Steve O'Dwyer took down the partypoker POWERFEST Super High Roller for a career-high score. (WPT photo)

One of the biggest events on the partypoker POWERFEST schedule played out last night: Event #123 Super High Roller Championship Event: $25,500 No Limit Hold’em and one of poker’s brightest minds shined brightest against tough competition.

Steve ‘eet_smakelijk’ O’Dwyer earned an online career-best $896,610 for the win, defeating Orpen ‘orpenkk’ Kisacikoglu heads-up ($643,500). O’Dwyer’s victory came three days after he won a PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker event for what was then a career-best $227,000.

Other notables who made the final table include Michael ‘mczhang’ Zhang, who has been on a tear of late. He added $468,000 to his ever-growing bankroll, while legendary PocketFiver Jon “sordykrd” Van Fleet (aka “apestyles”) would also make the final table, busting in fifth for $234,000.

‘nipa3p3’ finished in sixth for $147,420, bringing his total online earnings up to $3.89 million. Rounding off the finale was partypoker ambassador Jason Koon, who earned an eighth-place finish for $117,000.

But what else happened on Thursday night?

Well, ‘Tightguy66′ was very busy indeed. He made an incredible three final tables:

  • 4th in Event #123 High Roller: $530 No Limit Hold’em Progressive Knock-out ($7,078.50 + $967)
  • 5th in Event #125 High Roller: $1,050 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max ($12,060)
  • 4th in Event #125 High: $109 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max ($1,232.50)

 

We also saw ‘GiGioDoNNa99′ make multiple finales. He or she finished sixth in Event #123 High Roller: $530 No Limit Hold’em Progressive Knock-out for $3,689.40 (+ $2,649), and finished fourth in Event #123 High: $109 No Limit Hold’em Progressive Knock-out for $3,226.72 (+ $2,232).

‘NoOnionsBlud’ has been making final tables consistently throughout this POWERFEST, and he added two more last night. First off he locked up a fourth-place cash in Event #121 High: $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max for $8,179.60, and followed that up with a sixth-place finish in Event #125 High Roller: $1,050 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max for $8,040.

We’ve got to give a shout-out to ‘Paul_Folders’ too. He won a title and $23,500 on Wednesday, and took down another one on Thursday, winning Event #126 High Roller: $530 No Limit Hold’em Fast Six-Max Progressive Knock-out for a bankroll-boosting $12,157.59, plus $10,390 in bounties.

Other winners on the day in High and High Roller tier events include Eder ‘KingJamesMVP’ Campana, ‘TheRepoMan86’, ‘MisterN411’, ‘midgedate’, ‘goran445’, ‘Iveybluffallin’, ‘mudlo’, ‘Dabledore’, and ‘Nepteidon’.

Event #121 High: $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
Entries: 572
Prize pool: $114,400

  1. TheRepoMan86 – $21,450.18
  2. redcorvette73 – $15,476.94
  3. OMG_MIGAAA – $11,611.60
  4. NoOnionsBlud – $8,179.60
  5. jaimelaviande – $5,720
  6. PokeyB_RedBaron – $3,432

Event #123 High Roller: $530 No Limit Hold’em Progressive Knock-out
Entries: 429
Prize pool: $219,862

  1. MisterN411 – $20,484.90 + $24,210
  2. Fishin234 – $14,693.25 + $4,774
  3. Baniclvan – $10,081.50 + $4,228
  4. Tightguy66 – $7,078.50 + $967
  5. unstoppablemind – $5,062.20 + $1,509
  6. GiGioDoNNa99 – $3,689.40 + $2,649
  7. GewoonBoef – $2,606.17 + $2,477
  8. Drulitooo – $1,898.32 + $3,264

Event #123 High: $109 No Limit Hold’em Progressive Knock-out
Entries: 1,204
Prize pool: $125,216

  1. midgedate – $10,264.10 + $8,207
  2. d5t6y7 – $7,344.10 + $2,268
  3. Graftekkel – $4,822.02 + $917.16
  4. GiGioDoNNa99 – $3,226.72 + $2,232
  5. eurochild – $2,287.60 + $320
  6. Batdog666 – $1,613.36 + $1,327
  7. flipeta94 – 1,131.76 + $1,327
  8. Fenryr03 – $758.52 + $1,126

Event #123 Super High Roller Championship Event: $25,500 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 156
Prize pool: $3,900,000

  1. eet_smakelijk – $896,610
  2. orpenkk – $643,500
  3. mczhang – $468,000
  4. shlongoperator – $331,500
  5. sordykrd – $234,000
  6. jizonhisniz – $185,250
  7. nipa3p3 – $147,420
  8. Jason_Koon – $117,000

Event #124 High Roller: $1,050 No Limit Hold’em Mix-Max Progressive Knock-out
Entries: 332
Prize pool: $338,640

  1. goran445 – $37,876.92 + $24,780
  2. Tartaruga13 – $25,315 + $4,517
  3. CASHEEEGAMEEE – $18,260 + $10,320
  4. slayerv1fan – $13,280 + $4,960
  5. VamosSuarez – $9,130 + $1,779
  6. AmorEnLaBoca – $6,640 + $3,965

Event #124 High: $215 No Limit Hold’em Mix-Max Progressive Knock-out
Entries: 941
Prize pool: $200,000

  1. Iveybluffallin – $16,793.22 + $15,640
  2. Riverixxx – $12,351.75 + $1,596
  3. AWi10 – $9,273.49 + $3,504
  4. RirriMcRirri – $6,366.12 + $1,448
  5. Malapisk – $4,1260.54 + $2,256
  6. WnrWnrPaROkDnr – $2,570.91 + $1,273

Event #125 High Roller: $1,050 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
Entries: 201
Prize pool: $201,000

  1. KingJamesMVP – $50,062.32
  2. Omicron_ – $32,160
  3. Iveybluffallin – $22,612.50
  4. ChanceSeeYou – $16,381.50
  5. Tightguy66 – $12,060
  6. NoOnionsBlud – $8,040

Event #125 High: $109 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
Entries: 145
Prize pool: $14,500

  1. mudlo – $3,652.64
  2. NeLeSi – $2,465
  3. OBV_NUTS – $1,740
  4. Tightguy66 – $1,232.50
  5. petdet3ctive – $906.25
  6. xsibi – $601.75

Event #126 High Roller: $530 No Limit Hold’em Fast Six-Max Progressive Knock-out
Entries: 195
Prize pool: $100,000

  1. Paul_Folders – $12,157.59 + $10,390
  2. GamblingCabin – $7,810 + $2,614
  3. GRANTHAMMAN – $5,491.40 + $2,538
  4. xkgdrds1 – $3,978.21 + $2,321
  5. ymbzjhhbllib – $2,928.75 + $1,894
  6. jo1ntheparty – $1,952.50 + $1,812

Event #126 High: $109 No Limit Hold’em Fast Six-Max Progressive Knock-out
Entries: 608
Prize pool: $63,232

  1. Dabledore – $5,168.06 + $3,803
  2. crushyourmind – $3,952 + $3,040
  3. ThePokerMonk10 – $2,970.80 + $1,531
  4. goldencosty – $2,128 + $371
  5. Doyle_B – $1,489.60 + $275
  6. iBetUfoldPLZ – $912 + $300

Event #127 High: $109 No Limit Hold’em Mix-Max Turbo
Entries: 292
Prize pool: $30,000

  1. Nepteidon – $6,845.22
  2. muchofkingusto – $4,575
  3. futomako1 – $3,300
  4. rohdiiin – $2,400
  5. ikbenlen – $1,650
  6. StariMorskiVuk – $1,200