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Caption
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Day
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Category
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Champion Valentin Moskovich
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Sunday |
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Finalist Gab Tsang tries his best to smile
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Sunday |
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For all the marbles: Tsang vs. Moskovich
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Sunday |
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Moskovich feels no pressure
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Sunday |
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Tsang weighs the benefits of the mulligan
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Sunday |
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Semifinalist Jeremy Pinter
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Sunday |
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Semifinalist Matthew Schempp
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Sunday |
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Semifinal Action: Tsang vs. Schempp
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Sunday |
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Semifinal Action: Pinter vs. Moskovich
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Sunday |
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You can't hear the cries, but they're "SCHEMPP! SCHEMPP! SCHEMPP! SCHEMPP! SCHEMPP!"
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Sunday |
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Moskovich seems pleasantly surprised at how things are proceeding
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Sunday |
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Jeremy Pinter feels this one slipping away
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Sunday |
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Tsang makes his move
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Sunday |
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The Top 8 pose for your enjoyment
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Sunday |
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Moskovich cruises through his quarterfinal
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Sunday |
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Prosak ignores the zombie to his right and focusses on the task ahead
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Sunday |
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Pinter is terrified of making a mistake
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Sunday |
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Dave Williams in full effect
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Sunday |
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Adam Prosak wears a whimsical shirt
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Sunday |
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Brian Davis tests out his Death Stare
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Sunday |
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Matthew Schempp is a bundle of nerves
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Sunday |
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"The Juggernaut", complete focus
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Sunday |
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Rob Dougherty continues to demolish Constructed events
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Sunday |
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Quarterfinal Action: Pinter vs. Davis
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Sunday |
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Quarterfinal Action: Schempp vs. Williams
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Sunday |
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Quarterfinal Action: Prosak vs. Moskovich
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Sunday |
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Quarterfinal Action: Dougherty vs. Tsang
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Sunday |
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Matthew Schmalz wins the original art for Volcanic Spray for "Highest-Placed Competitor Playing Red". The art was donated by its creator, Matt Cavotta, and the conditions for its award were his.
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Sunday |
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Davis gets ready to charge
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Sunday |
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Will Brinkman imposes
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Sunday |
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Michael Dove's disappointment is masked by his exhaustion
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Sunday |
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Valentin Moskovich's victory has left him a little lightheaded
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Sunday |
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Harvey considers every possibility
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Sunday |
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Round 14 Feature Match: Brian Davis vs. Eugene Harvey
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Sunday |
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Round 14 Feature Match: Moskovich vs. Dove. Make or break.
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Sunday |
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A smiling Brian Davis
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Sunday |
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Upheaval-Infestation brings a classic of the cinema to life
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Sunday |
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Round 13 Feature Match: Pinter vs. Walls
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Sunday |
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Round 13 Feature Match: Brian Davis vs. Rob Dougherty
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Sunday |
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Jeremy Pinter, no relation to absurdist playwright, Harold Pinter
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Sunday |
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Gab Walls checks his situation
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Sunday |
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Rob Dougherty has found serenity
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Sunday |
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Round 12 Feature Match: Kibler vs. Rietzl
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Sunday |
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Round 12 Feature Match: Shroll vs. Prosak
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Sunday |
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Brian Kibler is in top form
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Sunday |
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Paul Rietzl, the dispassionate executioner
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Sunday |
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Josh Shroll keeps a low profile
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Sunday |
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Adam Prosak gums up the works
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Sunday |
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Round 11 Feature Match: Osyp Lebedowicz vs. Ben Rubin
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Sunday |
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Round 11 Feature Match: Gab Tsang vs. Antonio De Rosa
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Sunday |
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Osyp Lebedowicz gets ready to shuffle
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Sunday |
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Sneaky Pete Ben Rubin
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Sunday |
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Gab Tsang weighs his options
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Sunday |
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A petulant Antonio De Rosa
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Sunday |
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Ben Rubin displays the mutant muscles that earned him the right to play first
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Sunday |
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Rubin and Lebedowicz dispense with the die roll, opting for a more traditional method of settling disputes
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Sunday |
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Round 10 Feature Match: Matt Rubin vs. Bob Maher, Jr.
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Sunday |
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Gerard Fabiano. Cool, collected, menacing.
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Sunday |
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Michael Schempp and his green-white deck made Day 2 without the benefit of byes
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Sunday |
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Matt Rubin knows that waiting favors his opponent, and is unnerved
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Sunday |
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Maher is right at home under Standstill
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Sunday |
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Round 10 Feature Match: Michael Schempp vs. Gerard Fabiano
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Sunday |
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Round 9 Feature Match: Brian Hegstad vs. Eugene Harvey
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Sunday |
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The shoe is on the other foot for Jensen
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Sunday |
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Hegstad receives encouragement, but certainly not play advice, from his adorable new mascot
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Sunday |
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Dave Williams is left permanentless under Huey's assault
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Sunday |
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Eugene Harvey ... waits!
