Forget the knife, you could have cut the tension with a toothpick last night as the Black Belt Poker League culminated in its most nail-biting conclusion to date.
Just one point separated the top two heading into the eighth and final leg, meaning Jamie Burland needed to better Chris Roadknight by only one place to secure victory. Topping the podium would reap sumptuous rewards, the winner receiving a 1.5 percent share in a Black Belt of their choosing in the WSOP Main Event.
54 showed up for the finale, some intent on throwing a devilish cog in the works; others hoping to scrape into the top 10 of the League standings. In the end, the man who rose highest was Jason 'Elysiumjay' Layland, who only last week had won $4,032 courtesy of the 'Slice of the Action' Freeroll and Sam Razavi's subsequent UKIPT win. Meanwhile, reigning League Champion Trevor 'TeeDeeEye1' Ingman made his second consecutive final, as did runner-up Nick 'sprinterz' Spiers
1st Elysiumjay -- $86.40
2nd sprinterz -- $59.40
3rd losbert40 -- $36.45
4th seven7777777s -- $27.00
5th RykanShadow -- $20.25
6th nakgeela4 -- $16.20
7th TeeDeeEye1 -- $13.50
8th hiddenacesBBP -- $10.80
Prior to the final, all eyes were, naturally, on the battle for the throne, Jamie and Chris fighting it out like Roman gladiators in a bid to be crowned Champion. And boy, was it close. With just 16 left, Chris was eliminated from the tournament, meaning that Jamie, who finished one place higher, was League IX Champion by a paltry two points.
One element that had passed everyone by, however, was that third placed Peter 'UliKoko' Derrick could still gatecrash the party if he were to pull out a win. But alas, the last-minute dash wasn't to be, and despite a plucky performance, he bubbled the money in ninth. So… now it was official, and Burland's arm was raised.
1st StilettoMafiosa (450 points) -- 1.5% Black Belt Backing
2nd CroadYuk (448 points) -- 1% Black Belt Backing
3rd UliKoko (423 points) -- 0.5% Black Belt Backing
Although mork1971's wooden-spoon finish wasn't enough to see him drop out of the prize money, others weren't so lucky: JimmyTheBhoy, Boatdrink and psbef81 all fell at the final furlong, to be replaced in the top 10 by TheSimian, losbert40 and nakgeela4, the latter achieving that goal by just one point.
4th TeeDeeEye1 (398 points) -- 750 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
5th tristiano (398 points) -- 600 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
6th losbert40 (381 points) -- 500 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
7th insider66666 (378 points) -- 400 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
8th TheSimian (367 points) -- 300 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
9th mork1971 (362 points) -- 200 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
10th nakgeela4 (361 points) -- 100 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token
11th JimmyTheBhoy -- 360 points
12th paul6543 -- 359 points
13th BoatDrink -- 359 points
14th Mrdroodle -- 343 points
15th pbsef81 -- 340 points
16th generalshifty -- 339 points
17th habbad -- 333 points
18th Elysiumjay -- 324 points
19th Bambury -- 317 points
20th sprinterz -- 312 points
Amid all the mayhem and tension, the Mulligan arrived 60 minutes later. 7 pitched up the $15+1.50 buy-in, but only one could win, and that wo/man was unknown entity 'bagpusrocks', who did indeed rock to the tune of $105.00.
1st bagpusrocks -- $105.00
2nd Ranny
3rd JHobbit1
4th Cranfield
5th StilettoMafiosa
6th Touagorimou
7th AlwaysMissing
And so, after the dust had settled and the smoke cleared (quote courtesy of Rocky 3), all that was left to do was for the podium to pick their horses:
Jamie Burland chose: 1% of Sam Razavi and 0.5% of Neil Channing
Chris Roadknight chose: 0.5% of Richard Ashby and 0.5% of Neil Channing
Peter Derrick chose: 0.5% of Richard Ashby
So, good luck to them and their respective picks. The next League is just a fortnight away and will commence on Tuesday, June 14. In the meantime, be sure to check out all our promotions by clicking the links below:
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