| Event | 2023 Hartford Regional Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Hartford, CT, United States |
| Date | 20–21 May 2023 |
| Attendance | 675 players (MA) |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – VGC Regulation Set C |
| Format | 9 Day 1 Swiss rounds + 5 Day 2 (all X-2 or better) Swiss rounds + top 8 single elimination Open team lists |
| Organizer | Overload Events |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12-2 |  | Tang Shiliang (20亮亮) | 200 CP $3000 |       |  | |
| 2 | 11-3 | | Ryan Haig (botchkiss) | 160 CP $2000 |      | | |
| 3 | 12-2 | | Wolfe Glick (Wolfey) | 130 CP $1000 |    | | |
| 4 | 11-3 | | Sohaib Mufti (soh) | 130 CP $1000 | | | |
| 5 | 12-2 | | Kyle Livinghouse (Animus) | 100 CP $500 |    | | |
| 6 | 12-2 | | Dominique Johnson (428) | 100 CP $500 |   | | |
| 7 | 12-2 |  | Eric Stuart (Silverbroom) | 100 CP $500 | | | |
| 8 | 11-3 | | James Evans (James) | 100 CP $500 |  | |
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12-2 |  | Abdullah Mohayyuddin (sempra) | 200 CP $3000 |    |  | |
| 2 | 11-3 | | Ryan Loseto (SableyeVGC) | 160 CP $2000 |  |  | |
| 3 | 11-3 | | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | 130 CP $1000 |     | | |
| 4 | 11-3 | | Aaron Zheng (CybertronVGC) | 130 CP $1000 |  | | |
| 5 | 12-2 | | Zackary Thornberg (Zack) | 100 CP $500 |     | | |
| 6 | 11-3 | | Neil Patel (Neil) | 100 CP $500 | | | |
| 7 | 11-3 | | Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) | 100 CP $500 |   | | |
| 8 | 11-3 | | Demitrios Kaguras (DEMITRI) | 100 CP $500 |  |  | |
Day 2 Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Day 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 11-3 | | Brian Youm (Clover) | 80 CP $250 | | | |
| 10 | 11-3 | | Paul Chua (あい) | 80 CP $250 |  | | |
| 11 | 11-3 | | Dan Fitzpatrick (JerseyFitz) | 80 CP $250 | | | |
| 12 | 11-3 | | Stephen Mea (tamupoke) | 80 CP $250 | | | |
| 13 | 11-3 | | Joshua Lorcy (Lorcy) | 80 CP $250 |  | | |
| 14 | 11-3 | | Aaron Johnson (Aaron) | 80 CP $250 |  | | |
| 15 | 11-3 | | Ian O’Connor (Ian) | 80 CP $250 | | | |
| 16 | 11-3 | | Riley Factura (Riley) | 80 CP $250 |  | | |
| 17 | 10-4 | | Norah Bowman (Bubs!) | 60 CP |  | | |
| 18 | 10-4 | | Ian Lee (Ian) | 60 CP | | | |
| 19 | 10-4 | | James McGarrity (Jay) | 60 CP |  | | |
| 20 | 10-4 | | Drew Kendziora (Ice) | 60 CP |  | | |
| 21 | 10-4 |  | Siddharth Singhal (Siddharth) | 60 CP |  | | |
| 22 | 10-4 | | Matthew So (Galahad) | 60 CP | | | |
| 23 | 10-4 | | Calvin Nisson (Gazoney) | 60 CP |   | | |
| 24 | 10-4 | | Nick Navarre (Nails) | 60 CP | | | |
| 25 | 10-4 | | Joseph Ugarte (JoeUX9) | 60 CP |  | | |
| 26 | 10-4 |  | Stefan Mott (Pengy) | 60 CP | | | |
| 27 | 10-4 |  | Ezequiel Cordero (ZekromZeke) | 60 CP | | | |
| 28 | 10-4 | | Luka Trejgut (armin) | 60 CP | | | |
| 29 | 10-4 | | Collin Heier (Crown) | 60 CP | | | |
| 30 | 10-4 | | Matthew Cecil (Matthew) | 60 CP | | | |
| 31 | 10-4 | | Ryan Rickenbacher (Bobcat) | 60 CP |   | | |
| 32 | 10-4 | | Chuppa Cross IV (Chuppa*Cross) | 60 CP | | | |
| 33 | 10-4 | | Edward Glover (Snowmin) | 50 CP | | | |
| 34 | 9-5 | | Sean Hanrahan (Seanlet) | 50 CP | | | |
