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Vincent Gan is the Cardmaster 5K Main Event 2009 Champion!


Vincent Gan


Top 8 Winners (L-R: Chew Fon Leang, Nicholas Wong, Zac Hill, Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir, Vincent Gan, Wong Qin Jin, Jason Lee, Choo Yong Han)

Final Top 8 Standings

[1st] RM 1,500 - Vincent Gan
[2nd] RM 800 - Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir
[3rd-4th] RM 450 - Nicholas Wong
[3rd-4th] RM 450 - Wong Qin Jin
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Zac Hill
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Choo Yoon Han
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Chew Fon Leang
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Jason Lee

Top 8 Decklists - here.

Vincent Gan hacked and oozed his way to his RM1,500 prize money with his blistering fast Jund Aggro despite showing up late and getting a game loss on his very first round. The tournament, with it's unique tournament structure, sees 20 qualified players to fight for a piece of the RM 5,000 up for grabs.

Despite the early setback, Vincent fought his way past the 5 rounds of swiss and in the finals defeated Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir with a string of 3 Bloodbraid Elf in 3 turns in an exciting 2nd game in the finals clinching victory in an attack that dealt exactly lethal damage while facing certain death on his opponent's following turn from a Battlegrace Angel.

On the way to the finals he handily dealt with Jason Lee and his 4-Color Control deck heavy on removal in the Semifinals before defeating Wong Qin Jin's Naya Aggro in two quick games in the Semifinals. Meanwhile, Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir with his version of the Naya deck fought off Choo Yoon Han's own version of the Naya deck in the Semifinals before defeating Nicholas Wong's Jund Aggro deck in the Quarterfinals.

Meanwhile Chew Fon Leong and his Jund Aggro and Zac Hill and his Naya Mid-range with Lavalanche rounded up the rest top 8.

Top 8 Single Elimination Rounds

Quarterfinals

Choo Yoon Han vs Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir (won)

Nicholas Wong (won) vs Chew Fon Leang

Wong Qin Jin (won) vs Zac Hill

Vincent Gan (won) vs Jason Lee

Semifinals

Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir (won) vs Nicholas Wong

Vincent Gan (won) vs Wong Qin Jin

Finals

Vincent Gan (won) vs Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir [Coverage Report]

Final Standings, more pictures from the event and the rest of the coverage below.


9th - 16th Placed Winners

Final 16 Standings
9th to 16th are final Swiss rounds standings

[1st] RM 1,500 - Vincent Gan
[2nd] RM 800 - Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir
[3rd-4th] RM 450 - Nicholas Wong
[3rd-4th] RM 450 - Wong Qin Jin
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Zac Hill
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Choo Yoon Han
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Chew Fon Leang
[5th-8th] RM 250 - Jason Lee

[9th] RM 100 - Hiew, Chee Chong
[10th] RM 100 - Sunjeet Singh
[11th] RM 100 - Cancio, Mike
[12th] RM 100 - Stanley Sim
[13th] RM 100 - Christopher Ong
[14th] RM 100 - Charles Law
[15th] RM 100 - Chen Tze Kang
[16th] RM 100 - Tibung, Marlon Jay


CM5K Top 8 player, Chew Fon Leang making a statement