| Event | 2026 Los Angeles Regional Championships |
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| Location |  Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Date | 9–10 May 2026 |
| Attendance | 542 MA + 33 SR + 22 JR |
| Videogame | Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet |
| Season | 2026 Season – VGC Regulation Set I |
| Format | 8+4 Swiss rounds + asymmetrical top cut Open team lists |
| Organizer | Gaming Gen |
Check the organizer’s website here for further info!
Table of Contents
Teams and results
Top cut
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
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| 1 | 10-2 | |
Emilio Forbes (バイオレット) |
2026 Worlds 350 CP $6,000 |
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| 2 | 10-2 | |
Aaron Traylor (Traylor Moon) |
325 CP $4,000 |
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| 3 | 10-2 |  |
Jérémy Côté (Kangourou) |
300 CP $2,000 |
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| 4 | 10-2 |  |
Louis Markl (Louis) |
300 CP $2,000 |
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| 5 | 11-1 | |
Navjit Joshi (NJ11) |
280 CP $1,000 |
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| 6 | 11-1 | |
Gavin Michaels (HUH?!!) |
280 CP $1,000 |
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| 7 | 10-2 |  |
Shane Gaffney (Shane) |
280 CP $1,000 |
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| 8 | 10-2 | |
Carson St. Denis (Boo) |
280 CP $1,000 |
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| 9 | 10-2 |  |
Akhil Goel (Akhil) |
200 CP $750 |
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| 10 | 10-2 | |
Nicholas Ng (Bobjoecarl) |
200 CP $750 |
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| 11 | 10-2 | |
Justin Carris (AzazeL) |
200 CP $750 |
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Phase 2 Swiss rounds
Check here to see the seeds for top cut from the Phase 2 Swiss standings!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
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| 12 | 9-3 | | Aaron Brok (Aaron) | 200 CP $750 | | | |
| 13 | 9-3 | | Jordan Wiseman (Slayerjor) | 200 CP $750 | | | |
| 14 | 9-3 | | Justin Tang (Panda) | 200 CP $750 |   | | |
| 15 | 9-3 | | Aditya Subramanian (ck49) | 200 CP $750 |  | | |
| 16 | 9-3 | | Len Deuel (Len) | 200 CP $750 | | | |
| 17 | 9-3 | | Sohaib Mufti (soh) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 18 | 9-3 | | Brendan Zheng (Doug) | 160 CP | | | |
| 19 | 9-3 | | Kalo Augmon (Kalo) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 20 | 9-3 | | Alex Underhill (Lexicon) | 160 CP | | | |
| 21 | 9-3 | | Kian Campbell (Kian) | 160 CP |   | | |
| 22 | 9-3 |  | Jude Lee (Winter) | 160 CP | | | |
| 23 | 9-3 | | Junxi Zhu (zgr) | 160 CP | | | |
| 24 | 9-3 | | KaSun Thompson (KSun) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 25 | 9-3 | | Devyn Powers (Blub) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 26 | 9-3 | | Adam Colson (Adam) | 160 CP | | | |
| 27 | 9-3 | | Behzad Muntazir (Saten) | 160 CP |  | | |
