Who are the BCPC?

The Black Country Poker Club started up in November 2008 with just 10 players. Since then it has grown and grown into the club it is now with 20-30 players playing each season. The BCPC was the brain-child of founder and club captain Brian Yates. The concept was to allow like minded low stakes players to pool resources to pay for higher buy in tournaments, and then to play for the privilege of playing in those seats. Our season runs for 6 months with one tournament per month, where players score points dependant on their finishing position in each tournament, which in turn contribute to their overall league placing. The top places in the league then offer a seat to a higher buy in tournament ranging from £110 to £550, with the number of seats on offer being directly linked to the size of the membership. We also run our own deepstack tournaments and team championships.

In season 1, we ran with 8 members and produced 1 seat.... in season 4 we ran with 28 members and produced 9 seats.

The standard traverses the amateur range, with players who are relatively new to poker in any form, to those who bring many years of experience, and those who have done well on the APAT tour. We have members for whom trips to Vegas are the norm each year, members who regularly play the GUKPT, as well as several APAT champions.

We claim to be the Best Poker Club In The Midlands - and we believe that is a more than reasonable claim.