StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Saturday, July 16th

Welcome everyone.  I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Saturday, July 16th.

Well, today we had day 3 in the IPL.  The first match was our poker hero Kiwikaki falling to Strelok 2-0.  Next we had Nerchio looking sloppy as he loses to Cloud 2-0.  The next watch was Vile.State taking on Goody.  After a bit of a failed Mothership, State falls to Goody 2-1.  The final match of the night was Merz falling convincingly to NightEnd 2-0.

Also going on today was the TL TeamSpeak #19.  This week the winner was the Korean fighter ZeNEXHack.  Second place was Goody with 3rd/4th being NEXReturning and imba.Strelok.  5th/8th were Mana, Ret, Lowely, and DeMuslim.  It is good to see a lot of foreigners in the money for this one.

Also today was the Grand Finals of the IEM Americas Championship.  The winner's bracket finals were a bo5 between FnaticTT1 and dignitas.Select.  Select take the series 3-1 in a group of short, uninspiring games.  TT1 dropped down the loser's bracket where he faced EG.Idra.  Idra looked good in the series taking down TT1 3-1.  The brackets say Select and Idra are supposed to play, but neither seems to care about their seed at they both advance, so that match, it appears will not happen.

In another announcement, the NASL on Sunday is doing a tour of Southern California with Sen, White-Ra, and Gretorp.  The great thing about this is that they have published the schedule and are welcoming fans to come around, meet the pros, and have fun with them for the day.  On top of that, they will end the day with a "Dollars and Cents" showmatch for the remainder of the budget.  This will be a bo7 series between Sen and White-Ra and can be found at the NASL Season 2 channel on Justin.tv.

A quick update on Kiwikaki playing the WSOP:  He was knocked out today but he ended up in 210th place, I spot ahead of Daniel Negreanu, and with a pay out of $47,000.  Congrats Jonathan on your placement!

Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight.  Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.