Current belt status
Your current belt level. Each belt level has an associated monthly maintenance cost (in belt points) that are required to maintain your belt level at the end of the month.
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Belt-Up: Black Belt Poker's rewards system

Black Belt Poker’s unique belt system rewards your progression both as a player and contributor to the site. Each belt level, from White to Black, comes with its own rewards. Learn, progress, teach and play!

White Belt
Join the Black Belt Poker community, interact on the only social networking site for poker players and learn from the best in the country. Follow exclusive pro blogs, articles and interviews and share your views on the boards. Start a bankroll from scratch with the weekly White Belt freerolls.
Yellow Belt
Start earning Belt Points and making your way up through the belts. Take advantage of the Belt Boost to kick start your progress. Play in weekly Yellow Belt freerolls and the Black Belt Poker League.
Orange Belt
Win your way to the Black Belt Poker Boot Camp in the Orange Belt Academy freeroll. Gain access to the Orange and Green board and take advantage of unique opportunities to discuss your play and improve your game. Earn Belt Points at a higher rate, and use your monthly Spending Points for online tournament tokens , or to purchase merchandise from the Black Belt Store.
Purple Belt
Gain expert personalised help with a monthly personal Q&A email from one of the Black Belt Pros who’ll answer your poker strategy question or review your hands directly. Plus upon gaining Purple Belt status, receive offers on training and analytical software (coming soon); take analysis of your own game to the next level.
Green Belt
Free entry to the Black Belt Poker Boot Camp for all Green Belts. Unlock the ability to use your Spending Points for live tournament entries. Access advanced training with a free Skype session with a Black Belt Pro.
Blue Belt
Receive $1,500 a month in live tournament entries, gain access to the highest level boards and earn Belt Points through live tournament cashes. Experience regular one-on-one coaching sessions and raise your game to a professional level.
Brown Belt
Receive $4,000 a month in live tournament entries, and play the UK’s major tournaments. Become a mentor and earn Belt Points through writing, coaching and commentary.
Black Belt
Receive $10,000 a month in live tournament entries, and travel across Europe as a Black Belt Poker pro.

Simply sign up to the Black Belt Poker cardroom and link your account to your Community profile. Click here to download the Black Belt Poker software.

Higher belts are attained when you reach certain Belt Points thresholds. Once met, each belt level has a monthly belt maintenance, which is automatically transferred from your Belt Points balance to your Spending Points. For belts blue and higher, these Spending Points are then usable for the monthly live tournament buy-ins which come with those belt levels. Green belts can turn Spending Points into live tournament entries in special circumstances.

Belt Level
Achievement Level
Monthly Belt Maintenance
Monthly Tournament Package
Join Black Belt Poker’s online community.
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Sign up and make a deposit in the Black Belt Poker cardroom.
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500 Belt Points
500 Belt Points
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5,000 Belt Points
2,500 Belt Points
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12,000 Belt Points
6,000 Belt Points
Spending Points
buy-ins unlocked.
50,000 Belt Points
21,000 Belt Points
$1,500
150,000 Belt Points
54,000 Belt Points
$4,000
650,000 Belt Points
130,000 Belt Points
$10,000

Belt Points form the basis of the rewards system at Black Belt Poker. They are awarded in four main categories open to all belt levels, and their accumulation results in the attainment and retention of higher belts.

Everyone who joins the online community at Black Belt Poker is automatically given White Belt status. Downloading the Black Belt Poker client and linking your account with the Community Site (click here for more information) results in gaining Yellow Belt. Thereafter the number of Belt Points you gain over a month determines when you gain a higher belt. You can keep track of the number of Belt Points you currently have, and in which categories you have earned them here:

Play Points
Every time you play a raked hand on the Black Belt Poker site, you earn Belt Points. The rate at which you earn these is determined by your current Belt level – the higher Belt you are, the faster you earn Belt Points. Your Play Points total for the month is updated daily.
Belt Level
Play Points / $ raked
2 points
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4 points
5 points
6 points
8 points
10 points
10 points
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Note that the Belt Boost first time deposit promotion can increase the rate at which points are earned at Yellow Belt up to 6 Play Points per $ raked. (The Belt Boost rate is only applied for a maximum of 30 days, to a maximum of 6 Play Points per dollar raked, depending on the initial deposit amount. Click here for detailed information on our Belt Boost promotion.

Community Points
Black Belt Poker provides a unique opportunity for members to be rewarded for activity on and contribution to the learning community. From new sign-ups to the top Belt levels, all players can earn Belt Points through their personal contribution. As you gain higher Belts, different options for earning Community Points become available, from posting hands for analysis to writing strategy content, mentoring other players, or keeping blogs. Black Belt Poker’s Community site is at its core a poker social networking platform for the exchange of ideas, where members can raise their game through interacting with all Belt levels, gaining tuition and learning from each other. The Belt Up rewards scheme is the only one on any network to directly reward you for taking part in the life of the Community, which in turn exists to help, direct and fine-tune your own game, taking it to a higher level.

