G200: Nairo

vs FOW

is the predicted winners finals of the pool, and I think FOW could give Nairo a real run for his money. Also projected to be in this pool are Saj.

, Mr. E

, Pugwest

, and DKWill

, with only one of these four making it out alive, assuming they don't upset either Nairo or FOW.
Interesting potential matchups: Mr. E

vs Pugwest

, Mr. E

vs Saj.

, FOW

vs Mr. E
Other wildcards: Bt. Yamato

, Wii Twerk Trainer
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G201: Larry Lurr

vs Tsu-

is the projected winners finals here. Given the matchup, I feel like Larry's DK could probably make an appearance, as well as Tsu-'s Ryu for the DK or even the Fox. Ac

is projected to fight Tsu-, which could probably go either way. How easy is it for MK to Ladder Lucario? There's also a ton of wildcards in this pool, including Rain

, JJROCKETS

, Kogarasuma

, and Aarvark

.
Interesting potential matches: Tsu-

vs Kogarasuma

, Ac

vs JJROCKETS
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G202: VoiD

vs Raito

is the projected winners finals here. I'm pretty sure these two have played before, at CEO Dreamland, and the matchup seems pretty bad for DHD all things considered, so I'd say VoiD is pretty heavily favoured here, although Raito will put up a fight. To get to Winners finals, VoiD has to fight Umeki

, a matchup that Sheik mains have had issues with, while Raito has to fight Rich Brown

. I wouldn't be surprised if either of these two got upsetted, although between the two I'd say Umeki's more likely to beat VoiD than Rich is to beat Raito.
Interesting potential matches: Umeki

vs Konga

, Rich Brown

vs DJ Jack

, Rich Brown

vs Konga

, Rich Brown

vs Umeki
Other wildcards: Konga

, Deathorse

, DJ Jack
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G203: KEN

vs ANTi

here. I think it's unlikely ANTi will stay Mario for the whole thing, and he usually tries ZSS vs Sonic over any other character. I'd favour KEN here, although I don't know what his record vs Choco is so I'm not really sure how he fares vs ZSS, or how ANTi's Cloud will impact it. ikep

is projected to fight KEN, and I'm not sure if he's beaten KEN before but that's an upset waiting to happen potentially. ANTi, on the other hand, has to face Myran

, which could also easily go Myran's way, although obviously ANTi is favoured.
Other wildcards: John Numbers

, Ven

, SS
Interesting potential matches: John Numbers

vs Myran

, ikep

vs SS

, ikep

vs John Numbers

, ikep

vs Myran
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G204: Abadango

vs Locus

, in what's otherwise a pretty quiet pool. I'd say Aba is the more likely of the two to come out on top, but this one could honestly go either way. Aba may also go Rosa, although that's unlikely, and I doubt Locus's Bayo is ready for this. The only other super notable people in this pool are Dath

and Lima

.
Interesting potential matches: Dath

vs Abadango

, Lima

vs Dath
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G205: Mr. R

vs Elegant

is projected here. I'd favour Mr. R here based on matchup, and I don't think they've fought Sheik-Luigi, have they? I know Mr. R went Cloud vs him at a MSM. Mr. R notably could to fight DarkShad

, and while I don't doubt he's improved in the matchup since his loss to Locus last december, it's still a possible upset.
Other wildcards: Tyrant

(I doubt he'll beat Elegant otherwise I'd have put him up there ^), Bloodcross

, Xaltis
Interesting potential matches: Tyrant

vs Bloodcross

, Xaltis

vs DarkShad

,
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G206: Tweek

vs Kameme

. I
think Kameme won the last time they played, but I'm not sure? I could see this starting as Cloud-Mega Man but switching to DK-Sheik by the end of the set. Might also see Kameme's Yoshi vs the DK, he did that vs M2K's DK. Eon

is also projected to face Tweek in semis of the pool, and he has beaten Komo twice, so there's the possibility for an upset there. Luhtie

faces Kameme, but I think Kameme's Sheik will be able to handle that.
Other wildcards: Ri-ma

, Vinnie
Interesting potential matches: Eon

vs Ri-ma

, Vinnie

vs Eon

, Luhtie

vs Ri-ma

, Ri-ma

vs Vinnie
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G207: Kirihara

vs Fatality

. Kirihara's in some serious trouble here. He's fallen to Fatality in the past, and Japan in general gets hard countered by Falcon, so it'll be very rough for him. Interestingly enough, they both fight good Foxes to get to winners finals in ZD

and NAKAT

. ZD's beaten Fatality in the past, but it's NAKAT that fights Fatality this time, and I could definitely see the upset happening.
Other wildcards: Blacktwins

,
Interesting potential matches: NAKAT

vs Blacktwins

, NAKAT

vs ZD

(I think he'll go Ness)
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H200: ZeRo

vs Nietono

. Unfortunately, ZeRo's so good at the Sheik matchup that I can't see Nietono putting up much of a fight here. Stranger things have happened, and I'm not going to count Nietono out completely, but it's a very hard fight for him. SGK

gets her runback vs ZeRo in semis of the pool, and Sonics have been regularly pushing ZeRo to game 5 recently, so I think the biggest chance for a ZeRo upset lies with her. Nietono fights Edge in a japanese teamkill, and I think Edge has a fair shot of taking it over Nietono, leading to a Diddy Ditto finals of the pool.
Other wildcards: Seagull Joe

