After 11 Swiss Rounds and 5 Rounds of Single Elimination, the January 2022 North America Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Remote Duel YCS Champion is Kamal Derrick El Crooks-Valdez. He successively piloted his Lyrilusc Tri-Brigade Deck over the two-day event to become the YCS Champion.
Kamal’s Lyrilusc Tri-Brigade vs. Walter’s Swordsoul Tenyi
Table Player 1 Player 2 1 Kamal Derrick El Crooks-Valdez Walter Jule
Only 1 more Swiss Round before Top Cut.
Rank Player Name Points 1 Chance James Romero 30 2 Andrew Robert Hadfield 28 3 Cole Dylan Chad Maki 28 4 Kamal Derrick El Crooks-Valdez 27 5 Samuel H. Chung 27 6 Ethan NY Lin 27 7 Marjanco Nikolce Gorgievski 27 8 Anthony NY Xu 27 9 Walter CA Jule 27 10 Seyed Mohammad Aghaseyedali 27 11 Dominic Eduardo Couch 27 12 Brian CA Chen 27 13 Pierluigi FL Sorrentino 27 14 Andres Arreola Jr. 25 15 Yi NY Tong 25 16 Shaheen Waheed Harara 25 17 Landon Edward Oliver 25 18 Jeremy Joseph Yee 25 19 Fabio FL Pieraccioli 25 20 Yuhao Ye 24 21 Rolando Geraldo Mora Jr. 24 22 Luke Joseph Parkes 24 23 Johnathan Wayne Gochenour 24 24 Brandon Taylor Conrad 24 25 Nicholas Anthony Racioppi 24 26 Paul Stephen Aronson 24 27 Keegan Dane Spotts 24 28 Joseph Francis Dietrich 24 29 Sebastian Wesley Todd 24 30 Xinyu CO Jiang 24 31 Patrick Jefferson Hoban 24 32 David CA Arzate-Ochoa Jr. 24 33 Ali ON Imran 24 34 Alexander Bienvenido PA Dominguez 24 35 Cengizhan NY Gergef 24 36 Ryan Ryouichi Sano 24 37 Tristan Daniel Bridges 24 38 Javier Antonio FL Soto 24 39 Jake Paul Quinsee 24 40 Herman Hans Hansson 24 41 William Russell Candia 24 42 Andrew NY Paller 24 43 Kenny Huy CA Nguyen 24 44 Chin-Lin Yu 24 45 Jared Michael Norton 24 46 Nicholas Dwayne FL Chung 24 47 Aaron Demarco Pastrana 24 48 Keanu Nathaniel Shemar Singh 24 49 James Michael Guerrero Fuzia 24 50 Bohdan John Temnyk 24 51 Maurice Antwon Brantley 24 52 Colin Thomas Pillai 24 53 Jordon Marshall Gaubert 24 54 Solomon Moses Moran 24 55 Ricardo PR Feneque Esquilin 24 56 Pakawat Thomas Pamornsut 24 57 Jackson Dillon Rauch 24 58 Grabiel Jose FL Molina 24 59 Ashik Mohammed GA Nabit 24 60 Vincenzo FL Orofino 24 61 Fabio FL Zuccato 24 62 Simon Yu Xiang He 24 63 Thomas John NY Williams 24 64 Brendan Ivan Broadnax 24 65 Ethan Robert Senecal 24 66 Ivan Ronald Cortez 23 67 Justin H. Moon 23 68 Michael Joseph Tamez 22 69 Jayesh Yogeshchandra Madani 22 70 Michael ON Zhen 22 71 Mark Anthony Bautista CA Campos 22 72 Dominick Nelson Townsend 22 73 Israel Francisco NJ Leiva Javier 22 74 Hanko Hon Kau Chow 22 75 Roberto Carlos TX Hernandez Bonilla 22 76 Andrew Elliot Jacobson 22 77 Samuel Duane Gilbert 22 78 Nazeer Kodesh Omari Robinson 22 79 Robert Matthew Cunningham 22 80 Kenneth Andrew-Thomas McCarthy 22 81 Abraham PR Rivera Cruz 22 82 Jose Miguel FL Pinet 22 83 Recner Alvarado Lugardo 22 84 Michael Haynes MI Thomas 21 85 Jesse Dean Kotton 21 86 Casey Ray GA Martin 21 87 Mohammed Faisal Khan 21 88 Justin Andrew Singh 21 89 Brett Angel 21 90 Manan NY Bhandari 21 91 Enzo Maximiliano Fiallos Velasco 21 92 Jessie Dava Burow 21 93 Raymond PA Yu 21 94 Matthew Jesse McRae 21 95 Julian James Demeritte 21 96 Pedro Eddye Parreno 21 97 Hansel Erik Aguero 21 98 George Lucas Sacco 21 99 Jarrid Daniel Centamore 21 100 Elias Tsirogiannis 21 101 Charley Ray Futch III 21 102 Solomon Grant Skuljicak 21 103 Santiago IL Gonzalez 21 104 Gabriel Bonneau 21 105 Austin Zachary AB Golden 21 106 Oscar CA Palma 21 107 Michael Thomas PA Curry Jr. 21 108 Cyrine Micheal El Rassy 21 109 Wyatt Leland Brannock 19 110 Joshua Brandon Cantos 19 111 Alexander Roger Markowitz 19 112 Charles Torrella Jr. 19 113 Jean Carlos TX Arroyo 19 114 Christopher Matthew Beltran 19
This is our final Swiss Round today before we cut to the single elimination. Who will Duel their way into the Top 32?
