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.
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