Purple Patch

The Black Belt Poker cardroom has finally hit its purple patch – quite literally! In coherence with today’s Belt upgrades, Black Belt Poker are proud to announce the induction of a brand spanking new level: Purple Belt.

After garnering feedback from its members, the good people at Black Belt Poker have decided to add another Belt status in between the Orange and Green Belt levels in order to close the gap and make the jump from Orange that more achievable.

In order to achieve Purple Belt status, players are required to accrue a minimum of 5,000 Belt Points through raked hands on the Black Belt Poker skin. Players can take as long as they want to achieve this status, but need to remember that each month, 500 Belt Points are transferred into Spending Points in order to cover their Belt Maintenance cost for maintaining Orange Belt status. However, once you have reached that 5,000 Belt Points milestone, you will automatically be upgraded to Purple Belt at the end of the month.

There are a number of benefits in being a Purple Belt on Black Belt Poker. The first, and possibly most important, is that you will earn Belt Points at 2.5 times the rate of a Yellow Belt player. This means that for every dollar raked, you will be awarded five Belt Points instead of four or two which are awarded for Orange and Yellow Belt statuses respectively.

Unlike Orange Belt, the maintenance cost to maintain the Belt doesn’t equate to the Belt Points required to achieve that status. Despite requiring 5,000 Belt Points to obtain, players will only need to transfer 2,500 points into Spending Points at the end of each month in order to maintain Purple Status. This means that you will be guaranteed a minimum of two months as Purple Belt, whether you play a raked hand or not!

As with Green Belt status, Black Belt Poker are also rewarding players for their community contribution by offering a 10 percent reduction for those Purple Belts who fulfil some basic community contribution criteria. This includes making five posts on the Groups boards, extending your network with five extra buddies, and posting four hands for analysis on the Hands section of the Groups boards. If you achieve these simple requirements as Purple Belt, 250 Community Points (10 percent of 2,500) will be duly added into your account, thus resulting in your target for the month being reduced to 2,250.

We here at Black Belt Poker recognise that if you are a Purple Belt earning 2,500 Belt Points a month, you are a dedicated player keen to improve your game and become a better poker player. For this reason, we are offering players the opportunity for a free ‘Ask the Pro’ upon reaching Purple Belt status. If you have a hand that you want analysed or a question that needs answering, then simply contact askapro@blackbeltpoker.com to cash in your free ‘Ask a Pro’. Once we receive your request, we will forward your message onto the most appropriate Black Belt Poker pro who will offer extensive analysis on the hand or topic raised. In the near future, Black Belt Poker will also be putting the mechanisms in place which will allow players to spend some of their hard earned Spending Points on this feature.

Having only launched its online cardroom four weeks ago, this is just the start of Black Belt Poker’s mission to combine playing and learning about poker. In addition to ‘Ask a Pro’ we will gradually be introducing more and more features, as well as offering you a variety of ways in which to spend your hard earned Spending Points. In the very near future, we shall also be introducing a unique referrals system, which will give players the opportunity to earn points from referring players to both the Black Belt Poker community and cardroom.

It’s all happening at Black Belt Poker, but there are plenty more purple patches to come…