On the tail end of the $35 million guarantee Powerfest series at partypoker, the Powerfest #254: Championship Event: $3M Gtd Super High Roller kicked off on Tuesday and wrapped up Wednesday evening. A total of 127 players paid the $25,500 buy-in to participate, which brought the prize pool just over the guarantee to $3,175,000. Only 16 players returned for Day 2, and Ben “CowEyed” Tollerene defeated Viktor “Isildur1” Blom heads up to capture the title and the $846,722 top prize.
After nearly eight hours of play on Day 1, Sam 'DeanMalenko' Greenwood finished with the chip lead with Fedor Holz not far behind in third, Tollerene in sixth, Jason Koon in ninth, and Blom in tenth.