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The First Konami Yu-Gi-Oh Regionals in Honolulu Hawaii

It's the big day. 32 players will qualify for the US Nationals.

Comment by Anthony Akahoshi on June 20, 2009 at 1:47pm

Pairings for round 4

Table	Player		Opponent
1	Marcelo, Jasperjay	vs	Viloria, Levi
2	Coyle, Brennan	vs	Santos, John
3	Lauth, Anthony	vs	Yere, Justin
4	Martin, Ian	vs	Takahashi, Nolan
5	Imamura, Anden	vs	Kinard, Brandon
6	Balbirona, Joseph	vs	Ching, Rowen
7	Hiromoto, Cory	vs	Mayeshiro, Brian
8	Gonzalez, Juan	vs	Hioki, Sharon
9	Bauer, Chad	vs	Mark, Jay
10	Joo, Justin	vs	Zina, Pascal
11	Hwang, Lawrence	vs	Polanzi, Christopher
12	Mo, Yu-Ming	vs	Wadahara, Luke
13	Amor, Kenneth	vs	Carty, Neil
14	Isosaki, Matthew	vs	Orpilla, George
15	Prado, Zachary	vs	Wong, Nui
16	Lee, Albert	vs	Moses, Daniel
17	Iwashita, Yasuharu	vs	Steinman, Michael
18	Laurin, Ronnie Poe	vs	Patoc, Brandon
19	Chung, Michael	vs	Uehara, Jordan
20	Galcgac, Daniel	vs	Tanimoto, Elson
21	Malama, Kawelo	vs	Talub, Mario
22	Salanga, Roel	vs	Yamashiro, Tyler
23	Cummings, Casey	vs	Na, Eugene
24	Dacuycuy, Jeremy	vs	Galmiche, Jerry
25	Mori, Jacob	vs	Ong, Dinh
26	Martin-Malone, Paul	vs	Shito, Gavin
27	Jang, David	vs	Nakakuni, Stacie
28	Lastimosa, Brian	vs	Rodrigues, Shea
29	Balao, Don	vs	Castro, Connor
30	Cabildo, Tyler	vs	Tome, Matthew
31	Aila, Jordan	vs	Cates, Chance
32	Achiu, Kurt	vs	Agnes, Ejay
33	Butay, Scott	vs	Ramirez, Nick
34	Namahoe, George	vs	Santos, Delfin
35	Shimabukuro, Michael	vs	Siu, Philip
36	Barbosa, Teddy	vs	Ranada, Tyler
37	Garciua, Aaron	vs	Inman, Bryne
38	Jeong, Harrison	vs	Marumoto, Troy
39	Cummings, Kenny	vs	Noguchi, Devin
40	Bello, Bronson	vs	Teruya, Chad
41	Kamakawiwo'ol, Joel	vs	Kumano, Travis
42	Aila, Owen	vs	Nutter-Peirce, Andre Johnson
43	Sanney, Tayler	vs	Tsukiyama, Xavier
44	Brodo, Ian	vs	Witchet, Daniel
45	Aila, Brenden	vs	Tahara, Tyler
46	Agorilla, Alan	vs	Vadisirisak, Kevin
47	Ando, Justin	vs	DiTucci, Anthony

Comment by motsuji on June 20, 2009 at 2:05pm: Blackwings are dominating the field as expected. The Regionals marks the return of Nolan Takahashi to the competitive Yu-Gi-Oh scene.

In a surprising move John Santos is still at the top tables with his best showing to date.

