Pokemon: 13

3 Scyther
2 Electabuzz
1 Hitmonchan
2 Ryhorn
2 Farfetch'd
2 Tauros
1 Ditto

Trainers: 22

4 Potion
2 Super Potion
4 Energy Removal
2 Super Energy Removal
2 Gust of Wind
2 Switch
2 Professor Oak
2 Bill
2 Plus Power

Energy: 26

7 electric
7 plant
8 fighting
3 double colorless

On to the matches!

Game 1: vs. a kid w/ a colorless deck

    This game was one of my tougher ones, but it was no problem. I got a bad start by getting a mulligan. I redrew and ended up with hitmonchan out and a farfetch'd on my bench. he started and put an energy on spearow which was his only basic and used peck.  I attached a fighting energy to chan & used jab with no effect.  He drew a pidgey and attached an energy to it.  He used peck again for another 10 damage.  after a couple more turns and 2 potions chan was fully powered and slowly beat up spearow.  After that my hitmonchan basically just plowed straight through them.  a couple well placed energy removals and super potions sent his deck packing.
Win 1-0 for 20 points

Game 2: a kid w/ a grass deck

This game was the shortest one I had ever played, I got a godly hand: scyther, farfetch'd, grass energy x2, DCE, gust of wind and a switch.  He only had a tangela.  I went first and attached a grass to scyther using swords dance.  He attached grass to tangela.  I attached a double colorless and slash for 60, the KO, and the win!  that was way to fast for my liking but I'll take it.
Win 2-0 for 40 points

Game 3: vs. an adult Cub scout leader w/ a water/fighting deck

    This game was lopsided because I got another good hand.  My scyther just tore through his many poliwags and squirtles but he ended up stalling with an Eevee for quite a while.  I eventually switched a Tauros in and stomped my way to victory.
Win 3-0 for 60 points

Game 4: vs the same guy but w/ a starter deck.

     This time he used a starrter deck but he wasn't able to get a lot of bench support other than machops.  I got a Tauros out first and was able to keep them at bay by using energy removals and potions.  once Tauros was charged I used all the damage on him and went on a rampage (quite literally) and plowed through his energyless Pokemon.
Win 4-0 for 80 Points

Game 5: vs. an Adult w/ a cool Haymaker variant

    This guy had a pretty good looking deck.  I started with a mulligan but got luck because he was not in a great energy situation, so my energy removals were pretty devastating. I had a Ryhorn against his Gastly but I was eventually able to pull Ryhorn out of the way. I used scyther & a gust of wind to take down a Pikachu and then I pulled back my badly battered scyther and sent out a tauros who mowed throught the remaining psychic guys.
Win 5-0 for 100 Points!

    My deck shined today and when the dust settled I realized that I lost a total of 1 prize.  I'd say that's pretty good.  The gym leader Gave me and the others there a Promo Mew and a Promo Pikachu! Alright!

Now for Props and slops!

Props to:
-ToysRus for having a great place to play.
-everyone that showed up for the event.
-the guy from game #5 for making a couple great trades to me.
-The gym leader for giving us the Promo Cards.
Slops to:
-A kid that was rubbing it in that he beat my sister. I actually played him later that day,
    see game #2 :-)

Thanks everyone for reading!
Jason
jasonb@foxinternet.net