Last night, Black Belt Poker hosted its much anticipated London Live Vegas Freeroll, in which the winner would earn himself a free trip to Vegas and the opportunity to face the Black Belts for WSOP tournament buy-ins including the $10,000 Main Event.
The event was exclusive to Black Belt London Live II entrants who either maintained their Belt during April, or were promoted to a higher one. In the end, 74 players were eligible, but only 57 players entered the tournament, thus creating what was surely the best added value tournament in town.
Within the field lay a number of blood-thirsty sharks, including Blue Belts Kevin 'Kevish47' Williams, David 'bh0yw0nder' Docherty and latest recruit Ben 'AsboKid666' Meredith, all of whom had their eyes firmly fixated on a free outing to Sin City.
Also partaking were reigning Black Belt Poker League Champion Trevor 'TeeDeeEye1' Ingman and Rob 'SirNutFlopper' Weston, who won a Vegas trip this time last year in our Quad Aces promotion.
The field quickly thinned, and after James 'JimmyTheBhoy' Carrigan bubbled and League XII Champion Mark '99Ranson' Ranson bubbled bubbled, the final table was set with a line-up tougher than a two-dollar steak.
As well as inaugural League winner Adam 'JHobbit1' Saunders, players would be obliged to overcome no fewer than two current Blue Belts, and one former one: Adam 'trojandonkey' Latimer, Jamie 'StilettoMafiosa' Burland and Robert '7Enygma7' Jarrett-Smith.
Despite their presence, one man did indeed achieve that feat, Philip 'xxxiluvsjhxxx' Mildon overcoming 'sanja441' heads-up to secure his flight to Vegas, and accommodation alongside Neil Channing, Richard Ashby and our other sponsored pros in the Black Belt Poker luxury mansion.
For Philip, the fun doesn't end there, as he'll now be presented with the opportunity to supplement his prize with tournament entries into the 2011 World Series of Poker in a series of heads-up battles against our Black Belts.
If he can defeat Neil Channing, he'll earn a $1,500 seat, $5,000 for beating Richard Ashby and, finally, a Main Event seat for toppling recent Aussie Millions finalist Sam Razavi, thus bringing the total tournament giveaway to a spectacular $16,500.
The final standings were as follows:
1st xxxiluvsjhlxxx
2nd sanja4411
3rd StilettoMafiosa
4th wowsickriver
5th TableKnight
6th JHobbit1
7th 7Enygma7
8th WarSunTzu
9th Ca5gaR
10th trojandonkey
With the Orange Belt Freerolls commencing this month, and League IX and the WSOP Warrior Master League also underway, there's never been a better time to play on Black Belt Poker. As the summer nears, we'll be continuing to search for ways to throw more promotions and added value your way.
If you're new to Black Belt Poker and want to join the party, then opening an account is a doddle: simply download the poker client download the poker client and follow the step-by-step process provided, and if you encounter any hurdles, then drop us a line at info@blackbeltpoker and we'll do our utmost to assist.
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