Comment by Anthony Akahoshi on June 20, 2009 at 2:43pm

Pairings for round 5

Table	Player		Opponent
1	Viloria, Levi	vs	Yere, Justin
2	Kinard, Brandon	vs	Takahashi, Nolan
3	Ching, Rowen	vs	Coyle, Brennan
4	Galcgac, Daniel	vs	Talub, Mario
5	Bauer, Chad	vs	Mo, Yu-Ming
6	Galmiche, Jerry	vs	Santos, John
7	Salanga, Roel	vs	Zina, Pascal
8	Imamura, Anden	vs	Isosaki, Matthew
9	Patoc, Brandon	vs	Uehara, Jordan
10	Amor, Kenneth	vs	Martin, Ian
11	Marcelo, Jasperjay	vs	Wong, Nui
12	Mayeshiro, Brian	vs	Moses, Daniel
13	Gonzalez, Juan	vs	Lauth, Anthony
14	Balbirona, Joseph	vs	Iwashita, Yasuharu
15	Hwang, Lawrence	vs	Na, Eugene
16	Carty, Neil	vs	Kamakawiwo'ol, Joel
17	Castro, Connor	vs	Hiromoto, Cory
18	Cates, Chance	vs	Mori, Jacob
19	Inman, Bryne	vs	Polanzi, Christopher
20	Chung, Michael	vs	Yamashiro, Tyler
21	Barbosa, Teddy	vs	Cummings, Kenny
22	Dacuycuy, Jeremy	vs	Tanimoto, Elson
23	Lee, Albert	vs	Mark, Jay
24	Laurin, Ronnie Poe	vs	Orpilla, George
25	Butay, Scott	vs	Joo, Justin
26	Jeong, Harrison	vs	Martin-Malone, Paul
27	Jang, David	vs	Namahoe, George
28	Malama, Kawelo	vs	Wadahara, Luke
29	Cabildo, Tyler	vs	Hioki, Sharon
30	Rodrigues, Shea	vs	Steinman, Michael
31	Bello, Bronson	vs	Cummings, Casey
32	Achiu, Kurt	vs	Nutter-Peirce, Andre Johnson
33	Nakakuni, Stacie	vs	Prado, Zachary
34	Aila, Owen	vs	Ramirez, Nick
35	Ranada, Tyler	vs	Witchet, Daniel
36	Marumoto, Troy	vs	Santos, Delfin
37	Noguchi, Devin	vs	Tome, Matthew
38	Garciua, Aaron	vs	Lastimosa, Brian
39	Shito, Gavin	vs	Teruya, Chad
40	Agnes, Ejay	vs	Siu, Philip
41	DiTucci, Anthony	vs	Vadisirisak, Kevin
42	Ong, Dinh	vs	Tsukiyama, Xavier
43	Aila, Jordan	vs	Balao, Don
44	Agorilla, Alan	vs	Aila, Brenden
45	Ando, Justin	vs	Brodo, Ian
46	Sanney, Tayler	vs	Tahara, Tyler

