GameStop , EVO , and Capcom put together to put on the biggest tournament in Street Fighter history.

The 3rd round just finished on Saturday at regional GameStop’s around the country, and in addition to scoring some sweet Mad Catz gear (FightPad and Tournament Edition FightStick), the Third Round Winner Brown Belt, and an automatic bid into the EVO World Finals, the winners at the regional locations all won trips to compete in the the April 19th National Finals in San Francisco CA. 

Congratulations to the Finalists–as a tournament vet I can tell you this is a who’s-who of absolute killers (courtesy of SRK ):

Plano, Texas – David Hem – C.Viper
San Jose, California – Chris “CSB” – Balrog
Chamblee, Georgia – Mike Ross – E.Honda
New York, New York – Justin Wong – Rufus
Irondequoit, New York – Rahsaan “EvilRahsaan” – Dhalsim
Glendale, Arizona – Juicebox Abel – Abel
Chicago, Illinois – Ari “Floe” Weintraub – Sagat
Tukwila, WA – Jason “A-Dhalsim” Cole – Balrog
Louisville, Kentucky – Jason “DreamTR” Wilson – M. Bison
Bloomington, Minnesota – Kyle “Coyotegrey” – Zangief
New Jersey, New Jersey – Christian “CapMaster” O’Hanlon – Sagat
Orlando, Florida – Trent “GimmeThemShoes” Vandeven – ???
La Place, Louisiana – “jakob002” – M. Bison
Halethorpe, Maryland – Eric “Ramza” Kim – Sagat
Maumee, Ohio – Antawn Ortiz – Balrog

Stay tuned for details about everything that’s going on for the April 18th Event–it’s open to the public and is going to be an epic day of Street Fighter with some great surprises in store.  Stay tuned for details…