Craig Tops the List

The Black Belt Poker League witnessed its penultimate leg of the season this Tuesday as 57 hopefuls took to the cyber felt.

The final table produced a fresh lineup, but one that included three former Champions, one of whom took top honours.

The top dog of League XIV, Craig ChipRead77 McKelvie rekindled that form with a first place finish, overcoming second place Iain 1984IAIN Brassell for a $91.21 prize.

Meanwhile, poor BoraBoraBoy felt the unwanted splash of the bubble in 9th and last week's sole survivor, David liquidpoker101 Manders, crashed out in 32nd.

1st  ChipRead77 -- $91.21
2nd  1894IAIN -- $59.85
3rd  bornTOflirt -- $42.75
4th  TheSimian -- $28.78
5th  myteamouse -- $21.66
6th  Barty1uk -- $15.96
7th  Papasnook -- $13.11
8th  JosseWales -- $11.68

With just one leg remaining, it's turned into a three-horse race with former League Champion Bob myteamouse Bulman leading the way after a fifth place finish.

A 21st for JHobbit1 means he slots into second place, while last week's leader HoltenderCnaC has dropped to third after stumbling in 38th.

1st  myteamouse -- 412 points
2nd  JHobbit1 -- 386 points
3rd  HoltenderCnaC -- 383 points
4th  Touagorimou -- 366 points
5th  BoraBoraBoy -- 359 points
6th  1894IAIN -- 352 points
7th  liquidpoker101 -- 346 points
8th  ourkidsid -- 336 points
=9th  mavperth -- 327 points
=9th  Papasnook -- 327 points
11th  ChipRead77 -- 322 points
=12th  TheSimian -- 317 points
=12th  WiseOwlBB -- 317 points
14th  eixip50 -- 309 points
=15th  Barty1uk -- 307 points
=15th  CheckNorris -- 307 points
17th  lionrampant27 -- 300 points
18th  2LAMCHOP2 -- 297 points
19th  nickhem1 -- 289 points
20th  insider66666 -- 284 points

October's set to be another exciting month at Black Belt Poker, starting with Monkey Magic on October 03. If you're Orange Belt or above, then all you have to do is hold onto your Belt for October and you'll get to compete for $500 in online tournament entries.

A bit further along is Ninja III, an exclusive online mini-series culminating in a $50+5 Main Event. The opening event is a $10+1 freezeout kicking off on Monday, October 21.

To download the software, simply click here and follow the step-by-step process provided.

Unbelievable Jeff (Friday, 20:00) - 16 runners:

1st  generalshifty -- $72.00
2nd  99Ranny -- $48.00
3rd  Splinterboy82
4th  flipfone -- $16.00 ($32.00)

Turbo Takedown (Monday, 20:30) - 11 runners:

1st  PastiemanCnaC -- $55.00
2nd  dionysian -- $33.00
3rd  NPStars1 -- $22.00

Nifty at Nine (Monday, 21:00) - 25 runners:

1st  HammerHorror -- 500 Belt Points
2nd  habbad -- 350 Belt Points
3rd  WiseOwlBB -- 225 Belt Points
4th  dionysian -- 125 Belt Points
5th  Elysiumjay -- 50 Belt Points

'Mental Mayhem' Orange Belt Freeroll* (Wednesday, 19:30) - 28 runners:

1st  LegendKing1 -- 1-to-1 with Jared Tendler
2nd  7onyB -- Book: Mental Game of Poker 2
3rd  Touagorimou -- Book: Mental Game of Poker 2
4th  jfdiwins -- Stress Ball
5th  S0lution -- Stress Ball

Deepstack Mulligan (Wednesday, 20:30) - 13 runners:

1st  2LAMCHOP2 -- $18.75 (100 Belt Points)
2nd  Touagorimou -- $58.50 (60 Belt Points)
3rd  veg41 -- $29.25 (10 Belt Points)
4th  worldwarten -- $19.50 (5 Belt Points)
5th  nickhem1 (5 Belt Points)

