Black Belt Poker

[George2Loose]

1 week to go and they're down to 37 I think.

I reckon the 8 will be:

Sida Yuen
Richard Hawes
Dave Penly
Charles Chatta
Jerome Bradpiece
James Keys
Ben Vinson
Alex Martin

Pure speculation (have been reading grading board etc)

Hopefully Blatch can bink it!!!

[dino1980]

1 week to go and they're down to 37 I think.

I reckon the 8 will be:

Sida Yuen
Richard Hawes
Dave Penly
Charles Chatta
Jerome Bradpiece
James Keys
Ben Vinson
Alex Martin

Pure speculation (have been reading grading board etc)

Hopefully Blatch can bink it!!!

I do too George plz let Blatch have a good week.
Whilst the last week is going to be key, from an insdiers point of view the one name you've missed off the list is David Tighe (now known as David Tight). There are four areas we're being judged on (profit, committment, willingness to learn, community contribution) and this guy has absolutely smashed the lot of them.

You thinking of doing the next grading George or does work/family prevent it?

[George2Loose]

1 week to go and they're down to 37 I think.

I reckon the 8 will be:

Sida Yuen
Richard Hawes
Dave Penly
Charles Chatta
Jerome Bradpiece
James Keys
Ben Vinson
Alex Martin

Pure speculation (have been reading grading board etc)

Hopefully Blatch can bink it!!!

I do too George plz let Blatch have a good week.
Whilst the last week is going to be key, from an insdiers point of view the one name you've missed off the list is David Tighe (now known as David Tight). There are four areas we're being judged on (profit, committment, willingness to learn, community contribution) and this guy has absolutely smashed the lot of them.

You thinking of doing the next grading George or does work/family prevent it?

Nick good luck to you too bud!!! Obviously don't have the inside track like you guys- just speculating.

Nik tried to contact me about this time when a few dropped out I think but we never got to chat.

work/family means I can play nowhere near 6 hours a day or attend the weekly workshops nevermind going to Vegas for God knows how long!!! Apart from that would have loved to give it a shot- workshops sound great and I'm sure I'd learn a whole bunch from the players being graded

[riverdave]

1 week to go and they're down to 37 I think.

I reckon the 8 will be:

Sida Yuen
Richard Hawes
Dave Penly
Charles Chatta
Jerome Bradpiece
James Keys
Ben Vinson
Alex Martin

Pure speculation (have been reading grading board etc)

Hopefully Blatch can bink it!!!

Fuck you all this thread is one long BOKK i will NOT get Brown Belt.

[Rupert]

Yeah cash players can definitely crush tournaments far easier than tournament players can crush cash.  What I don't understand is why there is an option between playing cash and playing SNGs, cos frankly (as one myself) SNG players can't crush anything

@NC probably obvious, but will there be things in the future for people to get another crack at some tourney staking?  The grading fell a month before my finals...

[littlemissC]

can't belive u missed ramsey ajram off the list george he's a cert IMO

Hope u get it penly fingers crossed

[Bad Beat]

 I was just talking to Jesse May, who was asking me when we're going to decide, as we're going to feature the results on The Poker Show. It suddenly occurred to me how difficult deciding is really going to be. I've tried so hard to have no pre-conceived ideas about who we're picking, and I've continously told everyone that nobody is even as much as pencilled in. My hope all along in doing The Grading was that a tough decision, (who we'd sponsor, which we could have just picked six weeks ago), would be made so much easier. My hope was that the guys would pick themselves. I figured there'd be ten or twelve outstanding candidates and that I'd just have to pick three from five or something like that.

 I've just been looking at the figures and with a few days left we have 34 Graders still going. A couple have talked about dropping-out with a few days left, but I'm going to try and talk them round today. We have exactly 17 winners and 17 losers so far, although seven of the losers are losing such a tiny amount that they're roughly even. I've stressed over and over to the guys that while this will form one of the parts of the decision it is still only a small part of it.

 At the moment it feels like there are 20 people who could still make Brown Belt and that we'll give out 12-18 Blue Belts to those that came close. Some of the names who are in that twenty are not well known on the UK scene at the moment and havn't been widely tipped in this thread. I've been very impressed by some of these new discoveries.

 There are still a few days left including one workshop session, and these are extra important days as they'll form such an important part of my decision-making process. If any Graders are reading this I suggest you look again at the four selection criteria, deide in which one you're weakest, and concentrate the last few days on showing me an effort to improve in that one.

 To answer Rupert. we are going to spend a small fortune on this Grading and how we go about the next one may depend to an extent how things go for these guys in Vegas. We definitely have plans to learn from this one, improve on our mistakes, and to have another Grading month, maybe in August. You'd be exactly the sort of person we'd love to get involved in that one.

nc

[TheChipPrince]

1 week to go and they're down to 37 I think.

I reckon the 8 will be:

Sida Yuen
Richard Hawes
Dave Penly
Charles Chatta
Jerome Bradpiece
James Keys
Ben Vinson
Alex Martin

Pure speculation (have been reading grading board etc)

Hopefully Blatch can bink it!!!

Link?

[TightEnd]

No links please, ty

[TheChipPrince]

well someone tell me what to google then please as I cant find it...

[thetank]

google "pm from tank" and you should get there.

[gasman]

Yeh I would hate to be in Channing and Persuads shoes right now, i've been following the progress online and at the workshops and there are some really good candidates. I think there are 4 certains that will get one and then it will be betwen 12 people trying to get the other 4 spaces. It does seem like they will be no favouritism at all and the best all round players (meeting the 4 criteria specified) and best possible future rakers will be chosen. hearts will be broken that is all I am sure about.

personally I can't wait till the whole grading is over, its starting to put me on tilt and i'm not even doing it.

good luck to the 30 or so left...

[GreekStein]

Yeh I would hate to be in Channing and Persuads shoes right now

I'm sure I could live with it!

[gasman]

Yeh I would hate to be in Channing and Persuads shoes right now

I'm sure I could live with it!

what doing chunks everyday?

lollll

[boldie]

Yeh I would hate to be in Channing and Persuads shoes right now

I'm sure I could live with it!

Nah you can't...them kidz wear fashionable shoes..not like your old loafers