, ImHip

, FILIP
Interesting potential matches: SuperGirlKels

vs Seagull Joe

, Edge

vs Nietono

ImHip

vs Nietono

, Edge

vs SuperGirlKels
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H201: MKLeo

vs WaDi

. If Leo aba is any indication, Leo has a firm grasp on this MU, and while WaDi plays quite a bit different from Aba, I still think it's heavily favoured for Leo. Perhaps more interestingly, WaDi plays Earth

in semis. I'd say Earth has a better chance against Leo than WaDi, but Earth has to beat WaDi first, which could be difficult.
Other wildcards: Xzax

, False
Interesting potential matches: WaDi

vs Earth

, Xzax

vs MKLeo

, Earth

vs False

, Xzax

vs Earth
~~~~
H202: Ally

faces off against MVD

. MVD's gotten a ton better and I think he'll make Ally work for it, but Ally's also most likely the best in the world against Diddy, if his wins vs ZeRo are any indication. Ally has to face Chanshu

in semis, which I think is good upset potential, considering how good Chanshu is. MVD also fights Wrath

, which will be a real test of his patience.
Other wildcards: KOSSismoss

, Charliedaking
Interesting potential matches: Chanshu

vs KOSSismoss

, Wrath

vs Charliedaking

, Wrath

vs Chanshu

, Chanshu

vs Ally
~~~~
H203: Dabuz

vs 9B

is the projected finals here. Kinda like with Ally/MVD, I can see 9B putting up a good fight, but Dabuz is one of the best in the world vs Bayonetta. They did play before at Shots Fired 2, but that was a patch ago and both Dabuz and 9B have changed styles to be more offensive since then. Dabuz faces Takera

in semis of the pool, and while I think Takera is a top 2 Ryu in regards to skill, he's got one heck of a challenge for him in Dabuz. 9B faces Static Manny

in semis, in what could be the longest set of the tournament.
Other wildcards: K9Sbruce

, 8BitMan
Interesting potential matches: 9B

vs Static Manny

, Takera

vs Static Manny

, Takera

vs 8BitMan

, K9Sbruce

vs Static Manny
~~~~
H204: Salem

vs Falln

. I'm curious to see if Salem's inability to beat Dabuz is a Rosa problem or a Dabuz problem, and I guess we might get an idea of that here. Falln has to run a Bayo gauntlet actually, he fights JK

in semis. Salem, on the other hand, fights Eim

. That could be interesting since Sheik is being considered to be somewhat worse off for Bayo now(?), although given most of japan's DI/SDI habits vs Bayo, I'm not holding my breath.
Other wildcards: Sol

, Vash
Interesting potential matches: Falln

vs JK

, Salem

vs Eim

, JK

vs Eim
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H205: Komorikiri

vs Samsora

. Finally, a bracket where it looks like Samsora doesn't have to fight a good MK! That being said, Komo's going to be no easy task, either with Cloud or with his incredibly patient Sonic. Komo vs Ryuga

in semis is going to be interesting, as Ryuga's actually really good and could be a huge threat to Komo. Samsora runs the Mario gauntlet of RFang

and Zenyou

to get to Komo, although Peach appears to be one of Mario's hardest matchups.
Other wildcards: RFang

, Captain L
Interesting potential matchups: Captain L

vs Ryuga

, Ryuga

vs Komorikiri

, Ryuga

vs Zenyou
(Captain L got a super unforgiving bracket, damn)
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H206: Projected finals is Captain Zack

vs Zinoto

. Is the Diddy-Bayo matchup still considered Bayo's worst, or are people saying it's Cloud now? Regardless, this one's going to be interesting, or possibly another display of Bayo planking. Will Zinoto fare better against it than MVD? Zack fights Cosmos

in semis, and Cosmos did beat Zack kinda convincingly recently, so that's going to be something to watch out for.
Other wildcards: Pink Fresh

(Very doubtful he'll beat Zinoto), Ling Ling
Interesting potential matches: Captain Zack

vs Cosmos

, Zinoto

vs Cosmos

, Ling Ling

vs Pink Fresh, Pink Fresh

vs Cosmos
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H207: This is the pool to watch out for. Finals is currently projected to be Ranai

vs ESAM

, which I'd say ESAM, who's been playing on fire recently, would probably take. Ranai vs DLC is back again, this time in the form of Tyroy

. I can't remember how Ranai does vs Bayos at the minute. ESAM fights Dyr

in semis, and all his practice vs MVD should let him handle Dyr fairly easily.
Other wildcards: Mekos

, IcyMist

, Mistake

, IxisNagus
Interesting potential matches: Ranai

vs IcyMist

, Tyroy

vs Mekos

, Mekos

vs IcyMist

, Dyr

vs Mekos

, Mistake

vs Tyroy

, Dyr

vs Mistake
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Again, this is all just off of the beta pools, and projected seedings, so this could be fairly off by the time EVO rolls around in two weeks. I also want to emphasize these are round 2 pools, not round 1 pools, as I found halfway through a round 1 pool post that it was really pointless since no exciting matches were happening until R2 pools.