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In an all Volunteer State finals, good friends Tillman Bragg and Doug Tice squared off for the $10K LA title. |
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Two of the game’s biggest names are about to pummel each other for your reading pleasure: Doug “The Ticeman” Tice vs. Andre “The Mule” Muller. Pull up a chair and refresh the page; here come The Beats!
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Tillman believed his to be very solid, and Eric was sure that if he hit all of his drops, he would win. |
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Tillman was fortunate to squeeze in as the 8th seed on tiebreakers, and he was looking to make the most out of his second lease on life. |
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Profiles for the Top 8 players! |
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The master of disaster, Erick “I Barn Vidi’ Cabanero is back again to face the intimidating figure that can only be referred to in hushed tones as “The Eugenio”... |
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This match also highlighted these players’ preferred Draft archetypes, with Alex sticking to a standard curve and Andre sporting his favored off-curve aggressive strategy... |
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Dave Spears and his opponent Alex Gellerman are two personalities from our beloved VS Realms. Dave won the roll and took the even initiatives...
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The Top 24 is underway, baby! Are you as excited as I am? I doubt it. The players have assembled, the packs have been disseminated, so let's go!
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The games continue on Day Two! |
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A quick recap of the day one activities. |
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Besides his $10K win, Garret is most known for being friends with Josh Wiitanen. “Cabarnero” is no joke either as he finished 19th in last year’s PC: LA. |
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A win here would lock the victor into the second day, while the loser would likely need to win the last round to draft tomorrow.
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Alex Gellerman garnered a tenth place finish at PC: Amsterdam, and Quang is a former $10K champion. Alex won the die roll and choose the even initiatives...
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With a good showing in his last Sealed pool and a solid history in Draft, a 4-0 or 3-1 in this pod will put Doug in a great position to add his name to the short list of three-time $10K Top 8 finishers.
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Both players were sitting pretty with 4-0 records. The road to clinching a Top 8 berth starts here! |
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Round 4 pitted Alex Brown, who hails from Sydney, Australia, against Albert Won, an up and coming local. |
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I tried going around the room and asking people some silly questions, along with some PC: Atlanta-related questions added into the mix.
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Both players sat at 1-1 and were looking to enter the second Sealed pool with a 3-1 record. |
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Andre rolled a 1, Alex rolled a 2. A hint of things to come? Alex chose evens, perhaps ensuring the turn 6 win. The players kept their opening hands and play began... |
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I had an opportunity to sit down with Alex for his first deck build, both to discuss his opinions on the X-Men Sealed Pack format and to watch one of the best in the game tackle a format considered by many to be the most daunting Sealed Pack format yet...
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He claimed that with his decent deck and some luck, he should be able to go 4-0, shouting "Yes, I am that good!" |
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While hanging out between rounds, I got the great idea to ask some interesting questions of some of the more popular players at the $10K! |
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Welcome to the $10K in Los Angeles! |
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