Earlier this week, Orange Belt Stephen FalconAyr Dickson became the latest Black Belt Poker League Champion when he pipped David livinginhope2 Hall by just a single point to secure the title.
League XV saw a total of 153 players compete for the honour, with 87 stumping up the $5+0.50 buy-in fee for the eighth and final leg. The lineup was as illustrious as always, with the likes of League XIV Champion Craig ChipRead77 McKelvie and reigning Nottingham Live Champion Stuart The Dyson Hyson vying to go out in style.
However, with just one leg remaining, only a handful of players could capture the crown and finish on top. Despite final table finishes from Ken NPStars1 Johnston and Phillip PhilDee64 Dronfield, FalconAyr's 22nd place finish meant it was close, but not cigar for the aforementioned members of the chasing pack.
The pressure therefore lay solely on the shoulders of livinginhope2, who needed a minimum third place finish in order to overtake his nemesis at the death. However, disaster struck when he departed in fourth, leaving him just one point short of FalconAyr who could now breathe a welcome sigh of relief and celebrate his victory.
Meanwhile, the final bragging rights went to Jonathan tandy26 Tandy whose second consecutive final table improved to first place and a $130.52 payday. His triumph over runner-up Shaun TableKnight Herran-Venables means he's snapped up the final seat in next week's Second Chance SNG featuring all leg winners, the last man standing of which will receive a free Nottingham Live seat worth $200+20.
1st tandy26 -- $130.52
2nd TableKnight -- $87.00
3rd nicenutter -- $54.37
4th livinginhope2 -- $41.32
5th Yosemity2207 -- $32.62
6th themackem1968 -- $26.10
7th Elysiumjay -- $21.75
8th shaolin4aces -- $17.40
9th NPStars1 -- $13.05
10th PhilDee64 -- $10.87
The final standings saw eight Orange Belts and two Yellow make the final 10, with the positions of the top six remaining unchanged from the week prior, despite the last-leg drama.
1st FalconAyr (630 points) -- Nottingham Live Package & Personalised Hoodie
2nd livinginhope2 (629 points) -- 1,000 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($30+3)
3rd PhilDee64 (590 points) -- 800 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($30+3)
4th NPStars1 (581 points) -- 700 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($15+1.50)
5th ryang3691 (573 points) -- 600 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($15+1.50)
6th TeeDeeEye1 (541 points) -- 500 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($5+0.50)
7th eixip50 (516 points) -- 400 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($5+0.50)
8th 13kendo13 (515 points) -- 300 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($5+0.50)
=9th 7onyB (502 points) -- 150 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($5+0.50)
=9th lionrampant27 (502 points) -- 150 Belt Points & Notts Live token ($5+0.50)
11th Barty1uk (475 points)
12th liquidpoker101 (473 points)
13th Touagorimou (452 points)
14th tandy26 (451 points)
15th habbad (448 points)
16th Bartukbb (442 points)
17th omnipokerist1 (436 points)
18th nickhem1 (431 points)
19th S0lution (430 points)
20th nakgeele4 (425 points)
As always, there was plenty of other action for players to get their teeth into this week, in particular with the Nottingham Live satellites which kicked off on Monday with a $15+1.50 freezeout. The winner was Adam sixnout Reid.
1st sixnout -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd russellhansen
3rd diiscostu
4th craigsidders
5th bagpussrocks
On the following evening, 15 players rocked up for the $5+0.50 rebuy with unknown entity hoover65 sucking up all the chips and snapping up his ticket to Dusk Till Dawn.
1st hoover65 -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd tristiano
3rd diiscostu
4th G3OFF
5th topboy230583
Wednesday saw the return of our Orange Belt Freeroll, in which just 40 players competed for a free seat into Nottingham Live, with satellite tokens for the runner-ups. Inaugural League Champion Adam JHobbit1 Saunders was the man who stole the show.
1st JHobbit1 -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd BoatDrink -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
3rd bagpussrocks -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
4th TFMonty007 -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
5th LAYERCAKE35
Finally, the Mulligan was back one again, and it was no surprise to see who took top honours: Mulligan expert Kevin S0lution Birt, who simply can't stop winning this particular event. He, and four others, all received added Belt Points for their efforts.
1st S0lution -- $101.25 (50 Belt Points)
2nd TheSimian -- $67.50 (30 Belt Points)
3rd losbert40 -- $33.75 (10 Belt Points)
4th 4KSuited -- $22.50 (5 Belt Points)
5th paul6543 (10 Belt Points)
It's been a great league season, which, not for the first time, ended on a photo finish. But the fun isn't over; on August 30 we're holding our second $10,000 GTD Samurai, and you can qualify tonight at 20:00 in our weekly super satellite. The game is No Limit Hold'em, and there will be one seat guaranteed into the $250+25 Main Event. And for our newer players, there's the Yellow Belt No-Lose Deepstack at the same time.
Good luck, and see you at the tables.
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