Comment by Anthony Akahoshi on June 20, 2009 at 2:45pm

Standings after round 4

Rank	Player	Match Points	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	Ching, Rowen	4	+2	+13	0
2	Takahashi, Nolan	4	+2	+9	0
3	Yere, Justin	4	+1	+22	0
4	Kinard, Brandon	4	0	+17	0
5	Coyle, Brennan	4	0	+16	0
6	Viloria, Levi	4	-1	+10	0
7	Moses, Daniel	3	+8	+6	+9
8	Lauth, Anthony	3	+8	+3	+16
9	Imamura, Anden	3	+6	+1	+16
10	Bauer, Chad	3	+4	+10	+9
11	Galcgac, Daniel	3	+4	+9	+4
12	Balbirona, Joseph	3	+4	+7	+16
13	Marcelo, Jasperjay	3	+4	0	+16
14	Isosaki, Matthew	3	+4	-4	+9
15	Mo, Yu-Ming	3	+2	+10	+4
16	Santos, John	3	+2	+8	+16
17	Martin, Ian	3	+2	+5	+16
18	Hwang, Lawrence	3	+2	+5	+9
19	Galmiche, Jerry	3	+2	+4	+9
20	Zina, Pascal	3	+1	+10	+9
21	Amor, Kenneth	3	0	+11	+9
22	Na, Eugene	3	0	+11	+1
23	Uehara, Jordan	3	0	+9	+1
24	Gonzalez, Juan	3	0	+8	+4
25	Salanga, Roel	3	0	+5	+9
26	Wong, Nui	3	-3	+17	+1
27	Patoc, Brandon	3	-3	+10	+1
28	Iwashita, Yasuharu	3	-4	+8	+4
29	Talub, Mario	3	-6	+10	+1
30	Mayeshiro, Brian	3	-7	+6	+1
31	Cummings, Casey	2	+6	0	+25
32	Laurin, Ronnie Poe	2	+5	-9	+25
33	Lee, Albert	2	+4	+8	+20
34	Mark, Jay	2	+4	+6	+20
35	Barbosa, Teddy	2	+4	+1	+13
36	Joo, Justin	2	+4	-2	+20
36	Wadahara, Luke	2	+4	-2	+20
38	Polanzi, Christopher	2	+4	-2	+17
39	Steinman, Michael	2	+4	-6	+20
40	Carty, Neil	2	+4	-8	+25
41	Malama, Kawelo	2	+2	0	+25
42	Tanimoto, Elson	2	+2	-3	+20
43	Yamashiro, Tyler	2	+2	-3	+17
44	Butay, Scott	2	+2	-3	+13
45	Prado, Zachary	2	+1	-5	+17
46	Chung, Michael	2	0	+8	+20
47	Martin-Malone, Paul	2	0	+6	+10
48	Dacuycuy, Jeremy	2	0	+3	+20
49	Nutter-Peirce, Andre Johnson	2	0	+1	+10
50	Hiromoto, Cory	2	0	0	+17
51	Mori, Jacob	2	0	-1	+13
52	Jang, David	2	0	-2	+13
53	Namahoe, George	2	-1	+16	+10
54	Hioki, Sharon	2	-1	+2	+20
55	Jeong, Harrison	2	-1	+1	+10
56	Kamakawiwo'ol, Joel	2	-2	+5	+10
57	Inman, Bryne	2	-2	+2	+10
58	Rodrigues, Shea	2	-2	-3	+5
59	Orpilla, George	2	-3	+4	+20
60	Achiu, Kurt	2	-3	+2	+13
61	Cummings, Kenny	2	-4	+7	+10
62	Cabildo, Tyler	2	-5	+6	+10
63	Castro, Connor	2	-5	+3	+5
64	Bello, Bronson	2	-5	+2	+5
65	Cates, Chance	2	-7	-2	+5
66	Santos, Delfin	1	+8	-9	+29
67	Marumoto, Troy	1	+6	-7	+29
68	Ong, Dinh	1	+2	-8	+29
69	Tome, Matthew	1	+2	-10	+26
70	Garciua, Aaron	1	+2	-13	+21
71	Ramirez, Nick	1	+1	+6	+21
72	DiTucci, Anthony	1	+1	0	+14
73	Lastimosa, Brian	1	0	-3	+29
74	Shito, Gavin	1	0	-3	+26
75	Ranada, Tyler	1	0	-4	+26
76	Teruya, Chad	1	0	-13	+26
77	Noguchi, Devin	1	0	-17	+21
78	Nakakuni, Stacie	1	-1	0	+21
79	Siu, Philip	1	-2	+5	+21
80	Aila, Owen	1	-3	0	+21
81	Balao, Don	1	-3	-7	+21
82	Agnes, Ejay	1	-4	-8	+21
83	Aila, Jordan	1	-4	-13	+26
84	Witchet, Daniel	1	-5	+2	+14
85	Vadisirisak, Kevin	1	-5	-2	+14
86	Tsukiyama, Xavier	1	-7	-4	+14
86	Aila, Brenden	1	-7	-4	+14
88	Agorilla, Alan	0	+2	-8	+30
89	Ando, Justin	0	0	-8	+30
90	Brodo, Ian	0	0	-10	+30
91	Sanney, Tayler	0	-2	-12	+30
92	Tahara, Tyler	0	-4	-12	+30

Comment by motsuji on June 20, 2009 at 2:49pm

Comment by Anthony Akahoshi on June 20, 2009 at 3:35pm

Pairings for round 6

Table	Player		Opponent
1	Kinard, Brandon	vs	Yere, Justin
2	Ching, Rowen	vs	Galcgac, Daniel
3	Isosaki, Matthew	vs	Santos, John
4	Moses, Daniel	vs	Uehara, Jordan
5	Bauer, Chad	vs	Zina, Pascal
6	Coyle, Brennan	vs	Viloria, Levi
7	Marcelo, Jasperjay	vs	Takahashi, Nolan
8	Balbirona, Joseph	vs	Martin, Ian
9	Hwang, Lawrence	vs	Lauth, Anthony
10	Cummings, Kenny	vs	Tanimoto, Elson
11	Galmiche, Jerry	vs	Hiromoto, Cory
12	Imamura, Anden	vs	Lee, Albert
13	Amor, Kenneth	vs	Mori, Jacob
14	Gonzalez, Juan	vs	Iwashita, Yasuharu
15	Achiu, Kurt	vs	Salanga, Roel
16	Malama, Kawelo	vs	Orpilla, George
17	Cummings, Casey	vs	Prado, Zachary
18	Steinman, Michael	vs	Wong, Nui
19	Carty, Neil	vs	Na, Eugene
20	Inman, Bryne	vs	Jeong, Harrison
21	Chung, Michael	vs	Talub, Mario
22	Mo, Yu-Ming	vs	Patoc, Brandon
23	Hioki, Sharon	vs	Mayeshiro, Brian
24	Butay, Scott	vs	Jang, David
25	Nutter-Peirce, Andre Johnson	vs	Ong, Dinh
26	Dacuycuy, Jeremy	vs	Wadahara, Luke
27	Balao, Don	vs	Rodrigues, Shea
28	Mark, Jay	vs	Ramirez, Nick
29	Garciua, Aaron	vs	Martin-Malone, Paul
30	Castro, Connor	vs	Laurin, Ronnie Poe
31	Noguchi, Devin	vs	Vadisirisak, Kevin
32	Cates, Chance	vs	Kamakawiwo'ol, Joel
33	Joo, Justin	vs	Santos, Delfin
34	Siu, Philip	vs	Yamashiro, Tyler
35	Namahoe, George	vs	Teruya, Chad
36	Polanzi, Christopher	vs	Witchet, Daniel
37	Agorilla, Alan	vs	Aila, Jordan
38	Marumoto, Troy	vs	Tsukiyama, Xavier
39	Brodo, Ian	vs	Shito, Gavin
40	Nakakuni, Stacie	vs	Tome, Matthew
41	Aila, Brenden	vs	Aila, Owen
42	Agnes, Ejay	vs	Tahara, Tyler
43	Sanney, Tayler	vs	BYE

