Now it's time to see if you've got what it takes to make it to Worlds!

Come join us for the
2008 Pokémon TCG U.S. National Championships: June 28th & 29th

I know several of our TIY players are playing in Columbus OH...
Here are some of the images posted at the PokeGym Live Blog...

Go check them out!!

Here are the regular players from our TIY events who made the trip!

Masters:
Devin P-R
Kevin B
Ashley B
Ryan B
Justin H
Jordan V H
Mike C
Robert C
Joel M

Seniors:
Dan N
Toby N
Natalie B


Juniors:
Michael C
Cameron C
Evan Le C
Ben R
Jeremiah M
Jeremiah W
Ben M
Sarah M

I'll be cheering for them all! Hope you will too!!



Also, just thought I'd let you guys know that our Judge Ryan Alperstein just won the Professor Cup! Out of 142 players! I'm so happy for him!

Congrats Ryan!
Here's an article about the Professor Cup at the POP Website

And best of luck to everyone participating! I'll update more later tonight!

*EDIT* (11:30pm Sat 6/28)

There were a total of 206 Juniors entered, 207 Seniors entered, and 532 Masters for a total of 945 players.
8 rounds for the Jrs and Srs, and 9 rounds followed by a best 2 of 3 matches in an hour playoff for each of the 2 flights in the Masters to determine the final 32 to play tomorrow.

Here are the Top 32 players for each age division. The Juniors and Seniors will play tomorrow for the finals, the Masters are currently (at posting time) having the winners of their Top 32 matches in each of the 2 flights battle to determine the winners, and those winners will play in the finals tomorrow, Sunday.
(*TIY Players in Red and "?" if not confirmed it's our players, due to only initials available)

 

Junior Division top 32

Started with 206 players/ finished with 161

David M 8-0
Brian H 7-1
Thomas A. 7-1
Steven Y. 7-1
Brian H. 7-1
Henry L. 7-1
Ryan Y. 7-1
Michael C. 7-1 ?
Jonathan H. 6-2
Brandon C. 6-2
Cobi K. 6-2
Jason C. 6-2
Keith B. 6-2
Austin H. 6-2
Joshua S. 6-2
Drew F. 6-2
Tad M. 6-2
Evan W. 6-2
Cole S. 6-2
Mark G. 6-2
Matthew L. 6-2
Steven N. 6-2
Melina K. 6-2
Samantha C. 6-2
Aaron Z. 6-2
Neal T. 6-2
Dylan T. 6-2
Alberto H. 6-2
Colton S. 6-2
Ty W. 5-3
Noah L 5-3
Tristan R. 5-3

Senior Division Top 32

Started with 207/ finished with 147 players

Jonathan B. 8-0
Alex M. 7-1
Patrick T. 7-1
Clint A. 7-1
Victoria N. 7-1
Aziz A. 7-1
Eric W. 7-1
Dylan L. 7-1
Daniel C. 6-2
Michael D. 6-2
Kevin A. 6-2
Austin Z. 6-2
justin B. 6-2
Michael N. 6-2
Sam L. 6-2
Sam G. 6-2
Tad W. 6-2
Jacob L. 6-2
Garrett F. 6-2
Dylan B. 6-2
Steven R. 6-2
Patrick M. 6-2
Orion C. 6-2
David S. 6-2
Nicholas K. 6-2
Reed W. 6-2
jeremy S. 6-2
John H. 6-2
Justing S. 6-2
Curran H. 5-3
Cody B. 5-3
Zakary K. 5-3

Master Division Flight #1
Started with 267/ finished 152 players

Ian R. 9-0
Drew H. 8/1
Tom D. 8-1
Kyle. S 8-1
Glenn V. 8-1
John S. 7-2
Alex F. 7-2
Con L 7-2
Benjamin S. 7-2
Abraham M. 7-2
Adam C. 7-2
Andrew K. 7-2
Chad. H 7-2
Eric C. 7-2
Brian G. 7-2
Ian B. 7-2
Michael D. 7-2
Matthew E. 7-2
Erik N. 7-2
Jason K. 7-2
Elissa H. 7-2
Jimmy B. 7-2
Jorel K 7-2
Adam V. 7-2
Stephen M. 6-3
Drew G. 6-3
Vincent B 6-3
Andrew C. 6-3
James F 6-3
Brent S 6-3
Colin S. 6-3
Christian O. 6-3

