This past weekend I traveled to New Mexico with a couple friends for the 2009 New Mexico State Championships for Pokemon. The weekend before that Colorado held theirs, but I chose not to participate as I was well behind in the rankings. We left denver around 11pm on friday and arrived in New Mexico around 6:30 am. We got some breakfast and proceeded to the convention center where the tournament was being held to sign in. The tournament lasted all day & night and I kept going and going all the way to 1st place! My record at the end was 10 wins 1 loss, for winning I got a 1st place trophy, a box of cards, a playmat, and a $300 travel allowance which they will give me at Nationals. This was really exciting because I had no intention of getting even close to the top, and with those wins I bolted to 2nd in Colorado, and top 50 in North America. I'll have to do good at regionals in April to get a chance of an invite to Worlds.