Comment by Anthony Akahoshi on June 20, 2009 at 3:36pm

Standings after round 5

Rank	Player	Match Points	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	Ching, Rowen	5	+7	+19	0
2	Yere, Justin	5	+5	+30	0
3	Kinard, Brandon	5	+3	+28	0
4	Moses, Daniel	4	+11	+17	+9
5	Lauth, Anthony	4	+9	+21	+16
6	Galcgac, Daniel	4	+7	+19	+4
7	Takahashi, Nolan	4	+7	+9	+25
8	Viloria, Levi	4	+6	+10	+25
9	Coyle, Brennan	4	+5	+23	+25
10	Bauer, Chad	4	+5	+20	+9
11	Balbirona, Joseph	4	+5	+13	+16
12	Isosaki, Matthew	4	+5	+13	+9
13	Marcelo, Jasperjay	4	+3	+16	+16
14	Zina, Pascal	4	+3	+15	+9
15	Santos, John	4	+3	+13	+16
16	Uehara, Jordan	4	+3	+11	+1
17	Martin, Ian	4	+3	+9	+16
18	Hwang, Lawrence	4	+1	+11	+9
19	Imamura, Anden	3	+10	+6	+41
20	Gonzalez, Juan	3	+7	+5	+29
21	Lee, Albert	3	+5	+21	+20
22	Galmiche, Jerry	3	+5	+10	+34
23	Amor, Kenneth	3	+5	+7	+34
24	Na, Eugene	3	+5	+7	+26
25	Steinman, Michael	3	+5	-12	+20
26	Mo, Yu-Ming	3	+4	+12	+29
27	Cummings, Casey	3	+3	+10	+25
28	Wong, Nui	3	+3	+9	+26
29	Malama, Kawelo	3	+3	+5	+25
30	Salanga, Roel	3	+3	+3	+34
31	Tanimoto, Elson	3	+3	+3	+20
32	Carty, Neil	3	+3	-2	+25
33	Butay, Scott	3	+1	+11	+13
34	Hiromoto, Cory	3	0	-6	+17
35	Patoc, Brandon	3	-1	+11	+26
35	Talub, Mario	3	-1	+11	+26
37	Chung, Michael	3	-1	+9	+20
38	Cummings, Kenny	3	-1	+5	+10
39	Orpilla, George	3	-1	+3	+20
40	Mori, Jacob	3	-1	-3	+13
41	Inman, Bryne	3	-3	+12	+10
42	Prado, Zachary	3	-3	+9	+17
43	Iwashita, Yasuharu	3	-3	+7	+29
44	Jang, David	3	-3	+5	+13
45	Mayeshiro, Brian	3	-3	+4	+26
46	Jeong, Harrison	3	-3	-3	+10
47	Achiu, Kurt	3	-5	+8	+13
48	Hioki, Sharon	3	-5	+2	+20
49	Polanzi, Christopher	2	+5	-3	+42
50	Laurin, Ronnie Poe	2	+5	-9	+50
51	Santos, Delfin	2	+3	+15	+29
52	Mark, Jay	2	+3	+13	+45
53	Namahoe, George	2	+3	+9	+35
54	Wadahara, Luke	2	+3	+4	+45
55	Joo, Justin	2	+3	+3	+45
56	Nutter-Peirce, Andre Johnson	2	+3	-6	+35
57	Dacuycuy, Jeremy	2	+1	+3	+45
58	Ramirez, Nick	2	+1	-1	+21
59	Garciua, Aaron	2	+1	-11	+21
60	Martin-Malone, Paul	2	-1	+1	+35
61	Yamashiro, Tyler	2	-1	-2	+42
62	Ong, Dinh	2	-1	-11	+29
63	Kamakawiwo'ol, Joel	2	-2	+2	+35
64	Rodrigues, Shea	2	-3	-4	+30
65	Teruya, Chad	2	-3	-7	+26
66	Noguchi, Devin	2	-3	-14	+21
67	Cates, Chance	2	-5	-7	+30
68	Castro, Connor	2	-5	-10	+30
69	Siu, Philip	2	-6	+3	+21
70	Balao, Don	2	-7	-16	+21
71	Witchet, Daniel	2	-9	-7	+14
72	Vadisirisak, Kevin	2	-11	0	+14
73	Marumoto, Troy	1	+5	+3	+54
74	Agorilla, Alan	1	+1	-22	+30
75	Nakakuni, Stacie	1	-1	-5	+46
76	Shito, Gavin	1	-1	-9	+51
77	Tome, Matthew	1	-1	-15	+51
78	Agnes, Ejay	1	-2	-25	+46
79	Brodo, Ian	1	-3	-12	+30
80	Aila, Jordan	1	-5	-25	+51
81	Aila, Owen	1	-7	+1	+46
82	Tsukiyama, Xavier	1	-7	-13	+39
83	Tahara, Tyler	1	-7	-22	+30
84	Aila, Brenden	1	-10	-14	+39
85	Sanney, Tayler	0	-7	-19	+55