| 28 | 9-3 | | Michael Ruiz (mike!) | 160 CP | | | |
| 29 | 9-3 | | Michael Zhang (Formora) | 160 CP |    | | |
| 30 | 9-3 | | Abel Ewere (Igotmilkbaby) | 160 CP | | | |
| 31 | 9-3 |  | Diego Ferreira (Diego) | 160 CP | | | |
| 32 | 9-3 | | Joshua Denk (DarkPine) | 160 CP | | | |
| 33 | 8-4 | | Siddharth Singhal (Siddharth) | 120 CP | | | |
| 34 | 8-4 | | Chase Rumpca (Tara) | 120 CP |  | | |
| 35 | 8-4 | | Declan Gary (HuggyeBear) | 120 CP | | | |
| 36 | 8-4 | | Vishy Vasudevan (Vishy) | 120 CP | | | |
| 37 | 8-4 | | Tony Okina (toeknee) | 120 CP |  | | |
| 38 | 8-4 | | Ian Genis (Ian) | 120 CP | | | |
| 39 | 8-4 | | Riley Factura (Riley) | 120 CP | | | |
| 40 | 8-4 | | Sahen Rai (Sahen) | 120 CP | | | |
| 41 | 8-4 | | Grant Laird (Verona) | 120 CP | | | |
| 42 | 8-4 |  | Rio Alexander (ZardiCharVGC) | 120 CP | | | |
| 43 | 8-4 | | Aaron Grubbs (Aaron) | 120 CP | | | |
| 44 | 8-4 | | Nolan Cloud (Radoovak) | 120 CP | | | |
| 45 | 8-4 | | Hazel Mewett (Maddy) | 120 CP | | | |
| 46 | 8-4 | | Sebastian Gonzalez (Seb) | 120 CP | | | |
| 47 | 8-4 | | Brian Collins (Angeló) | 120 CP |   | | |
| 48 | 8-4 |  | Jonathan Quiñones (Pocha) | 120 CP | | | |
| 49 | 8-4 | | Andrew Xu (Timp) | 120 CP | | | |
| 50 | 8-4 | | Jonathan Chemburkar (JON) | 120 CP | | | |
| 51 | 8-4 | | Younggyun Kim (Shawn) | 120 CP | | | |
| 52 | 8-4 | | Ben Emerzian (Ben) | 120 CP | | | |
| 53 | 8-4 | | Nicholas Morales (Charmdi) | 120 CP | | | |
| 54 | 8-4 | | Jingyao Zhang (Leo) | 120 CP |  | | |
| 55 | 8-4 | | Tyler Deacy (Steel) | 120 CP | | | |
| 56 | 8-4 | | Andrew Post (Q) | 120 CP | | | |
| 57 | 7-5 | | Aaron Perez (?Fez) | 120 CP | | | |
| 58 | 7-5 | | Kacey Boardman (Girasolia) | 120 CP | | | |
| 59 | 7-5 | | Cody Hruby (Cody Hruby) | 120 CP | | | |
| 60 | 7-5 | | Rockwell Anyoha (Rockwell) | 120 CP |  | | |
| 61 | 7-4 | | Karl Kopczynski (Karl) | 120 CP | | | |
| 62 | 7-5 | | Matthew Engbrecht (Maphoo) | 120 CP | | | |
| 63 | 7-5 | | Ethan Lam (turtle1) | 120 CP | | | |
| 64 | 7-5 | | Miguel Echeverria (Miggy) | 120 CP | | | |
| 65 | 7-5 | | Allan Martinez (Mando) | 80 CP | | | |
| 66 | 7-5 | | Brandon Tuchtenhagen (Kotori) | 80 CP | | | |
| 67 | 7-5 | | Zachary Goldstein (zg9064) | 80 CP | | | |
| 68 | 7-5 | | Lucy Fleming (Erza) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 69 | 7-5 | | Garrett Alvord (Gale) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 70 | 7-5 | | Erin Lomboy (Erin) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 71 | 7-5 | | Felix Bougie (Kyra) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 72 | 7-5 |  | Patrick Cheng (Patricia) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 73 | 6-6 | | Jon Spivack (Jon) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 74 | 6-6 | | Turner Crinklaw (turner) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 75 | 6-3 | | Montana Mott (Montana) | 80 CP | | | |
| 76 | 6-3 | | Andrew Zheng (honorstoise) | 80 CP | | | |
| 77 | 6-6 | | Ian Brito (Kasumi) | 80 CP | | |
Phase 1 Swiss rounds
All players with 2 or fewer losses advance to Phase 2!
