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Andrew Hedrick Wins Puebla Pokémon TCG Regional; Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Reaches Top 4

2,469 Participants... Masters Top 4 Includes 3 Americans and 1 Japanese; Dylan F. Wins Seniors, Pedro L. Wins Juniors

김태희 기자 · Published Oct 27, 2026, 01:01 KST · 3 min read
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Andrew Hedrick (앤드루 헤드릭) of the United States won the Masters Division of the 2027 Season Puebla (Mexico) Pokémon Trading Card Game Regional Championships. According to the final standings released by the tournament platform RK9, Hedrick faced fellow American Caleb Rogerson (케일럽 로저슨) in the finals on October 25 (local time) and finished the tournament in 1st place. Rogerson finished 2nd. Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (야마구치 요시유키) of Japan reached 4th place after being stopped by Hedrick in the semifinals.

The tournament was held from October 24 to 25 in Halls 1 and 2 of the Centro Expositor Puebla (퓨에블라 센트로 엑스포시토르). According to the RK9 pairings page, there were 2,469 total participants. Based on the RK9 roster, 2,222 Masters, 151 Seniors, and 82 Juniors were registered. Among the Masters registrants, 2,088 players were from the host country, Mexico.

Masters Division: Three Americans in the Top 4

The Masters Top 4 (Round 16) consisted of Hedrick vs. Yamaguchi, and Nathan Ginsburg (네이선 긴즈버그) vs. Rogerson. Hedrick and Rogerson advanced to the finals (Round 17). The top 8 players in the RK9 final standings are as follows:

| Rank | Player | Nationality | |---|---|---| | 1 | Andrew Hedrick | United States | | 2 | Caleb Rogerson | United States | | 3 | Nathan Ginsburg | United States | | 4 | Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi | Japan | | 5 | Eder Jarillo | Mexico | | 6 | Brent Tonisson | Australia | | 7 | Juan Daniel Juarez Nequiz | Mexico | | 8 | Eduardo Dueñas | Mexico |

The highest-ranking Mexican player was 5th-place finisher Eder Jarillo (에데르 하리요). Six Mexican players made it into the top 16, along with Fernando Cifuentes (페르난도 시푸엔테스) of Chile (13th) and Jonatan Torres (조나탄 토레스) of Colombia (12th). Among Asian players, in addition to Yamaguchi in 4th, Akira Kurasaki (구라사키 아키라) of Japan recorded a 39th-place finish.

The deck aggregation site Limitless TCG listed the legal card pool for this tournament as 'Temporal Forces – 30th Celebration'. On the RK9 roster, the decklists of top players are only marked as 'Submitted', and the contents of the decks were not disclosed at the time of writing. Limitless TCG has also not yet aggregated the results.

Senior and Junior Results

The Senior Division final was a match between Ethan J. and Dylan F. of the United States. The final standings were Dylan F. in 1st, Ethan J. in 2nd, and Jacob M. (United States) in 3rd. In the Junior Division final, Pedro L. (United States) faced Adrian L. (Canada), with the final standings being Pedro L. in 1st, Adrian L. in 2nd, and Kenji O. (United States) in 3rd. Senior and Junior player names are written with only the first letter of the surname, as displayed on RK9.

Points of Interest for Korean Readers

This tournament was the first among Latin American Regionals to feature a live broadcast in Latin American Spanish. The official Pokémon website announced in a broadcast guide on October 19 that the TCG matches would be streamed on the Twitch 'pokemonjcclatam' channel and the Play! Pokémon YouTube channel. No registrants with South Korean (KR) nationality were identified on the RK9 roster.

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