Master Division Flight #2
Started with 266/ finished with 166

Matthew L. 9-0
David C. 8-1
Daniel C. 8-1
Colin M. 8-1
Michael C. 8-1
Tyson S. 7-2
Nancy L. 7-2
Michael C. 7-2
Matthew C. 7-2
Tyler N. 7-2
Breton B. 7-2
Brian C. 7-2
Chris F. 7-2
Frank D. 7-2
David J. 7-2
Jason F. 7-2
Justin W. 7-2
Gino W. 7-2
Paul J. 7-2
Ryan B. 7-2
Eric C. 7-2
Omar I. 7-2
Peter O. 7-2
Leo O. 7-2
Dylan L. 7-2
Joel C. 6-3
Matt A. 6-3
Mikey F. 6-3
Mike C. 6-3
Jake S. 6-3
Michael P. 6-3
Frankie D. 6-3

 

Be sure to check out the pics at the PokeGym Live Blog!

*EDIT* (10:30am Sun)

The Top 32 for each of the 2 flights in the Masters battled until around 12:30am to determine who would be competing in the finals on Sunday.

Sadly, we lost all of our TIY players at that point, but still...
BIG congrats to James F and Ryan B for making Top 32 at the Biggest National Championships Ever!

Then we had the Top 32 Masters competing on Sun
(in no particular order)

David C
Colin M
Tyson S
Nancy L
Matthew C
Chris F
Frank D
Jason F
Gino L
Eric C
Omar I
Peter O
Dylan L
Mikey F
Jack S
Frankie D
Drew H
Tom D
Kyle S
John S
Alex F
Benjamin S
Andrew K
Eric C
Ian B
Matthew E
Jason K
Jimmy B
Jorel K
Stephen M
Andrew C
Christian O

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Now it's Down to the Top 16

Junior Division Top 16

Aaron Z
Austin H
Brandon C
Brian H
Cobi K
Henry L
Jason C
Jonathan H
Joshua S
Mark G
Neal T
Noah L
Steven Y
Tad M
Tristan R
Ty W		 Senior Division Top 16

Alex M
Aziz A.
Curran H
David S
Dylan B
Eric W
Garrett F
Jacob L
Justin S
Kevin A
Nicholas K
Orion C
Steven R
Tad W
Victoria N
Zakary K		 Master Division Top 16

Alex F
Benjamin S
Christian O
Colin M
Drew H
Eric C
Frank D
Gino L
Ian B
Jason K
Jimmy B
John S
Jorel K
Mikey F
Tom D
Tyson S

*UPDATE*
And then there were 8...

Juniors Top 8

Brandon C
Henry L
Jason C
Johathan H
Joshua S
Mark G
Tristan R
Ty W		 Seniors Top 8

Alex M
Aziz A
David S
Dylan B
Garrett F
orion C
Steven R
Tad W		 Masters Top 8

Alex F
Colin M
Drew H
Frank D
Gino L
Jorel K
Mikey F
Tom D



Whoa, we lost Jimmy B and Jason K in the Masters! *cries*
But looks like our friend Josh S in the Jrs (winner of our BR) is still hanging in there!

*EDIT*(1:30pm)

Top 4 time!

Junior
Brandon C vs Henry L
Jason C vs Tristan R		 Senior
Tad W vs Steven R
Aziz Y vs Orion C		 Master
Colin M vs Gino L
Drew H vs Mikey F

 

*EDIT* (2:30pm)

The Final Matches!

Junior
Henry L vs Tristan R.		 Senior
Orion C vs Steven R		 Masters
Gino L vs Drew H

 

 

*Edit*

And the National Champions are:

Junior

Henry L

Senior

Orion C

Masters

Gino L

 

Thanks to Gym Leader Blaine's Sunday updates at the PokeGym, our great source for all event info!

Click here for the complete information from the Pokemon Organized Play website!

Coming soon! Comments pages from some of our players who went there!