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Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010

Panama’s Galileo De Obaldia wins 2010 World Championship

August 15th, 2010

In the finals of this year’s World Championship event, Blackwing Duelist Vincent Paglia from the USA faced off against Frog OTK Duelist Galileo De Obaldia from Panama. In the first Duel, despite winning the coin toss and taking the first turn, and using nearly every card in his Deck, De Obaldia just couldn’t pull off the win and lost the first Duel to Paglia.

Now needing to win two Duels straight to become the World Champion, De Obaldia used his Side Deck and added in Quickdraw Synchron and Fishborg Blaster to his Deck.  Against all odds, Paglia started the second Duel off with two D.D. Crows in his hand to break up De Obaldia’s Frog combos. In the end, De Obaldia’s Side Deck choices paid off as he used Quickdraw Synchron along with Treeborn Frog and Dupe Frog to Synchro Summon Junk Destroyer, destroy Paglia’s Blackwings, and win the Duel!

In the final Duel to decide the World Champion, Paglia got to play first. He didn’t play any monsters on his first turn, but he did have D.D. Crow to stop De Obaldia’s early combos. Without his Treeborn Frog, De Obaldia was in a bad situation, since his hand was nothing but monsters! To make things worse, Paglia started attacking with Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind and activated Royal Oppression and Mask of Restrict to stop De Obaldia from Special Summoning or Tributing.

It looked like all hope was lost for the Duelist from Panama when Paglia used Trap Dustshoot to send Quickdraw Synchron back to De Obaldia’s Deck, but he played on anyways using Cold Wave to stop Paglia from using his Royal Oppression, then Synchro Summoning Black Rose Dragon  to destroy Paglia’s seemingly invincible anti-Frog strategy! Unable to activate or Set any Spell or Trap Cards, Paglia could only watch as De Obaldia Summoned Light and Darkness Dragon and attacked to win the Duel and become the 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Champion!

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Kei Kuwano from Japan takes 3rd place at World Championship

August 15th, 2010

In the 3rd/4th place final match, Kei Kuwano of Japan, playing his Herald of Perfection Deck, has defeated Tae Woo Kim of South Korea, playing Blackwings.

The final match will be held later today, between Vincent Paglia of the United States, playing Blackwings, and Galileo De Obaldia from Panama, playing his Frog OTK Deck.

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Semi-Finals Underway

August 15th, 2010

The Semi-Finals for the 2010 World Championship have begun!

At one table:
Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) vs. Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK)
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) wins and advances to the Final Round

At the other table:
Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings) vs. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings)
Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings) wins and advances to the Final Round

Each of these competitors will win a beautiful glass trophy with a globe and an etched 3D Stardust Dragon sculpted within. Each trophy also contains their prize card for this event. The ultimate winner will receive Stardust Divinity – one of 2 copies of that card that will be released (the other will go to the winner of the video game championship). Second, third, and fourth place will receive Grizzly, the Red Star Beast (six copies total of this card will be released – 3 for the Trading Card Game and 3 for the video game finalists).

All that remains to be decided is which competitor will receive which trophy and which prize card, plus the fame of being crowned 2010 World Champion!

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Day 2 – Finals Begin

August 15th, 2010

It’s Day 2 at the 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship, and the Top 8 has just started. Here’s the list of who’s playing against whom, and who’s running what:

Table 1
Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) vs. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – Infernity)
Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) wins and advances to the Semi-Finals

Table 2
Hideki Kawai (Japan –  Frog Monarch) vs. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings)
Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings) wins and advances to the Semi-Finals

Table 3
Aaron Noel (Canada – Blackwings) vs. Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings)
Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings) wins and advances to the Semi-Finals

Table 4
She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) vs. Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK)
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) wins and advances to the Semi-Finals

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Top 8 Finalists

August 14th, 2010

Here are the Top 8 finalists after 5 rounds of Swiss Pair play today. These 8 finalists will compete tomorrow for the title of 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Champion!

1. Kei Kuwano (Japan – 13 points)
2. Hideki Kawai (Japan – 13 points)
3. Aaron Noel (Canada – 12 points)
4. She Wei Hao (Taiwan – 12 points)
5. Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – 12 points)
6. Vincent Paglia (USA – 9 points)
7. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – 9 points)
8. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – 9 points)

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Final Standings – Day 1

August 14th, 2010

After 5 rounds of Swiss Pair play on Saturday, here’s the full list of final standings:

