Hey, I competed at a pokemon tourney at a local card shop called Past Present 
Future on 7/16/99. I used a very good deck, but sometimes I got really bad 
hands. My match record was 4 wins 2 losses, and my game record was 6 wins 5 
losses.
My deck:
4xCharmander
3xCharmeleon
2xCharizard
2xEvee
1xFlarion
2xGrowlithe
1xArcanine
3xPoliwag
2xPoliwhirl
1xPoliwrath
2xMajikarp
1xGyarados
13xWater Energy
13xFire Energy
2xDouble Colorless Energy
1xOak
1xCPU search
2xSuper Potion
4xBill   

Now the tourney results
Match 1: a guy useing a fire electric deck
Game 1: Very easy, he drew only pokemon, never got any energy until it was to 
late.
He had 2 Pikachu, 1Voltorb/Electrode, 1 Growlithe, and a Magmar on his bench, 
he had an electubuzz out. I had a poliwag out and evolved him into poliwhirl 
and kept using Amnesia until I got poliwrath( with a CPU search), I then 
destroyed all his electric with whirlpool, and killed his magmar. I win
Game 2: This sucked, all I drew was a dambed Charmander, he sent out 
Electabuzz and killed my only basic. I lose
Game 3: This was a hard match all I had was a growlithe and arcanine  and 5 
fire energy, and he had a pikachu, raichu, and buzz. He sent out buzz, but he 
didn't touch me, he had no energy. I KOed buzz and he sent out raichu, but 
not enought energy to attack. I dameged him badly with growlithe and evolved 
him into arcanine, raichu then did thunder, my arcanine was 10hp away for 
doom, but then the kid had to filp the coin, and it landed on heads??? 
therefor knocking out his only pokemon. I win.
Match record 2,0 Game record 2,1 
Match 2: hardest one I fought, he also cheated, but was in some relation to 
the judge, so it didn't matter. He had water phycic
Game1: He gets the best hand, I got the worst. He killed my only pokemon, 
Charmander, with his Blastoise.I lose
Game 2: He gets the same hand, he didn't shuffle.I got a better hand. I KOed 
his Pyduck, and squirtle, with Charmeleon. He brought out Blastoise and 
killed my Charmeleon, and he takes 4 prizes!!!! He tells me to take 2 then, 
but I don' t. I get my Charizard out and kill all but one pokemon, I have 1 
prize he has 2. He then Koed my Charizard, and I brought out Poliwhirl, and I 
evolve it into poliwrath, He gust of winds me and brings in my Gyarados, I 
paralyze him and almost KO him, he gust of winds me and brings out Poliwrath, 
but he also uses 1 Super Potion. He attaches one energy, and says he is going 
to use his pokemon power, he attaches another energy then KO's me, he KOed me 
after he used full heal, but he used his pokemon power before full heal.I lose
Match record 1,1 Game record 2,3
Match 3: a rainbow color deck
Game 1: He only gets an abra, I get a Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, 2 
DCE, 2 Fire Energy. His Abra never gets the right energy and he doesnt draw 
ant more basics I get a full powered Charizard, and toast him.I win
Game 2: He gets a even crappier hand, with a majikarp, but no energy just 
diffrent evolutions. I koed his Majikarp with ember from my charmander.I win
Match record 2,1 game record 4,3
Final Death 1: A very easy deck, fire grass.
I KOed his weedle with Charmanders Ember. I win
Match record 3,1 Game record 5,3
Final Death 2: same guy as match 3
He KOed both my Evees with machop, but I brought out a full powered 
charizard, end of story. I win
Match record 4,1 Game record 6,3
Final eight: Last match he used a pur grass deck with some colorless.
Game1: I get a charmander, he gets Scyther. end of story. I lose.
Game 2: I get only a charmander,evee, and growlithe. He gets 2 Scythers, 
1Pincer, and a lot of energy. I build up my charmander so I could get a 
charizard with CPU search. He KOes my evees, growlithe, and a poliwag. My 
Charmeleon is all powered up, and I get a CPU search, I search through my 
deck for my Charizards only to realize they are both in my prizes, so I get a 
Super Potion. It doesn't help, I fall to his 3rd Scyther, I KOed 2, and a 
Pincer. I lose.
Match record 4,2 Game record 6,5.
I was in eight place and got 15 dollars in store credit.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me.
This is "The Pokemaster" signing off. 
e-mail me at: Rage161616@aol.com