The Tournament started at 11am with a briefing on the rules and regulations (something which would haunt me later) and then we were split into our groups. There were 8 groups and 4 players in each group with the top 2 going on to the next round. I was in group 5 and as someone did not turn up there were only 3 of us in the group. All 3 were adults so did not get a chance to meet any young kids. But I heard from my friends who faced these kids they were tough to beat as well.
I lost the first game 5-6 but won my second 6-5. So it was between the other 2 players and the outcome from those matched. Turns out the guy I lost to in the first game won so he had 2 wins, me I had 1 win and 1 lost and the other guy had 2 loses. Managed to get through to the round of 16. So that ends the round robin play.
Elimination round starts. I was picked to play Nas a friend I met recently to do some trading and he went for the friendly games recently, he had just picked up the game and in the friendlies he was basically white-wash by the other players. But now he has made it into the top 16. I won the toss and went first which was the advantage. This was crucial and I manage to win 6-5. So it was off to the top 8 and at least got some prize money as well. The Top 8 will walk away with cash prizes.
Quarterfinals I played Edwin. He won the toss and had the advantage. He played a strange formation 4-1-5 and started with a Midfielder, everyone I had played always started with a Striker. It kind of blew me away and I had to think a bit. I managed to catch him at the right time and won 6-5.
Semi-Final play offs was again the defending Champion Luk. I lost the toss and basically was no match for him and he won with a resounding 7-4 victory. Had a hard time trying to catch him.
I still had one more game and it was the 3rd/4th placing $50 for the 4th and $300 for the 3rd. I would be playing against the guy I lost in the first round. With the help of some friends I did some quick tweaking to the deck and went into the match. He won the toss and first card I though I would get him but he fooled me and I lost a major card to him. I was going oh dear that’s it lost game here. But somehow I managed to get back into the game with some timely placement and caught him the second time. Score was 5-4 in my favour and I just needed 1 more point to win with 2 cards on the table I have a Goalkeeper and Striker and he had the same. It was my turn, I played my Keeper Cech against his Ronaldo and SAVED !! The shot was saved by my keeper score 6-4 and only 1 point left. But then to my horror when the last card was slip my striker turned out to be a Goalkeeper I had made a wrong substitution and that cost me an immediate Disqualification ! I guess lesson learned here and anyway if I had not tweaked my deck with the help from my friends I would have lost anyway. So 4th place for me not bad.
I won a lucky draw prize and took home a mini speaker as well as a Vuvuzela (cheap one) for answering some trivia question. The Vuvuzela was a real hit with my little girl she loves it and thinks its a vacuum cleaner.
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