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Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh News
Galileo De Obaldia and
Arturo Oviedo CONQUER THE
WORLD DURING KONAMI
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT’S Yu-Gi-Oh!
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Champions Out-Duel
Representatives from 18
Countries at Weekend-long
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME
and Video Game Extravaganza
in Long Beach, California
EL SEGUNDO, CA. – (August
15, 2010) –
After an amazing
weekend-long Yu-Gi-Oh! World
Championship event beset
with dramatic Duels and
roller coasters of emotions,
Galileo De Obaldia from
Panama, played his final
card to defeat Vincent
Paglia from Las Vegas, NV to
become the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING
CARD GAME (TCG) 2010 World
Champion. Not to be
out-dueled, Arturo Oviedo
from Spain captured the
coveted title of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Video Game World Champion.
37 players, from 18
countries representing the
world’s best and brightest
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME
and Video Game players came
to Long Beach, CA to battle
for Konami Digital
Entertainment’s top Yu-Gi-Oh!
honors of the year.
After 12 months of
tournaments and hundreds of
Qualifying events across the
globe, the greatest players
brought high hopes and their
best Yu-Gi-Oh! Decks and
skills to Long Beach in a
quest to be crowned 2010
World Champion.
Heading into the Final Round
Sunday, all eyes were upon
De Obaldia (21 years of age)
and Paglia (age 18), as they
brought their cards to the
table. De Obaldia started
with a Cold Wave card
from his FROG One-Turn-Kill
Deck and Paglia activated
Royal Oppression and
Mask of Restrict card
from his Blackwing Deck.
Well into the match, it was
still unclear who was going
to take home the top prize
but in the final minutes it
was Galileo De Obaldia’s
unwavering skill and
strategy that helped him to
prevail and to capture the
title of 2010 World
Champion..
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game
World Championship was also
held at the same time
pitting world-class Duelists
from around the globe on the
center stage.
Competitors have battled for
months, to make it to the
World Championship event,
with only twelve players
skilled enough to earn a
trip to the Championship.
After seven
rounds of playing
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World
Championship 2010: Reverse
of Arcadia
it was Oviedo that proved to
possess the unwavering
skills and strategic moves
that lead him down the
winning path and ultimately
to be crowned the Video Game
2010 World Champion.
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