Hawaii Players Competing in Pro Tour: Honolulu

[Matty the Squid]

The Magic, the Gathering Pro Tour: Honolulu is currently underway, and four players from Hawaii are right in the thick of things, fighting for the home team at the big show. Three of the players qualified through the local PTQ's: Andrew Graham, Dane J. Young, and James Kuwata, but one player earned his spot late last night (or early this morning, really) at the last chance qualifier, James Bishop. We'll be updating this blog here with their progress throughout the day.

Five rounds have passed so far, and here's how those went:

Round 1
James Bishop Lost 0-2 vs. Frank Karsten
Andrew Graham Lost 0-2 vs. Paulo Vitor da Rosa
James Kuwata Lost 0-2 vs. Brian Hegstad
Dane Young Won 2-1 vs. Tyler Mantey

Round 2
James Bishop Won 2-0 vs. Ben Rubin
Andrew Graham Lost 1-2 vs. Riccardo Neri
James Kuwata Won 2-1 vs. Tiago Chan
Dane Young Lost 1-2 vs. Ville Schalin

Round 3
James Bishop Lost 0-2 vs. Michal Gorski
Andrew Graham Lost 0-2 vs. Joel Calafell
James Kuwata Lost 0-2 vs. Josh Utter-Leyton
Dane Young Won 2-0 vs. Jonathon Loucks

Round 4
James Bishop Lost 1-2 vs. Steve Golenda
Andrew Graham Lost 1-2 vs. Tom Visconti
James Kuwata Lost 0-2 vs. Peter Kesteloo
Dane Young Lost 1-2 vs. Max McCall

Round 5
James Bishop Won 2-1 vs. Tiago Chan
Andrew Graham Drew 1-1 vs. Andrejs Prost
James Kuwata Lost 0-2 vs. Steve Locke
Dane Young Lost 1-2 vs. Carlo Mazzurco

Update 6/5 5:30 PM

Another round down, and here are the results:

Round 6
James Bishop Won 2-0 vs. Simon Gilgenbach
Andrew Graham Won 2-0 vs. Konrad Sokolowski
James Kuwata Lost 1-2 vs. Cedric Phillips
Dane Young Lost 1-2 vs. Jakub Toth

Update 6/5 7:50 PM

The last two rounds of day one have come to a close, and here's a look at how those went:

Round 7
James Bishop Lost 0-2 vs. Masaru Izumi
Andrew Graham Won 2-0 vs. Stuart Benson
Dane Young Lost 0-2 vs. Gerard Fabiano

Round 8
James Bishop Lost 1-2 vs. Florian Pils
Andrew Graham Lost 1-2 vs. Rafael Parra Trujillo

So at the end of the day, here's how the guys finished in the final standings:

James Bishop: 283 (9 match points)
Andrew Graham: 316 (7 match points)
Dane Young: 330 (6 match points)
James Kuwata: 374 (3 match points)

Unfortunately. 15 points was the cutoff for day two, so none of our players will be making it into the second day of competition. It was a solid showing nonetheless, and we not only congratulate our players on their victories, but wish them luck in any futre events they play in throughout the weekend!