1. Kei Kuwano (Japan – 13 points – Herald of Perfection)
2. Hideki Kawai (Japan – 13 points – Frog Monarch)
3. Aaron Noel (Canada – 12 points – Blackwings)
4. She Wei Hao (Taiwan – 12 points – Frog Monarch)
5. Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – 12 points – Frog OTK)
6. Vincent Paglia (USA – 9 points – Blackwings)
7. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – 9 points – Blackwings)
8. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – 9 points – Infernity)
9. Yuma Watanabe (Japan – 9 points – Blackwings)
10. Stefano Memoli (Italy – 9 points – Infernity)
11. Chris Arantes (USA – 9 points – Blackwings)
12. Rodrigo Togores (Spain – 9 points – Frog OTK)
13. Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – 9 points – Gigavise)
14. Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – 6 points – Blackwings)
15. Sean Montague (USA – 6 points – Gladiator Beasts)
16. Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – 6 points – Blackwings)
17. Luk Chi Hang (Hong Kong – 6 points – Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
18. Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – 6 points – Frog OTK)
19. Daniel LaMartina (USA – 6 points – Gladiator Beasts)
20. Jeremy Chua (Singapore – 6 points – Machina Gadgets)
21. Shogo Tanaka (Japan – 4 points – Frog Monarch)
22. Sebastian Gonzalez (Belgium – 4 points – Blackwings)
23. Alivin Lim (Philippines – 3 points – Machina Gadgets)
24. Ewan O’Keefe (Australia – 3 points – Gladiator Beasts)
25. Kevin Lau (New Zealand – 3 points – Gladiator Beasts)

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Round 5 Pairings & Results

August 14th, 2010

This will be the final round of Swiss Paired play in this tournament. The top 8 competitors after this round will compete in the finals tomorrow.

Table 1:
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – 12 points – Frog OTK) vs. Kei Kuwano (Japan – 10 points – Herald of Perfection)
Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) wins

Table 2:
Hideki Kawai (Japan – 10 points – Frog Monarch) vs. Vincent Paglia (USA – 9 points – Blackwings)
Hideki Kawai (Japan – Frog Monarch) wins

Table 3:
Aaron Noel (Canada – 9 points – Blackwings) vs. Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – 9 points – Gigavise)
Aaron Noel (Canada – Blackwings) wins

Table 4:
She Wei Hao (Taiwan – 9 points – Frog Monarch) vs. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – 9 points – Infernity)
She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) wins

Table 5:
Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – 6 points – Blackwings) vs. Rodrigo Togores (Spain – 6 points – Frog OTK)
Rodrigo Togores (Spain – Frog OTK) wins

Table 6:
Luk Chi Hang (Hong Kong – 6 points – Quickdraw Dandywarrior) vs. Yuma Watanabe (Japan – 6 points – Blackwings)
Yuma Watanabe (Japan – Blackwings) wins

Table 7:
Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – 6 points – Frog OTK) vs. Chris Arantes (USA – 6 points – Blackwings)
Chris Arantes (USA – Blackwings) wins

Table 8:
Daniel LaMartina (USA – 6 points – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Stefano Memoli (Italy – 6 points – Infernity)
Stefano Memoli (Italy – Infernity) wins

Table 9:
Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – 6 points – Blackwings) vs. Shogo Tanaka (Japan – 4 points – Frog Monarch)
Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings) wins

Table 10:
Sebastian Gonzalez (Belgium – 4 points – Blackwings) vs. Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – 3 points – Blackwings)
Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – Blackwings) wins

Table 11:
Jeremy Chua (Singapore – 3 points – Machina Gadgets) vs. Ewan O’Keefe (Australia – 3 points – Gladiator Beasts)
Jeremy Chua (Singapore – Machina Gadgets) wins

Table 12:
Alivin Lim (Philippines – 3 points – Machina Gadgets) vs. Sean Montague (USA – 3 points – Gladiator Beasts)
Sean Montague (USA – Gladiator Beasts) wins

Kevin Lau (New Zealand – 0 points – Gladiator Beasts) received a Bye this round and had no opponent.

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Round 4 Pairings & Results

August 14th, 2010

Now that three rounds have concluded, the field is starting to take shape. In the system used here today, 3 points are awarded to a player for a win, 1 point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. After 3 rounds, the highest number of points so far is 9.

Here are the pairings for the tables heading into Round 4.

Table 1:
Hideki Kawai (Japan – 9 points – Frog Monarch) vs. Kei Kuwano (Japan – 9 points – Herald of Perfection)
-=This Match ended in a draw.=-

Table 2:
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – 9 points – Frog OTK) vs. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – 6 points – Blackwings)
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) wins

Table 3:
Vincent Paglia (USA – 6 points – Blackwings) vs. Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – 6 points – Blackwings)
Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings) wins

Table 4:
Aaron Noel (Canada – 6 points – Blackwings) vs. Yuma Watanabe (Japan – 6 points – Blackwings)
Aaron Noel (Canada – Blackwings) wins

Table 5:
Chris Arantes (USA – 6 points – Blackwings) vs. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – 6 points – Infernity)
Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – Infernity) wins

Table 6:
Stefano Memoli (Italy – 6 points – Infernity) vs. She Wei Hao (Taiwan – 6 points – Frog Monarch)
She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) wins

