As usual, the League will run over eight legs, taking place every Tuesday. The event can be located in the lobby under Scheduled > Black Belt Tournaments and costs $5+0.50 to enter. You can also buy in using Belt Points by purchasing a token in the Black Belt Poker Store.
Points for each leg will be awarded in reverse order, so that in a 50-runner event, 50th would earn 1 point, and 1st 50 points. The top 10 finishers per leg receive the following additional points:
1st 25 Points
2nd 18 Points
3rd 15 Points
4th 12 Points
5th 10 Points
6th 08 Points
7th 06 Points
8th 04 Points
9th 02 Points
10th 01 Point
Once again, we're also giving away Belt Points to those who make it into the top 10, but just miss out on a star prize:
1st 2012 Black Belt Live Seat & Personalised Hoodie
2nd 2012 Black Belt Live Seat
3rd 2012 Black Belt Live Seat
4th 725 Belt Points
5th 600 Belt Points
6th 500 Belt Points
7th 400 Belt Points
8th 300 Belt Points
9th 200 Belt Points
10th 100 Belt Points
As with the previous League, we're offering all leg winners who couldn't quite to make it into the top three spots one final bite of the cherry in a Second Chance SNG. The SNG will take place the day after the final leg of the League on Wednesday, February 29, with the last man standing reaping the same rewards as the overall winners and earning free entry into one of our 2012 Black Belt Live events.
This means that even if you're in last place with just one leg to go, you still have a chance of winning the star prize!
And it doesn't end there. Anyone who manages to sweet-talk the Mrs. (or Mr.) and escape to the computer to play all eight league legs will once again be rewarded with an additional 200 Belt Points. That's extra value just for turning up, regardless of your final position in the standings!
Last time, Yellow Belt Mark 'BornTOflirt' Atkinson became the Black Belt Poker League Champion when he took down the twelfth League to date. As a result, he was invited for a slap-up meal at the Black Belt Poker Christmas party to wine and dine with the likes of Neil Channing and Richard Ashby, before being entered into a £100 SNG against the Black Belt Poker team of sponsored pros.
Tom Drew's done it twice, but next time - as the giant blue finger would say - it could be you...
Previous Winners:
League I: Adam Saunders
League II: Mark Brassington
League III: David Meunier
League IV: Andy Brisland
League V: Trevor Myers
League VI: Mark Ranson
League VII: Tom Drew
League VIII: Trevor Ingman
League IX: Jamie Burland
League X: Tom Drew
League XI: Robert Bulman
League XII: Mark Atkinson
League XIII: ?...
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