Alex Poger, thinking about his 100 Names deck.
Alex Poger, done thinking, now building his deck.
100 Names prep. Clockwise from left: Joe Keyser, Sean ?, Alex Poger,
Evan Markowitz.
Sean says: "well, should I play this FSS or not?"
Evan Markowitz (left) looks on in disbelief as Chris Choi pile-shuffles
one of his famous "Tower of Power" decks.
Paul Gerardi (lower right) about to be on the receiving end of a surprise Blade Finger, the lesser known stealth variant of the Blade Palm.
The National Championships event table. Counter-clockwise from lower right: Paul Gerardi, Evan Markowitz, Oliver Steibich (seated), Alex Poger, Gavin Edwards, Zev Shlasinger (the Z of Z-Man)
Advice before the big game: Zev says "Count your lucky stars I'm
not playing. I'd kick all of your butts."
clockwise from left: Jeff Tang, Chris Choi (standing), Alex Bergmann, Zev, and the backs of Gavin's, Alex's and Oliver's heads.
Before the big game: counter-clockwise from right: Oliver Steibich, Alex Poger, Gavin Edwards, Zev, Jeff Tang, Joe Meyerson
Paul "He's Checkin' His List" Gerardi. Stay on his nice list - you wouldn't like what happens to people on his naughty list.
The legendary Joshua Kronengold says "oh ok, take my picture, if you must."
Sean takes a quick break from butt-kicking in round 1 to pose for the camera.
clockwise from left: Alex Rhodes, Mike ?, Larry ? (standing), Ken Lempicki
Joe Meyerson (left) and Jeff Tang prepare to administer beats in round 1.
clockwise from left: Paul Gerardi, Zev, Michael Victorine, and Gavin
The (in)famous sugarfest. Not sure that gamers and easy access to insanely large supplies of sugar is a great idea :)