May is becoming one of the busiest months on the poker calendar and the announcement of the partypoker Powerfest schedule only solidifies that stranglehold. The series opens on May 7 and runs through May 21 with $20,000,000 in prizes guaranteed during the two-week long festival. Buy ins are available for as little as $5.50 with high roller events tipping the scales at a price point of $25,500.

There are four main events for the series and six events with a guarantee of at least $1,000,000.

The largest guarantee on the schedule belongs to the $25,500 event, which is a $2,000,000 guaranteed Super High Roller and is scheduled for May 17. In a great initiative from partypoker, the $500 entry fee from each player will go toward a charity of the winner’s choice. In addition, should the field reach 100 entries, partypoker will add in another $50,000 to the donation.

The four main events are taking place on Sunday, May 21 with the following buy ins and guarantees: $11/$50,000, $55/$100,000, $215/$1,000,000, $1,050/$1,000,000.

In light of the massive guarantees announced and larger than ever schedule, Managing Director of partypoker Tom Waters said, “We decided to go for it this time and increase the total guaranteed prize pool for the upcoming Powerfest to over $20 million. There are some fantastic new headline events in the series, including three $1m guaranteed editions of the Title Fight, a $2m charity event and eight phased tournaments covering a range of buy-ins. I’m confident that the players will love the variety of events on offer and will relish the opportunity to become a Powerfest champion.”

The eight phased tournaments that Waters refers to are multi-phased events that feature guarantees totaling $3,600,000. Phase 1 of these events have buy ins ranging for $5.50 all the way up to $530 and are running several times daily during Powerfest with final phases getting underway on May 14 and 21.

Some of the biggest names in poker are already plotting out their Powerfest plans with partypoker ambassador Sam Trickettchief among them.

”I will be playing more online events than ever in this new edition of Powerfest on partypoker. The addition of the $25k super high roller is great and it’s a really nice touch from partypoker to donate all fees to charity,” said Trickett.