Well, Saturday I played in a local tourney, and was kicking some ass but had 
to leave early.  I had to go to my stupid job. =P  I'll give you a synopsis 
of what went down.

Here is my deck, Double K.O. Mk. III. I used this one today.

Pokemon: (12)
4x Hitmonchan
4x Electabuzz
2x Machop (1 Japanese)
2x Farfech'd (1 Japanese)

Trainers: (26)
4x Bill
3x Oak
4x PlusPower
4x Scoop Up
4x Energy Removal
2x Super Energy Removal
3x Gust of Wind
1x Computer Search
1x Item Finder

Energy: (22)
12x Fighting
10x Electric

Okay, here you go.  This was a best 2 out of 3 single elimination tournament 
at Colossal Comics and Games in Marietta, GA. There were 22 people there (I 
remember because I helped the coordinator start it up)

Game 1 vs. a Mono-Fire

This kid is basically known throughout the store as a cheater, and I let a 
little slide, since the kid is 11 or so.  After he tried to draw 3 cards in 
one turn though, I was through with the crap and I made him play right.

Round 1:
I basically rip him apart with 'Buzz and Hitmonchan, and for some reason he 
completely flips out after I play a SER on his Arcanine, not to mention on 
anything else.

Round 2:
Same thing, except he managed to get a charged Ninetales out (I didn't get 
my ER or Gusts) and he kills 2 guys.  I still basically wipe the floor with 
him though.

Game 2 vs. a Modified Haymaker:

This guy ran a Haymaker with Raichu and Dragonair.  Unfortunately for him, 
they were a little too slow vs. my Hitmonchan.

Round 1:
After taking out a Pikachu and Hitmonchan with my Hitmonchan and PlusPowers 
he is left with 4 (!) Dratini on his bench.  I kill them one by one and take 
the game easily.

Round 2:
He plays a little smarter this game, but is still plauged by Hitmonchan, 
Scoop Ups, and having too many Dratini and Pikachu on his bench.  He did 
manage to evolve and charge a Dragonair though, but it fell in 2 turns (go 
Special Punch!)

Game 3 vs. a Mono-Fighting Energy Removal deck

This guy ran 4 ER and 4 SER in his mono-fighting, but he couldn't keep me 
down.  Farfech'd gets the MVP this game, as HE COULDN'T TOUCH IT! He did 
maybe 30 damage total to my Far throughout the ENTIRE FIRST GAME! I kept his 
@$$ drained down, and he couldn't touch me.

Round 1:
He starts with a Hitmonchan, I start with a 'Buzz.  Great.  But next turn I 
draw Bill, then Bill again.  I get a Monchan, and some ER.  I scoop my Buzz, 
send up my Hitmonchan and keep his Hitmonchan drained 'till I pull 
Farfech'd.  I now realize that this kid's playing mono-fighting. He hadn't 
realized Far's resistance to Fighting, and ignores him until I have 3 energy 
on him.  My Hitmonchan gets scooped, and for the rest of the game, I keep 
him locked, Pot Smashing every turn for a sweet win.  It's really funny to 
see a Machamp fall to a duck with an onion as it's weapon of choice.

Round 2:
I start with my Japanese Farfech'd. =) He inwardly groans, (and looks really 
pissed) and he feels the wrath of Leek Slap turn 1, which knocks his 
Hitmonchan down 30.  2 turns later, I pot smash w/ PlusPower to kill it, and 
he's left with lots of Dugtrio on his bench.  I comp search for my second 
Farfech'd, and play it.  I start to charge it, and the kid loses 3 Dugtrio 
and another Hitmonchan before he SER's and ER's my active Farfech'd.  My 
turn, evil grin, scoop up, out goes Farfech'd number 2.  He has a Hitmonchan 
out, I have my Far out and a fully-charged Chan on the bench. Pot Smash, his 
turn.  SER.  My turn, retreat (Far still had 1 energy left on him), out goes 
Hitmonchan, and Special Punch for the win!  As a side note, every single one 
of my Hitmonchan were benched this game! All four! It was a beautiful thing.

Unfortunately, after this game I had to leave.  I made it to the Final Five 
and got the Bye (bad planning on the coordinator's part), and probably would 
have made it ot the Finals had I not had to leave.  I knew I could have 
beaten 3 of the other 4 decks there (one was a friend's who I had beaten 
repeatedly the night before, and I watched the other game - another Haymaker 
with Electrodes and Raichu (easy) and a mono-fire (I think).  My biggest 
threat was a kid named Robert (an awesome deck-maker) running a Haymaker 
nearly identical to mine, except he used Magnemites instead of Farfech'd.  
We both agreed that it'd be pretty retarded of we played eachother.  I found 
out later that he won the tourney.  Oh well.  Maybe next week I won't have 
to work... :)

-David W.


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