Black Belt Blog: Cartwright Gets It Right in Leg 5

Samurai is fast-approaching and for those seeking a free entry into the $250+25 Main Event, the Black Belt Poker League has been their port-of-call.

Leg 5 saw 82 take to the felt, all of whom were eying up those crucial points as we dipped out toes into the second half of League XIV.

Although Phil PhilNe2Q Quelch followed up his previous week's victory with a second consecutive final table, the eventual winner was David DConTour1 Cartwright who defeated Dawn bagpussrocks Cooke heads-up.

1st DConTour1 -- $112.76
2nd bagpussrocks -- $75.85
3rd habbad -- $57.40
4th HammerHorror -- $38.95
5th JosseWales -- $28.70
6th PhilNe2Q -- $21.52
7th Stewboi -- $17.42
8th sandy1611 -- $14.35
9th pbsef81 -- $12.30
10th S0lution -- $10.25
11th adygolf -- $10.25
12th shaolin4aces -- $10.25

There were no earth-shattering changes in the League standings, mainly due to the top three finishing in 17th-19th positions. Gnomeeee crept up to 5th, whilst PhilDee64 slipped into fourth.

1st 10Royals -- 399 points
2nd liquidpoker101 -- 364 points
3rd russellhansen -- 358 points
4th PhilDee64 -- 353 points
5th gnomeeee -- 340 points
6th sandy1611 -- 335 points
7th ChipRead77 -- 334 points
8th doochats -- 333 points
9th shaolin4aces -- 325 points
10th ourkidsid -- 321 points
11th BoatDrink -- 313 points
12th PhilNe2Q -- 312 points
13th Touagorimou -- 307 points
14th pbsef81 -- 300 points
15th sprinterz -- 299 points
16th S0lution -- 298 points
17th Stewboi -- 297 points
18th JosseWales -- 296 points
19th myteamouse -- 295 points
20th livinginhope2 -- 295 points

The Samurai may be just around the corner, but the Black Belt East End Live is lurking on an even more immediate horizon with kick-off scheduled for this Friday, April 22.

As such, we entered into our final week of 'regular' satellites. The results were as follows:

Monday, $16.50 freezeout, 12 runners…

1st jfdiwins -- East End Live Seat ($200+20)
2nd BoraBoraBoy
3rd youkickmydog
4th bornTOflirt
5th puggy1979

Tuesday, $5.50 rebuy, 29 runners…

1st BoraBoraBoy -- East End Live Seat ($200+20)
2nd generalshifty -- East End Live Seat ($200+20)
3rd lollolloyd
4th daveyb15
5th JKitin

Wednesday, $27.50 freezeout, 17 runners…

1st ajaybhadresa -- East End Live Seat ($200+20)
2nd whoshwhoosh710 -- East End Live Seat ($200+20)
3rd diiscostu
4th Touagorimou
5th karllorenzo

And it didn't end there, as on the Wednesday evening, 43 runners competed for the pleasure of playing the $200+20 Main Event for the grand sum of zero. And the man potentially turning nothing into a monumental something: Russ nicenutter Cochran.

1st nicenutter -- East End Live Seat ($200+20)
2nd MajorMustard -- East End Live Mega satellite token ($35+3)
3rd LAYERCAKE35 -- East End Live Mega satellite token ($35+3)
4th TeeDeeEye1 -- East End Live Mega satellite token ($35+3)

Completing an action-packed evening was the weekly Deepstack Mulligan. 15 dipped into the pockets with The8ofSpades snatching gold.

1st The8ofSpades -- $101.25 (50 Belt Points)
2nd gingerninja11111 -- $67.50 (30 Belt Points)
3rd BobbersAllin -- $33.75 (10 Belt Points)
4th StilettoMafiosa -- $22.50 (20 Belt Points)
5th TableKnight (5 Belt Points)

If you'd like to play the first ever East End Live and compete over a $75,000 prize pool, then you can buy in directly via the tournament lobby. Note that Day 1B is close to selling out, so register now to avoid disappointment.

In the meantime, you'll be pleased to know that we're hosting one last-ditch satellite. On Wednesday night there will be a $35+3 Mega Satellite with an incredible seven seats guaranteed, as well as a $5+0.50 feeder on the Tuesday. Not to be missed!