Halloween Havoc Replica Belt Tournament - 10/22/06

[RawManiac]

Well the final day of the Halloween Havoc qualifier weekend is upon us. I get picked up by my friend Vick and we head over to Shuffle And Cut Games. 19 players, All Axcess.

Superstars:
Evolution
Lashley x2
Johnny x2
JBL
Christy
Kane
Matt Hardy
Rock
People's Champ
Test
Rene Dupree
X-Treme Diva
John Cena
Immortal One
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
*Forgot*
Mr. PPV

Decide to run my PPV since I knew it had a good chance.

Round 1 - Mr. PPV Vs. Bobby Heenan

I ran IWTPTG but didn't know he played IAATG. He dropped it, used test enforcer, got back not in front of the kids to make his tech drop kicks -4, plays like 30 of them and pins me with Goodnight Everybody.

Result: Pin Loss 0 - 1

Round 2 - Mr. PPV Vs. Test

I go first, drop Everything's cool, drop 2 That's Broken, then I drop monday night. He uses his ability but by then I started to reverse everything and his ability didn't really affect me with my Everythings cool out and my several That's Broken.

Result: Pin Win 1 - 1

Round 3 - Mr. PPV Vs. Johnny

I grab a brass nuks for RVD, get 5 fortitude with Monday Night. I reverse everything and drop my high risks and specifics.

Result: Pin Win 2 - 1

Round 4 - Mr. PPV Vs. JBL

He gets 2 Revos for limo. I laugh. I get out my Monday night and sit on my backslides and inside cradles. Dropped my high risks so revo went useless.

Result: Pin Win 3 - 1

Round 5 - Mr. PPV Vs. The Rock

Well I knew I needed to go 1st to drop my venue, I win the flip since I dropped all my sigs and he only dropped the 5th. I get rid of Brahma, he drops Judo Takedown. I drop things, he drops reversals and such. He keeps using his ability to reverse my High Risks from deck. I know its going to time, he knows it too. He shuffles back a "Turn it Sideways" with only 2 cards in deck. I drop a high risk and he dies. Thought I'd throw a Atomic Lariat.

Result: Pin Win 4 - 1

Top 8:[/u]
Matt Hardy
Lashley
The Rock
Heenan
John Cena
Mr. PPV
*Forgot*
*Forgot*

Top 8 Match - Mr. PPV Vs. Matt Hardy

Well I drop Houston, he draws no reversals. Bad times for me. He tries to break me for alot, but I pass after he passes. I basically rape him with high risks. Good game though.

Result: Pin Win 5 - 1

Top 4:
The Rock
Johnny
Heenan
PPV

Top 4 Match - Mr. PPV Vs. Johnny

Well I get brass nuks for RVD, but he doesn't use his ability all game. I get my 5 fortitude with Monday night. His turn he throws a sucker punch, I chained heat. My turn I drop everythings cool into a technical high risk. I sit on my managers for a bit. He gets fortitude with get back into the ring and some other reversals. My turn I playing Rolling thunder, he takes the 7, but we both forget that I can only play 2 high risks and I drop another tech high risk for the win. Honestly it didnt't really matter, but I did make a mistake. I ran RVD 2 days before and I guess I thought I was RVD. Oh well...

Result: Pin Win 6 - 1

Final Match - Mr. PPV Vs. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

I already played the deck before, knows he drops IAATG. I drop IWTPTG and he knows he has it tough. I played the match perfectly, as did he, but losing IAATG kills his winning idea. He plays People's champ as his enforcer, and he starts off. I have a chained heat for his chains and his chaange in programming lineup, revo for his tech drop kick, and a backslide for the drop kick. I reverse with revo, my turn I drop Monday night. Now I know im in crusie control. His turn he drops Ready to fight which gets Shoot countered (I had shoot interview out). My turn I drop everythings cool and a tech high risk. His turnthrows a maneuver which gets manager'ed. Stuff happens, I drop Fury, I draw inside cradle and thats broken. My turn, I broken for a backslide and he knows its over. He runs into it and I win.

Result: Pin Win 7 - 1

Well I win the Cena US Title Spinner belt, and I couldn't be happier. I was kinda mad that I had to knock out both my friends out of the top but I needed that belt. LOL. But yeah awesome tournament, and everyone was really nice. Thanks to Shuffle And Cut Games for buying the belt and putting it for grabs,'

- Anthony "The West Coast Wonder" Escobar
Top 5 in Money In The Bank Tournament
Top 4 in West Coast Qualifier
Winner in Replica Belt Tournament


...Good Times

[Solid Soldier]

Wait a minute! You know that stupid mistake costed me the match, Anthony, because after the match I told you I had an Overshot with 8F on the board and the Rolling Thunder was the ONLY thing that could get past it. If you actually ended your turn, those Technical High Risks would've never gotten off (plus I would've shuffled back It's Great to Be Back via Luck of the Draw) and your next Superstar-Specific High Risk would've been reversed with Overshot, then I would've Backfired you to death, despite your Unscrupulous SOB.

Oh, in case anyone was wondering, I was the Johnny deck.

[Solid Soldier]

They do, but only on the overturn and only if they're non-unique. Here's a clip from the FAQ:

Mr. Pay-Per-View
-Non-superstar-specific High Risk maneuvers cannot be reversed from hand with It’s Great To Be Back Here In…, but non-unique High Risk maneuvers could be reversed from Arsenal by that card.

[theanswer]

O yea thats right. That makes sense.

Maybe you could have won. Who knows?

[RawManiac]

Actually I would've used some tech that I had for your luck of the draw... It would've killed your backfire plan. But whatevers...

[RawManiac]

Backfire
Mid-match Action: Heat
Cannot be reversed from your opponent’s hand if you have Heat cards in your Ring area.
Look at your opponent’s hand. He overturns cards equal to the number of Reversal cards in his hand and in his Ring area.
F: 4 D: 0

From FAQ:

Backfire
-This card cannot be reversed from hand if there are Heat 'cards' in the Ring area, i.e. more than 1 card with the Heat trait.

I would've played that's broken, in which you would've popped the LOTD. That leaves you with only one heat card in your ring area, making your backfire reversable by hand, in which i had 2 No Chances and 1 Volley this for. Also I could've just waited Till' I drew the 5 Star and used my ability to drop it for the win.

So did it matter? In my opinion, no, but noone really can tell... Doesn't really matter anymore, the belt's in my closet and thats where its staying ;-)

[Solid Soldier]

Actually, Anthony, I had more than just the LOTDs as my Heat cards in the Ring area. Did you forget the Quick Poke you let through early game?

Also, I had a Two Things and Raw Deal Revolution in my hand as well, so I probably would've reversed the Broken with those since the LOTDs were keeping me alive.

Anyway, the fact is, that double High Risk costed me the game, plain and simple. Sure, it doesn't matter anymore, but I don't care, I know in my heart that I would've won.

[RawManiac]

Could you of really stalled until I drew out my 5 Star? I don't think so.. but again W/E... I know I would've won, you know you would've won, no really way to tell...