
The 2021 POWERFEST on partypoker is underway and Alex Foxen and Barry Hutter are among the first big winners. The talented high stakes specialists each bagged six-figure prizes by winning $5,200 High Roller and $2,100 High Roller Opener respectively.
Hutter Becomes a POWERFEST Champion
41 of the 281 starters in the $2,100 POWERFEST #01 – High Roller Opener returned to the partypoker tables on April 11 to compete for a share of a $562,000 prize pool.
Third place and $52,295 went to Kevin Kai Ka, whose exit left Sami Kelopuro and Barry Hutter heads-up for the title. They didn't settle for a deal, even though there was a $33,188 difference in the payouts. This meant Hutter walked away with $107,718 when he defeated his Finnish opponent, leaving Kelopuro to secure the $74,530 runner up prize.
Place |
Player |
Country |
Prize |
1 |
Barry Hutter |
Mexico |
$107,718 |
2 |
Sami Kelopuro |
Finland |
$74,530 |
3 |
Kevin Kai Ga |
United Kingdom |
$52,295 |
4 |
Bruno Volkmann |
Brazil |
$35,114 |
5 |
Wietse Hasper |
Netherlands |
$25,311 |
6 |
Claas Segebrecht |
Austria |
$19,821 |
7 |
Andrii Derzhypilskyi |
Ukraine |
$15,953 |
Foxen Takes Down the High Roller Event
A field of 91 players bought into the $5,200 POWERFEST #03 – High Roller event and only 14 of them walked away with a slice of the $500,000 prize pool. Each of the finalists guaranteed themselves at least $20,094. Kristen Bicknell came in fourth, a finish worth $42,474, before David Peters‘ elimination in third, worth $60,049, left Foxen heads-up against Christoph Vogelsang.
Foxen busted Vogelsang in second place to secure the $137,317 top prize, leaving Vogelsang to reel in an $87,991 consolation prize.
Place |
Player |
Country |
Prize |
1 |
Alex Foxen |
Canada |
$137,317 |
2 |
Christoph Vogelsang |
United Kingdom |
$87,991 |
3 |
David Peters |
Canada |
$60,049 |
4 |
Kristen Bicknell |
Canada |
$42,474 |
5 |
Joakim Andersson |
Malta |
$31,252 |
6 |
Michael Addamo |
United Kingdom |
$24,379 |
7 |
Kevin Macdonald |
Canada |
$20,094 |
Other POWERFEST Champions
- Leafs191919– first-place in the $22 POWERFEST #01 – Mini Opener for $10,597
- Vanessa23– first-place in the $215 POWEFEST – Mix-Max Knockout Turbo for $9,686
- Rezzey– first-place in the $22 POWERFEST – Mini Mix-Max Knockout Turbo for $4,382
- Nofxdarkside2– first-place in the $2.20 POWERFEST #01 – Micro Opener for $972
- Yoshi_okane– first-place in the $2.20 POWERFEST Micro Mix-Max Knockout Turbo for $342
This is just the start of the POWERFEST non-stop action for the next two weeks, so make sure you don't miss the action on partypoker. Satellites are running every day and so are the fantastic POWERFEST edition SPINS.