2013 Houston TCG & VG Regional Championships
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DukeFireBird
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Mike, your hotel link is broken, seems the link was truncated, and results in a 404 at the hilton site
Called hotel, working on it but you can call 281-875-2222 or 1-800-370-0980. Plenty of rooms in the block.
Working now.
October HOUSTON Regionals Pokemon Contests, Activities, and Event Extras! All this for players participating in the Saturday & Sunday events. All contest WINNERS will receive a prize.
Saturday only - CREATE-A-CARD Contest – Get creative and design a FUNNY Pokemon card. Winners will get prizes!
Saturday & Sunday - GIANT POKEBALL – Guess which Pokemon is inside the Giant Pokeballs. Winner gets a prize! Each division has their own GIANT PokeBall.
Sunday only - DRAWING CONTEST – Submit your best Pokemon drawing. Winners will get prizes!
Saturday & Sunday - BRING A FRIEND Program – Invite a friend (NEW player, someone that has never been issued a Player ID card) to play in the tournament (card game or video game). You get a prize, and your friend gets a prize.
Saturday & Sunday - POKEMON RAFFLES – Pokemon Prizes and gift certificates are being given away all weekend long. All tournament participants will get a raffle ticket.
Saturday & Sunday - POKEMON SPIRIT – Show your Pokemon Spirit and wear your Pokemon shirt to get an EXTRA raffle ticket, and double your chances of winning the raffles.
Saturday & Sunday - Pokemon Designer T-Shirt contest. Design your own t-shirt (Pokemon related only). Winner for each day.
Saturday & Sunday - POKEMON COLORING CORNER – Crayons and pages to color.
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Vendor Information:
Space Cadets Collection - Local vintage toy / gaming store selling anything and everything, have a ton of stuff, has been a fan favorite for the last couple of years.
Troll & Toad - From Kentucky - Selling items + buying Pokemon Singles and in Bulk, two booths. Check their website for current buying prices.
Torta Rare Finds - From California - selling Pokemon items, mainly from Japan.
Looking to add 1 more totally different vendor.
Saturday only - CREATE-A-CARD Contest – Get creative and design a FUNNY Pokemon card. Winners will get prizes!
Saturday & Sunday - GIANT POKEBALL – Guess which Pokemon is inside the Giant Pokeballs. Winner gets a prize! Each division has their own GIANT PokeBall.
Sunday only - DRAWING CONTEST – Submit your best Pokemon drawing. Winners will get prizes!
Saturday & Sunday - BRING A FRIEND Program – Invite a friend (NEW player, someone that has never been issued a Player ID card) to play in the tournament (card game or video game). You get a prize, and your friend gets a prize.
Saturday & Sunday - POKEMON RAFFLES – Pokemon Prizes and gift certificates are being given away all weekend long. All tournament participants will get a raffle ticket.
Saturday & Sunday - POKEMON SPIRIT – Show your Pokemon Spirit and wear your Pokemon shirt to get an EXTRA raffle ticket, and double your chances of winning the raffles.
Saturday & Sunday - Pokemon Designer T-Shirt contest. Design your own t-shirt (Pokemon related only). Winner for each day.
Saturday & Sunday - POKEMON COLORING CORNER – Crayons and pages to color.
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Vendor Information:
Space Cadets Collection - Local vintage toy / gaming store selling anything and everything, have a ton of stuff, has been a fan favorite for the last couple of years.
Troll & Toad - From Kentucky - Selling items + buying Pokemon Singles and in Bulk, two booths. Check their website for current buying prices.
Torta Rare Finds - From California - selling Pokemon items, mainly from Japan.
Looking to add 1 more totally different vendor.
Tylertyphlosion
New Member
Hello everyone!
This is Ty Smith here, last year's Masters TCG Houston Regional Champion. This event is the most well run tournament that I have attended. The Cook's always find a stellar venue to host this in and I assume Mike has "cooked" up an awesome venue again this year! The judging staff the past 2 years has been amazing as well. If you are debating on what Regionals to attend, let me just tell you that you shouldn't even be debating any tournament but this one!
With that, I will also say that I won't be there to defend the title sadly. So, I guess it is time for a new champion to rise
Good Luck To All!