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
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| 78 | 5-3 | | Johnny Selmer (Vivix) | 80 CP | | | |
| 79 | 5-3 | | Benjamin Harlan (Benjamin) | 80 CP | | | |
| 80 | 5-3 | | Keanu Inosanto (Keanu) | 80 CP | | | |
| 81 | 5-3 | | Luke Bowar (Annabelle) | 80 CP | | | |
| 82 | 5-3 | | Matt Francis (Matthew) | 80 CP | | | |
| 83 | 5-3 | | John Mills (Mr. Brig) | 80 CP |    | | |
| 84 | 5-3 | | Diego Aguirre (Diego) | 80 CP | | | |
| 85 | 5-3 | | Justin Burns (Justin) | 80 CP | | | |
| 86 | 5-3 |  | Benny Vasquez (Benny) | 80 CP | | | |
| 87 | 5-3 | | Chris Vroom (soduh) | 80 CP | | | |
| 88 | 5-3 |  | Enrique Grimaldo (EGrim) | 80 CP | | | |
| 89 | 5-3 | | Ernesto Verdugo (ErnestoVR) | 80 CP | | | |
| 90 | 5-3 | | Evelyn Klaus (Evie) | 80 CP | | | |
| 91 | 5-3 | | Luca Santelli (Michael) | 80 CP | | | |
| 92 | 5-3 | | Karan Gupta (knifes999) | 80 CP | | | |
| 93 | 5-3 | | Blake Silver (Blake) | 80 CP | | | |
| 94 | 5-3 | | Benji Irons (Benji) | 80 CP | | | |
| 95 | 5-3 | | Jason Kissinger (JASON) | 80 CP | | | |
| 96 | 5-3 | | MJ Rogers (MJ) | 80 CP | | | |
| 97 | 5-3 | | Braxton Walters (Braxton) | 80 CP | | | |
| 98 | 5-3 | | Nick Navarre (Nails) | 80 CP | | | |
| 99 | 5-3 | | Philip Saguil (Lei) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 100 | 5-3 | | Michael Lambrecht (lambokémon) | 80 CP | | | |
| 101 | 5-3 | | Hiram Espinosa (Hiramidas) | 80 CP | | | |
| 102 | 5-3 |  | Matt Bruno (Bruneaux) | 80 CP | | | |
| 103 | 5-3 | | John Paul Raguindin (John Paul) | 80 CP | | | |
| 104 | 5-3 | | Maya Bhemisetty (Maya) | 80 CP | | | |
| 105 | 5-3 | | Woody Gilbertson (Woody) | 80 CP | | | |
| 106 | 5-3 | | Justin Wong (Justinian) | 80 CP | | | |
| 107 | 5-3 | | Kylan Van Severen (Kylan) | 80 CP | | | |
| 108 | 5-3 | | Abhyuday Vatsavai (Abhyu) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 109 | 5-3 | | Chris Walsh (Phoenix) | 80 CP | | | |
| 110 | 5-3 | | Thomas Fisher (Tommy) | 80 CP | | | |
| 111 | 5-3 | | Riley Wilcox (Tech) | 80 CP | | | |
| 112 | 5-3 | | Wyatt McDonald (Wyatt) | 80 CP | | | |
| 113 | 5-3 | | Steven Stark (Stark) | 80 CP | | | |
| 114 | 5-3 | | Eric Luong (eric) | 80 CP | | | |
| 115 | 5-3 | | Erik Nunez (Erik) | 80 CP | | | |
| 116 | 5-3 | | Aniruddha Murali (Aniruddha) | 80 CP | | | |
| 117 | 5-3 | | Daniel Ferahian (Daniel) | 80 CP | | | |
| 118 | 5-3 | | Erik Holmstrom (Cyrus) | 80 CP | | | |
| 119 | 5-3 |  | Seung Lee (Wayuu) | 80 CP | | | |
| 120 | 5-3 | | Steven Stewart (steven) | 80 CP | | | |
| 121 | 5-3 | | Jesus Coronel (Supernova) | 80 CP | | | |
| 122 | 5-3 | | Alejandro Terrazas (Alec) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 123 | 5-3 | | Shane De Silva (yitaku) | 80 CP | | | |
| 124 | 5-3 | | Dakota Kelly (Dakota) | 80 CP | | | |
| 125 | 5-3 | | Joshua Dimond (Dimond>5) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 126 | 5-3 | | Jaiden Hart (Squash) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 127 | 5-3 | | Max Simon (Max) | 80 CP |  | | |
| 128 | 5-3 | | Jules Friedman (Jules) | 80 CP |  | |
Top 256 players got 60 Championship Points! You can check a full list, as well as a useful stats tool in Stalruth’s Cut Explorer!
