Channing Sales to Victory

The Spring Sales kicked off with a bang last night as Black Belt Neil Channing proved he's more than just a face by taking down the opening event.

The action commenced with the $20,000 Guaranteed Rebuy, a tournament that usually costs $50+5, but was sliced in half to just $25+2.50.

A total of 303 took advantage of the discount, but it was the 2008 Irish Open and 2010 GUKPT Champion who led the way with a first place finish for a marvellous $4,162.95.

Must be nice.

He wasn't the only Black Belt Poker player to reap the rewards; picking up the bronze medal for $2,378.75 was 'Pepper4000', while 'Pokerchu38' collected $324.37 in 11th.

"Having spent the whole day telling people how great the Spring Sales events are, I convinced myself that I just had to play," beamed Channing. "It was around three hundred players and about seven hours later that I saw the amazing graphics that pop-up when you win an event on Black Belt Poker.

"It's lucky I'm such a great salesman."

Although Black Belt Poker were unable to make their mark on the Omaha event later that evening, there's another chance tonight with the $10,000 GP Freezeout at 19:00.

The buy-in is usually $50+5, but we're once again slashing the price by 50 percent so you can battle it out for the same fantastic guarantee at the reduced cost of $25+2.50.

The Spring Sales is a series of 30 tournaments with discounts of up to 70 percent, along with 4 added-money events. In total, we're guaranteeing over $600,000 in prize pools.

Discounts include the $30+3 Wednesday $25,000 GTD which is now just $10+1, and the $200+15 $200,000 Sunday Special which has been knocked down to a mere $120+10.

If you think you can echo the achievement of Channing, then check out all the events now via the Black Belt Poker lobby under Scheduled > Spring Sales.

See the boards to keep up with all the action and update other members on your progress, or use the hashtag #bbsales when Tweeting.

Click here for more information on the Spring Sales.