Tournament:Pound V

Pound V
Dates	February 19th-21st, 2011
Venue	Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Address/City	2799 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, Virginia
Attendance	300+
Entry fees	Melee singles: $15 Melee doubles: $15 Brawl singles: $15 Brawl doubles: $15 Venue: $20 Spectator: $20
Pot size(s)	Melee singles: $3,645 Melee doubles: $2,430 Brawl singles: $2,265 Brawl doubles: $1,440
Results
winners	Dr. PeePee 1v1  Mew2King &  Armada 2v2
winners	Ally 1v1  Mew2King &  Anti 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s)	Plank, TheTantalus

Pound V was a Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl national tournament hosted in Arlington, Virginia, United States from February 19th-21st, 2011, hosted by Plank and TheTantalus. This tournament drew significant controversy after the tournament director, Plank, announced that he would be unable to pay out most of the top finishers due to financial issues he came across when hosting the tournament. The only players who were paid at the time were Laijin and Cheese, who won the Amateur Singles brackets for Melee and Brawl, respectively, and had gotten the cash directly from Plank after the tournament. Nearly ten thousand dollars of prize money was lost, and the incident heavily stained the reputation of Plank, leading to Plank having been the only TO to have ever been placed on Smashboard's tournament organizer blacklist, as well as a hiatus of the Pound tournament series for nearly three years until Pound V.5 (which then was on a much smaller scale than the previous prestigious Pound tournaments). Five years later on November 18th, 2015, Plank announced that he would finally be paying back prize money owed by the tournament.

Rulesets

Melee

• Starter stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Yoshi's Story, Dream Land, Fountain of Dreams
• Counterpick stages: Kongo Jungle, Brinstar, Rainbow Cruise, Pokémon Stadium
• For doubles, Fountain of Dreams was banned and Pokémon Stadium became a starter stage.
• After each player's first loss of the set, they could ban one stage for the rest of the set.
• The modified version of Dave's Stupid Rule was used.

Brawl

• Starter stages: Final Destination, Battlefield, Pokémon Stadium, Castle Siege, Lylat Cruise, Smashville, Yoshi's Island
• Counterpick stages: Delfino Plaza, Brinstar, Halberd, Frigate Orpheon, Pictochat, Pokémon Stadium 2, Rainbow Cruise
• Stage striking was done in 1-1-2-2-2-1 order.
• Prior to stage striking, both players could ban one stage for the whole set.
• The standard version of Dave's Stupid Rule was used.
• The sacrificial KO rule was not used, with the results screen always determining the winner.
• "Triple overtime" rule: If a match ties (stocks and percent), there is a 1-stock 3-minute rematch. If this second match also ties, there is another 1-stock 3-minute rematch. If this third match also ties, whoever dealt more damage overall wins.
• Scrooging was banned (defined narrowly as gliding under the stage twice in a row without approaching the opponent in between).
• Ledge grab limit of 50 for singles and 110 for doubles. If a game times out and one side has 51+/111+ ledge grabs while the other side does not, the first side loses.

Results

As of November 18th, 2015, Plank has contacted many of the winners to begin paying out prizes previously owed from this tournament.

Melee singles

(243 entrants, three rounds of pools)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Dr. PeePee		$1,640.25
2nd	Armada		$729.00
3rd	Hungrybox		$546.75
4th	Axe		$291.60
5th	Mew2King*		$145.80
5th	Hax		$145.80
7th	Cactuar		$72.90
7th	VaNz		$72.90
9th	Cyrain
9th	Shroomed
9th	Amsah
9th	Remen
13th	Unknown522
13th	Zhu
13th	Kels
13th	Silent Wolf
17th	ChuDat
17th	Strawhat Dahean
17th	Lovage
17th	Smoke2Jointz
17th	MacD
17th	Blunted_Object
17th	Mango
17th	KirbyKaze
25th	Colbol
25th	Tect
25th	Tope
25th	RaynEX
25th	Chillin
25th	Teczero
25th	LoZR
25th	DoH
33rd	Redd
33rd	Plank
33rd	V3ctorman
33rd	DJ Nintendo

• Mew2King forfeited after losing to Dr. PeePee in Winners.