Yellow Belt No-Lose Deepstack (Thursday, 20:00) - 44 runners:1st  losbert40 -- $31.00
2nd  Usttantanoldu -- $21.00
3rd  ajb456 -- $13.50
4th  1mightfold -- $10.50
5th  BlackyTen -- $8.50
6th  Barty1uk -- $7.00
7th  Wally19 -- $6.00
8th  shaolin4aces -- $5.00
9th  BlackCB -- $4.00
10th  elijah66 -- $3.50

Turbo Takedown satellite (Thursday, 20:30) - 5 runners:

1st  Touagorimou -- Turbo Takedown seat ($10+1)
2nd  stevegw
3rd  2LAMCHOP2
4th  1mightfold
5th  kippery

Deepstack Mulligan satellite (Thursday, 21:00) - 4 runners:

1st  2LAMCHOP2 -- Deepstack Mulligan seat ($15+1.50)
2nd  stevegw
3rd  Touagorimou
4th  kippery


Previous Reports:

The League Goes Ninja
Week 1 - Simple For SimonWeek 2 - Meaty Win for 'Veg41'
Week 3 - 'Forgot 2piknik' Remembers to Win Leg 3
Week 4 - Not a Hab-Bad Day for ThompsonWeek 5 - Great Scott! 'Aspersmick' Wins Leg 5
Week 6 - 'Liquidpoker' Makes a Splash

'Liquidpoker101' Makes a Splash

This week David liquidpoker101 Manders hit them for six by winning his first ever League event.

Leg 6 was met by 58 participants; all the usual suspects were present, yet aspersmick12 was missing, presumed lost, passing like a ghost in the night having triumphed the week prior.

Nevertheless, the final table was rather star-studded, with Adam JHobbit1 Saunders and Lord of the Samurai Ken NPStars1 Johnston completing the podium.

1st  liquidpoker101 -- $92.80
2nd  JHobbit1 -- $60.90
3rd  NPStars1 -- $43.50
4th  My3igBlind -- $29.29
5th  bas2604 -- $22.04
6th  shaolin4aces -- $16.24
7th  mavperth -- $13.34
8th  scousemanc11 -- $11.89

With the final table boasting a fresh lineup from Leg 5, it's of no surprise that the overall standings are tighter than a violin string with HoltenderCnaC just about holding onto the top spot by 14 points.

Breathing down his neck like a starved alligator are former Champions JHobbit1 and myteamouse, both on 349 points with the former vying for an unprecedented third title.

1st  HoltenderCnaC -- 363 points
=2nd  JHobbit1 -- 349 points
=2nd  myteamouse -- 349 points
4th  Touagorimou -- 324 points
5th  liquidpoker101 -- 320 points
6th  BoraBoraBoy -- 308 points
7th  ourkidsid -- 304 points
=8th  mavperth -- 292 points
=8th  eixip50 -- 292 points
10th  2LAMCHOP2 -- 281 points
=11th  1894IAIN -- 278 points
=11th  WiseOwlBB -- 278 points
13th  nickhem1 -- 277 points
14th  Papasnook -- 270 points
15th  CheckNorris -- 267 points
16th  LillJem -- 263 points
17th  lionrampant27 -- 253 points
18th  mikeymixitup -- 252 points
=19th  veg41 -- 251 points
=19th  TheSimian -- 251 points

Despite liquidpoker101's success, the star of the week was undoubtedly Kevin S0lution Birt who won both the Turbo Takedown and Nifty at Nine events to earn a bonus Ninja Season Ticket.

If that wasn't impressive enough, he proceeded to capture a second Season Ticket courtesy of the Orange Belt Freeroll, which marked S0lution's third consecutive tournament victory.

If you think you've got what it takes to echo his achievement, then make sure you join us this Monday from 20:30. If you can top both events, you'll receive free entry into every single Ninja event.

But before then, be sure to check out tonight's returning Unbelievable, Jeff! event.

The buy-in is $10+1 with Black Belt Poker doubling the winnings of any player who correctly predicts the first team to score in tomorrow's 3pm Premiership fixtures.
To make your prediction, simply post on the official thread on the boards at Blackbeltpoker.com before kick-off (20:00).

