Sam Chen

Aspiring Pokémon master | 2016-7 North American Pokémon TCG rank #1 | Worlds 2017 top 8 | Also stats/econometrics/coding person

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

Welp. Missed LA Regionals wave 2 as well, and I refreshed on the dot at 7:00:00 and submitted within 2 seconds. It really sucks to miss my hometown regional, and it really sucks to lose out on a click speed lottery.

Hopefully I don’t miss worlds spectator signup. 😢

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@CarlosPero I was changing my daughter’s diaper right at 7pm, so unfortunately I couldn’t be on right on the dot. I wish there was a queue instead of infinite F5, but it’s okay though, I’m looking forward to making wave 2 (please Arceus 🙏)

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

I almost forgot my favorite part of the Pokemon TCG. Sitting at my computer for thirty minutes clicking F5 thousands of times just to miss registration anyway. I’ll see everyone next season 😭

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

Gino finding out that deleting a text doesn’t delete it for the other person

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@PokemonTCGP Who is that cute Asian guy? 😘

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@gearhartpkmn @xanderpero @MichaelPramawat @kazambolt @cschemanske @NickCRobinson Unfortunately, this was on a private forum, so I can't share it with you.

Is there a particular archetype that you're interested in? We basically tested every major archetype after new sets, and I can dig up some stuff.

Feel free to DM me on Messenger to continue this convo!

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@gearhartpkmn @xanderpero @MichaelPramawat @kazambolt @cschemanske @NickCRobinson Also @gearhartpkmn, I have decklists saved from every single tournament I played from that era. I just need to dig it up in the forum. Let me know if you need anything else. You should be warned that not every list I played was good lol.

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@gearhartpkmn @xanderpero @MichaelPramawat @kazambolt @cschemanske @NickCRobinson I had talked with Jason a bit about the list, and I also found this tidbit in the forum. This is what Jason would've changed from my list to fit +2 Tool Scrapper. (The Tool Scrapper is for Garbotoxin, which saw a rise in popularity because I had won the Regional without it.)

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@gearhartpkmn @xanderpero @MichaelPramawat @kazambolt @cschemanske @NickCRobinson If you want a *better* list, this is the list I won the 2013-4 Philadelphia Regionals with about 2 months later. 🏆

The meta had recently shifted, and I took a gamble that I would dodge Garbotoxin decks. Fun fact: Jimmy O'Brien also T8 the event using Blastoise without Scrapper.

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

It has been a long wait, but... Betty and I are on episode 6 of Trainer Tour! 😃 We had a great time and played some Pokemon, so please check it out on @PrimeVideo. Shoutout to @enjoifriend and @Strawburry17 for being amazing hosts. See everyone at Worlds in 2 weeks! #PlayPokemon

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

Made day 2 at EUIC with this cute orange dinosaur 🦖 This gives me enough points to qualify for Worlds! 615/600, see everyone in Honolulu 🏝️

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@Fast05Girl It was great meeting you as well!

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

I made day 2 at the World Championships after finishing 6-1 with Mew! 🏆 I’m so excited to be competing and representing the US (and Taiwan) in tomorrow’s main event. Wish me luck! 🇺🇸🇹🇼

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@tfarrow111 @KSabelhaus @enjoifriend @BurtsPTCG It was a pleasure to take this photo! Hope to see you around at other events!

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@tablemon @nk0hli @LakeOfRagepod Greninja players were excluded from the list 🐸

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@Raymond29802671 @thefleeee @RegannatorTCG @BokhariJustin @Jonner909 It’s still available at the Pokémon Center store. https://t.co/x5bRjWzNK7

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

9th place at Oceania Internationals with @thefleeee’s exact list! Shoutout also to @RegannatorTCG for beating the crap out of me in testing to force me back to Regis. Australia was amazing as always and I can’t wait to be back. Oh, and I got my Worlds invite! 530/500 CP 🇦🇺🦘🌏

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@daviddaritan @thefleeee @RegannatorTCG @BokhariJustin @Jonner909 Same. It was great to meet you as well!

[Sam Chen @samstoise]

@NicholasMoffit2 @thefleeee @RegannatorTCG @BokhariJustin @Jonner909 Oh crap. I actually found out on Thursday, but I mindlessly typed 500 lol