[Pittsburgh Area] The Vault presents: 2010 Weekly and Quarterly Tournament Series

[stu55]

THE VAULT PRESENTS: 2010 TOURNAMENT SERIES

QUALIFYING FOR SEASONAL TOURNAMENT AND $1K Byes
There will be 4 Seasonal tournaments, one every 3 months, and is on point-base structure with the Top 8 qualifying:
1 Point for entering
1 Point for drawing
2 point for winning a match
4 point for winning the tournament


WEEKLY QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS

Start Time: 7:00PM
Entry Fee: $15 ($10 into prizes, $5 into pool)
Format: Rotation of Standard and Legacy
K-Value: 16k Sanctioned
Tournament Structure: Swiss

The Prizes:
1st Place: 1 Booster of Box of Current Set
2nd Place: At least 9 packs of Current Set
Rest to be paid out base on attendance.



SEASONAL TOURNAMENTS

Start Time: One
Entry Fee: FREE
Format: TBD
K-Value: 16k Sanctioned
Tournament Structure: Swiss, with cut to t8

The Prizes:
1st Place: 35% of Pot plus 2 round bye at upcoming $1ks
2nd Place: 25% of Pot plus 2 round bye at upcoming $1ks
3rd-4th Place: 10% of Pot each
5th-8th Place: 5% of Pot each

Prize Pot to date- $135


QUALIFYING FOR SEASONAL TOURNAMENT AND $1K Byes
There will be 4 Seasonal tournaments, one every 3 months, and is on point-base structure with the Top 8 qualifying:
1 Point for entering
1 Point for drawing
2 point for winning a match
4 point for winning the tournament



$1k BONUS:
There will be 2-3 $1000 tournaments during the year and point system for the series will be used to help get byes for these too.
30 points will get you 1 Bye at the $1k
50 points will get you 2 byes at the $1k


Each qualifying tournament will be Standard, Extended, Legacy and Vintage, changing weekly.

Please ask questions and offer suggestions so I can make this THE event for western PA.

POINT STANDINGS-Top 8 Qualify
Stu Somers- 23
Trent Jones- 15
Scott Carnahan- 13
Andy Vleck- 13
Harry Corvese- 12
Alex McCord- 9
Reid Fisher- 8
Brett Hough- 8
Matt Omlar- 8
Tim Babcock- 7
Pat McMahon- 3
Matt Banchiere- 3
Gordan Davis- 3
Mike King- 3
Luke Newmeyer- 1
Nate Kappel- 1
Brian Garia- 1
Jay Bjorkland- 1

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The Vault Comics and Games
5274 Route 30
Westmoreland Crossing
Suite 16
Greensburg, PA 15601

The Vault has become the premier store in Western Pennsylvania for all things games, including Magic: The Gathering. We have some of the friendliest and best players in the state at the store.

The store is behind the Westmoreland mall. There is a buffalo wild wings right next door and Primanti bros a block away. A bank around the corner, and the mall has a billion things to eat.




Dealer will be on hand to buy all cards

Drafts will occur afterwards.

Any questions feel free to contact me.

scott@vaultcomicandgames.com
 

[stu55]

January 8th, 2010- Standard ---->8 ppl

Standings:
1. Stu Somers 2-0-1
2. Alex McCord 2-0-1
3. Reid Fisher 2-1
4. Andy Vlcek 2-1
5. Brett Hough 1-2
6. Mike King 1-2
7. Pat McMahon 1-2
8. Matt Kappel 0-2

Metagame: 2x Jund, RDW, MonoW, Grixis, Vampires, Rock, UR Control
Jund beat RDW in the last match which was played for the 4 points for winning.
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January 15th, 2010- Extended------> 10ppl

Standings:
Scott Carnahan 4-0
Trent Jones 3-1
Stu Somers 3-1
Brett Hough 2-2
Andrew Vlcek 2-2
Matt Omlar 2-2
Reid Fischer 1-3
Alec McCord 1-3
Brian Garia 0-2
J Bjorkland 0-2

Metagame: WW, WB aggro, Scapeshift combo, Scapeshift aggro, Affinity, Fae, Thopter Combo, B/G Rack, All in Red, Zoo
Zoo finished 1st followed by Scapeshift aggro and Thopter Combo
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January 22nd, 2010- Legacy------ 9ppl