Teams and results - Seniors & Juniors
Senior Top 16
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
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| 1 | 7-0 | | Leland S. | 2026 Worlds 350 CP $1,000 | | | |
| 2 | 5-2 | | Jonny W. | 325 CP $750 | | | |
| 3 | 5-2 | | Kevin M. | 300 CP $500 | | | |
| 4 | 5-2 | | Christopher H. | 300 CP $500 | | | |
| 5 | 6-1 | | Luke W. | 280 CP | | | |
| 6 | 5-2 | | Eder U. Z. | 280 CP |  | | |
| 7 | 5-2 | | John M. | 280 CP | | | |
| 8 | 4-3 | | Brooks J. | 280 CP | | | |
| 9 | 4-3 | | William K. | 200 CP |  | | |
| 10 | 4-3 | | Charlie K. | 200 CP | | | |
| 11 | 4-3 | | Sam K. | 200 CP | | | |
| 12 | 4-3 | | Zoe-Anne V. | 200 CP | | | |
| 13 | 4-3 | | Ballack S. | 200 CP | | | |
| 14 | 4-3 | | Zion C. | 200 CP | | | |
| 15 | 4-3 | | Ching Hin C. | 200 CP | | | |
| 16 | 4-3 | | Eric N. | 200 CP |  | |
Junior Top 8
| # | Swiss | Flag | Player | Prize | Team | OTS | EVs |
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| 1 | 5-1 | | Cameron C. | 2026 Worlds 350 CP $1,000 | | | |
| 2 | 4-2 | | Theo K. | 325 CP $750 | | | |
| 3 | 5-1 | | Charlie B. | 300 CP $500 | | | |
| 4 | 4-2 | | Noah C. | 300 CP $500 | | | |
| 5 | 5-1 | | Asher G. | 280 CP | | | |
| 6 | 4-2 | | James C. | 280 CP | | | |
| 7 | 4-2 | | Claire F. | 280 CP | | | |
| 8 | 3-3 | | Zoe R. | 280 CP | | |
Streaming
The event is broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube by TPCi, with Joe Brown, Scott Glaza, Rosemary Kelley, Aaron Zheng, Sierra Dawn and Yuki Zaninovich as casters.
- Day 1 (Swiss rounds): stream starts on 9 May at 16:15 UTC
- Day 2 (Swiss rounds + Top Cut): stream starts on 10 May at 16:15 UTC
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
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| R2 | James Baek |
vs | Riley Factura |
| R3 | Montana Mott |
vs | Behzad Muntazir |
| R4 | Brandon Davis  |
vs | Luke Bowar |
| R5 | Matt Bruno |
vs | Kian Campbell |
| R6 | Aaron Traylor |
vs | Justin Tang |
| R7 | Siddharth Singhal |
vs | Louis Markl |
| R8 | Navjit Joshi |
vs | Shane Gaffney |
| Round | Player 1 | vs | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R10 | Aaron Brok |
vs | Aditya Subramanian |
| R11 | Aaron Traylor |
vs | Alex Underhill |
| R12 | Nicholas Ng |
vs | KaSun Thompson |
| Top 16 | Akhil Goel |
vs | Louis Markl |
| Top 8 | Navjit Joshi |
vs | Jérémy Côté |
| Top 8 | Carson St. Denis |
vs | Emilio Forbes |
| Top 8 | Shane Gaffney |
vs | Aaron Traylor |
| Top 8 | Gavin Michaels |
vs | Louis Markl |
| Top 4 | Jérémy Côté |
vs | Emilio Forbes |
| Top 4 | Aaron Traylor |
vs | Louis Markl |
| Finals | Aaron Traylor |
vs | Emilio Forbes |
Usage stats
Phase 1
Phase 2
Venue and schedule
The tournament is held at the West Hall A of the following location:
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
Badges can be picked up in advance on Friday 8 May from 11 am to 7 pm PDT, or early on Saturday from 6:30 am PDT.
Players must be in the venue by 9 May at 8:30 am PDT (15:30 UTC) for the players meeting. The tournament starts thereafter with the Swiss rounds. Seniors and Juniors start 30 minutes later.
Players still on the run in Day 2 must be in the venue by 10 May at 8:30 am PDT (15:30 UTC) for the team checks. The next Swiss rounds and the Top Cut will be played thereafter.
Prizes
This event is part of the 2026 official TPCi circuit and thus it rewards Championship Points (CPs).
Check out the organizer’s website for information about participation goodies.
