2001 United States National Championship

2001 United States National Championship Coverage

Fires is still the best deck in town, or so US Nationals would have you believe. Trevor Blackwell became National Champion on its consistent back. He even stole the finals in three straight games from under Brian Hegstad, who was playing what many believed to be the optimal metagame call.

These two are joined by newcomer Eugene Harvey, who also played Fires. The member of Team CMU defeated old-school pro David Bachmann in four games to earn his spot. Bachmann and his monored Ensnaring Bridge deck squared off against Harvey first in the quarterfinals, and again because of the double-elimination format.

Top 8 Final Standing

1. Trevor Blackwell (San Francisco, CA)	$25,000
2. Brian Hegstad (Vancouver, WA)	$12,500
3. Eugene Harvey (Hillsborough, NJ)	$6,000
4. David Bachmann (Linden, NJ)	$5,000
5. Chris Benafel (Eugene, OR)	$3,300
6. William Jensen (Millis, MA)	$3,000
7. Alex Borteh (Delaware, OH)	$2,250
8. David Price (Denver, CO)	$2,000

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

1 Chris Benafel William Jensen, 3-1

8 William Jensen Trevor Blackwell, 3-2

4 Alex Borteh Trevor Blackwell, 3-1 Trevor Blackwell, 3-0

5 Trevor Blackwell

2 Casey McCarrel Brian Hegstad, DQ

7 Brian Hegstad Brian Hegstad, 3-2

3 David Bachmann Eugene Harvey, 3-1

6 Eugene Harvey

Losers Bracket

	Loser's Bracket Semifinals	Loser's Bracket Finals	Loser's Bracket Winners	3/4-Place Playoff
	Semifinal 2 Loser	Eugene Harvey
	Semifinal 2 Loser	Eugene Harvey	Eugene Harvey, 3-1

Quarterfinal 1 Loser	Chris Benafel	Chris Benafel, 3-1		Eugene Harvey, 3-1
Quarterfinal 2 Loser	Alex Borteh	Chris Benafel, 3-1

Quarterfinal 3 Loser	None	David Bachmann, Bye
Quarterfinal 4 Loser	David Bachmann	David Bachmann, Bye	David Bachmann, 3-0

	Semifinal 1 Loser	William Jensen
	Semifinal 1 Loser	William Jensen

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INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
Event Recap Casey McCarrel Disqualified Top 8 Decklists 150 Standard Decklists Top 8 Profiles Day 2 Recap Standard Metagame Day 1 Recap Jackson Interview Draft 2 Overview Draft 2: Table 1 Draft 2: Billy Jensen Draft 2: Table 2 Draft 1: Finkel, Turian, Leiher Draft 1: Table 1 Draft 1: Williams/Shvartsman Where's Mike Long? More Grinder Decklists Introduction Grinder Decklists Metagame Overview Meatgrinder Winners Prison at Nationals? Buehler Interview Flores Interview Fact Sheet	Finals: Trevor Blackwell vs. Brian Hegstad 3/4-Place Playoff: Eugene Harvey vs. David Bachmann Semifinals: Eugene Harvey vs. Brian Hegstad Losers Bracket Semifinals: Billy "Baby Huey" Jensen vs. David Bachmann Losers Bracket Semifinals: Chris Benafel vs. Eugene Harvey Quarterfinals: Casey McCarrel vs. Brian Hegstad Quarterfinals: Chris Benafel vs. Billy Jensen Quarterfinals: Alex Borteh vs. Trevor Blackwell Quarterfinals: David Bachmann vs. Eugene Harvey Round 12: Brian Hegstad vs. Peter Leiher Round 12: Adrian Sullivan vs. Jason Zila Round 12: Billy "Baby Huey" Jensen vs. Mike "Potato" Turian Round 12: Dave Price vs. Steve Jarvis Round 11: Jamie Parke vs. Trevor Blackwell Round 11: Frank Hernandez vs. Jason Zila Round 11: David Bachmann vs. Mike Turian Round 10: Brian Hegstad vs. Chris Benafel Round 10: Zvi Mowshowitz vs. Mike Pustilnik Round 9: Sol Malka vs. Pete Leiher Round 9: David Price vs. William Jensen Round 9: Ben Rubin vs. Rob Dougherty Round 9: Trevor Blackwell vs. David Bachmann Round 8: Dave Price vs. Trevor Blackwell Round 8: Dan Clegg vs. Lawrence Creech Round 8: Adrian Sullivan versus Dave Humpherys Round 8: Casey McCarrel vs. Mike Turian Round 7: Sol Malka vs. Michael Turian Round 7: Darwin Kastle vs. Mike Pustilnik Round 7: Jon Finkel vs. Chris Benafel Round 7: Adrian Sullivan vs. William Jensen Round 6: Jon Finkel vs. Lawrence Creech Round 6: Mike Pustilnik vs. David Price Round 6: David Williams vs. Rob Dougherty Round 5: Dave Humpherys vs. Alex Shvartsman Round 5: Chris Benafel vs. Casey McCarrel Round 5: David Williams vs. Scott Johns Round 5: Frank Hernandez vs. David Bachmann Round 4: Brian Davis vs. Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz Round 4: Adrian Sullivan vs. Casey McCarrel Round 3: Michelle Bush vs. Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz Round 3: Alan Comer vs. Chris Benafel Round 3: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Dave Humpherys Round 2: Dan Clegg vs. Scott Johns Round 2: Lawrence Creech vs. Pete Leiher Round 2: Jon Finkel vs. Mike Turian Round 2: Trevor Blackwell vs. Shawn Regnier Round 1: Alex Shvartsman vs. Dave Williams Round 1: Aaron Forsythe vs. Adrian Sullivan Round 1: Brian Kibler vs. Alan Comer Grinders: Bryce Currence vs. Derek Lazarski
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Draft 2 Pods Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table) Draft 1 Pods	Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table)	Final Standings (By Player) Final Standings (By Score) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Score) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Score) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Score) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Score) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Score) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Score) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Score) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Score) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Score) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Score) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Score) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Score)