[view] JSS Champion Ben Ashkar
[view] Why are they in the elevator?
[view] The champs
[view] Garfield congratulates National Team alternate David Bachmann
[view] Finalist Brian Hegstad
[view] Third place Eugene Harvey
[view] Third place handshake
[view] Bachmann composed
[view] eek! Bachmann has a bad moment
[view] Harvey assesses the board
[view] Spotter Scott Larabee checks out some of Trevor's cards
[view] The champ, runner up and third place winner, Blackwell, Hegstad and Harvey
[view] The power handshake
[view] Blackwell looks over the board
[view] Bad times for Brian
[view] Blackwell sends Blastoderm into the Red Zone
[view] Champion Blackwell
[view] Finalist Hegstad
[view] Look out ladies, here comes Brian Hegstad!
[view] Pretty honest for a guy in an ABU shirt
[view] Blackwell looks like he's up to something
[view] Behind the scenes, cameras and all
[view] A watchful crowd
[view] Blackwell wanted to see if he could become the third player with both a Pro Tour victory and a national championship
[view] Trevor Blackwell likes to see if he can balance his cards on their ends
[view] Brian Hegstad gives his opponent the Stare
[view] It was a long match, a long and tiring match
[view] Eugene Harvey says "Do you want any of this? You do not want any of this!"
[view] After many years of practice, Chris Benafel has perfected the art of card throwing
[view] Harvey vs. Hegstad
[view] Another handshake, this time for Jensen and Blackwell
[view] Blackwell on screen and stage
[view] A little bit of dialogue
[view] Trevor Blackwell is smarter than he looks
[view] Jensen on the stage
[view] William Jensen shuffles up
[view] The final handshake
[view] Team Egghead's Alex Borteh
[view] Borteh vs. Blackwell
[view] Bridge Wildfire and David Bachmann
[view] No one ever accused Trevor Blackwell of NOT having a winning smile
[view] Baby Huey Jensen
[view] Bachmann vs. Harvey
[view] Hegstad looks over a complicated staff
[view] Casey McCarrel
[view] Over McCarrel's shoulder
[view] Raah! Chris Benafel attacks
[view] A film crew records footage
[view] Top 8: Chris Benafel
[view] Top 8: David Bachmann
[view] Top 8: Casey McCarrel
[view] Top 8: Alex Borteh
[view] Top 8: William Jensen
[view] Top 8: Trevor Blackwell
[view] The Top 8
[view] Top 8: Eugene Harvey
[view] The Top 8: another shot
[view] Top 8: Brian Hegstad
[view] Gary Wise brutally restrains Josh Bennett, who believes he saw William Shatner
[view] ABU x 2!
[view] Hegstad is mobbed after making Top 8
[view] Celebration!
[view] Super guy Jerry Rubin and Dee Larabee
[view] Brian Hegstad is a little frustrated
[view] The very happy Hegstad
[view] Hegstad vs. Leiher
[view] Peter Leiher in round 12
[view] Zila takes the match
[view] Jason Zila
[view] It takes all of Adrian's concentration to draw enough land. He is playing 18
[view] Sullivan versus "Super Z"
[view] Jeff Donais showing his true colors. Others were quick to call him a turncoat.
[view] The scorekeeping station, manned by Scott Larabee, master scorekeeper
[view] Mike "The Potato" Turian
[view] Bachmann cuts after some Rebel searching
[view] Red vs. White, Bachmann vs. Turian
[view] Toby Wachter is SO fired
[view] Blackwell consults with judge Christian Sieber
[view] Reporter Aaron Forsythe is asleep at the wheel
[view] Jason Zila puts his Thunderscape Battlemage in the Red Zone
[view] Member of the 2000 National team, Frank Hernandez
[view] A Yavimaya Barbarian meets a fiery end
[view] Brian Hegstad played u-w very well
[view] Jamie Parke tries to slow the beats
[view] Yavimaya Barbarian has been an MVP all day long
[view] Lan D. Ho is clearly the most surly Sideboard reporter. Trevor Blackwell agrees
[view] Casey McCarrel and co.
