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United States WCQ Top 4 Finalists

July 11th, 2010

Congratulations to the top 4 finalists! These Duelists will now have the opportunity to represent the U.S.A. at the World Championship next month in Long Beach, California.

From left to right: Vincent Pagila, Chris Arantes (2nd place), Sean Montague (1st place), and Daniel Lamartina:

Top Finalists

LIVE Top 16 Results

July 11th, 2010

Up-to-the-minute results from the Top 16:

Leantre Ingram (X-Sabers)
vs.
Chris Arantes (X-Sabers)
Chris Arantes wins and advances to the Top 8

C.J. Lack (Frog OTK)
vs.
Jay Hornung (Frog Monarchs)
Jay Hornung wins and advances to the Top 8

Fili Luna (X-Sabers)
vs.
Ivan Anamaria (Gadgets)
Ivan Anamaria wins and advances to the Top 8

Daniel Lamartina (Gladiator Beasts)
vs.
Barrett Keys (X-Sabers)
Daniel Lamartina wins and advances to the Top 8

Chris Brooker (X-Sabers)
vs.
Sean Montague (X-Sabers)
Sean Montague wins and advances to the Top 8

Grant Kelly (Caliber Cat)
vs.
Carl Waite (Gadgets)
Grant Kelly wins and advances to the Top 8

Patrick Hoban (X-Sabers)
vs.
Hector Heras (X-Sabers)
Patrick Hoban wins and advances to the Top 8

Courtney Waller (Blackwings)
vs.
Vincent Pagila  (X-Sabers)
Vincent Pagila wins and advances to the Top 8

LIVE Top 32 Results

July 11th, 2010

We’ve made it to the Top 32 Duelists! After the Top 32, Top 16, and Top 8 rounds have completed, we will know who the 4 Duelists will be that will represent the United States at the World Championship. Then those 4 final Duelists will compete to see which of them will be crowned U.S. National Champion 2010! Read more…

Top 64 Finalists!

July 11th, 2010

After 11 rounds of Swiss Pair play, here are the final 64 Duelists who will be competing in the Single Elimination play-offs for a chance to represent the United States at the World Championship this year! Read more…

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WCQ-USA Prize Cards

July 11th, 2010

Behold the pyramid of prize cards that will be awarded today at the U.S. World Championship Qualifier!

Each of the Top 32 Duelists today will receive a Dark End Dragon.

Each of the Top 4 will also receive a set of Super Rare Darklords, the prizes normally give out at the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series: Darklord Asmodeus, Darklord Superbia, and Darklord Edeh Arae.

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Day 2 – The 128 Remaining Duelists

July 11th, 2010

After 9 rounds of Swiss Pair play in Day 1, the top 128 Duelists were invited back to play in the final 2 Swiss rounds on Day 2. Here are the Duelists who went on to complete the Swiss Rounds in Day 2. After Rounds 10 and 11, the Top 64 remaining Duelists will advance to the Single Elimination portion of this tournament. Read more…

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Round 6: Who’s at the Top Tables

July 10th, 2010

We’re past the halfway mark, at least for today! We will only be playing 9 rounds of Swiss Pairing today, and the top 128 players at the end of the evening will go on to the final Swiss rounds tomorrow, before the final cut to Top 64.

Let’s see who we have here, heading into the start of Round 6… Read more…

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Round 5: Who’s at the Top Tables

July 10th, 2010

There will be 9 rounds of Swiss Pair play today, with the final rounds held tomorrow. Going into Round 5, here’s a look at who was seated at the top tables: Read more…

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Turbo Pack 3 unveiled!

July 10th, 2010

Turbo Pack: Booster Three is finally here, and Duelists competing in today’s Pegasus League Deck Challenge and Dragon Duels will be the first to get their hands on it. Long-awaited foils like Rescue Cat make their debut in this new Turbo Pack, while many competitive cards were reprinted so they’d be easier to get. Take a look at the set list:

Ultimate Rare (1): Read more…

WCQ – USA is under way

July 10th, 2010

The World Championship Qualifier – USA is under way, with 1195 players participating at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By the end of the day tomorrow, just FOUR of those 1195 players will have come out on top. Those four Duelists will represent the United States of America at the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship next month in Long Beach, California.

In addition to news and features throughout the weekend, we’ll also bring you news about the new Turbo Pack 3 participation pack, which will be given away for the first time here today in the Dragon Duels and the Pegasus League Deck Challenge.