GGs Tekopo.
I decided to do some last minute homework, so I knew coming in that they played a lot of Ven. That made Zane an easy pick for me.
After all, I can’t exactly cut a promo about Zane seeing some playing time and not give it to him, can I?
Game 1 was a pretty solid win for Tekopo. As he said, he had some beneficial hands and I had a little trouble executing my gameplan. I’d learned that he had a tendency to rarely throw, so I was wanting to feed off that. He threw a little more than I expected and paid the price.
Games 2 and 3 were much more in my control. I decided that if he wasn’t going to willingly sparsely throw, I’d force him into it. It worked. Ended game 3 with a dodge-punish MA. (iirc I was expecting a gold burst to try and space me out and dodged a very MA soft attack)
Game 4 was the table turner. As soon as I saw Gary, I deflated. I put up a hell of a fight, but Tekopo was in firm control of that game.
Final game Lum was an oddball choice, to say the least. My intention was to mitigate any MHG damage Gary dealt with my own Out-of-combat damage. That didn’t work out. I tried to scare him off an early KD turn by PF’ing 3 drawn Aces in a Full House. “Back off, this panda’s loaded!” Tekopo decided that a 3 attack was fine, and it crossed up my 6 block attempt to stand up for free.
That’s how I learned that we don’t respect 3 aces in this house.
The game was super tight, and I managed to land a 10 throw late game. Unfortunately for me, I was a little too amped about getting it and triple-pumped it, only to get it blue bursted and put me at a huge disadvantage for the rest of the match. After that, Tekopo navigated the endgame very well and closed it out in an *ss-clenching set.
GGs, Tekopo. Good luck the rest of the season! Now, I plan to run the reverse table. COME AND GET YOUR FREE WINS!
We have a little back and forth. MR lands some well timed throws and crossup attempts. We’re at roughly even life totals when he crosses up into TPOS. Fillet is served shortly after.
Quince throws Arg in the washing machine and keeps him there for most of the match. An upsetting streak of honesty later, Arg gets a taste of his own medicine as he finds himself in PM checkmate.
It turns out that the benefits of being a heel include fantastic draws. Geiger manages to get a good lifelead early, then plays TD into silent 0.0 AA and his third K for lethal.
(and it’s better not let her get too upset).
I took a giant hit in turn 1… Valerie’s hand never recovered.
Tekopo opens with Vendetta as usual. We have a peaceful early game with downbacks and occasional jabs, then I land three Q/As in a row and a throw to put Ven at ~30. I assemble Teapots in hand, got impatient and played it raw only to have it dodged into a K. I compose myself and pull off a Gold Burst to get back in the game. I land a couple throws, he dodges into AAA, and we’re both staring at lethal range. I MM to see a hand full of strong attack/dodge options and a single K throw. Knowing Tekopo has a tendency to go for the unexpected risky move particularly when it comes to Ks, I throw and catch the K for lethal.
Got MA’d and it was all over.