Standings:
Harry Corvese 3-0-1
Stu Somers 3-0-1 (1 round bye)
Tim Babcock 3-1
Matt Omlar 2-2 (1 round bye)
Trent Jones 2-2
Andy Vlcek 2-2 (1 round bye)
Matt Banchiere 1-3
Gordan Davis 1-3
Luke Newmeyer 1-3 (1 round bye)

Metagame: 2x Dredge, NOBant, Reanimator, Zoo, Fish, Team America, MonoBlack, Fish
Zoo beat Team America which was played for the 4 points for winning
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January 29th, 2010- Vintage

January 29th, 2010- Vintage
ontrol
Jund beat RDW in the last match which was played for the 4 points for winning.
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January 15th, 2010- Extended------> 10ppl

Standings:
Scott Carnahan 4-0
Trent Jones 3-1
Stu Somers 3-1
Brett Hough 2-2
Andrew Vlcek 2-2
Matt Omlar 2-2
Reid Fischer 1-3
Alec McCord 1-3
Brian Garia 0-2
J Bjorkland 0-2

Metagame: WW, WB aggro, Scapeshift combo, Scapeshift aggro, Affinity, Fae, Thopter Combo, B/G Rack, All in Red, Zoo
Zoo finished 1st followed by Scapeshift aggro and Thopter Combo
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January 22nd, 2010- Legacy------ 9ppl

Standings:
Harry Corvese 3-0-1
Stu Somers 3-0-1 (1 round bye)
Tim Babcock 3-1
Matt Omlar 2-2 (1 round bye)
Trent Jones 2-2
Andy Vlcek 2-2 (1 round bye)
Matt Banchiere 1-3
Gordan Davis 1-3
Luke Newmeyer 1-3 (1 round bye)

Metagame: 2x Dredge, NOBant, Reanimator, Zoo, Fish, Team America, MonoBlack, Fish
Zoo beat Team America which was played for the 4 points for winning
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January 29th, 2010- Vintage
Didn’t happen. Vintage is being replaced in the monthly rotation

[stu55]

A few things to mention in updates:

*First tournament went off last night, got 8 people, should have been more due to 5 inches of snow hitting.

*Added in "1 point for drawing"

*43 packs were given away

*$40 was added into the 1st seasonal tournament prize pot. Also added a running total in the first post.

*Added decks and results for the type 2.

[stu55]

Updates:

*Got 10 people for extended, so that is good with it going up.

*Added another $50 the prize pot

*Added Extended tourney result

*45 Packs given away

[stu55]

*NOTE: Vintage is no longer a part of the rotation of formats.


February 5th: Standard
February 12th: Extended
February 19th: Legacy
February 26th: Extended

[jrsthethird]

Reminds me of my local store's Sunday tournaments, but better because you can win cash/a box every week.

I'm surprised only 8-10 people show up for this. How far away from Pittsburgh are you?

[stu55]

30 miles down the turnpike...takes me 45mins and that is with slow driving to get from pitt to greensburg

[jrsthethird]

Maybe that explains the low turnouts. I'd go but I live on the other side of the state.

[Arsenal_Fan]

Are you in the Michael's shopping center?

[stu55]

Standard on Feb. 5th did not occur, we closed at 6:30 due to weather. Extended this Friday is still planned to fire off, there is a PTQ in Columbus, OH the next day so this is a great way to get some testing in!

[superior_scot]

i would really like to get back to defend my title but my work schedule has made that impossible lately.

and to everyone that's been thinking about going, just go to these. its a really comfortable environment to play some competitive magic and the prizes are better than what any other shop in the region is offering for a weekly event.

[superior_scot]

these are still happening, right?

i may show on friday if they are

[stu55]

Ok. After snowstorms and lack of T1 interest, I think I finally have a feeling how this should work. Making it just Standard and Legacy. Nothing else will change. Here are the dates for March:

March 5th- Extended (This is an exception with an Extended PTQ on the 6th nearby)
March 12th- Legacy
March 19th- Standard
March 26th- Legacy

[superior_scot]

lolz at another snowstorm. i should be there with a +1 or +2. try to catch me on here if tomorrow is canceled for any reason

edit: i hate winter

[stu55]

Extended this week, day before Butler PTQ!

[stu55]

Legacy this week!

Also, we canceled our Gameday due to the PTQ the same day, so WoTC let us give these away for our tournament series events. So our prizes will now, until we run out of supplies include the promos!