All belt levels of Orange and higher will be eligible for a 10% reduction in their monthly Belt Maintenance if they fulfil certain criteria:

Belt Level
Monthly (Community) Belt Points awarded when you ...
Join in by posting on the boards (minimum 5 posts), extend your network buddies (minimum 5), and provide comment on others’ contributions.
Fulfil the same criteria as the Orange Belts, plus provide a weekly Hand of the Week for analysis by the community.
Fulfil the same criteria as Green Belts, plus write a blog or strategy article as requested by the editor of the site.
Fulfil the same criteria as Blue Belts, plus provide one-to-one mentoring, for example in the form of Skype sessions with individual players.
Fulfil the same criteria as Brown Belts, plus write a weekly blog, and specialist articles such as ‘Every Hand Revealed’ tournament analysis. Participate in leading Boot Camps and Workshop days.
Referral Points
Our referral points scheme is now up and running, and is open to all our community members.

Click here for detailed information on our scheme and how to get started.
Prize Points (Blue Belt and Higher)
Belt Points can be earned by Blue, Brown and Black Belts through winning in the live tournaments which come as part of their Belt packages. Belt Points will be awarded based on the gross amount in USD, (before subtraction of make-up and division with Black Belt Poker). Belt Points are awarded upon the return to Black Belt Poker of any monies due after a live tournament cash.
Gross Winnings (USD)
Belt Point
Multiplier
$0 - $50,000
x 2
$50,001 +
x 3
Special Points
These are Belt Points awarded on an individual basis for exceptional contribution to the community or for rewards which do not fall under any of the four major categories.
Transferred Points
These are points which you have manually transferred from your Belt Points bank to your Spending Points. This can only be done when your Belt Points total is above your monthly Belt Maintenance level. This figure is deducted from your current Belt Point balance.

Belt Points form the basis of Black Belt Poker’s rewards scheme. They are awarded in four main categories: Play, Community, Referral and Prize (see above). As you reach certain Belt Points thresholds, you attain higher belts (see How do I gain Belts?). Each Belt level has its own Belt Maintenance, a cost in Belt Points, which must be met each month in order to remain at that level. This is done via the monthly automatic transfer of Belt Points to Spending Points. Your total numbers of Belt Points and Spending Points are visible here:

Spending Points can then be used for different purposes,
dependant on your current Belt level.

At Yellow Belt, use Spending Points to purchase merchandise* and access restricted content*.
At Orange and Purple Belt levels, Spending Points can also be used for online satellite entries to special live events, and to purchase places on Black Belt Poker boot camps.
At Green Belt, the ability to use Spending Points to buy in directly to selected live tournaments (at the discretion of Black Belt Poker, up to a maximum buy-in of $500) is unlocked, as is the purchase of coaching sessions* from higher Belts.
At Blue Belt, $1,500 per month is available to use via the Black Belt Poker Live Backing System. Players may choose from a list of live events of a buy-in of $1,000 or less, and the corresponding number of Spending Points is then deducted from their total available (after approval).
At Brown Belt, $4,000 per month is available to use via the same system (live events with a buy-in of up to $2,000 can now be selected).
At Black Belt, $10,000 per month is available.
* Coming soon

Spending points can be used by any Belt level to purchase merchandise in the Black Belt Poker Shop
(find it under the ‘My Account’ tab).

Simply click the ‘Buy’ tab next to the item you wish to order, fill out a postal address for shipping, and the Spending Points value of the item will be deducted from your Account. You’ll receive notification that your order has been placed and also when your order has been shipped.

Tournament tokens may also be purchased by any Belt level up to and including Green Belt. Tournament tokens are available for specific tournaments run on the Black Belt Poker cardroom.

Simply select the token for the online tournament you wish to play, click ‘Buy,’ and the Spending Points cost of the token will be deducted from your account. You will receive notification that your order has been placed. When your token has been delivered into your Black Belt Poker cardroom account, you will receive notification that it is ready for use.

To use your token, simply open the corresponding tournament lobby and click ‘Register.’ You will find ‘token’ instead of the usual cash buy-in for the tournament.

N.B. Please allow 24 hours between the time of purchasing a tournament token and its use for processing.

When you attain a Belt level high enough (Green Belt and higher) you will be able to use Spending Points to buy-in to live events, subject to terms and conditions click here for full description and instructions).

Green Belt
Individual buy-in up to $550
(optional – Tournament $ purchased with Spending Points – see below).
Blue Belt
$1,500 per month, individual buy-in up to $1,000.
Brown Belt
$4,000 per month, individual buy-in up to $2,000.

Individual requests will be handled on a monthly basis by tournaments@blackbeltpoker.com until the full Backing Request Form becomes available. Monthly tournament allowances are subject to a 50/50 plus make-up ongoing staking contract (click here to view.)