| 35 | 9-5 | | Wu Yichun (威廉) | 50 CP | | | |
| 36 | 9-5 | | Ben Grissmer (chef) | 50 CP | | | |
| 37 | 9-5 | | Alessio Piscitelli (Ale) | 50 CP | | | |
| 38 | 9-5 | | Toler Webb (Toler) | 50 CP |   | | |
| 39 | 9-5 | | Joseph Kelly (Joseph) | 50 CP |    | | |
| 40 | 9-5 | | Brandon Tuchtenhagen (Kotori) | 50 CP | | | |
| 41 | 9-5 |  | Li Yan Chak (huh) | 50 CP | | | |
| 42 | 9-5 | | Bhushan Thumsi (Freezai) | 50 CP | | | |
| 43 | 9-5 | | Alexander D’Andrea (1exar) | 50 CP | | | |
| 44 | 9-5 | | Brandon Fuller (Brandon) | 50 CP | | | |
| 45 | 9-5 | | John Rutledge (Aether) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 46 | 9-5 | | Matin Moradi (Matin) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 47 | 9-5 | | Sullivan Brock (Sullivan) | 50 CP | | | |
| 48 | 9-5 | | George Tifverman (Tiff Curry) | 50 CP | | | |
| 49 | 9-5 | | Yotam Cohen (yotam) | 50 CP | | | |
| 50 | 9-5 | | Hayden Dely (Hayden) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 51 | 8-6 | | Emma Franzen (Emma) | 50 CP | | | |
| 52 | 8-6 | | Griffin Simon (Jiwon) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 53 | 8-6 | | Justin Jimenez (Blitz) | 50 CP | | | |
| 54 | 8-6 | | Steven Kaye (Phoenix) | 50 CP | | | |
| 55 | 8-6 | | Henry Hernandez (Hendez) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 56 | 8-6 | | Blake Falls (Kaguya) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 57 | 8-6 |  | Vincent Mateo (Poncho) | 50 CP | | | |
| 58 | 7-3 | | Thomas Irwin (Sarah) | 50 CP | | | |
| 59 | 7-4 | | Karl Kopczynski (Karl) | 50 CP | | | |
| 60 | 7-7 | | Randy Chapa (Randy) | 50 CP | | |
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Day 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | TL | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 7-3 |  | Ian Roberts (76) | 40 CP |  | |
Day 1 Swiss rounds
All players with a 7-2 or better record advance to Day 2!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | List | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 6-3 | | Juan Guzman (Juan) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 62 | 6-3 | | Eric Bartlett (aric) | 50 CP | | | |
| 63 | 6-3 | | Sheldon Isaac (Cairo) | 50 CP | | | |
| 64 | 6-3 | | Rushil Thakkar (Conkledonk) | 50 CP |  | | |
| 65 | 6-3 | | Si Dawei (露露♪) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 66 | 6-3 | | Nathan Hopper (Nutt) | 40 CP |   | | |
| 67 | 6-3 | | Adrien Hurley (ColdingLight) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 68 | 6-3 | | Song Yiwen (FAT) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 69 | 6-3 | | Olivia Moledzki (timbit) | 40 CP | | | |
| 70 | 6-3 | | Michael D’Angelo (Mike) | 40 CP | | | |
| 71 | 6-3 |  | Mahmoud Tantawi (Macs) | 40 CP | | | |
| 72 | 6-3 | | Marcus Dion (Father Dijon) | 40 CP | | | |
| 73 | 6-3 | | Olivia Maney (Livy) | 40 CP | | | |
| 74 | 6-3 | | Chris Danzo (Lunar) | 40 CP | | | |
| 75 | 6-3 | | Jeremy Gross (Jeremy) | 40 CP | | | |
| 76 | 6-3 | | Dillon Clark (Dillon) | 40 CP | | | |
| 77 | 6-3 | | Richard Mogollon (ChefRich!) | 40 CP | | | |
| 78 | 6-3 | | Joe Carlino (TalonMasterJ) | 40 CP | | | |