Ty Smith
This is Ty Smith here, last year's Masters TCG Houston Regional Champion. This event is the most well run tournament that I have attended. The Cook's always find a stellar venue to host this in and I assume Mike has "cooked" up an awesome venue again this year! The judging staff the past 2 years has been amazing as well. If you are debating on what Regionals to attend, let me just tell you that you shouldn't even be debating any tournament but this one!
With that, I will also say that I won't be there to defend the title sadly. So, I guess it is time for a new champion to rise
Good Luck To All!
Ty Smith
"With that, I will also say that I won't be there to defend the title sadly. So, I guess it is time for a new champion to rise
Or for an old champion to three-peat.
Sorry buddy, its gonna be my birthday regionals win.
Maybe next year
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Hey Mike, will this apply to Houston Regionals as well?
"If there are 227+ players in an age group then there is the 2 day format. Using last years masters number, we would run 9 rounds of Swiss on Saturday. Then either the top 32 or the players with 21 points (whichever is greater) will play Sunday. By points I mean this. Win=3 loss=0 tie=1 point. So everyone with a 9-0-0, 8-1-0, 8-0-1, 7-2-0, 7-1-1, 7-0-2, and 6-0-3 (w-l-t) would go to day 2. Day two everyone that made that day would play 5 rounds of Swiss and then we would break to a top 8."
Taken from the Fort Wayne, IN Regional thread.
"If there are 227+ players in an age group then there is the 2 day format. Using last years masters number, we would run 9 rounds of Swiss on Saturday. Then either the top 32 or the players with 21 points (whichever is greater) will play Sunday. By points I mean this. Win=3 loss=0 tie=1 point. So everyone with a 9-0-0, 8-1-0, 8-0-1, 7-2-0, 7-1-1, 7-0-2, and 6-0-3 (w-l-t) would go to day 2. Day two everyone that made that day would play 5 rounds of Swiss and then we would break to a top 8."
Taken from the Fort Wayne, IN Regional thread.
Pablo, IF we have 227 or more, there will be more than top 8 players playing on Sunday (but only a top 8 in the playoffs) does that make sense, lol. The document I have from TPCi states not to share with the public so I won't mention what happens. Let me get approval then I'll explain.
Thank you Ty Smith. If you change your mind, you know where we are.
Thank you Ty Smith. If you change your mind, you know where we are.
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Absoltrainer
Active Member
~Blazi-King~
Active Member
It's too bad I won't be able to attend :-(
I was SO hoping to be able to attend this regionals this year. Maybe next year...
I was SO hoping to be able to attend this regionals this year. Maybe next year...
All grown up now and ready to battle.
JC_Denton46
New Member
Just tried booking a room Friday-Sunday and apparently there's none left...seriously?
It's still over three weeks out, tell me I'm reading this wrong or something
It's still over three weeks out, tell me I'm reading this wrong or something
Looking into this, will have an answer in the morning.
ATTENTION TO ALL THAT ARE BOOKING A ROOM AT THE HOUSTON HILTON NORTH:
If any of your stay at the hotel includes Sunday night, you will need to book a Studio King ONLY. It also comes with a pull out sofa bed. Again, this is ONLY if you're staying through SUNDAY night. For those of you that have already booked a Sunday night and you have a double (two queen size beds), you are perfectly fine, nothing will be switched.
We have plenty of rooms available, mostly doubles (two queen size beds) for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
If any of your stay at the hotel includes Sunday night, you will need to book a Studio King ONLY. It also comes with a pull out sofa bed. Again, this is ONLY if you're staying through SUNDAY night. For those of you that have already booked a Sunday night and you have a double (two queen size beds), you are perfectly fine, nothing will be switched.
We have plenty of rooms available, mostly doubles (two queen size beds) for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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JC_Denton46
New Member
I was able to get Friday-Sunday after trying multiple times it opened, weird but very relieved
See you all there!
See you all there!
Great to hear JC, sorry for the confusion. To EVERYONE ELSE - if you have any issues with the online registration during off hours, feel free to call call 281-875-2222 or 1+866-577-1154 and book your room or rooms. The code word for our block is PORE. You can also pm me here, on facebook, Houston Pokemon, or email me at [email protected].