Pokémon World Championships 2012 | Gallery: Up Close at the Pokémon TCG Finals!

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Up Close at the Pokémon TCG Finals!

See scenes from the final battles at the Pokémon TCG World Championships!

Large overhead screens allow the excited crowd to watch every move of each match.

Shuto Itagaki from Japan and Ian Robb from the United States solidified their status as two of world's best Pokémon TCG Junior Division players.

Senior Division Finalists Colter Decker (left) and Chase Maloney battle in front of a huge audience.

Judges flank each player to make sure that fair play is observed and any questions about gameplay are answered immediately.

Translators are essential to help the players communicate in this truly international event.

Portugal National Champion, Igor Costa, can now also be called the Masters Division World Champion!

Chase Maloney turns to the crowd after winning the title of Pokémon TCG World Champion in the Senior Division.

Shuto Itagaki joins his older brother Takuto Itagaki as World Champion, who took the honor in the Junior Division in 2009.

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