Whhooo hooo! Second Place! Oh... only two boosters. Oh well, the tournament
had about 18-24 people and I got second. My finish was achieved at Games,
Hobbies and Collectables in Laguna Hills CA. There was allot going on during
the games so I'll give you who won deck I faced and what it had. Also, there
was no prize card rule, just single elimination in 2-3 games.

Pokemon:
4 Hitmochan
4 Magikarp
3 Gyrados
4 Seel
3 Dewgong
2 Chansey

Trainers:
4 energy removal
3 super energy removal
3 pokemon trader
2 prof. oak

Energy:
15 Water
10 Fighting
3 double colorless

Tourny report:

round one: I came up against a all psychic deck centered around mewtwo and
mr. mime.
    game one: one pokemon and six energys, loss
    game two: beat down on mr. mime and mewtwo with hitmochan, win
    game three: beat down on mr. mime, again, win

round two:too many people, so I get the bye

round three: vs. fire/water deck so this was easy
    game one: I send out hitmochan, off a few pokemon, retreat bring out
gyarados, the end.
    game two: start with seel, retreat and bring out hitmochan and the game
was over

semifinals: against a all fire deck, he was allready six feet under
    game one: off magmar with hitmochan, no bench I win.
    game two: magmar again but vs. seel with dewgong and energy in hand, the
end

final: vs. a quick grass/fighting/removal deck with scyther, pinsir and
hitmochan
    game one: we both start with hitmochan, he removes for the rest of the
game, loss
    game two: same start, no energy, kills hitmochan then seel, no bench,loss

prize: I got two base set boosters with electabuzz and dugtrio in them (sweet)

pojo I don't know if you got my other e-mail, but if not my deck is based on
coming out quick with hitmochan and putin' it away with her (notice the
skirt) or dewgong and gyarados. Why chansey? Because you can stall with him
and power up your guys on the bench if you dont get hitmochan

e-mail me at: mwallerste@aol.com

thanks: from "Bob"