Big Names, Big Tournaments and Big Scores in partypoker’s Weekly Roundup

It’s been a busy week for partypoker with big name signings, huge live tournament Team pro victories, a record-breaking grind in the making – as well as massive live and online series on the horizon, so let’s take a look in more detail at the site’s weekly newsletter…

Jaime Staples to join Team Online on May 4th

partypoker kept us all on tenterhooks for as long as they could, but finally they announced that Jaime Staples would be joining brother Matty and a host of other TwitchTV streaming stars in their Team Online.

Star Wars day, May 4th, was named as the day Jaime would officially join the squad, bringing his own unique streaming style and 120,000 TwitchTV followers to the site, which now boasts the top poker-streaming talent from across the globe. 

Diamond Club VIP grinders chasing the record books…

Launched just 6 weeks ago, the new VIP Elite status is already on its way into the record books, with a trio of high-volume grinders - sp0ubledy, SunnyBooy and arianaGrande7 – battling it out for the SPINS number one spot that will give the first to reach it 100% cashback on their $200,000 rake!

Based on the old SuperNovaElite rewards system at rivals PokerStars, it looks almost certain that someone will smash the 52-day record for achieving Elite status – and all along the way the hopefuls are picking up big cash and tournament bonuses, each player already racking up the $10k bonus for hitting the halfway mark.

Phil Hellmuth makes his way to Rio for partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Season 3

Phil Poker Brat Hellmuth has touched down in Rio de Janeiro for the opening shots of the 3rd season of partypoker LIVE MILLIONS and he’s already hit the heights of Brazil’s most iconic city…

With the flagship $10k buy-in Main Event boasting a $5million guarantee, Phil will be vying with the world’s best as the series opener kicks off on March 15th.

Big Phil will be throwing in a free seminar on the evening of March 18th, while partypoker pro duo Joao Simao and Patrick Leonard will be hosting an open forum Q&A session on March 23rd at the Copacabana Palace venue.

More info on MILLIONS South America can be found here. 

Grab your Monster Series ticket with special edition SPINS

This Sunday, March 17th, will see the partypoker Monster Series Championship Event take place, and you still have time to secure your seat in the $200k GTD tournament for a fraction of the $55 buy-in.

A paltry $0.50 is all it costs to take a shot at your SPINS entry, tickets worth anywhere from $2.20 to $55 up for grabs in the hugely popular game. The Monster series itself has seen close to $1.5M handed out already, with plenty more to come as the series enters its second half.

See more here on Monster Series SPINS.

$30M GTD POWERFEST returns from 31 March to 14 April 2019

A quick heads-up from partypoker states that the ‘second 2019 instalment of partypoker's flagship POWERFEST series is confirmed for 31 March to 14 April 2019’.

With $30million guaranteed across a cast array of games and buy-ins, details of the POWERFEST schedule will be released soon – keep your eyes on this link here for updates.

Koon and Kuznetsov shine at the Triton Super High Roller Series

Massive buy-ins and non-stop action was the order of the week at Triton’s SHR series stop in Jeju, South Korea last week, with Team partypoker crushers Jason Koon and Timofey Kuznetsov atop the podium.

Koon is considered the finest Short Deck Poker player in the world and underlined that title with a double takedown of the HK $1M (US$127,000) buy-in Refresh and Short Deck tournaments, worth a combined $3.8million.

Timofey ‘Trueteller’ Kuznetsov is better known as an online beast, but snagging his second live title won’t harm his reputation at all – taking down the Short Deck Special for $1,859,940.

Software update brings parity to partypoker.eu Windows client

Saving the ‘dull but important’ stuff till last, the latest partypoker software update sees French and Spanish players now able to enjoy what the rest of partypoker’s global pool have taken for granted for a while now.

The improved tournament lobby features ‘customisable felts and floors, updated player plates and a new player notes function’  which brings the .eu client in line with partypoker.com. partypoker state that further software improvements are earmarked for the coming months.