Although League IV attracted a number of new faces, the eventual Champion was a Black Belt original. After making an initial deposit back in September, Andy Brisland has been one of Black Belt Poker’s most committed members, becoming an active member of the community, attending Academies, participating in the various promotions offered by the site, and utilising all the services available to develop his game and become one of Black Belt Poker’s most capable MTT players. What’s more, Andy was a part of the recent Grading process, completing the six-week period to become Green Belt and a member of Black Belt Poker’s increasing pool of sponsored players. If anyone was deserving of this win, it was Andy.
Playing under the moniker ‘RedKiteBlackBelt’, Andy dominated League IV throughout, topping the league table after the first couple of weeks before cementing his spot with a string of consistent, yet impressive performances. Heading into Tuesday’s final leg, Andy was 15 points ahead of his nearest rival and a gnat’s pubic hair away from victory.
One of few players who could throw a spanner in the works was second place Anthony ‘Perseus10’ Hewitt, but with 35 players participating in leg seven, Anthony could only hope that Brisland made a misclick or played under the influence. Neither of those happened, and Andy ultimately finished just one place behind Anthony in seventh to seal the deal and officially become the Black Belt Poker League IV Champion.
“Thank you,” said Andy graciously on a recent thread,” Can never get enough praise ;-). I second the comments made in a number of places as to how good the standard is, and what a great game this is. Hopefully we will increase the ‘hardcore’ numbers and have a well-structured competition that will grow and grow.
The winner of leg seven was Blue Belt Gavin ‘TFMonty007’ Hall, whilst also making the final were Poker Million finalist Peter ‘PeterV1972’ Vasiliou and London Live last longer Tom ‘Werrrrd’ Drew.
1st TFMonty007 -- $70
2nd PeterV1972 -- $43.75
3rd miggggy -- $28
4th losbert40 -- $19.25
5th deadlydaveLDN -- $14
6th Perseus10
7th RedKiteBlackBelt
8th Werrrrd
9th TeeDeeEye1
The above results meant we had our final league standings, the top 10 of which included a former league winner in Adam ‘JHobbit1’ Saunders, and recent Dublin 3 member and current Blue Belt Owen ‘Ruaction’ Robinson.
1st RedKiteBlackBelt -- 301 points (£600 Boot Camp Seat & DeucesCracked token)
2nd Perseus10 – 287 points (1,000 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
3rd ParlourMan – 268 points (850 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
4th russellhansen – 265 points (750 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
5th cleavortrevor – 246 points (600 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
6th ourkidsid – 242 points (500 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
7th JHobbit1 – 237 points (400 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
8th mavperth – 236 points (300 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
9th Ruaction – 232 points (200 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
10th losbert40 – 228 points (100 Belt Points & DeucesCracked token)
Black Belt Poker will be looking to launch League V in the upcoming weeks with a brand, spanking new prize, so keep an eye out for that. In the meantime, our congratulations go out to Andy and all 10 finalists and we look forward to seeing you in the next league.
Click here to read Black Belt Poker’s exclusive interview with League IV winner Andy Brisland.
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