Place   : Dublin, Ireland

Date    : 5 August 2000

My Deck : Haymiker ( the spelling is correct ! )



4 Hitmonchan

4 Electabuzz

4 Scyther

2 Machop

4 Bill

4 Plus Power

3 Energy Removal

3 Super Energy Removal

2 Energy Retriveal

2 Professor Oak

2 Gust of Wind

1 Item Finder

1 Challenge

12 Fighting

8 Electric

4 Double Colorless



Round 1 vs. Shane ( my little brother ! ) with his Fire-Psychic

I get an average hand with Hitmonchan, Scyther, Plus Power, 3 Fighting
and an Electric. I send out Scyther and bench Hitmonchan. He wins the
toss flips over his active Vulpix and his benched Jigglypuff. He bills
attaches a fire to Vulpix and passes. I draw an Energy Removal and
remove his Vulpix. Attach a Fighting to Hitmonchan and Jab. He draws
attaches a Double Colorless to Jigglypuff and passes. I draw a Double
Colorless, attach a fighting to Hitmonchan and Jab his Vulpix to death
with a Plus Power. I draw Electabuzz as my prize. He draws, and, seeing
it's his only chance Lullabyes. I flip it's HEADS !
YES ! I draw a Bill attach a Fighting to Hitmonchan and Special Punch
for the match ! ( he had no basics )

Round 2 vs. Alan with his Rain Dance

My easiest match, he starts wth Squirtle and no bench I start with
Scyther active and Electabuzz benched. I win the toss, draw a Bill and
use it. YYYEEESSS !!! It's two PLUS POWERS ! I retreat Scyther, attach
a Lighting and 2 Plus Powers to Electabuzz and Thundershock for the win.
He then says " You're evil " and shows me a Breeder and a Blastoise from
his hand.

Round 3 vs. Steven with Do the Wave

I get an absolutely *$%! opening hand - Machop, 3 Fighting and 3
Electric.  I win the toss and he flips over a Jigglypuff but no bench.
I draw a Bill and use it getting a Plus Power and an Oak. YYEESS !! I
attach the Plus Power and a Fighting to Machop and Oak. I get 2
Hitmonchan, an Item Finder, an Energy Retiveal, a Gust of Wind and 2
Fighting. Damn no Plus Power ! I bench the Hitmonchan and Low Kick for
50. He attaches a Double Colorless to Jigglypuff and Lullabyes. I flip
and it's TAILS ! NOOO ! I draw a Fighting give it to Hitmonchan and
pass. I flip the coin and it's tails I'm still asleep !He draws, gives
Jigglypuff a Fire energy, evolves it into Wigglytuff and benches Magmar,
Scyther and Jigglypuff. He attaches a Plus Power and Does the Wave for
the kill and draws a prize. I send Hitmonchan and draw a Gust of Wind.
I attach a fighting energy to Hitmonchan and bench a second Hitmonchan.
I Jab Wigglytuff for the kill and draw Electabuzz as my prize. He sends
out a Scyther, draws and attaches a Double Colorless to Scyther and
passes. I draw an Energy Removal and attach an Electric to Hitmonchan,
Gust out the Jigglypuff, Energy Remove Scyther's Double Colorless and
Special Punch Jigglypuff. I draw a Super Energy Removal as my prize and
he sends out Scyther. He draws, attaches a Fire to Scyther and passes.
I draw a Fighting, attach an Electric to Electabuzz, retreat Hitmonchan
leaving him with only one Fighting and Thundershock with no Paralysis.
He draws, attaches a Grass to Scyther and Swords Dances. I draw a
Fighting give it to Electabuzz and Thunderpunch for 40. He draws,
attaches a Fire to Scyther and Slashes for 60. I draw an Energy
Retriveal, attach a Fighting to Hitmonchan, ( I Energy Retrivealed with
an Item Finder ) and Thunderpunch with tails and we each draw a prize.
( I drew a Bill ) He promotes Magmar and I send out Hitmonchan. He
draws and passes. I draw a Fighting which I give to Hitmonchan and
Special Punch for 40. He draws and for some strange reason SCOOPS UP
MAGMAR !? He tries to put it down again and I tell him he's lost !

