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  State Championships
Nevada
March 24, 2012

***Important: Registration for Nevada States for all divisions opens at 10am and WILL CLOSE at 10:45 am sharp! All entrants turning in Registration slips or checking in as Pre-reg after 10:45 am WILL NOT be in Round 1. Please make sure you arrive early enough to complete registeration by 10:45 am!

Round 1 play for ALL divisions will be starting after the player's meeting at 11:00 am. The Senior and/or Master divison MAY be staggered (1/2 of the tables play first, then the other 1/2 play second) for the first few rounds of play. This will allow us to accommodate all players who show up; ALL will be able to play in Nevada States. We expect a greater than normal turnout...this is ok...we will have lots of fun...with lots of competitive play.

All players need to have a completed deck list ready for pickup during the player's meeting at 11:00 am. It is wise to download the decklist now and have it ready to go when you arrive.

Tournament Location
Action Comics & Games, 210 N. Boulder Hwy., Henderson, NV; 702-387-5566

Cost to Enter
Tournament entry is FREE!

Registration and Start Time
Registration for Round 1 opens at 10:00 am and closes at 10:45 am

The State Championship player's meeting begins at 11:00 am sharp!!!

Online Preregistration
Use the following online preregistration link for Nevada States: http://pokemon-state12-nv.eventbrite.com/

How to Sign-Up and Play
Arrive onsite no later than ½ hour before the tournament start time. Thank you.

A Registration Slip is required to be entered into the event! We need it ASAP after you arrive at the event! Slips turned in past 10:45 am will NOT make Round 1 of the Championships! (Note: if you preregister online, then you don't need to fill out a registration slip the morning of the tournament — you just check in so that we know you are here and ready to play!)

Please allow enough time to fill out your decklist prior to Registration closing — download it now, fill it out, and bring it with you! Or better yet...use this cool online decklist tool to create, double-check, and print your decklist: http://pokegym.net/decklist You will need to turn in your decklist at the player's meeting. Also, please rememeber to bring your POP ID. Thanks.

Prizes
The top 8 finishers in each of the three age categories receive the following prizes:

1st Place

• A Pokémon TCG State Champion 1st Place Award
• A $300 travel allowance* to participate in the Pokémon TCG National Championships (US & Canada); this allowance will be given on-site at the National Championships)
• A first round bye* at the National Championships
• 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
• Pokémon Cap
• 10 Championship Points

2nd Place

• A Pokémon TCG State 2nd Place Award
• 36 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
• Pokémon Cap
• 8 Championship Points

3rd - 4th Place

• A Pokémon TCG State 3rd/4th Place Award
• 18 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
• Pokémon Cap
• 6 Championship Points

5th - 8th Place

• 9 booster packs from current Pokémon TCG expansions
• 5 Championship Points

9th - 12th Place

• 4 Championship Points (if division attendance is 32 or greater)

13th - 16th Place

• 3 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)

17th - 32nd Place

• 2 Championship Points (if division attendance is 64 or greater)

33rd - 64th Place

• 1 Championship Points (if division attendance is 128 or greater)

Passdowns:
*Byes: Byes do not stack and they do not pass down. Anyone winning 3 States would still only get one bye at Nationals. Nobody would get the byes from the second or third win. Byes at US States are for US Nationals therefore a Canadian winning a US state does not receive a bye at Canadian Nationals and the bye does not pass down to the highest placing US resident. The reverse is true for Canadian Provincials.
*Stipends: Stipends stack both with themselves and with the travel award from Regionals. It is possible for someone to win a travel award and $900 worth of stipends. Stipends are country specific and do pass down to the highest placing resident of the country. Therefore a US player winning the BC Provincials would not receive the stipend, instead it would pass down to the highest placing Canadian for distribution at Canadian Nationals. The reverse is true for US States.

Additionally, participants will receive 3 Play! Points, and a Pokémon TCG 2012 State Championship promo card, while supplies last, just for playing! We will also have random prize drawings throughout the day for cool Pokémon promo items like playmats, beach balls, binders, caps, etc.—everyone walks away a winner (either with a cool prize or just having lots of fun)!

Special Events
More information will be forthcoming on the following super cool & neat special events for participating State Championship players:

Side Events
4-player "Draft-in-a-Box" booster drafts will be offered throughout the day and will consist of single-elimination rounds—$25 entry fee; prizes = 4 boosters for 1st, 2 boosters for 2nd, and 1 booster for 3rd-4th.

4-player constructed tournaments will be available and will consist of single-elimination rounds—$5 entry fee; prizes = 4 boosters for 1st, 2 boosters for 2nd, and 1 booster for 3rd-4th.

Team side events will be offered as interest warrants. Pricing and prizes presented onsite.

Tournament Structure
Age-Modified Swiss (1 game matches), with Top 2-16 single elimination (best 2 of 3 games) in each age group.

Tournament Format
Modified Constructed

 

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