Comment by motsuji on June 20, 2009 at 3:45pm

Comment by kjay on June 20, 2009 at 3:49pm: CHYEAA.
GO ROWEN CHANK!!!!!!1111
holy crap rowen. nice record bro. first at round 5, frickin amazing.

Comment by Anthony Akahoshi on June 20, 2009 at 4:30pm

Pairings for round 7

Table	Player		Opponent
1	Ching, Rowen	vs	Kinard, Brandon
2	Balbirona, Joseph	vs	Zina, Pascal
3	Isosaki, Matthew	vs	Takahashi, Nolan
4	Coyle, Brennan	vs	Yere, Justin
5	Galcgac, Daniel	vs	Lauth, Anthony
6	Martin, Ian	vs	Uehara, Jordan
7	Achiu, Kurt	vs	Orpilla, George
8	Hwang, Lawrence	vs	Talub, Mario
9	Lee, Albert	vs	Marcelo, Jasperjay
10	Bauer, Chad	vs	Viloria, Levi
11	Hiromoto, Cory	vs	Jang, David
12	Jeong, Harrison	vs	Moses, Daniel
13	Mayeshiro, Brian	vs	Na, Eugene
14	Cummings, Casey	vs	Iwashita, Yasuharu
15	Cummings, Kenny	vs	Steinman, Michael
16	Mo, Yu-Ming	vs	Mori, Jacob
17	Rodrigues, Shea	vs	Santos, John
18	Chung, Michael	vs	Tanimoto, Elson
19	Imamura, Anden	vs	Polanzi, Christopher
20	Castro, Connor	vs	Malama, Kawelo
21	Hioki, Sharon	vs	Wong, Nui
22	Amor, Kenneth	vs	Butay, Scott
23	Nutter-Peirce, Andre Johnson	vs	Salanga, Roel
24	Prado, Zachary	vs	Yamashiro, Tyler
25	Ramirez, Nick	vs	Santos, Delfin
26	Carty, Neil	vs	Martin-Malone, Paul
27	Gonzalez, Juan	vs	Inman, Bryne
28	Dacuycuy, Jeremy	vs	Noguchi, Devin
29	Kamakawiwo'ol, Joel	vs	Namahoe, George
30	Agnes, Ejay	vs	Wadahara, Luke
31	Mark, Jay	vs	Teruya, Chad
32	Balao, Don	vs	Garciua, Aaron
33	Nakakuni, Stacie	vs	Ong, Dinh
34	Marumoto, Troy	vs	Vadisirisak, Kevin
35	Aila, Jordan	vs	Aila, Owen
36	Cates, Chance	vs	Joo, Justin
37	Laurin, Ronnie Poe	vs	Witchet, Daniel
38	Agorilla, Alan	vs	Brodo, Ian
39	Tahara, Tyler	vs	Tsukiyama, Xavier
40	Aila, Brenden	vs	Shito, Gavin