PTQ 2010 San Diego

[motsuji]

36 players showed up for the last PTQ for 2009.

[James]

I have to say preparing for the event does help as I noticed that majority of the top 8 and almost all the 4-2's had played at the sealed the earlier saturday and 5 of the 8 people I drafted with on Thursday made tenth or better (jeff lee, andrew graham, analynn bustamante, tim thomason and myself) just playing a limited event for zendikar helped as you gain valuable information on strong cards/colors, etc. Although bad days do happen.

Btw jeff another Emeria land today in my sealed pool making for 3 pools in a row along with opening it in my past 2 drafts

[Matty the Squid]

Man, all eight players drawing into the top 8 might be the lamest ever. It's unfortunate when the pairings work out like that, but can't really be helped I guess. Pretty tough beat for everyone else though.

Glad to hear the event ran smoothly. Any new judges get certified after the event? I sure hope so.

Grats on the win, Jeff. Maybe I'll see you there.

(Hey, on the topic of land-flood and land-screw, would you believe there're card games out there that don't have those problems? Juuuuuuuust sayin'.)

[The Dane Train]

Nicely done, Matty. By the way... was there a David Toops sighting?!

[Charli Toratani]

yeah. david stops by once in a while =0)

[Jeff]

thanks matt =) hope to see you there. also hope some people will make the trip up there with me. hollywood was super fun, had like 10 people from hawaii that went up.

[James]

il go so long the water stays safe...

[Grant Nakano]

I hope the water in San Diego is not as bad as the water in Las Vegas...

[Todd Ozawa]

Unfortunately, I can't comment on the judge cetrification. Also I forgot to mention another Big Islander who made the flight over, Elliot Warkus. I'd watch out for him at the next PTQ!