| Event | 2023 Portland Regional Championships |
|---|---|
| Location |  Portland, OR, United States |
| Date | 6–7 May 2023 |
| Capacity | Undisclosed |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2023 Season – Format TBD |
| Format | Swiss rounds + top cut single elimination, as per attendance Open team lists |
| Organizer | Team Northwest |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
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 cost will be announced at a later date, and they open on Pi Day, 14 March 2023 at 1:59 pm local time (20:59 UTC).
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 1 day before the event, on 5 May 2023 at 8:30 pm local time (6 May at 03:30 UTC).
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 1 day before the event starts, by 5 May 2023 at 9:00 pm local time (6 May at 04:00 UTC). Paper team lists can also be found here.
Spectator passes are US$5 can be acquired through Rk9 Labs.
Venue and schedule
The tournament will be held in the Exhibit Hall C of the following location:
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Players must be in the venue by 6 May 2023 at 9:00 am local time (16:00 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament will start afterwards with the Swiss rounds, with a lunch break after Round 4.
The Day 2 Swiss rounds, if any, and the top cut will be played starting on 7 May 2023 at 7:30 am local time (14:30 UTC).
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 and a hat. Players could also purchase:
- “Portland Experience”, which added an event shirt and two side-event vouchers to the goodies; or
- “Portland Experience Plus”, which further added a mat and two prize wall dice.
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).
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube. Check out the caster team and stream schedule soon!
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
Standings will be updated after EUIC.
After the event
Standings will be updated after the event.
Future IC Travel Award standings
This event probably counts towards next season’s first International Championships Travel Award standings, but this has not been announced yet. It is the first of at least 4 Regional-level events in North America to count.
Top 4 players at the end of this period (17 April to 2 July 2023) will receive a $3500 Travel Award ($5000 for minors), while players ranked 5th to 8th will receive a $1000 Travel Stipend.
Before the event
This is the first event in North America to count towards the next period!
After the event
Standings will be updated after the event.
Overview
The Portland Regionals is an official TPCI Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the seventh Regionals of the 2023 season in the North American circuit, and, pending an announcement, very likely the first in the travel award race for the 2024 season’s first IC.
The ruleset is to be defined, as the current VGC Regulation Set B has an end date of 31 March, 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 Fort Wayne Regionals, played in April 2023.
The last time there was an event in Oregon was the 2020 Portland Regionals, played in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon with the VGC19 Ultra Series ruleset in November 2019. The finals saw American Joseph Ugarte defeat Chinese Wang Bingjie to achieve his first-ever major title.
American James Evans, the 2018 Senior Division World Champion, defeated Brazilian Gabriel Agati in the NAIC finals.
