No 'Mair for Simon in Leg 3

Most people would associate Tuesday with Shrove Tuesday, but in the poker world, the only Tuesday worth knowing about is Super Tuesday, a day in which Black Belt Poker go poker crazy with an evening of unadulterated fun and frolics from the comfort of your own armchair.

With Challenge Channing running in tandem, League VI entered its third leg with a spring in its step. 63 in all deposited $5+0.50, with the impressive field boasting numerous regulars, as well as London Live finalist Dean 'blackbeltkickbox' Aldred and Black Belt Poker's duetting jacks: Adam 'trojandonkey' Latimer and a debuting Chris 'cyprusdonkey' Poutashi.

After a hard-fought out slog, it was Blue Belt and future Black Belt Poker mentor Simon 'AlwaysMissing' Mairs who came up trumps, snapping up $100.80 after toppling fellow Blue Belt and recent UKIPT finalist Owen 'Ruaction' Robinson heads-up.

AlwaysMissing -- $100.80
Ruaction -- $69.30
99Ranny -- $42.52
bizmarkkk -- $31.50
ACarey -- $23.62
tristiano -- $18.90
PeterV1972 -- $15.75
sandy1611 -- $12.60

36-years young from Bradford, Simon is braced to become a Black Belt Poker mentor when our Training System officially launches on Sep 1. Simon participated in Grading II: Destination Dublin, and performed well enough to be fast-tracked to Blue Belt status and win one of three Irish Open packages. During the Grading, he displayed a steady upward curve, making few mistakes and impressing many with his high level of composure and discipline. Last night's performance certainly puts him in good stead, and he'll be keen to start transferring his abilities over to any propsective students.

As a result of his triumph, Simon has jumped up to 12th on the leader board, leap-frogging the likes of Gavin 'TFMonty007' Hall and reigning League Champion Trevor 'cleavertrevor' Myers. At the high end of the spectrum, there has been a changing guards, Patrick Winterbottom bubbling the Leg in ninth, but picking up enough points to top the leaderboard with 230 points, just two more than Andrew 'miggggy' Maguire who came 35th.

1st paddyjim67 -- 230 points
2nd miggggy -- 228 points
3rd Kevish47 -- 222 points
4th PeterV1972 -- 215 points
5th BoatDrink -- 210 points
6th SirNutFlopper -- 205 points
7th huddy2602 -- 203 points
8th sandy1611 202 points
9th DiddavidBEL09 -- 199 points

The $15+1.5 deepstack Mulligan commenced an hour later, and attracted 23 players in all. After the smoke had cleared and the dust settled, it was Purple Belt Sean 'bolden1212' Bolden who came out smelling of roses, his first place finish netting hism $172.50.

bolden1212 -- $172.50
lionrampant27 -- $103.50
TheSimian -- $69

Just missing out in the Mulligan was fourth-placed Jamal 'bbpjimjam' El Shetob, but the Yellow Belt more than made up for his near miss by striking gold in the Donakement, a $0.50 rebuy frenzy in which fallen soldiers from the League can release any pent up aggression by continuously hammering down on the rebuy button. 21 played the event including UKIPT Brighton winner Jamie Burland, League I winner Adam Saunders, and Tom 'Werrrrd' Drew who bubbled in fourth.

bbpjimjam -- $19.25
PEterV1972 -- $11.55
JimmyTheBhoy -- $7.70

The League is really hotting up at the moment with barely a gnat's nostril hair separating the players at the top. No one is racing ahead, so it's not too late for you to get involved and mount your assault on the leader board. Just getting into the top 10 guarantees you prizes in the form of Belt Points and a free token to acclaimed tutorial site DeucesCracked. To open an account is easy, simply download the poker client and follow the step-by-step process provided.