Blue Belt Hits for Four at WPT

 
The WPT National made its London debut this week as it graced the shores of Aspers Casino in Stratford.

A total of 218 stumped up the $1,650 entry fee, including Blue Belt and reigning Nottingham Live Champion Kevin 'Kevish47' Williams.

With recent cashes at UKIPT Edinburgh and GUKPT London, Kevin carried his momentum into this event with yet another in-the-money finish.

This time, however, he worked his way onto the final fifth in chips with 394,000. Meanwhile, veteran Carlo Citrone sat on a short stack of 66,000 and chip leader Elior Sion held 1,731,000.

Despite a dogged showing, Kevin ultimately departed in a respectable fourth place, picking up a round £25,000 for his troubles.

His final hand saw him three-bet shove Kc-Tc, only to be looked up by the Kd-Jd of Robin Fisher. The Qd-8s-9c-9h-Th board was close, but no cigar, and Kevin was gone.

The eventual winner was Reece Lewis. He defeated Elior Sion heads-up with A-A versus A-T to collect the title and £80,000 first prize.

Kevin isn't the only Black Belt Poker player to have come close to gold. In March, fellow Blue Belt Jamie Burland cashed in EPT London for £11,000, while Black Belt Sam Razavi earned his first WPT cash the month prior at the L.A. Poker Classic.

In the coming weeks, Black Belt Poker will be heading to Dublin for this year's Irish Open, including Black Belt and 2008 Champion Neil Channing. Keep up to date with their progress by checking out the boards at Blackbeltpoker.com.

1st  Reece Lewis -- £80,000
2nd  Elior Sion -- £54,150
3rd  Robin Fisher -- £34,000
4th  Kevin Williams -- £25,000
5th  Rasmus Larsen -- £19,000
6th  Wang Weikang -- £15,000
7th  Carlo Citrone -- £12.500
8th  Emma Tolley -- £10,000