| 79 | 6-3 | | Mike Watson (Mike) | 40 CP | | | |
| 80 | 6-3 | | Will Inabinet (Will) | 40 CP | | | |
| 81 | 6-3 | | Rohun Vangal (Conics) | 40 CP | | | |
| 82 | 6-3 | | Masanobu Suzuki (Masa) | 40 CP | | | |
| 83 | 6-3 | | Jacob Winslow (NokoFootball88) | 40 CP | | | |
| 84 | 6-3 | | Brendan Borbone (hush) | 40 CP | | | |
| 85 | 6-3 | | Kevin Miller (Kevin) | 40 CP | | | |
| 86 | 6-3 | | Jeudy Azzarelli (Jeudy) | 40 CP | | | |
| 87 | 6-3 | | Thomas DeRosa (Dandy) | 40 CP | | | |
| 88 | 6-3 | | Brian Fitton (Ryou) | 40 CP | | | |
| 89 | 6-3 | | Ryan Hebert (Pb) | 40 CP | | | |
| 90 | 6-3 | | Chris Likokas (Orestis) | 40 CP | | | |
| 91 | 6-3 | | Jérémy Côté (Kangourou) | 40 CP | | | |
| 92 | 6-3 | | Dylan Salvanera (Dylan) | 40 CP | | | |
| 93 | 6-3 | | Andrew Engelman (Quatra) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 94 | 6-3 | | Jonah Hunt (Jonah) | 40 CP | | | |
| 95 | 6-3 | | Jack Fuld (Jack) | 40 CP | | | |
| 96 | 6-3 |  | Henry Rich (Hobbit) | 40 CP | | | |
| 97 | 6-3 | | Austin Forcinito (Lylah) | 40 CP | | | |
| 98 | 6-3 | | Kyle Foley (Currypuff) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 99 | 6-3 | | John Andersch (LARZee) | 40 CP | | | |
| 100 | 6-3 | | Kevin Swastek (kswas) | 40 CP | | | |
| 101 | 6-3 |  | Jonathan Quiñones (Pocha) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 102 | 6-3 | | Rafe Osborne (Bugsy) | 40 CP | | | |
| 103 | 6-3 | | Kyle Ayala (KairoshiiiTV) | 40 CP | | | |
| 104 | 6-3 | | Tim Edwards (TSE) | 40 CP | | | |
| 105 | 6-3 | | Jairo Contreras (Alchem1st) | 40 CP | | | |
| 106 | 6-3 | | Josh Ritz (Jag) | 40 CP | | | |
| 107 | 6-3 | | Adam Siegel (Avirah) | 40 CP | | | |
| 108 | 6-3 | | Andrew Johnson (Jucius) | 40 CP | | | |
| 109 | 6-3 | | Nathan Earnest (Spades) | 40 CP | | | |
| 110 | 6-3 | | Carlos Wiley (ChaoticAce) | 40 CP | | | |
| 111 | 6-3 | | Jonathan Duran (DuranzTV) | 40 CP | | | |
| 112 | 6-3 | | Kevin Sidonio (Pokésports) | 40 CP | | | |
| 113 | 6-3 | | Kyle Wilkinson (Kwikpanik) | 40 CP | | | |
| 114 | 6-3 | | Scott Csordas (Scott) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 115 | 6-3 | | Lucas Pfanzelt (Luke) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 116 | 6-3 | | Noah Leszczynski (Noah) | 40 CP | | | |
| 117 | 6-3 | | Jake Parisi (Jake) | 40 CP | | | |
| 118 | 6-3 | | Carl Meixsell (RedVGC) | 40 CP | | | |
| 119 | 6-3 | | Luc Gagnon-Victor (ATL) | 40 CP | | | |
| 120 | 6-3 | | Anthony Rossano (Anthony) | 40 CP |    | | |
| 121 | 6-3 | | Darius Miranda (SSSuperDario) | 40 CP | | | |
| 122 | 6-3 | | Luhou Shen (Luhou) | 40 CP | | | |
| 123 | 6-3 | | Timothy Bensema (zypotic) | 40 CP | | | |
| 124 | 6-3 | | Christian Dam (charlie) | 40 CP | | | |
| 125 | 6-3 | | Kazi Rahman (Berserker) | 40 CP | | | |
| 126 | 6-3 | | Shiv Sunil (Shiv) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 127 | 6-3 |  | Jonathan Melendez (Wacka) | 40 CP |  | | |
| 128 | 6-3 | | Tom Hull (Kymeri) | 40 CP | | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, with Gabby Snyder, Rosemary Kelley, Joe Brown and Adam Dorricott as casters, and Sierra Dawn managing interviews to round winners and other special guests.
