Blue & Improved: Blue Belt Bonus

The Black Belt Poker offer gets even better - just make sure you're Blue Belt by January 1, 2012 to reap the rewards.

Receive added tournament sponsorship as one of our Blue Belts and play an entire season of UKIPT events.

Details

The UKIPT is a popular series of tournaments spread across the UK and Ireland.

Main Event buy-ins range from €500 to €1,500.

Past locations include Galway, Dublin, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester and Brighton.

Blue Belts get to play all Season 3 legs on top of their standard sponsorship package.

No Spending Points will be deducted, and Prize Points will still be awarded for any cash finish.

Requirements

This promotion is available to anyone who can achieve Blue Belt status by January 1, 2012.

Current Blue Belts are also eligible for the promotion.

Players must be Blue Belt during the month of the tournament.

Players must have a minimum of 21,000 Belt Points at the end of the previous month.

Note (20.12.11): this promotion has now been extended an an extra month for current Blue Belts due to the first UKIPT event taking place in February. If a player earns 21,000 Belt Points during either December or January, then they will be eligible for the promotion.

UKIPT Schedule

The UKIPT Season 3 schedule will be announced shortly. Watch this space.

Past Success

Black Belt Poker have enjoyed huge success in UKIPT events with two Champions.

Blue Belt Jamie Burland became Black Belt Poker's first UKIPT Champion when he took down the title in Brighton in 2010 for a whopping £65,400. He has cashed a further four times, included twice in the £5,000 Grand Final.

Jamie Burland

Our second Champion was Black Belt Sam Razavi. Fresh off a recent Grading win and subsequent Aussie Millions final table appearance (which netted him A$225,000), Sam continued his good form with victory in Cork in May, 2011 for €71,000. This result also earned four Orange Belts in excess of $16,000, after they won a percentage of his winnings in our 'Slice of the Action' Orange Belt Freeroll.

In total, Sam has cashed in five UKIPT events, including a 19th place finish in Galway. His consistent results in Season 2 led him to topping the UKIPT Leaderboard, earning him an entire season's worth of UKIPT buy-ins.

Sam Razavi 2

Current Green Belt and former Vegas 11 member David Docherty came close to completing the hat-trick when he finished eighth in the 2011 Dublin leg for €8,000. David had already won £14,400 for a fourth-place finish in the Nottingham High-Roller event earlier in the year.

Terms & Conditions

  1. The bonus is only available to those who have reached the 21,000 Belt Points maintenance target by the end of the month prior to the tournament.
  2. Any player who achieves Blue Belt status after January 1, 2012, will not be eligible for the bonus.
  3. If you drop from Blue Belt status at any stage, you will be excluded from the promotion.
  4. If a Blue Belt is ineligible for an event, he can still vie for the next event as long as he remains Blue.
  5. The offer includes UKIPT Main Events only with a buy-in cap of £1,000.
  6. All Blue Belts will play on the standard 50-50 after make-up live backing agreement.
  7. The offer does not include the UKIPT Main Event (EPT London).
  8. Players are responsible for their own travel and accomodation expenses.
  9. Eligible players will represent Black Belt Poker and agree to wear the logo.
  10. Standard Blue Belt terms and conditions apply.