HEY POJO,I WENT TO A TOURNAMENT IN MASTIC,NY ON JULY 11TH AT GOLDEN MEMORIES. 31 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE TOURNAMENT AND IT WAS MY FIRST. I GOT INTO THE TOP 8, MY REPORT IS AT THE BOTTOM. IT WAS TWO OUT OF THREE FOR EACH ROUND. THE FIRST PRIZE WAS A $40 GIFT CERTIFICATE.HERE IS THE DECK I USED. 1 KANGASKHAN 1 DOUBLE COLRLESS ENERGY 13 WATER ENERGIES 2 BLASTOISE 3 WARTORTLE 4 SQUIRTLE 2 GYRADOS 3 MAGIKARP 13 FIRE ENERGIES 3 NINETALES 4 VULPIX 3 PROFESSOR OAKS 4 SUPER ENERGY REMOVALS 3 POKEMON TRADERS 1 POKEMON BREEDER ROUND ONE: GAME 1- HE HAD A FIGHTING AND WATER DECK. I BASICALLY USED A NINETALES AND ENERGY REMOVALS TO STALL AS I CREATED A KILLER LINEUP ON MY BENCH. I KILLED HIM WITH MY BLASTOISE. GAME 2- I HAD ONE BASIC, A MAGIKARP I THINK. HE KILLED IT AND I HAD NO BASICS ON MY BENCH SO I LOST. GAME 3- HE WAS READY THIS TIME. I CAME FROM BEHIND AND BEAT HIM. ROUND 2: GAME 1- HE HAD A PHYCIC AND FIGHTING DECK. I GOT A BAD HAND AND HE BEAT ME WITH A MACHAMP. GAME 2- I ENERGY REMOVALED HIM MANY TIMES AND BEAT HIM WITH RAIN DANCE. GAME 3- THERE IS A 45 MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND HE WAS BEATING ME WITH HIS KANGASKHAN BUT WE RAN OUT OF TIME AND IT WAS A TIE. ROUND 3: GAME 1- I WAS PLAYING MY FRIEND BRENDAN. HE HAS A FIGHTING AND LEAF DECK. HE HAD A VENASAUR OUT AND KILLED SOME OF MY PEOPLE BUT THEN I TOOK OUT A NINETALES AND BEAT HIM. GAME 2- IT WAS TURNAROUND WIN. HE STARTED OUT GREAT. HE HAD 3 PRIZES LEFT AND I HAD 5. I TOOK OUT A BLASTOISE FINALLY AND KILLED SOME OF HIS GUYS AND HE HAD NO MORE BASICS ON HIS BENCH SO I WON. ROUND 4: GAME 1- HE HAD A LEAF DECK. I BEAT HIM WITH MY NINETALES EASILY. GAME 2- I TOOK OUT NINETALES AGAIN AND BEAT 2 OF HIS GUYS AND HE HAD NO MORE BASICS. FINALS IT WAS DOWN TO THE TOP 8. I WAS IN FIFTH. I UNFORTUNATELY PLAYED A KID WITH A FIGHTING AND ELECTRIC DECK. HE BEAT MY WATER POKEMON BADLY WITH ELECTABUZZES. HE ALSO USED HITMONCHAN'S TO HIS ADVANTAGE. THE SECOND ROUND I ALMOST PULLED OUT A BLASTOISE BUT HE USED SUPER ENERGY REMOVALS AND KILLED ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON MY DECK PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT BARRY1220@AOL.COM. THANX. MY NAME IS JONATHAN.