Table Player 1 Player 2 1 Chance James Romero Andrew Robert Hadfield 2 Walter CA Jule Cole Dylan Chad Maki 3 Kamal Derrick El Crooks-Valdez Pierluigi FL Sorrentino 4 Samuel H. Chung Ethan NY Lin 5 Brian CA Chen Dominic Eduardo Couch 6 Seyed Mohammad Aghaseyedali Anthony NY Xu 7 Marjanco Nikolce Gorgievski Landon Edward Oliver 8 Andres Arreola Jr. Fabio FL Pieraccioli 9 Shaheen Waheed Harara Jeremy Joseph Yee 10 Yi NY Tong Andrew NY Paller 11 Solomon Moses Moran Sebastian Wesley Todd 12 Alexander Bienvenido PA Dominguez Grabiel Jose FL Molina 13 Tristan Daniel Bridges Jake Paul Quinsee 14 Herman Hans Hansson Cengizhan NY Gergef 15 Jackson Dillon Rauch Brendan Ivan Broadnax 16 Ethan Robert Senecal Ali ON Imran 17 Ryan Ryouichi Sano Pakawat Thomas Pamornsut 18 Xinyu CO Jiang Joseph Francis Dietrich 19 Ricardo PR Feneque Esquilin Brandon Taylor Conrad 20 Patrick Jefferson Hoban Chin-Lin Yu 21 Keanu Nathaniel Shemar Singh Bohdan John Temnyk 22 Jordon Marshall Gaubert Nicholas Dwayne FL Chung 23 William Russell Candia Simon Yu Xiang He 24 Jared Michael Norton Thomas John NY Williams 25 Aaron Demarco Pastrana Luke Joseph Parkes 26 Ashik Mohammed GA Nabit Fabio FL Zuccato 27 David CA Arzate-Ochoa Jr. Rolando Geraldo Mora Jr. 28 Maurice Antwon Brantley Paul Stephen Aronson 29 Nicholas Anthony Racioppi Keegan Dane Spotts 30 Javier Antonio FL Soto Vincenzo FL Orofino 31 Kenny Huy CA Nguyen Johnathan Wayne Gochenour 32 James Michael Guerrero Fuzia Colin Thomas Pillai 33 Ivan Ronald Cortez Yuhao Ye 34 Robert Matthew Cunningham Justin H. Moon 35 Nazeer Kodesh Omari Robinson Recner Alvarado Lugardo 36 Andrew Elliot Jacobson Dominick Nelson Townsend 37 Abraham PR Rivera Cruz Mark Anthony Bautista CA Campos 38 Jayesh Yogeshchandra Madani Michael ON Zhen 39 Samuel Duane Gilbert Israel Francisco NJ Leiva Javier 40 Kenneth Andrew-Thomas McCarthy Hanko Hon Kau Chow 41 Michael Joseph Tamez Roberto Carlos TX Hernandez Bonilla 42 Jose Miguel FL Pinet Justin Andrew Singh 43 Brett Angel Charley Ray Futch III 44 Enzo Maximiliano Fiallos Velasco Santiago IL Gonzalez 45 Elias Tsirogiannis Gabriel Bonneau 46 Jesse Dean Kotton Solomon Grant Skuljicak 47 Raymond PA Yu Pedro Eddye Parreno 48 Mohammed Faisal Khan Casey Ray GA Martin 49 Michael Haynes MI Thomas Austin Zachary AB Golden 50 Hansel Erik Aguero Julian James Demeritte 51 Jarrid Daniel Centamore Matthew Jesse McRae 52 Michael Thomas PA Curry Jr. Cyrine Micheal El Rassy 53 George Lucas Sacco Oscar CA Palma 54 Jessie Dava Burow Manan NY Bhandari 55 Christopher Matthew Beltran Alexander Roger Markowitz 56 Joshua Brandon Cantos Charles Torrella Jr. 57 Wyatt Leland Brannock Jean Carlos TX Arroyo