To download the software, simply click here and follow the step-by-step process provided.

Results from this week:

Turbo Takedown (Monday, 20:30) - 17 runners:

1st  S0lution -- $76.50
2nd  nickhem1 -- $51.00
3rd  StilettoMafiosa -- $25.50
4th  LastShotLobotomy -- $17.00

Nifty at Nine (Monday, 21:00) - 25 runners:1st  S0lution -- 500 Belt Points
2nd  ChipRead77 -- 350 Belt Points
3rd  Mrdroodle -- 225 Belt Points
4th  PastiemanCnaC -- 125 Belt Points
5th  Elysiumjay -- 50 Belt Points

'Ninja Nuttiness' Orange Belt Freeroll* (Wednesday, 19:30) - 31 runners:

1st  S0lution -- Ninja Season Ticket
2nd  Ourkid888 -- Entry into Ninja Event #6 ($50+5)
3rd  flipfone -- Entry into Ninja Event #6 ($50+5)
4th  cheekyweeguy -- Entry into Ninja Event #2 ($20+2)
5th  dionysian -- Entry into Ninja Event #3 ($15+1.50)
6th  habbad -- Entry into Ninja Event #1 ($10+1)
7th  ourkidsid -- Entry into Ninja Event #4 ($7+1)
8th  Sarannedipity -- Entry into Ninja Event #5 ($5+0.50)
9th  sceaga2 -- Entry into Ninja Event #5 ($5+0.50)

Deepstack Mulligan (Wednesday, 20:30) - 16 runners:1st  aspersmick12 -- $108.00 (50 Belt Points)
2nd  dionysian -- $72.00 (30 Belt Points)
3rd  veg41 -- $36.00 (10 Belt Points)
4th  2LAMCHOP2 -- $24.00 (10 Belt Points)
5th  stevegw (5 Belt Points)

Yellow Belt No-Lose Deepstack (Thursday, 20:00) - 43 runners:

1st  AlbusBB -- $31.00
2nd  Darkneo01 -- $21.00
3rd  PastiemanCnaC -- $13.50
4th  scousemanc11 -- $10.50
5th  bluborg316 -- $8.50
6th  Wally19 -- $7.00
7th  JimmyTheBhoy -- $6.00
8th  elijah66 -- $5.00
9th  losbert40 -- $4.00
10th  xxrichwashxx -- $3.50


Previous Reports:

The League Goes Ninja
Week 1 - Simple For SimonWeek 2 - Meaty Win for 'Veg41'
Week 3 - 'Forgot 2piknik' Remembers to Win Leg 3
Week 4 - Not a Hab-Bad Day for ThompsonWeek 5 - Great Scott! 'Aspersmick' Wins Leg 5

British Poker Awards: Vote Black Belt Poker

Polish your best shoes and spin your dickie bow... the British Poker Awards are back.

Celebrating their fourth consecutive year, the BPA (in conjunction with Bluff Europe Magazine) will once again be honouring poker's finest soldiers, from the tournament maestros to the cash stalwarts.

For the 2013 outing, Black Belt Poker boast five nominations.

A permanent fixture in any awards ceremony, 2008 Irish Open Champion Neil Channing has snuck his way into no fewer than three categories: Best Blogger, Best Social Media User and Poker Personality of the Year.

Although defending Champion of the blogging crown, the personality title inexplicably eluded him last year, but I can assure you that in the last 12 months Neil has come on in leaps and bounds and is now more scintillating than ever.

2012 APT Player of the Year Sam Razavi, meanwhile, will be giving him a run for his money as he joins him in the personality and social media brackets. With his musical outbursts and repertoire of catchphrases, he could be the dark horse of the bunch.

If you would like to see either of our Black Belts reach the finishing line before the competition, then casting your vote is easy: simply go to thebritishpokerawards.com and tick the relevant boxes.

