This tournament was held in Wausau, WI, at Collector's Choice, on Saturday,
May 13th.  There were about 12 people who participated.  During a match you
had to win 2 out of 3 games to win it.  You had to lose 2 matches to be out
of the tournament.

My "Guillotine frenzy" deck:

Pokemon:

1xVenusaur
2xIvysaur
3xBulbusaur

3xPinsir

1xVileplume
1xRocket's Dark Vileplume (Printed in English but I'll give the translation
anyway.)
                                         Dark Vileplume          60 HP
                            Pokemon Power:Hay Fever No trainer card can be     
                        played. This power stops working while Dark Vileplume
                            is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

                    (G) (G) Petal Whirlwind Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30
                           (G)  damage times the number of heads. If you get
2 or more                           heads, Dark Vileplume is now Confused
(after doing                                damage).  
                            weakness:(F)       resistence: none    retreat
cost:2
1xGloom
1xRockets Dark Gloom (printed in English)
3xOddish

2xWeepinbell
3xBellsprout

2xParasect
3xParas

Energy:
18xgrass energy
2xDouble colorless
1xFull heal energy

Trainers:
4xBill
2xEnergy Removal
1xSuper Potion
2xPotion
2xEnergy search
1xPokemon Breeder

Match #1: Tom vs.Brandon
Game 1
I was nervous because this was my first tournament and I messed up.
I couldn't get any evolutions and lost.
Game 2
Got out Venusaur and destroyed his benched Pokemon.
Game 3
He kicked my butt by powering up his Zapdos's with his base set Electrodes.
W - 0      L - 1

Match #2 Tom has a by
Woo Hoo! I get an automatic win!  But it seemed my luck was staying the same
because I bought a Rocket booster pack and got a Dark Hypno which didn't do
me much good.
W - 1      L - 1 

Match #3: Tom vs. Nick
Game 1
Nick is sort of one of my friend's, but I whooped him with my Pinsirs and
even some Oddishes!!
Game 2
Nick may have a few Electabuzzes and Hitmonchans, but I still beat him with
Pinsir and Weepinbell.
W - 2       L - 1

Match #4: Tom vs. Joe
Game 1
Joe was pretty smart but I still ran his bench with my Pinsirs.
Game 2
This time he managed to get out Dark Alakazam and kept using teleport blast
to beat me.
Game 3
Joe used Challenge on me so I gladly accepted and got out all 3 of my Pinsirs
to use Guillotine and I succeeded.
W - 3      L - 1

Match #5: Tom vs. Brandon
Game 1
Brandon got a little surprise when I used Paras, Parasect and, of course,
Pinsir to knock out all of his Pokemon
Game 2
Pinsir strikes again, drew all my prizes.
W - 4      L - 1

Match #6: Tom vs. Taylor
Game 1
The kid destroyed my Pokemon with Gyarados.
Game 2
Came back at him with my Parasects and Pinsirs.
Game 3
He destroyed me with his Dragonairs and Gyarados.
W - 4      L - 2

Rank: 4th   Prize: none

Tom Houting    E-mail: fly2boy@aol.com