- Day 1: stream starts on 20 May at 15:00 UTC
- Day 2 + Top Cut: stream starts on 21 May at 14:00 UTC
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | Sohaib Mufti | vs | Nick Navarre |
| R4 | Collin Heier | vs | Luka Trejgut |
| R5 | Wolfe Glick | vs | Toler Webb |
| R6 | James Evans | vs | Luca Paz |
| R7 | Sheldon Isaac | vs | Paul Chua |
| R8 | Joseph Ugarte | vs | Brian Youm |
| R9 | Juan Guzman | vs | Dan Fitzpatrick |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caster showdown | Gabby Snyder | vs | Sierra Dawn  |
| R13 | Chuppa Cross IV | vs | James McGarrity |
| R14 | Wolfe Glick | vs | Brian Youm |
| Top 8a | James Evans | vs | Tang Shiliang |
| Top 8b | Ryan Haig | vs | Kyle Livinghouse |
| Top 4a | Wolfe Glick | vs | Tang Shiliang |
| Top 4b | Sohaib Mufti | vs | Ryan Haig |
| Finals | Ryan Haig | vs | Tang Shiliang |
The event will be broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, with Aaron Zheng, Sierra Dawn, Maeve O’Rourke and Jake Muller as casters, with Rosemary Kelley managing interviews to round winners and special guests, Pokémon GO caster Stephanie Kristine and former VGC caster Evan Latt.
- Day 1: stream starts on 25 February at 17:00 UTC
- Day 2 + Top Cut: stream starts on 26 February at 14:15 UTC
Take a look at the following matches:
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | Shreyas Radhakrishna | vs | Gavin Michaels |
| R4a | Grayson DeWolfe | vs | Aaron Zheng |
| R4b | Marcus Dion | vs | Luca Paz |
| R5 | Donald Smith | vs | Len Deuel   |
| R6 | Collin Heier | vs | Abdullah Mohayyuddin |
| R7 | Alberto Lara | vs | Nishant Joshi |
| R8 | Emmanuel Boctor | vs | Zackary Thornberg |
| R9 | Matt Tidd | vs | Ian Holdeman |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R13 | Abdullah Mohayyuddin | vs | Dylan Salvanera |
| R14a | Zac Emerzian   | vs | Aaron Zheng |
| R14b | Marcus Dion | vs | Demitrios Kaguras |
| Top 8a | Neil Patel | vs | Aaron Zheng |
| Top 8b | Ryan Loseto | vs | Zackary Thornberg |
| Top 4a | Abdullah Mohayyuddin | vs | Dylan Salvanera |
| Top 4b | Aaron Zheng | vs | Ryan Loseto |
| Finals | Abdullah Mohayyuddin | vs | Ryan Loseto |
CP standings
Season standings
The following are the North America Championship Point standings before and after the event.
Top 8 players at the end of the 2023 season get Day 2 invites to the 2023 World Championships.
Before the event
| # | Player | CP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Lara | 1000 |
| 2 | Joseph Ugarte | 998 |
| 3 | Paul Chua | 940 |
| 4 | Gavin Michaels | 915 |
| 5 | Nick Navarre | 882 |
| 6 | Chuppa Cross IV | 841 |
| 7 | Collin Heier | 820 |
| 8 | James Evans | 810 |
| 9 | Wolfe Glick | 756 |
| 10 | Luca Paz | 700 |
| 11 | Zackary Thornberg | 680 |
| 12 | Raghav Malaviya | 660 |
Note: Some Premier Challenges may be missing.
After the event
| # | Player | CP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Chua | 1020 |
| 2 | Joseph Ugarte | 1018 |
| 3 | Alberto Lara | 1000 |
| 4 | Nick Navarre | 942 |
| 5 | Gavin Michaels | 915 |
| 6 | James Evans | 910 |
| 7 | Chuppa Cross IV | 901 |
| 8 | Collin Heier | 840 |
| 9 | Wolfe Glick | 806 |
| 10 | Luca Paz | 700 |
| 11 | Zackary Thornberg | 680 |
| 12 | Raghav Malaviya | 660 |
Note: Some Premier Challenges may be missing.