Once you've submitted your vote, then you'll be thrown into a free draw in which five lucky voters will win a free subscription to Bluff Europe Magazine.

This means you'll get to read my column every single month!

It's been a while since Black Belt Poker prised open the trophy cabinet, so if you'd like to see our staff running the duster through some silverware, then vote now.

Great Scott! 'Aspersmick12' Wins Leg 5

This week's Black Belt Poker League was swamped with familiar names, but it was a fresh face who captured the fifth leg.

Out of the 62 participants it was Michael aspersmick12 Scott who witnessed the congratulatory pop-up, netting $93.00 and a spinning logo for his troubles.

Two players appear to have stayed in their seat from last week: HoltenderCnaC improved on his fourth place by one notch, while BoraBoraBoy followed up his seventh with an eighth place finish this time around.

1st  aspersmick12 -- $93.00
2nd  veg41 -- $62.00
3rd  HoltenderCnaC -- $46.50
4th  CheckNorris76 -- $31.00
5th  BoatDrink -- $23.25
6th  mikeymixitup -- $17.05
7th  Papasnook -- $13.95
8th  BoraBoraBoy -- $12.40
9th  ourkidsid -- $10.85

It's like a Fruit Pastilles lolly in the standings with players of all colours dominating the top 10. A second consecutive final table means HoltenderCnaC is the new leader, while ninth place ourkidsid moves up from fifth to third.

A quick glance at the rest of the competition suggests this may be the tightest League to date, with just 23 points separating positions seventh to twentieth.

1st  HoltenderCnaC -- 317 points
2nd  myteamouse -- 308 points
3rd  ourkidsid -- 294 points
4th  BoraBoraBoy -- 282 points
5th  Touagorimou -- 277 points
6th  JHobbit1 -- 274 points
7th  lionrampant27 -- 250 points
8th  CheckNorris76 -- 249 points
9th  1894IAIN -- 244 points
10th  eixip50 -- 242 points
11th  nickhem1 -- 240 points
12th  veg41 -- 239 points
=13th  WiseOwlBB -- 238 points
=13th  Barty1uk -- 238 points
15th  liquidpoker101 -- 237 points
16th  2LAMCHOP2 -- 236 points
17th  LillJem -- 235 points
18th  mavperth -- 234 points
19th  mikeymixitup -- 231 points
20th  Papasnook -- 227 points

Don't forget that Ninja is heading your way this October 21-27 with another series of six eclectic tournaments. Buy-ins range from $5+0.50 right up the $50+5 Main Event.

Every Monday we're giving you the chance to win free entry into every single Ninja event. If you can win both the Turbo Takedown and Nifty at Nine tournaments, you'll receive a Ninja Season Ticket.

Two players have already come close, but no cigar: Takedown winners S0lution and most recently Touagorimou both finished third in the Nifty later in the night.

Next week, you could go that little bit further and pick up our exclusive bonus.

See our promotions page for the full schedule.

To download the software, simply click here and follow the step-by-step process provided.

Results from this week:

Turbo Takedown (Monday, 20:30) - 15 runners:

1st  Touagorimou -- $67.50
2nd  TheZartog -- $45.00
3rd  dionysian -- $22.50
4th  HoltenderCnaC -- $15.00

Nifty at Nine (Monday, 21:00) - 24 runners:

1st  lionrampant27 -- 500 Belt Points
2nd  WiseOwlBB -- 350 Belt Points
3rd  Touagorimou -- 225 Belt Points
4th  dionysian -- 125 Belt Points
5th  1894IAIN -- 50 Belt Points

'Taste of Paradise' Orange Belt Freeroll* (Wednesday, 19:30) - 28 runners:

1st  TeeDeeEye1 -- 3 x $7.44+0.70 Bounty tokens
2nd  Ourkid888 -- DVD: Dog The Bounty Hunter
3rd  dionysian -- Book: Mutiny on the Bounty
4th  S0lution -- Bounty Kitchen Roll
5th  wendygee54 -- Bounty Chocolate Bars
* $5 bounties on every participant.

