King of League XVIII

 
After an extended festive hiatus, the Black Belt Poker League made its much-anticipated return this week to take its first steps of adulthood.

League XVIII attracted an impressive 127 hopefuls to the felt, all of whom were keen to make an early mark on their campaign and exit the starting blocks in Bolt-like fashion.

It was a fresh face (/moniker) that captured opening honours as Joe KingofTheBongo33 Campbell climbed one rung higher than fellow Yellow Belt Tom setmina Osbourn. This feat earned him $146.11.

1st  KingOfTheBongo33 -- $146.11
2nd  setmina -- $101.60
3rd  JustinBieber -- $77.55
4th  JHobbit1 -- $57.15
5th  liquidpoker101 -- $38.10
6th  NPStars1 -- $31.75
7th  PhilDee64 -- $25.40
8th  tristiano -- $19.05
9th  losbert40 -- $15.87
10th  browndog0 -- $14.28
11th  tandy26 -- $14.28
12th  ChipRead77 -- $14.28
13th  Yourt00kind -- $13.65
14th  BubbleCloud -- $13.65
15th  BobbersAllin -- $13.65
16th  Touagorimou -- $13.01
17th  JosseWales -- $13.01
18th  FalconAyr -- $13.01

Reigning Champion Spencer dionysian Lawrence placed credibly in 26th, but Joe's victory proved he's the current king of the League jungle with 152 points.

Also notable in their top-10 presence is two-time Champion Adam JHobbit1 Saunders, as well as former Blue Belt and UKIPT finalist Joe JustinBieber Roberts.

1st  KingOfTheBongo33 -- 152 points
2nd  setmina -- 144 points
3rd  JustinBieber -- 140 points
4th  JHobbit1 -- 136 points
5th  liquidpoker101 -- 133 points
6th  NPStars1 -- 130 points
7th  PhilDee64 -- 127 points
8th  tristiano -- 124 points
9th  losbert40 -- 121 points
10th  browndog0 -- 119 points

Monday witnessed the usual Takedown/Nifty double whammy, and after Dawn bagpussrocks Cooke took down the former, Phillip PhilDee64 Dronfield earned his month's maintenance in the latter:

1st  PhilDee64 -- 500 Belt Points
2nd  KBV1TALS -- 350 Belt Points
3rd  Sarannedipity -- 225 Belt Points
4th  stevegw -- 125 Belt Points
5ht  BeatTheDonk123 -- 50 Belt Points

There were even more Belt Points up for grabs in Wednesday's Mulligan; Green Belt Spencer Lawrence took full advantage:

1st  dionysian -- $75.00 (150 Belt Points)
2nd  liquidpoker101 -- $45.00 (30 Belt Points)
3rd  myteamouse -- $30.00 (20 Belt Points)
4th  stevegw (5 Belt Points)
5th  nickhem1 (5 Belt Points)

The next Samurai tournament is less than a month away. This week, Spencer completed a Samurai/Mulligan double when he bested a field of 24 in Tuesday's rebuy satellite:

1st  dionysian -- Samurai seat ($250+25)
2nd  cheekyweeguy -- $32.50
3rd  StilettoMafiosa -- $19.50
4th  bagpussrocks -- $13.00

For the time being, however, all eyes remain firmly fixed on the League, and with just one leg in the bag, there's still plenty to play for.

This time around, Black Belt Poker are serving up one of our most juicy dishes to date with not one, not two, not even three… but FOUR East End Live seats up for grabs, not to mention Belt Points for those who finish in the top 20.

If you want to chow down on value and get your piece of the money pie, then make sure you join us next week for Leg 2 at the usual time of 19:30.

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