The Black Belt Poker League XVI ~ get ready to rumble !!

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Simon Says... Morris Dances Ahead
02 August 2012
By snoopy ~
Simon 'TheSimian' Morris takes down the opening leg of the Black Belt Poker League.
Points make prizes make points for the Black Belt Poker League as we prepare to hand out in excess of 15,000 in Belt Points - that's over $500 in tournament entries!

With so much up for grabs, it was thus no surprise to see 129 players drawn to the cyber felt for the sixteenth season's first outing. Included in that pack were Blue Belts Jamie Burland and Kevin Williams, as well as Black Belt Neil Channing.

Capturing inaugural spoils was Orange Belt Simon TheSimian Morris, who earned $148.50 for his troubles. He defeated Sean Spadling91 Spadling heads-up, leaving Jonathan JonGill3000 Gill to pick up bronze.

Meanwhile, reigning League Champion Stephen FalconAyr Dickson was a disappointing 96th, whilst his closest competitor, David livinghope2 Hall, evaded the wooden spoon by just one place.

1st TheSimian -- $148.50
2nd Spalding91 -- $103.20
3rd JonGill3000 -- $78.36
4th 2LAMCHOP2 -- $58.05
5th baligirl13 -- $38.70
6th Heppo321 -- $32.25
7th direbus -- $25.80
8th TopSicko -- $19.35
9th Barty1uk -- $16.12
10th pbsef81 -- $14.51
11th Iceman78Danny -- $14.51
12th tealcSVU -- $14.51
13th RykanShadow -- $13.86
14th generalshifty -- $13.86
15th dionysian -- $13.86
16th NeilChanning -- $13.22
17th 13kendo13 -- $13.22
18th HammerHorror -- $13.22

The League standings after just one leg are therefore as follows, with bonus points being allocated to anyone who made the final table:

1st TheSimian -- 154 points
2nd Spalding91 -- 146 points
3rd JonGill3000 -- 142 points
4th 2LAMCHOP2 -- 138 points
5th baligirl13 -- 135 points
6th Heppo321 -- 132 points
7th direbus -- 129 points
8th TopSicko -- 126 points
9th Barty1uk -- 123 points
10th pbsef81 -- 121 points
11th Iceman78Danny -- 119 points
12th tealcSVU -- 118 points
13th RykanShadow -- 117 points
14th generalshifty -- 116 points
15th dionysian -- 115 points
16th NeilChanning -- 114 points
17th 13kendo13 -- 113 points
18th HammerHorror -- 112 points
19th Bambury -- 111 points
20th tristiano -- 110 points

With Nottingham Live II just over a week away, (This coming weekend 10th,11th, 12th)
the satellites were a hive of activity with all and sundry seeking a cheap passage to Dusk Till Dawn.

In all, five players achieved that goal, including former League Champion Mark bornTOflirt Atkinson who earned free entry through this week's Orange Belt Freeroll.

Monday, $15+1.50 freezeout:

1st SennaBRB -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd nobby5
3rd mona821
4th lollolloyd
5th JKitin

Tuesday, $5+0.50 rebuy:

1st KentKesney -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd drinko103 -- $46.00
3rd EliWallach -- $31.05
4th BubbleCloud -- $17.25
5th njw1978 -- $11.50
6th Kevish47 -- $9.20

Wednesday, $30+3 freezeout:

1st garbanza -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd fishwebnet -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
3rd originalcynic -- $4.50
4th garcman -- $3.00
5th VitamynC -- $1.50
6th The8ofSpades

Wednesday, Nottingham Live Freeroll:

1st bornTOflirt -- Nottingham Live seat ($200+20)
2nd TheSimian -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
3rd 2LAMCHOP2 -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)
4th S0lution -- Nottingham Live satellite token ($30+3)

If you would like to join the aforementioned in Nottingham, then registration is now available via the Black Belt Poker cardroom. Alternatively, you can purchase a token from the Store using Spending Points.