Deepstack Mulligan (Wednesday, 20:30) - 12 runners:

1st  flipfone -- $90.00 (100 Belt Points)
2nd  Touagorimou -- $54.00 (60 Belt Points)
3rd  woldwarten -- $36.00 (10 Belt Points)
4th  veg41 (5 Belt Points)
5th  2LAMCHOP2 (10 Belt Points)

'Going Live' Purple Belt Freeroll (Thursday, 19:30) - 11 runners:

1st  NPStars1 -- Black Belt Live Main Event seat (£180+20)
2nd  papasnook -- Black Belt Live Main Event seat (£180+20)

Yellow Belt No-Lose Deepstack (Thursday, 20:00) - 40 runners:

1st  BoraBoraBoy -- $31.00
2nd  aspersmick12 -- $21.00
3rd  ajb456 -- $13.50
4th  BlackCB -- $10.50
5th  D0l14hyd3 -- $8.50
6th  Wally19 -- $7.00
7th  coziwant2 -- $6.00
8th  Barty1uk -- $5.00
9th  insider66666 -- $4.00
10th  ROBCATLIN -- $3.50

Turbo Takedown Satellite (Thursday, 20:30) - 5 runners:

1st  ourkidsid -- Turbo Takedown seat ($10+1)
2nd  stevegw
3rd  Touagorimou
4th  HoltenderCnaC
5th  goneflushfishing

Deepstack Mulligan Satellite (Thursday, 21:00) - 4 runners:

1st  stevegw -- Deepstack Mulligan seat ($15+1.50)
2nd  Touagorimou
3rd  goneflushfishing
4th  HoltenerCnaC

Previous Reports:

The League Goes Ninja
Week 1 - Simple For SimonWeek 2 - Meaty Win for 'Veg41'
Week 3 - 'Forgot 2piknik' Remembers to Win Leg 3
Not a Hab-Bad Day for Thompson

Not a Hab-Bad Day for Thompson

 
Tuesday's Black Belt Poker League was as hotly contested as usual as Tom habbad Thompson took top honours ahead of Simon TheSimian Herrick.

The 67 participants created a $335 prize pool with $100.52 going to the eventual winner. Also receiving a share were JHobbit1 and lee189fan, both of whom were competing in their second consecutive final.

Meanwhile, last week's winner Jim forgot2piknik Parberry exited in 45th, while runner-up Steve stevegw Westcott finished high once again with a 14th place finish.

1st  habbad -- $100.52
2nd  TheSimian -- $67.00
3rd  slapdash1248 -- $50.25
4th  HoltenderCnaC -- £33.50
5th  lee189fan -- $25.12
6th  JHobbit1 -- $18.42
7th  BoraBoraBoy -- $15.07
8th  nickhem1 -- $13.40
9th  Mrdroodle -- $11.72

Habbad's victory sees him break into the top 20. The top 9 all adorn Belts of the Orange or Purple ilk with Bob myteamouse Bulman moving into pole position by 16 points.

1st  myteamouse -- 267 points
2nd  JHobbit1 -- 251 points
3rd  HoltenderCnaC -- 242 points
4th  1894IAIN -- 241 points
5th  ourkidsid -- 238 points
6th  eixip50 -- 235 points
7th  LillJem -- 230 points
8th  nickhem1 -- 228 points
9th  Touagorimou -- 226 points
10th  BoraBoraBoy -- 223 points
11th  Barty1uk -- 220 points
12th  AMANESS13 -- 205 points
13th  2LAMCHOP2 -- 204 points
=14th  WiseOwllBB -- 198 points
=14th  lionrampant27 -- 198 points
16th  liquidpoker101 -- 192 points
=17th  StuartSan -- 190 points
=17th  KBV1TALS -- 190 points
19th  mavperth -- 185 points
20th  habbad -- 184 points

The schedule starts once again tomorrow with the Turbo Takedown at 20:30 and the Nifty at Nine at 21:00. Remember, if you win both events, you'll receive free entry every single Ninja event.

