Thursday, 2 August 2012

Simon Says... Morris Dances Ahead



Points make prizes make points for the Black Belt Poker League as we prepare to hand out in excess of 15,000 in Belt Points - that's over $500 in tournament entries!

With so much up for grabs, it was thus no surprise to see 129 players drawn to the cyber felt for the sixteenth season's first outing. Included in that pack were Blue Belts Jamie Burland and Kevin Williams, as well as Black Belt Neil Channing.

Capturing inaugural spoils was Orange Belt Simon TheSimian Morris, who earned $148.50 for his troubles. He defeated Sean Spadling91 Spadling heads-up, leaving Jonathan JonGill3000 Gill to pick up bronze.

Meanwhile, reigning League Champion Stephen FalconAyr Dickson was a disappointing 96th, whilst his closest competitor, David livinghope2 Hall, evaded the wooden spoon by just one place.

1st  TheSimian -- $148.50
2nd  Spalding91 -- $103.20
3rd  JonGill3000 -- $78.36
4th  2LAMCHOP2 -- $58.05
5th  baligirl13 -- $38.70
6th  Heppo321 -- $32.25
7th  direbus -- $25.80
8th  TopSicko -- $19.35
9th  Barty1uk -- $16.12
10th  pbsef81 -- $14.51
11th  Iceman78Danny -- $14.51
12th  tealcSVU -- $14.51
13th  RykanShadow -- $13.86
14th  generalshifty -- $13.86
15th  dionysian -- $13.86
16th  NeilChanning -- $13.22
17th  13kendo13 -- $13.22
18th  HammerHorror -- $13.22

The League standings after just one leg are therefore as follows, with bonus points being allocated to anyone who made the final table:

1st  TheSimian -- 154 points
2nd  Spalding91 -- 146 points
3rd  JonGill3000 -- 142 points
4th  2LAMCHOP2 -- 138 points
5th  baligirl13 -- 135 points
6th  Heppo321 -- 132 points
7th  direbus -- 129 points
8th  TopSicko -- 126 points
9th  Barty1uk -- 123 points
10th  pbsef81 -- 121 points
11th  Iceman78Danny -- 119 points
12th  tealcSVU -- 118 points
13th  RykanShadow -- 117 points
14th  generalshifty -- 116 points
15th  dionysian -- 115 points
16th  NeilChanning -- 114 points
17th  13kendo13 -- 113 points
18th  HammerHorror -- 112 points
19th  Bambury -- 111 points
20th  tristiano -- 110 points

With Nottingham Live II just over a week away, the satellites were a hive of activity with all and sundry seeking a cheap passage to Dusk Till Dawn.

In all, five players achieved that goal, including former League Champion Mark bornTOflirt Atkinson who earned free entry through this week's Orange Belt Freeroll.

Monday, $15+1.50 freezeout:

1st  SennaBRB -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd  nobby5
3rd  mona821
4th  lollolloyd
5th  JKitin

Tuesday, $5+0.50 rebuy:

1st  KentKesney -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd  drinko103 -- $46.00
3rd  EliWallach -- $31.05
4th  BubbleCloud -- $17.25
5th  njw1978 -- $11.50
6th  Kevish47 -- $9.20

Wednesday, $30+3 freezeout:

1st  garbanza -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd  fishwebnet -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
3rd  originalcynic -- $4.50
4th  garcman -- $3.00
5th  VitamynC -- $1.50
6th  The8ofSpades

Wednesday, Nottingham Live Freeroll:

1st  bornTOflirt -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd  TheSimian -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
3rd  2LAMCHOP2 -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
4th  S0lution -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)

If you would like to join the aforementioned in Nottingham, then registration is now available via the Black Belt Poker cardroom. Alternatively, you can purchase a token from the Store using Spending Points.

August is a bumper month as it also plays home to only the second ever Samurai, a $250+25 exclusive freezeout with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The first player to win his seat was Adam JHobbit1 Saunders who triumphed in our Samurai Showdown Freeroll. Then, last week, Jamie Burland followed suit by topping a field of 17 in Thursday's $35+3.50 satellite.

1st  StilettoMafiosa -- Samurai seat ($250+25)
2nd  Ka7ieVick -- $40.00
3rd  cheekyweeguy
4th  losbert40
5th  gotokalooki

Finally, and perhaps in the week's biggest news, Kevin Birt didn't win the Mulligan. Instead, the honour went to multiple WSOP finalist Spencer dionysian Lawrence, who also snapped up a Nottingham Live seat in a recent satellite.

1st  dionysian -- $87.75 (50 Belt Points)
2nd  eixip50 -- $58.50 (30 Belt Points)
3rd  2LAMCHOP2 -- $29.25 (10 Belt Points)
4th  losbert40 -- $19.50 (5 Belt Points)
5th  Touagorimou (10 Belt Points)

As proved by League XV's photo finish, just because you missed the opening leg, it doesn't mean you can't compete for the title. And even if you don't top the charts, you can still win big in our Second Chance SNG in which all leg winners compete for a star prize.

So, make sure you log in next time for what promises to be another week of hot poker action.

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Previous League reports:

League XVI - Prizes Make Points

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