Additionally, the best-placed players will receive the following CPs, prize money and Pokémon TCG booster packs depending on final attendance:
| Placement | Championship Points | Kicker |
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| Champion | Invite to the 2026 World Championships 350 CP |
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| Finalist | 325 CP | 4 |
| Semifinalists | 300 CP | 8 |
| 5th to 8th | 280 CP | 17 |
| 9th to 16th | 200 CP | 33 |
| 17th to 32nd | 160 CP | 65 |
| 33rd to 64th | 120 CP | 129 |
| 65th to 128th | 80 CP | 257 |
| 129th to 256th | 60 CP | 513 |
| 257th to 512th | 40 CP | 1025 |
| 513th to 1024th | 20 CP | 2049 |
| Placement | Junior & Senior | Masters |
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| Champion | $1,000 USD | $6,000 USD |
| Finalist | $750 USD | $4,000 USD |
| Semifinalists | $500 USD | $2,000 USD |
| 5th to 8th | – | $1,000 USD |
| 9th to 16th | – | $750 USD |
| Players per age division | ||||||||
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| Placement | <33 | 33-64 | 65-128 | 129-256 | 257-512 | 513-1024 | 1025-2048 | 2049+ |
| Champion | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Finalist | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| Semifinalists | 36 | 72 | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| 5th to 8th | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
| 9th to 16th | 9 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 108 |
| 17th to 32nd | 18 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | |||
| 33rd to 64th | 9 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||
| 65th to 128th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 36 | ||||
| 129th to 256th | 9 | 18 | 18 | |||||
| 257th to 512th | 9 | |||||||
If prize money is $5000 or more, it will be given as a choice of scholarship (in all cases) or cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card). For lower prizes, it will be given as cash (for minors, as a Pokémon Visa® Prepaid Card).
Overview
The Los Angeles Regional Championships is an official TPCi Regional-level event for Pokémon VGC, TCG and Pokémon GO. It is the ninth Regional-level event and eighth Regional Championships proper of the 2026 season in the North American circuit.
The ruleset is VGC Regulation Set I, and it is played using open team lists.
It is the last major event in North America to use Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, as the competition continues in Pokémon Champions!
A little bit of history
The United States has been part of the North America region of the official TPCi circuit since the very beginning, also being home to the TPCi headquarters. It has hosted multiple major events, including Regional Championships, old-era National Championships, all editions of the North America International Championships and most World Championships (only excluding 2013, 2022 and 2023). The United States’ greatest VGC success are the five World Championship wins achieved by Ray Rizzo (2010, 2011 and 2012), Wolfe Glick (2016) and Giovanni Cischke (2025), not even counting being the home country of 7 Senior Division and 7 Junior Division World Champions too.
The most recent tournament held in the United States was the 2026 Orlando Regional, also played with the VGC Regulation Set I the previous month. The finals saw American player Bhushan Thumsi defeat fellow American Richard Mogollon to win his first Regional Championship title!
The last time there was an event in the state of California was the 2025 World Championships, hosted in Anaheim, CA, also played with the VGC Regulation Set I in August 2025. The finals saw American player Giovanni Cischke defeat 2018 Senior World Champion James Evans to be crowned as the new World Champion!
As for Regional-level events, the last one held in California was the 2025 Sacramento Regional, played with the VGC Regulation Set H in November 2024. The finals saw 2016 Senior World Champion Carson Confer defeat 2-time Regional Champion Joseph Ugarte to win his first Regional Championship title in the Masters division!
Sign-up instructions
Sign-ups for the event are done through RK9 Labs platform, and you will first need to set up your RK9 profile and have a Play! Pokémon Player ID.
Sign-ups are $80 for Masters players and $40 for Senior and Junior players, and they open on 11 March at 7 pm PDT (12 March at 02:00 UTC). Refunds are partially available up until one week before the event.
- A new wave of sign-ups was later announced to open on 26 March at 7 pm PDT (27 March at 02:00 UTC).
- A new wave of sign-ups was later announced to open on 23 April at 7 pm PDT (24 March at 02:00 UTC).
If the player cap is not reached, sign-ups close 3 days before the event starts, on 6 May.
For registered players, team lists must be submitted 3 hours before the event starts, by 9 May at 5:30 am PDT (12:30 UTC).
Spectator passes are $20 and can be purchased here.
