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Hadouken: Matches from The Salty Suite including Daigo, GamerBee & more


Finally, the matches from the Salty Suite are up! There are two main sets of matches, Daigo money matches and the $100 16-man High Roller tournament. Both of these took place on Saturday July 10th afterhours at Caesar’s Palace, Post-Evo 2010. The High Roller tournament was really exciting because it featured a lot of players that came from all ends of the globe. Most tournaments have an entry fee of $10, but we thought it’d be fun to do a $100 tourney and pay out top 3.

Here are the entrants in no particular order:

  • Leviathan (Hawaii)
  • Arturo “sabin” Sanchez (Team Spooky, NY)
  • Tokido (Yokohama, Japan)
  • Genghis (The Box Arena, San Diego)
  • Kyriptic (CT)
  • GamerBee (Taiwan)
  • RB (Taiwan)
  • Chi-Rithy (Canada)
  • DaggerG (Hawaii)
  • PerfectSin (VA)
  • EG.Marn (Pasadena, CA)
  • Blockus (Papua New Guinea)
  • Combojack (Monterey Park, CA)

Finals Matches from the High Roller Tournament

Here are the finals from the $100 16-man High Roller tournament.

  • Winners’ Finals: EG.Marn (Dudley) vs. GamerBee (Adon)
  • Losers’ Finals: EG.Marn (Dudley) vs. RB (Guy)
  • Grand Finals: EG.Marn (Rufus) vs. GamerBee (Adon)

Here are the rest of the matches from the High Roller tournament minus the Finals:

Daigo Money Matches

Daigo showed up to play his $500 match against Arturo Sanchez and ended up playing a bunch of other matches against several other players to warm up, as well as after his match with Arturo ended. Here are the matches:

  • Daigo vs. Arturo “sabin” Sanchez (First to 5)
  • Daigo vs. EG.Marn (First to 5)
  • Daigo vs. Hsien Chang (TX) (First to 3)
  • Daigo vs. Kai (CA) (First to 5)
  • Daigo vs. J-Pizzle (First to 5)
  • Daigo vs. Killey (First to 5)

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Hadouken: The Match of 2009: Arturo Sanchez vs. Daigo Umehara


With the new decade now in full effect, I thought it was fitting to put up what is THE match of 2009: Arturo Sanchez beating Daigo in a money match held during Evo weekend, July 19th, 2009.

In this match, Arturo challenges Daigo to a $100 money match, first to five wins. This was the same day as the Evo Street Fighter 4 finals, where Daigo went on to beat Justin Wong in the Grand Finals to win the whole tournament, beating out the 1,000+ other competitors.

What makes this match so special is that it’s not a tournament match so the set is longer, there are no cameras flashing, no stage, no sponsors, no multi-thousand dollar prize pot, no nothing. Just two of the best players in the world playing a set for a hundred bucks. This is what it’s all about.

Download the full video in 720p after the jump…

For anybody whose aspiring to be the best they can be, think about this match in 2010 when you’re going up against your toughest competitor. It proves that it doesn’t matter who you’re up against, winning is never impossible and always within reach with enough patience, determination and knowledge.

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