There was a break between rounds 3 & 4. I went to see the standings and
I was joint first with my friend Aidan and some guy called Barry. I
went to Burger King and then it was time for Round 4.

Round 4 vs. Barry with Mulligan Mewtwo ( zzzzzzzzzzz )

Before the match I was thinking how is he joint first ? He mulligan 3
times and I drew 4 extra cards. I now had : Electabuzz, Hitmonchan,
Bill, Energy Retriveal, 4 Electric and 3 Fighting. I sent out
Hitmonchan and benched Electabuzz. I won the flip and he had a Mewtwo
( Base ). I drew a Fighting, attached it to Hitmonchan and Jabbed. He
drew, attached a Psychic to Mewtwo and passed. I drew a Lightning, gave
a Fighting to Hitmonchan and Jabbed. He drew and Barriered. I drew a 
Plus Power and billed for a DCE and a Lightning. I attached a Fighting
to Hitmonchan and passed. He drew and Barriered. I drew a Plus Power
and Passed. He drew and Barriered. I drew an Oak and used it. I got :
a Challenge, a Bill, an Oak, a Fighting, an Energy Retriveal, a SUPER
ENERGY REMOVAL AND AN ENERGY REMOVAL. I removed his Mewtwo and passed.
He drew and attached a Psychic to Mewtwo and resigned.

Round 5 vs. Conor with Rain Dance

I drew a Scyther which I sent out, a Machop which I benched, two Energy
Removal, a SER, a Challenge and a Fighting. He won the toss and had a
Lapras but no bench. He drew, attached a Water to Lapras and Water
Gunned for 10. I drew a  Scyther, benched it, gave a Fighting to Machop
and Removed the Lapras. I then retreated Scyther and Low Kicked. He
drew, benhed a Magikarp andattached a Water to it. Then he benched a
Squirtle and passed. I drew a Lightning and Challenged him but he
declined. I drew a Scyther and a Fighting, gave it to  Scyther and Low
Kicked. He drew, gave a Water to Magikarp and passed. I drew an
Electabuzz, gave it a Lightning and SERED HIS MAGIKARP with Scyther's
Fighting and Low Kicked. He drew, attached a Water to his Magikarp and
passed.  I drew a DCE which I gave to Electabuzz, retreated Machop,
removed his Magikarp ( at which point he said Leave Magikarp alone ! )
and Thunderpunched with tails. I drew a Bill as my prize. He sent out
Squirtle and drew. He Energy Retrieal with a Gust of Wind for 2 Water,
he gave 1 to Squirtle and Bubbled with no Paralysis. I drew a Plus
Power and Billed for an ER and a Machop. I Thunderpunched for the kill
with tails. I drew an Oak as my prize. He sent out a Magikarp, drew
and gave Magikarp a Water and evolved it into Gyrarados. I drew a
Plus Power and attached it along with another to Electabuzz, removed
his Gyrarados and Thunderpunched with heads for 60. He drew and then
resigned.

Aidan and I got through 5-0 and James and Barry got through 4-1.

Semi-Final vs. James with Fire

I drew a Hitmonchan, an Electabuzz, a Lightning, an Energy Retriveal,
a Bill and 2 Plus Power. I won the toss ( he had Magmar (F) and I had
Electabuzz and drew a Lightning, attached it to Electabuzz, Billed for
a Fighting and a Double Colorless, attached 2 Plus Powers to Electabuzz
and Thundershocked with Paralysis. He drew and passed. I drew an Oak,
gave an Electric to Electabuzz and Thunderpunched with heads for the
match.

Aidan beat Barry in other Semi and it was me against him in the final.

Final vs. Aidan with Rain Dance

This was a very easy win. I sent out a Mchop and he sent out a
Squirtle. He won the toss, gave a Water to Squirtle and Bubbled with no
Paralysis. I gave a Fighting to Machop and Low Kicked. He Bubbled with
no Paralysis and resigned. YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!

I won £15 store credit.

Props to Aidan for making it to he final
SUPER PROPS to the PoJo Website
SUPER PROPS to the PoJo Magazine
Slops to my boosters :
Base  - Magneton
Jungle- Rare Vaporeon
Fossil- Rare Zapdos
51% Props 49% Slpos to my brother for existing

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