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Daniel Kong and Arif Kamaruddin Wins Decards GPT: KL ’09 (27th Dec)!
Daniel Kong
Arif Kamaruddin
Mono White Tokens and Jund emerged victorious in a top 8 that is radically diverse with a whopping 6 different archetypes! Daniel Kong takes the top spot with a concession from Arif Kamaruddin, but as far as they’re concerned, they’ve both won the GPT with the 3-round Byes extended to the top 2 players with the Decards GPT having a 42 player Trial.
For Arif, it was a joyous tournament as he finally broke his Quarterfinals losing streak, and was able to go all the way. While Daniel Kong had to fight for his top 8 spot in the Swiss rounds the hard way after a 1st-round defeat. On their way to the grand prize, Daniel Kong and his Mono White Tokens halted Christopher Lee’s Naya advance in the Quarterfinals before fighting off Chye Yian Hsiang and his ‘Kazakhistan Kontrol’ (UWR Control) to get his 3-round byes. Meanwhile Arif and his Jund had to fight off a fellow Jund player (with a Vampire twist), Icky (Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir) in the Quarterfinals, before winning his byes with the defeat of Boros player Alvin Chan. The other 2 Quarterfinalists are Ng Wei San and his ‘Blue Aggro’ 4-color Control who lost to Chye in a control on control matchup and Shawn Khoo’s Mono White Tokens to Alvin.
Top 8 Matchups
Quarterfinals
Arif Kamaruddin (Jund) [won] vs Icky / Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasir (Jund)
Shawn Khoo (Mono White Tokens) vs Alvin Chan (Boros) [won]
Ng Wei San (4c-Control) vs Chye Yian Hsiang (UWR Control) [won]
Christopher Lee (Naya) vs Daniel Kong (Mono White Tokens) [won]
Semifinals
Arif Kamaruddin (Jund) [won] vs Alvin Chan (Boros)
Daniel Kong (Mono White Tokens) vs Chye Yian Hsiang (UWR Control)
Finals
Arif Kamaruddin (Jund) conceded to Daniel Kong (Mono White Tokens) [won]
Top 8 Decklists - here
Read below for some event pictures of the top 8 Quarterfinals matches.
Photo Gallery
Daniel Kong vs Christopher Lee
Chye Yian Hsiang vs Ng Wei San
Arif Kamaruddin vs Icky / Mohd Ikmal Mohd Nasr
Shawn Khoo vs Alvin Chan
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