States logo

IL State Championships
was held on
Saturday - March 24th
at the Science and Arts Academy -
1825 Miner Street Des Plaines, IL. 60016

IL States 2012

What a day we had!!
We e xpected around 135 or so, given that MO, IA, MN, and MI all had theirs on the same day...
we blew it out of the water with 172 players!

Check out ALL my pictures here

(I'll have links to Pooka's and Bullados' videos shortly)

Jimmy speaks at IL States 2012
Jimmy makes his announcements

Lots of players!
Ready to Play!

Top Cut Comics table
Top Cut Comics was there to sell all kinds of good stuff!

Door Prize table...Dice Stacking table
There were raffles for cool Door Prizes, Best Flippin' Coin Flipper Game, and the Dice Stacking Game

Art Corner...Budding artist
Lots of fun in the Art Corner

Hat winners
Here are the winners of the hats I made for today!
Evan H -Ampharos...Brennan N - Mienfoo...Christine L's son - Charmeleon

 


PRIZES:
Prizes for North American events are listed below. For information on prizes at international events, please contact the organizer of those specific events.

Prizes are awarded to the top players in each of three age divisions.
The 3 age divisions are:
Junior Division: Born in 2001 or later
Senior Division: Born in 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000
Masters Division: Born in 1996 or earlier

All participants will receive 3 Play! Points, and a Pokémon S/P/T Championships promo card
(while supplies last), just for playing!

States trophy

1st Place
A Pokémon TCG S/P/T Championships 1st Place award
A $300 travel allowance to participate in the Pokémon TCG National Championships (U.S. & Canada). This allowance will be given on-site at the National Championships.*
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
A first-round bye at the U.S. or Canada National Championships**
10 Championship Points

2nd Place
A Pokémon TCG S/P/T Championships 2nd Place award
A combination of 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
8 Championship Points

3rd & 4th Place
A Pokémon TCG S/P/T Championships 3rd/4th place award
A combination of 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
6 Championship Points

5th through 8th Place
A combination of 9 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
5 Championship Points

9th Place through 12th Place
4 Championship Points (if division attendance is 32 or greater)

13th Place through 16th Place
3 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)

17th Place through 32nd Place
2 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)

Junior Division (22) Senior Division (31) Masters Division (81)

Top 16

Xander P
Wesley H
Matthew G
Sarah M
Michael B
David M
Alex R
Sabrina M
David C
Sam S
Brennan N
Nate A
Tony T
Daniel B
Kyle W
Braxton A

Top 16

Ben M
Charles L-L
Devin R
Yakira T
Tristin V
Cameron C
Courtney T
Travis W
Spencer L
Jolanna I
Jessica J
James A
Jason P
Kaley F
Sam J
Andrew K


Top 16

Kyle S
Christian C
Adam V
Rob D
Dan P
Mohammad T
Chris W
Ryan A
Stephan M
Andrew T
Yehoshua T
Jason K
Osbaldo Q
Rafal G
Brad M
Michael P



Top 8

Xander P
Wesley H
Matthew G
Sarah M
Michael B
David M
Alex R
Sabrina M

Top 8

Ben M
Charles L-L
Devin R
Yakira T
Tristin V
Cameron C
Courtney T
Travis W

 

Top 8

Kyle S
Jason K
Rafal Q
Chris W
Brad M
Yehoshua T
Rob D
Ryan A


Top 4

Xander P
Matthew G
Michael B
Alex R

Top 4

Ben M
Charles L-L
Devin R
Yakira T

Top 4

Kyle S
Chris W
Rob D
Yehoshua T

Top 2

Michael B
Alex R

Top 2

Ben M
Charles L-L

Top 2

Kyle S
Yehoshua T

1st Place

Alex R

1st Place

Ben M

1st Place

Kyle S

1st & 2nd Juniors............1st & 2nd Seniors .............1st Masters ....2nd Masters
2nd Jimmy B & 1st Alex R......1st Ben M (Judge Keith) 2nd Charles L-L......1st - Pooka & 2nd Yoshi...................

Judges
Jimmy and the Judges

Judges 2
Judges discussing important... Judge stuff!



It was a wonderful day of fun and competition!
See you all at Midwest Regionals in Madison WI April 13-15th!