Melee doubles

(81 teams, one round of pools)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King		Armada		$1,336.50 ($668.25 each)
2nd	Mango		G$		$607.50 ($303.75 each)
3rd	Hungrybox		Hax		$364.50 ($182.25 each)
4th	Dr. Peepee		LoZR		$121.50 ($60.75 each)
5th	Amsah		Remen
5th	ChuDat		Redd
7th	Tope		Cyrain
7th	Alukard		VaNz
9th	MacD		Zhu
9th	Unknown522		RaynEX
9th	Azen		Chillin
9th	Scar		Shroomed
13th	Cactuar		Eggm
13th	Linguini		Colbol
13th	Axe		V3ctorman
13th	MDZ		DoH
17th	Silent Wolf		KirbyKaze
17th	Doll		Savedge
17th	RockCrock		Harriettheguy
17th	Lovage		Smoke2Jointz
17th	Vist		Laijin
17th	Ambix		ihavespaceballs
17th	G-regulate		KM
17th	Apollo		Raistlin
25th	Dop		Trikrome
25th	FullMetal		everlasting yayuhzz
25th	SwiftBass		HyugaRicdeau
25th	Uuaa		Zoro
25th	Faab		Voodoo
25th	Plank		Kels
25th	Tect		Blunted_Object
25th	Overtriforce		Strawhat Dahean

Brawl singles

(151 entrants, two rounds of pools)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Ally		$1,019.25
2nd	Anti		$453.00
3rd	Seibrik		$339.75
4th	ESAM		$181.20
5th	ADHD		$90.60
5th	UltimateRazer		$90.60
7th	Gnes		$45.30
7th	Fatal		$45.30
9th	Mew2King*
9th	Nick Riddle
9th	Lie
9th	Atomsk
13th	Logic
13th	ChuDat
13th	MVD
13th	Trela
17th	Pwii
17th	Shugo
17th	Afro Thundah
17th	San
17th	Coney
17th	Kingtoon
17th	Malcolm
17th	Poltergust
25th	Hylian
25th	Pierce7d
25th	lain (DQed)
25th	PikaPika!
25th	Vex Kasrani
25th	Pink Fresh
25th	Will
25th	Bizkit
33rd	KirinBlaze
33rd	iLove
33rd	Fino
33rd	Jerm
33rd	NOID (DQed)
33rd	ChiboSempai
33rd	Doom
33rd	Squall
33rd	GimR
33rd	Smurf
33rd	K.I.D. Goggles
33rd	Nicole
33rd	Kadaj
33rd	L Cancel
33rd	Seagull Joe (DQed)
33rd	Inui

• Mew2King lost to UltimateRazer in Winners and forfeited in Losers after beating Logic to focus on Melee singles.

Brawl doubles

(48 teams, one round of pools)
Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King		Anti		$792 ($396 each)
2nd	Ally		ADHD		$360 ($180 each)
3rd	ESAM		MVD		$216 ($108 each)
4th	Jerm		Trela		$72 ($36 each)
5th	Seibrik		Afro Thundah
5th	Gnes		UltimateRazer
7th	Atomsk		ChuDat
7th	Fatal		Bizkit
9th	Kingtoon		Squall
9th	TKbreezy		Malcolm
9th	Kadaj		Nick Riddle
9th	Coney		Pink Fresh
13th	Vex Kasrani		Velocity
13th	Slikvik		NEO
13th	Logic		Lie
13th	lain		Shugo
17th	Poltergust		Takeover
17th	Inui		Will
17th	BengalsRZ		Ash23
17th	PikaPika!		L Cancel
17th	Pwii		Doom
17th	Kenny		Sassy
17th	Amethia		Mekos
17th	Fino		Kyon

External links

• SmashBoards thread
• NintendoDojo page
• Brawl results thread
• Melee results thread