yugioh regionals

Over spring break i went to San Jose for the Yu-Gi-Oh Regionals. It is basically a huge tournament with hundreds of people competing for the top 32 and get an invite to the National tournament. There was lots of Machina decks being used this format because they were cheap and apparently really good. It was weird because most of the deck came from a starter deck. The deck was 3 starters decking the main cards out and a couple staple cards and you get a winning deck. Other deck were money decks with expensive cards and they didn't do so well. I was 5 and 4 which is pretty good for my first time. I could have been the top 32 but the first guy I played stacked me, which means giving himself all the card he needs to win on the first turn while just giving me a hand of useless cards.
It was crazy at regionals because stuff was getting jacked left and right. Some guy's binder got jacked in the first 2 rounds and he had Dark Armed Dragon which is worth about 70-80 bucks and a couple Judgment Dragons that were 60-70 a piece. Thankfully I didn't get anything jacked since I was watchful of my stuff. I had my backpack on me the whole time. While I was dueling my backpack was in my lap and while I was not dueling it was on my back with a clip closing the zipper so no one could really open it without me noticing it.
It was a great experience to be around so many people with determination to reach the same goal, which is an invite to nationals. The top 4 duelist would get a binder worth about 30 bucks or higher since it a one of a kind, a dueling mat which is about 20 bucks since it is also a one of a kind thing, a booster box which had 24 packs in it and would cost about 80-90 a box in a store and they also get an invite to nationals which is only for the ones who have an invite. The top 8 get 12 packs, a mat, and a invite which is not so bad since your getting it for free.
I am looking forward to the next regionals in June because I will get another shot at making it to nationals and be able to sell hella card that I don't need to make money. The only bad part about this is that is is in San Jose and starts at like 10 so i never to leave early and get there before the lines gets long and stuff. To make it on time we had to wake up a 7 and get ready, leave at 8 and get there at 9 and sign all the papers and fill out your deck list and all this other crap but in the end it was worth the trouble since i came up like 80 bucks from the stuff I got.