Table 7:
Sebastian Gonzalez (Belgium – 4 points – Blackwings) vs. Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – 6 points – Gigavise)
Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – Gigavise) wins

Table 8:
Rodrigo Togores (Spain – 3 points – Frog OTK) vs. Shogo Tanaka (Japan – 4 points – Frog Monarch)
Rodrigo Togores (Spain – Frog OTK) wins

Table 9:
Alivin Lim (Philippines – 3 points – Machina Gadgets) vs. Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – 3 points – Frog OTK)
Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – Frog OTK) wins

Table 10:
Sean Montague (USA – 3 points – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Luk Chi Hang (Hong Kong – 3 points – Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
Luk Chi Hang (Hong Kong – Quickdraw Dandywarrior) wins

Table 11:
Daniel LaMartina (USA – 3 points – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – 3 points – Blackwings)
Daniel LaMartina (USA – Gladiator Beasts) wins

Table 12:
Kevin Lau (New Zealand – 0 points – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Jeremy Chua (Singapore – 0 points – Machina Gadgets)
Jeremy Chua (Singapore – Machina Gadgets) wins

Ewan O’Keefe (Australia – Gladiator Beasts) received a Bye this round and had no opponent.

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Round 3 Pairings & Results

August 14th, 2010

As we head into round 3 (of 5), here are the pairings for this round:

Chris Arantes (USA – Blackwings) vs. Alivin Lim (Philippines – Machina Gadgets)
Chris Arantes (USA – Blackwings) wins

Jeremy Chua (Singapore – Machina Gadgets) vs. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – Infernity)
Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – Infernity) wins

Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) vs. Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – Gigavise)
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) wins

Sebastian Gonzalez (Belgium – Blackwings) vs. Shogo Tanaka (Japan – Frog Monarch)
-=This Match ended in a draw.=-

She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) vs. Yuma Watanabe (Japan – Blackwings)
She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) wins

Hideki Kawai (Japan – Frog Monarch) vs. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings)
Hideki Kawai (Japan – Frog Monarch) wins

Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) vs. Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings)
Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) wins

Daniel LaMartina (USA – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – Blackwings)
Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – Blackwings) wins

Kevin Lau (New Zealand – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – Frog OTK)
Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – Frog OTK) wins

Luk Chi Hang (Hong Kong – Quickdraw Dandywarrior) vs. Stefano Memoli (Italy – Infernity)
Stefano Memoli (Italy – Infernity) wins

Aaron Noel (Canada – Blackwings) vs. Rodrigo Togores (Spain – Frog OTK)
Aaron Noel (Canada – Blackwings) wins

Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – Blackwings) vs. Ewan O’Keefe (Australia – Gladiator Beasts)
Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – Blackwings) wins

Sean Montague (USA – Gladiator Beasts) received a Bye this round and had no opponent.

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Round 2 Pairings & Results

August 14th, 2010

Chris Arantes (USA – Blackwings) vs. Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings)
Tae Woo Kim (South Korea – Blackwings) wins

Jeremy Chua (Singapore – Machina Gadgets) vs. Alivin Lim (Philippines – Machina Gadgets)
Alivin Lim (Philippines – Machina Gadgets) wins

Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) vs. Sebastian Gonzalez (Belgium – Blackwings)
Galileo De Obaldia (Panama – Frog OTK) wins

She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) vs. Benjamin Tan Hong Hwee (Singapore – Blackwings)
She Wei Hao (Taiwan – Frog Monarch) wins

Hideki Kawai (Japan – Frog Monarch) vs. Stefano Sluis (Netherlands – Infernity)
Hideki Kawai (Japan – Frog Monarch) wins

Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) vs. Stefano Memoli (Italy – Infernity)
Kei Kuwano (Japan – Herald of Perfection) wins

Daniel LaMartina (USA – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Kevin Lau (New Zealand – Gladiator Beasts)
Daniel LaMartina (USA – Gladiator Beasts) wins

Luk Chi Hang (Hong Kong – Quickdraw Dandywarrior) vs. Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – Gigavise)
Tan Sung Lee (Malaysia – Gigavise) wins

Sean Montague (USA – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Rodrigo Togores (Spain – Frog OTK)
Rodrigo Togores (Spain – Frog OTK) wins

Aaron Noel (Canada – Blackwings) vs. Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings)
Vincent Paglia (USA – Blackwings) wins

Ewan O’Keefe (Australia – Gladiator Beasts) vs. Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – Blackwings)
Thanin Siripojanakul (Thailand – Blackwings) wins

Yuma Watanabe (Japan – Blackwings) vs. Juan Pablo Vera (Argentina – Frog OTK)
Yuma Watanabe (Japan – Blackwings) wins

Shogo Tanaka (Japan – Frog Monarch) received a Bye this round and had no opponent.

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