[view] Zvi picking a Fact or Fiction
[view] New Yorkers at it again: Mowshowitz and Pustilnik
[view] Sol Malka, all happy
[view] Mikey P enters the Red Zone
[view] An uncharacteristically grumpy Pete Leiher, grim
[view] Southern mages: Leiher and Malka
[view] David Bachmann
[view] Teammates Chris Benafel and Brian Hegstad play
[view] Yeah. A smug Benafel
[view] Casey McCarrel leading the way
[view] Getting a good spot to watch Feature Matches is tough
[view] Bird's eye view of Sullivan and Leiher
[view] Nationals from the rafters
[view] The toughest competition around: JSS parents' tournament
[view] Yes, well, then there's this guy
[view] PTQs are packed upstairs
[view] A large crowd gathers around the Feature Match area
[view] The demo area
[view] Gunslinging against former JSS winners
[view] Blackwell up a game on Bachmann
[view] Playing one of the coolest decks in the tournament, David Bachmann is near the top of the standings
[view] Trevor Blackwell picks up his land to tap it
[view] Dave Price blows?
[view] Dougherty takes his Plague Spitter into the Red Zone
[view] Superman
[view] Jensen keeps his head together
[view] Rob eyes his Scuta while Rubin stretches
[view] Jensen vs. Price
[view] McCarrel cuts Turian's deck after a Rebel search
[view] Casey McCarrel, not pleased with his hand
[view] Trevor Blackwell and his amazing invisible cards
[view] Sullivan vs. Humphreys
[view] A cold Dan Clegg passes the turn
[view] Mike Turian rolls his eyes at the board
[view] Creech sends over Fat Moti
[view] Price vs. Blackwell
[view] Price and his Saproling Burst. Many people liken Fires to Sligh, and so are not surprised that the King of Beatdown is running it
[view] Lawrence Creech reads Mana Maze, while Prodigal Sorcerer gets ready to wreak some havoc
[view] Dave Humphreys moves blockers into the Red Zone
[view] Adrian Sullivan takes a better look
[view] Jon Finkel
[view] Boston vs. New York - Grudge Match?
[view] The leaders after round 7: Mike Turian and Sol Malka
[view] A thinking man: Sol Malka
[view] Mikey P peels
[view] The Darwin Kastle
[view] Lucas Hager scrambles to register his deck in time for the tournament
[view] Ben Rubin finally made a Sideboard cover
[view] Renee Roub in concert, tonight only
[view] Kastle and Humpherys check out Sideboard
[view] Listen up y'all it's a sabotage!
[view] A surly and violent Sullivan backhands dazed Sideboard reporter Toby Wachter
[view] Adrian Sullivan is, uh, driving a car. That's the ticket.
[view] Brad Swan reads about his Top 8 in Barcelona
[view] Pustilnik vs. Price, reported by Aaron Forsythe
[view] Dougherty looks at the cluttered Red Zone
[view] Williams alight with girlish glee!
[view] Williams is down, Dougherty is thinking
[view] Creech vs. Finkel
[view] Doctor Mikey P
[view] Good golly! Lawrence Creech!
[view] Finkel plays a Gaea's Might
[view] Grampa Price out to steal some thunder
[view] OMS sends to the Red Zone
[view] Brian Davis, reigning Rookie of the Year
[view] Sullivan vs. McCarrel
[view] OMS on the case
[view] Adrian Sullivan removes a Shackles
[view] Casey McCarrel
[view] Youngsters looking for pairings
[view] Reid Schmadeka punishes an unruly JSS crowd by singing an extra-long version of "Inna Gadda Da Vida"
[view] Baby Huey Jensen shows off his deck list to Sideboard reporter Gary Wise
[view] Chucklebuggy Chris Benafel
[view] Artists are cool!
[view] Artist Daren Bader signs some cards
[view] Adrian Sullivan picks
[view] Jeff Donais and Mark Rosewater look over some stats
[view] Drafting was intense
[view] Shivan Emissary or no?
