Leg 4: Making a Staitment

The Black Belt Poker League reached its halfway point this week as 98 battled it out at the cyber felt. The winner would not only secure 123 points, but also a seat in our Second Chance SNG in which all leg winners compete for 2,500 Belt Points.

The fourth player to join the lineup was Orange Belt Bradley bas2604 Staight, who won the second leg of the previous season.

This time, he picked up $134.76 for first prize, just pipping fellow Orange Belt Simon ourkidsid Herrick at the poker post, who improved his seventh place finish last week with a runner-up spot this time around.

Taking bronze was BobbersAllin - who also made his second consecutive final table - whilst close-but-no-cigar places went to Blue Belt Kevin Kevish47 Williams (15th), Leg 3 winner Bruce UsainZeus88 Jones (14th) and bubbleboy Peter Touagorimou Brown (13th).

1st  bas2604 -- $134.76
2nd  ourkidsid -- $90.65
3rd  BobbersAllin -- $68.60
4th  TheZartog -- $46.55
5th  WiseOwlBB -- $34.30
6th  NPStars1 -- $25.72
7th  PhilDee64 -- $20.82
8th  veg41 -- $17.15
9th  tentofollow -- $14.70
10th  CarpyGAS -- $12.25
11th  thehingster -- $12.25
12th  losbert40 -- $12.25

Ourkidsid's third top 10 finish means he's now 10 points clear at the top, with BobbersAllin slotting into second. Completing the trio of Orange Belts is Spencer dionysian Lawrence, whose 22nd place finish was enough to see him leapfrog Iceman78Danny and Spalding91 into third.

1st  ourkidsid -- 374 points
2nd  BobbersAllin -- 364 points
3rd  dionysian -- 354 points
4th  Iceman78Danny -- 352 points
5th  baligirl13 -- 344 points
=6th  Ourkid888 -- 326 points
=6th  RykanShadow -- 326 points
=6th  pbsef -- 326 points
9th  tealvSVU -- 320 points
10th  NPStars1 -- 318 points
11th  Wally19 -- 310 points
=12th  PhilDee64 -- 309 points
=12th  Barty1uk -- 309 points
14th  bas2604 -- 301 points
15th  Spalding91 -- 298 points
16th  ChipRead77 -- 295 points
=17th  Mrdroodle -- 290 points
=17th  mavperth -- 290 points
=19th  losbert40 -- 288 points
=19th  RedKiteBlackBelt -- 288 points
=19th  2LAMCHOP2 -- 288 points

With the League dust settled, it was time for a slice of deep-stack action in the Mulligan. This week's victor was Paul 2LAMCHOP2 Lamonby, with former League Champion Mark 99Ranny Ranson grabbing second.

1st  2LAMCHOP2 -- $90.00 (50 Belt Points)
2nd  99Ranny -- $54.00 (30 Belt Points)
3rd  dionysian -- $36.00 (10 Belt Points)
4th  Ourkid888 (5 Belt Points)
5th  g1m3n3s (5 Belt Points)
Running parallel to the Mulligan was our latest Orange Belt Freeroll: Slice of the Action. Congratulations to our four winners, who will now have a share of Neil Channing in September's English Poker Open.

1st  HammerHorror -- $100 sponsorship
2nd  slipfone -- $50 sponsorship
3rd  TFMonty007 -- $25 sponsorship
4th  WiseOwlBB -- $25 sponsorship

Tonight, at 20:00, is the penultimate qualifier for next week's Samurai, a $250+25 freezeout exclusive to Black Belt Poker players, yet armed with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The super satellite is a $35+3.50 buy-in commencing at 20:00, and already there are three confirmed entrants with myteamouse, 7onyB and Elysiumjay scrapping their way through $5+0.50 feeders.

If you want to skip the cheaper route, then direct buy in is available via the tournament lobby. Simply locate the event under Scheduled > Black Belt Tournaments and hit 'register' to enter.

If you don't already have an account, then opening one is easy: just download the poker client and follow the step-by-step process provided.


Previous League reports:

League XVI - Prizes Make Points
Week 1 - Simon Says... Morris Dances AheadWeek 2 - Leg 2; A Doddle for 'mrdroodle'
Week 3 - Bruce Plays His Cards Right in Leg 3