{"id":19191,"date":"2011-08-04T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kent-teen-to-compete-in-pokemon-trading-card-game-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T21:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T04:05:36","slug":"kent-teen-to-compete-in-pokemon-trading-card-game-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-teen-to-compete-in-pokemon-trading-card-game-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent teen to compete in Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Cohen, 16, of Kent will compete in the 2011 Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game World Championship Aug. 12-14 in San Diego.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cohen will go up against 350 of the world’s best players from 25 countries in an effort to earn the World Champion title and a $7,500 scholarship.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The championships will include 16 hours of card-wielding competition. Each player has competed in more than 10 separate Play! Pok\u00e9mon tournaments since the 2010-2011 season kicked-off last November. On the road to the world championships, Cohen and other players have excelled at the city, state, regional and national levels.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For more information, go to www.pokemon.com\/us\/organized-play\/<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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