[view] Jon Finkel with his giant check and trophy
[view] US Nationals Champion Jon Finkel with his check
[view] Finalist Chris Benafel
[view] Third-place finisher Frank Hernandez did well in his first big event
[view] Standing in for Aaron Forsythe, Mike Flores holds the Pittsburgher's US Nationals Seminfinalist trophy.
[view] Nationals Head Judge Collin Jackson waits for the Awards Ceremony
[view] Jaime West and Tournament Manager Jeff Donais prepare for the Awards Ceremony
[view] 1999 US National Champion Kyle Rose waits his turn to hand off the trophy to Jon Finkel, the 2000 US Champ
[view] The Top 4
[view] Jon Finkel in the finals
[view] Chris Benafel in the finals
[view] Profile of Jon Finkel
[view] Profile of Chris Benafel
[view] Wide view of finals stage
[view] Jon Finkel, seemingly pleased
[view] Jon Finkel
[view] Jon Finkel vs. Chris Benafel in the finals, with Collin Jackson looking on
[view] Mike Flores, the designer of Jon Finkel's deck, watches the Finals proudly
[view] Early in Game One of the Finals of US Nationals, Jon Finkel used Dark Ritual to cast a Persecute that took all five red cards out of Chris Benafel's hand
[view] Brian Hacker and Randy Buehler enjoy themselves while doing commentary for the Finals.
[view] Jaime West from Wizards of the Coast Event Marketing holds a couple of the trophies
[view] Semifinal match: Aaron Forsythe vs. Mike Long
[view] Michael Turian in the semifinals
[view] Elliott Fung in the semifinals
[view] Jon Finkel in the semifinals
[view] Chris Benafel in the semifinals
[view] Quarterfinal match: Frank Hernandez vs. Mike Long
[view] Quarterfinal match: Elliott Fung vs. Michael Turian
[view] Quarterfinal match: Jon Finkel vs. Aaron Forsythe
[view] Quarterfinal match: Chris Benafel vs. Kyle Rose
[view] Wide World of Games "Wall of Opportunity"
[view] Mike Turian
[view] Trophy case with Super Series and US Nationals trophies
[view] Nationals in bright lights on the Disney Wide World of Sports Fieldhouse Scoreboard
[view] Lighting array above the US Nationals stage
[view] Darwin Kastle
[view] Information wall with Pro Tour and Grand Prix schedules and champions
[view] Collin Jackson in the background with an uncomfortably close Jeff Donais in the foreground
[view] Head Judge Collin Jackson
[view] Tony DiTerlizzi signing for the fans
[view] The Nationals are run from the stage where the ESPN2 cameras will record the finals
[view] Mike Turian plays Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz in a round seven feature match
[view] Alan Comer plays Your Move Games' Rob Dougherty in a round seven feature match
[view] Bob Maher, Jr. attempts to stop Mike long from making his fourth US National Team in a round seven feature match
[view] Darwin Kastle faces Casey McCarrel in a round seven feature match
[view] Level 3 Judge Collin Jackson oversees the draft for US Nationals. Collin is the head judge for this tournament.
[view] The Disney Wide World of Sports Fieldhouse, home of the US Nationals 2000 and the Junior Super Series
[view] David Humpherys drafts
[view] William Jensen III and Mike Long draft
[view] Michael Turian and Justin Gary draft.
[view] The first draft for US Nationals 2000
[view] The first draft for US Nationals 2000
[view] Gordon Culp, scorekeeper for the 1:00 Standard US Open
[view] Elaine Ferrao, Head Judge for the 1:00 Standard US Open
[view] Tony Sutphin, scorekeeper for the 11:00 Sealed Deck US Open.
[view] James Lee, Head Judge for the 11:00 Sealed Deck US Open. This is the first Limited meatgrinder ever held.
[view] Yancey Hale
[view] Michael Mindes
[view] Jason Moungey
[view] The first US Open "Meatgrinder" for 2000
[view] Wade McNutt, scorekeeper for the first meatgrinder
[view] John Carter, head judge for the first open
[view] Scott Larabee, tournament manager for the first open.
[view] RE Dalrymple stands by, ready to correct player information in the DCI database
[view] People who come to RE get DCI lanyards - the artists represented will be signing at the event.