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Sunday |
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Round 9 Feature Match: William Jensen vs. Dave Williams
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Sunday |
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The Forces of Justice
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Saturday |
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Jeffery Kretuz, 1-7 on the day, earns the Perseverance Award: The original art for Wormfang Crab, donated by Glen Angus
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Saturday |
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Round 8 Feature Match: Gab Tsang vs. Kenny Hsiung, and his cyber-eye
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Saturday |
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Gab Tsang is as surprised as anyone else that he's 7-0
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Saturday |
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Round 8 Feature Match: Maher vs. Globus. It's win, and in. Hopefully.
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Saturday |
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Mark "The Bus" Globus with fire in his eyes
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Saturday |
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Kenny Hsiung takes his time
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Saturday |
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Stoic to the end, Bob Maher, Jr.
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Saturday |
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Happy Birthday, Brian Kibler; you're 6-1!
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Saturday |
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The Wake deck takes long enough to draw the spectators three deep
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Saturday |
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Canadians draw crowds at the top tables
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Saturday |
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Froehlich needs this to be a good one
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Saturday |
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Harvey turns a wary eye on his opponent
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Saturday |
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Round 7 Feature Match: Dougherty vs. Huey
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Saturday |
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Daddy Cool, Rob Dougherty
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Saturday |
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William "Baby Huey" Jensen is unexcited
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Saturday |
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Round 7 Feature Match: Eugene Harvey vs. Eric Froehlich
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Saturday |
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A line of giants: Williams, Maher, Davis and Tsang
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Saturday |
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Judges keep the peace
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Saturday |
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Round 6 Feature Match: Chris Pait vs. Randy Wright
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Saturday |
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The chiseled features of Patrick Chapin, hyperbolist
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Saturday |
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The always-jolly Mike Turian
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Saturday |
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With Wake and Compulsion on the board already, Randy Wright is at ease
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Saturday |
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Chris Pait just hopes things will work out
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Saturday |
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Round 6 Feature Match: Pat Chapin vs. Mike Turian
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Saturday |
Players |
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Lyndon Robbins III shows that Judges are adept at more than judging. Behold his craft!
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Two underlings seek the wisdom of Head Judge Fairbanks
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Huey feels no remorse at dismantling McGuffin
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Saturday |
Players |
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McGuffin seems a little shell-shocked at the beating he's getting
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Saturday |
Players |
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Dr. Mike Pustilnik gawks at a monster grip
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Saturday |
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Kastle gets his think on
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Saturday |
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Round 5 Feature Match: Mike Pustilnik vs. Darwin Kastle
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Saturday |
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Round 5 Feature Match: Max McGuffin vs. William "Baby Huey" Jensen
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Saturday |
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Round 4 Feature Match: Dave Williams vs. Danny "Boy Wonder" Mandel
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Saturday |
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Dave "ben_tak" Williams makes his triumphant return to the game
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Saturday |
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Round 4 Feature Match: Rubin vs. Rubin!
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Saturday |
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Matt Rubin goes through the motions
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Saturday |
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Only Ben Rubin can make winning seem so terrible
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Saturday |
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Mandel busts out double-Rootwalla turn one.
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Saturday |
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Faces in the Crowd: Tony "The Shark" Tsai vs. Sergio Martins
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Saturday |
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Faces in the Crowd: Danny Mandel vs. Justin Polin
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Saturday |
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Faces in the Crowd: Paul "Little Darwin" Rietzl vs. Gab Tsang
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Saturday |
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Faces in the Crowd: Andrew Stokinger vs. Jill Costigan
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Saturday |
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Faces in the Crowd: Peter Szigeti vs. Mike Willoughby
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Saturday |
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Faces in the Crowd: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Chris Kelsey
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Saturday |
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Diligent Judges check decklists for shenanigans
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Saturday |
Staff |
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It's blue shirt day for the artists! Notice Cavotta has already slipped into some sort of trance.
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Artist Matt Cavotta throws you a smile
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Artist Glen Angus, surrounded by his handiwork
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Saturday |
Staff |
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That delightful roué and artist, Arnie Swekel
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Round 2 Feature Match: Opalka vs. Dove
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Saturday |
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Michael Dove, former US National Team member
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Saturday |
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Jason "T2K" Opalka
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Saturday |
Players |
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Round 1 Feature Match: The Ferrett vs. Brad Klabik. Klabik with the nuts opener
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Saturday |
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Seriously, don't cross Head Judge Nat Fairbanks
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Klabik and reporter Brian Kowal yuk it up
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Saturday |
Players |
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The Ferrett, swathed in velvet
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eager anticipation
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Saturday |
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This early in the morning, everyone's a little surly
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Saturday |
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Behind these doors, a different sort of dance
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Saturday |
Site |
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The sign of the I-X Center shines bright in the dawn sun
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Saturday |
Site |
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The calm before the storm
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Saturday |
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