Venue and schedule
The tournament will be held in the following location:
Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Blvd
Hartford, CT 06103
Players must be in the venue by 20 May 2023 at 8:30 am local time (12:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament will start afterwards with the Swiss rounds.
The Day 2 Swiss rounds, if any, and the top cut will be played starting on 21 May 2023.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2023 official TPCI circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
As a participation goodie, all players will be provided a Pokémon Regional Championships promo card, an event hat, an Ultra PRO drawstring bag and an Ultra PRO 15% off coupon. Players could also purchase:
- “Stage 1 Package”, which added an event T-shirt and two side-event tickets to the goodies;
- “Stage 2 Package”, which further added a Pokémon pin, an event die and bag and two additional side-event tickets; or
- “VIP Package”, which further added a reserved seating during main event, access to the VIP room on both Saturday and Sunday, access to the Wi-Fi password and a Pokémon Elite Trainer Box.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following prizes depending on final attendance:
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $500 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $250 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | – | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | – | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | – | – | 9 packs |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $1000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $500 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $250 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | – | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | – | – | 9 packs |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $1000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $500 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $250 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | – | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | – | 9 packs |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $1000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $500 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $250 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | $250 | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | – | 9 packs |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $2000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $1000 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $500 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | $250 | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | – | 9 packs |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $2000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $1000 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $500 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | $250 | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | $250 | 9 packs |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $3000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $2000 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $1000 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | $500 | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | $250 | 9 packs |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $3000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $2000 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $1000 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | $500 | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | $250 | 9 packs |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP | – | – |
| Placement | CP | Prize money | Pokémon TCG booster packs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 200 CP | $3000 | 72 packs |
| Runner-up | 160 CP | $2000 | 72 packs |
| Semifinalists | 130 CP | $1000 | 36 packs |
| 5th to 8th | 100 CP | $500 | 18 packs |
| 9th to 16th | 80 CP | $250 | 9 packs |
| 17th to 32nd | 60 CP | – | – |
| 33rd to 64th | 50 CP | – | – |
| 65th to 128th | 40 CP | – | – |
| 129th to 256th | 30 CP | – | – |
If prize money is $5000 or more, it will be given as a choice of scholarship (in all cases) or cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card). For lower prizes, it will be given as cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card).
Overview
The Hartford Regionals is an official TPCI Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the eighth Regionals of the 2023 season in the North American circuit, and, pending an announcement, very likely the second in the travel award race for the 2024 season’s first IC.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set C and it will be played using open team lists.
A little bit of history
The United States has been part of the North America region of the official TPCI circuit since the very beginning, also being home to the TPCI headquarters. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships, all editions of the North America International Championships and almost all World Championships (only excluding 2013, 2022 and the upcoming 2023). The United States’ greatest VGC success are the four World Championship wins achieved by Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011 and 2012) and Wolfe Glick (2016), not even counting being the home country of 6 Senior Division and 5 Junior Division World Champions too.
The most recent tournament held in the United States will be the 2023 Portland Regionals, played earlier in the same month. The finals saw 2020 Portland Regional Champion Joseph Ugarte, who had placed second in the previous two North American Regionals, defeat Chinese Ding Zishuo to achieve his second Regional title in the same place he earned the first one over 3 years ago.
The last time there was an event in Connecticut was the 2019 Hartford Regionals, played in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset in May 2019. The finals saw American Tommy Cooleen defeat fellow countryman Kyle Livinghouse to achieve his first-ever major title.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through RK9 Labs platform, and you will first need to set up your RK9 profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID. All players must comply with the Play! Pokémon COVID-19 Protocols.
Sign-ups are $69.20 for all age divisions and they open on 4 April 2023 at 8 pm local time (5 April at 00:00 UTC).
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 2 hours before the event, on 20 May 2023 at 6:30 am local time (10:30 UTC).
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 hour before the event starts, by 20 May 2023 at 7:30 am local time (11:30 UTC). Paper team lists can also be found here.
Spectator passes are $10.65 and can be acquired through Rk9 Labs.
