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Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier

Modern PPTQ Dublin – Albany, New York (7th August 2016)

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 | qjwong

In this report, Paul Holbrook walks us through some of his assigned tasks as the Floor Team Lead in a PPTQ earlier this month. Read about his thought process as he carried out his responsibilities at the event.

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Legacy, SCG Tour

SCG Open Series Worcester – July 9th 2016

August 18, 2016 | qjwong

Jacob Janssens served as a floor judge at the SCG Open Series Worcester Legacy tournament not too long ago. Read his report to learn more about the interesting scenarios he encountered including one involving Sensei's Diving Top and another about handling player disputes.

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Tagged Jacob Janssens
Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier

New Hampshire’s First Triple PPTQ Day

August 4, 2016August 5, 2016 | qjwong

Tony Houst judged a triple PPTQ day in New Hampshire, United States and shares with us some of the stories from the floor - including a neat trick to help with the sealed pool registration process and challenges that a triple PPTQ running on the same day can present!

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Tagged Tony Houst
Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier

What is Remorse?

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 | matthewmw64

What does it mean to have "no remorse"? Join Austin Whitehead as he explores deeply into Unsporting Conduct - Major. After that, please join in the discussion in the JudgeApps forums!

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Tagged Austin Whitehead
World Magic Cup Qualifier

Tournament Report – WMCQ II Philippines

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 | qjwong

John Reuben Ferrer was judging at the 459-player WMCQ in the Philippines recently! Read about his experiences at the event and the many takeaways from the tournament, with many good questions for the readers to join in the discussion!

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Tagged John Reuben Ferrer
Modern, SCG Invitational Qualifier

Star City Modern IQ – I’m Not Sorry (Unless I Am)

July 13, 2016July 13, 2016 | matthewmw64

Scott Markwart learned some valuable lessons from a SCG IQ he judged, most notably about when to apologize and when you shouldn't be. Read all about it from this great report!

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Tagged Scott Markwart
GP Side Event, Grand Prix

GP NYC ’16 – Sleuthing and Monsters!

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016 | qjwong

Riva Arecol shares with us some interesting scenarios and takeaways from Grand Prix New York City 2016, including a couple of very good examples on how investigations can help solve problems!

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Tagged Riva Arecol
Competitive REL, Standard

ARG Circuit Series St. Louis Tournament Report (6/12/16) – A Different Look

June 29, 2016 | matthewmw64

Ian Doty gives us a fascinating look at an event from the eyes of a newly minted Level 1 judge. In this report, we read about his preparations for the tournaments, the calls he got, and the mistake he made, and some great advice on what to do after making a mistake.

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Tagged Ian Doty
Grand Prix

GP Minneapolis – Floor Judge Report

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 | qjwong

Antonio Zanutto writes about a good practice that is rarely talked about in tournament reports - the importance of shadowing! In this tournament report from GP Minneapolis, he shares with us things to look out for when shadowing, along with many interesting scenarios he came across during the GP.

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Tagged Antonio Zanutto
Grand Prix, Limited

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015

June 15, 2016June 16, 2016 | matthewmw64

Around this time last year was the amazing Modern Masters Weekend! Ken Nichols goes over his experience at GP Las Vegas with an in-depth report with lots of great stories and important lessons from the floor and off.

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Tagged Ken Nichols

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Alan Peng Andrew Kerrigan Benjamin McDole Brian Brown Charles Featherer Chase Culpon Chris Lansdell Christopher Wendelboe Dan Collins Daniel Regewitz Darcy Alemany David de la Iglesia Eric Lee Ian Mervin Go Ilan Seid-Green Jack Hesse Jacob Kriner Jacob Milicic Jason Stewart Jonah Kellman Joshua Feingold Kyle Gorbski Lexie Mettler Loïc Hervier Mani Cavalieri Mark Hensley Martha Lufkin Matt Braddock Michael Arrowsmith Michael Sell Pakhawadee Palungwachira Paul Baranay Phil Gallagher QJ Wong Rami Abdo Riccardo Mangano Rich Marin Robert Blanckaert Samantha Davis Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Steve Guillerm Tasha Jamison Theodoros Millidonis Théo Cheng William Tiddi

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