Ninja III takes place from October 21-27 with players battling it out across six eclectic events. Buy-ins start from as little as $5+0.50 with a $50+5 Main Event.

See our promotions page for the full schedule.

To download the software, simply click here and follow the step-by-step process provided.

Results from this week:

Unbelievable Jeff (Friday, 20:00) - 16 runners:

1st  1894IAIN -- $72.00
2nd  forgot2piknik -- $48.00
3rd  Elysiumjay -- $24.00
4th  dionysian -- $16.00

Turbo Takedown (Monday, 20:30) - 13 runners:

1st  S0lution -- $58.50
2nd  StilettoMafiosa -- $39.00
3rd  NPStars1 -- $19.50
4th  1894IAIN -- $13.00

Nifty at Nine (Monday, 21:00) - 25 runners:

1st PastiemanCnaC -- 500 Belt Points
2nd JosseWales -- 350 Belt Points
3rd S0lution -- 225 Belt Points
4th RedKiteBlackBelt -- 125 Belt Points
5th 1894IAIN -- 50 Belt Points

'Slice of the Action' Orange Belt Freeroll (Wednesday, 19:30) - 32 runners:

1st  TheSimian -- $100 sponsorship
2nd  Ourkid888 -- $50 sponsorship
3rd  JHobbit1 -- $25 sponsorship
4th  TeeDeeEye1 -- $25 sponsorship

Deepstack Mulligan (Wednesday, 20:30) - 19 runners:

1st  eixip50 -- $128.25 (100 Belt Points)
2nd  TheSimian -- $85.50 (30 Belt Points)
3rd  worldwarten -- $42.75 (10 Belt Points)
4th  paul6543 -- $28.50 (5 Belt Points)
5th  veg41 (5 Belt Points)

'Purple Patch' Purple Belt Freeroll (Thursday, 19:30) - 12 runners:

1st  LillJem -- 5 x Purple Patch tokens
2nd  NPStars1 -- 4 x Purple Patch tokens
3rd  2LAMCHOP2 -- 3 x Purple Patch tokens
4th  generalshifty -- 2 x Purple Patch tokens
5th  ourkidsid -- 1 x Purple Patch tokens

Yellow Belt No-Lose Deepstack (Thursday, 20:00) - 34 runners:

1st  xxrichwashxx -- $31.00
2nd  PastiemanCnaC -- $21.00
3rd  1mightfold -- $13.50
4th  bluborg316 -- $10.50
5th  FLYNGPROFISH-- $8.50
6th  shaolin4aces -- $7.00
7th  vinvgo -- $6.00
8th  gazthechippy -- $5.00
9th  jmpoker2006 -- $4.00
10th  elijah66 -- $3.50

Previous Reports:

The League Goes Ninja
Week 1 - Simple For SimonWeek 2 - Meaty Win for 'Veg41'
Week 3 - 'Forgot 2piknik' Remembers to Win Leg 3

Win a Ninja Season Ticket... Tonight!

 
Ninja is returning from the shadows this autumn for another mini-series of exclusive tournaments. The series will run from October 21-27.

Every Monday we're giving players the chance to fast track their way to Ninja and win free entry into every single event, including the £50+5 Main Event.

If you can win both the Turbo Takedown and Nifty at Nine, you'll receive the much-sought after Ninja Season Ticket!

The Turbo Takedown leaves the starting blocks at 20:30 and is the perfect solution for those who have a need for speed. Entry is just $10+1.

Not too far behind is the Nifty at Nine at… 21:00 with a 1,250-point guaranteed prize pool. Entry is through token only, which can be purchased from the Store for just 50 Belt Points.

Both tournaments can be located in the Black Belt Poker cardroom lobby via Scheduled > Black Belt Tournaments.

If you win the Takedown, then you'll be freerolling for a Ninja Season Ticket, so if you're yet to make your debut, then this is the perfect opportunity to show us what you've got.

Don't miss out on your chance to showcase your mad ninja skillz and become a true poker ninja.

To download the software, simply click here and follow the step-by-step process provided.

See our promotions page for the full Ninja schedule.