Flirting With Victory

 
It's closer than close in the Black Belt Poker League as Mark bornTOflirt Atkinson hits top spot by just a single point following victory in Leg 4.

The halfway point attracted 90 players to the cyber felt, but it was League XII winner bornTOflirt who captured top honours, picking off puggy1979 heads-up for the $123.76 payday.

Although a fishmonger by trade (and part-time wrestler), bornTOflirt had to better a few sharks along the way, including Blue Belt Jamie StilettoMafiosa Burland, Joe JustinBieber Roberts and two-time Champion Tom Werrrrd Drew.

But while they floundered, other shone, such as reigning Champion Spencer dionysian Lawrence (with a solid 21st) and Tony 7ony Booth, who moved up a rung from his eight place finish last week.

1st  bornTOflirt -- $123.76
2nd  puggy1979 -- $83.25
3rd  FumbDuck1 -- $63.00
4th  whosurmama -- $42.75
5th  kippery -- $31.50
6th  BubbleCloud -- $23.62
7th  7onyB -- $19.12
8th  forgot2piknik -- $15.75
9th  Ourkid888 -- $13.50
10th  mikeymixitup -- $11.25
11th  Bagheira1 -- $11.25
12th  tealsSVU -- $11.25

Recent results mean that the overall standings are tighter than an Italian waiter's pants with a mere 11 points separating the top seven.

There's been a changing of the guards at the top, however, with KingOFTheBongo33, tristiano and ChipRead77 replaced by a fresh-faced trio, all of whom final-tabled Leg 4.

1st  bornTOflirt -- 378 points
2nd  BubbleCloud -- 377 points
3rd  wosurmama -- 374 points
4th  ChipRead77 -- 373 points
5th  tristiano -- 372 points
6th  KingOfTheBongo33 -- 368 points
7th  JHobbit1 -- 367 points
8th  PhilDee64 -- 353 points
9th  JustinBieber -- 335 points
10th  DodgyEnd57 -- 329 points

In the lower half of the top 20, the ourkids are waiting patiently in the wings, while dionysian is lurking sinisterly in equal 17th.

11th  ourkidsid -- 320 points
12th  ourkid888 -- 318 points
13th  7onyB -- 314 points
14th  TableKnight -- 304 points
15th  liquidpoker101 -- 302 points
16th  BoatDrink -- 300 points
=17th  Bagheira1 -- 289 points
=17th  dionysian -- 289 points
19th  stevegw -- 288 points
20th  losbert20 -- 282 points

If excitement is boiling over in the League, then the pot is about to explode with Samurai less than a week away.

As always, there's plenty of action, including a $35+3.50 satellite tonight at 20:00, the lineup of which will include 7onyB, JHobbit1 and goneflushfishing who qualified through $5+0.50 feeders.

A handful of players have already secured their seat into the $250+25 Main Event, such as Beverley baligirl13 Monks who was anything but quiet in the Samurai Showdown:

1st  baligirl13 -- Samurai seat ($250+25)
2nd  Wally19 -- Samurai satellite token ($35+3.50)
3rd  habbad -- Samurai satellite feeder token ($5+0.50)
4th  eixip50 -- Samurai satellite feeder token ($5+0.50)

In other news, Touaogrimou won his second consecutive Turbo Takdown, while 2LAMCHOP2 managed to deny S0lution his umpteenth win in the Mulligan. Meanwhile, Carey CareybearBBP Hollick guaranteed herself Orange Belt for another month in the Nifty at Nine.

Don't forget, Samurai kicks off at 21:00 on Wednesday, February 20, with a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000. If you want to buy in directly then you can do so by locating the event in the tournament lobby under Scheduled > Black Belt Tournaments, or, alternatively, purchase a token from the Black Belt Poker Store.


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Previous reports:

Week 1: King of League XVIII
Week 2: 'Donielyons': The Mane Man in Leg 2
Week 3 - Nanoplankton Turns the Tables in Leg 3