[view] Darwin Kastle ponders his Rochester pick
[view] Mike Turian snags a Dream Thrush
[view] McCarrel picks his card in the second draft
[view] JSS Head Judge James Lee
[view] A small smile, a game won
[view] Humpherys moves his blockers into the Red Zone
[view] New York's Alex Shvartsman watches Dave Humpherys calculate his win
[view] Frowning Frank Hernandez
[view] Bachmann
[view] Last year's National Team member, Frank Hernandez, in a match with David Bachmann
[view] Benafel vs. McCarrel
[view] Chris Benafel leers
[view] The happy, well-tanned Casey McCarrel
[view] "What are you going to do?" says Scott Johns
[view] Indescribably David Williams
[view] Johns frets while Williams mises
[view] Head Judge Collin Jackson
[view] Geddes Cooper, one of many spectators
[view] Mike Flores being, well, Mike Flores
[view] Super-Englishman Warren Marsh hopped the pond to gunsling
[view] Spectators learned how to play MLB Showdown in their spare time
[view] The one, the only Richard Garfield
[view] Judge Suzy Life lays down the law
[view] Becky Hiebert leads her team to victory
[view] Over at the JSS, youngsters prep their decks
[view] Henry Stern and Gary Wise watch Finkel vs. Turian
[view] Trevor Blackwell
[view] Two Pro Tour-Los Angeles champions play
[view] The Hammer, Shawn Reigner
[view] Leiher vs. Creech in a tough Virginia vs. Virginia match
[view] Virginia's Pete Leiher
[view] The Creecher
[view] Johns vs. Clegg, round 2
[view] A thinking Scott Johns
[view] Rolled Up Ace Dan Clegg
[view] Jon Finkel going for the "evil genius" look
[view] CMU's Mike Turian
[view] Benafel and Comer shake
[view] Humphreys attacks Maher's mana base
[view] Can you race this?
[view] The Great One, Bob Maher, Jr.
[view] Ben Rubin leans over to look at his opponent's cards
[view] Rubin vs. Dougherty
[view] Rob Dougherty
[view] A cautious Alan Comer
[view] Benafel Zaps an Quirion Elf
[view] Your Move Games amazing David Humpherys
[view] Michelle moves it into the Red Zone
[view] The perennial Steven O'Mahoney Schwartz
[view] Michelle Bush won her Regionals to qualify
[view] Becky Hiebert is down
[view] Kibler and Comer shake
[view] Texan Dave Williams peels a shiny card
[view] Williams says "You're going down"
[view] Sideboard's own Alex Shvartsman
[view] A happy Jeff Donais and a happy Aaron Forsythe
[view] Position fading, Kibler would soon fall to Dromar
[view] Kibler singles out Comer's Kavu Climber
[view] Forsythe vs. Sullivan
[view] Adrian Sullivan, conducting his orchestra
[view] A consulting staff
[view] Questing Phelddagrif artist, Matt Cavotta
[view] Ron Spears signs cards for his fans
[view] Evil Jon Finkel?
[view] The Potato! Mike Turian
[view] A spike-lipped David Williams gives a glance
[view] Adrian Sullivan's shirt makes promises he won't keep
[view] Shvartsman builds his deck
[view] Benafel mugs for the camera while Michelle Bush laughs him off
[view] This table qualifies as "tight"
[view] The spectator's view of the action
[view] Shvartsman takes a middle pick. Dave Williams was his first opponent
[view] One of many strong draft tables
[view] Mike Turian goes for Soul Burn, with Darth Finkel observing
[view] Aaron Forsythe takes an early pick while Adrian Sullivan watches the signals
[view] Head Judge Collin Jackson, looking like a notorious leader
[view] Judges prepping for the tournament
[view] The judges gather around Head Judge Collin Jackson in an religious-looking tableau
[view] Sideboard reporter Toby Wachter
[view] Pro Tour Player Coordinator Andy Heckt gets very busy the morning of the tournament
[view] Admitting defeat, the final handshake
[view] Currence, calm in the pressure
[view] Derek Lazarski breaks Currence's 18-game Meatgrinder winning streak
[view] Bryce Currence vs. Derek Lazarski. The winner advances
[view] Heavy
[view] Magic players are a happy, go-lucky breed
[view] Everyone loves hot dogs
[view] What?
[view] Time to adjust the fading counters
[view] Looks like good times for Becky
[view] Dan Bock, rampant trader
[view] Juniors vs. Seniors
[view] Lots of young players gear up for the JSS
[view] Tables were so crowded that many players took to the floor
[view] Diligent judges perform a deck check
[view] Mike Bregoli and Dave Price test on the floor
[view] The happy world of Disney
[view] David Williams plays against Chris Benafel
[view] Randy Buehler
[view] Randy Buehler
[view] It's a Prophetic Bolt. Yep.
[view] Players making adequate use of floor space
[view] Idiot Sideboard Reporters
[view] Everyone's grinding, even Pikachu
[view] The venue, under construction
[view] Laurie Dunning grinds
[view] The first U.S. Open had players building Invasion Limited decks
[view] The Infinitely Tight Miser Mike Flores
[view] The "Meatgrinders" took their toll on more than one player
