a victory in the $1,050 Sunday Grand. Carrell defeated fellow Brit ��C12SLY�� heads up and won $51,489, which meant SLY had to make do with the $38,293 runner-up prize.
Some of the other notable victories at PokerStars on May 7 included:
- Dinesh ��NastyMinder�� Alt �C winner of the Big $162 for $7,421
- Zachary ��Zackattak13�� Koric �C winner of the $215 Weekender for $9,191
- Joe ��Dyzalot�� Morneau �C winner of the Big $109 for $29,095
- ��CrescitEundo�� �C winner of the Hot $162 for $18,578
- ��Kot_Spartac�� �C winner of the $700 Super-Sized Sunday for $43,217
- ��freddopizza�� �C winner of the $109 Bounty Builder for $17,777
- Johann ��johann2707�� Diaz �C winner of the $109 Bubble Rush for $7,198
- ��flaszeczka�� �C winner of the Big $215 for $26,164
- Stewart ��Stew_233�� Kilpatrick �C winner of the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $23,880
- ��klagylo�� �C winner of the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $31,867
- ��AJacejackAJ�� �C winner of the Hot $215 for $21,341
- ��subsnw10�� �C winner of the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $9,888
It wasn��t only partypoker and PokerStars where major festivals kicked off. 888poker got in on the act, too.Click this link to read all about Day 1 of the XL Inferno Series, including the $53,014 won by Brazil��s Alexandre ��Xandee1991�� Almeida in the $300,000 Opening Event.
