Cherokee Open 2022 Coverage

As it turns out I am hanging out at the first ever Cherokee Open 2022 and here to do some reporting from it. I wasn’t able to do any real coverage for the 1st day, but did take some pictures and below you will find a recap and the 3-0 players going into Day 2 of the Warhammer 4ok Championships. The Cherokee Open 2022 ended up with 170 players and going into day 2 we have 22 undefeated players. Adeptus Custodes and the Tau Empire are leading the charge with an almost 70% win rate.

1. Jack Harpster T’au Empire 96 / 100 / 95
2. Jamie Beaton Drukhari 95 / 96 / 100
3. Ryan Snyder Adeptus Custodes 99 / 100 / 91
4. Joseph Clark Adeptus Custodes 95 / 94 / 100
5. Quinton Johnson T’au Empire 92 / 99 / 97
6. Jonas Beardsley Drukhari 94 / 97 / 94
7. Steven Christopher Necrons 95 / 93 / 97
8. Brian Jones Imperial Knights 97 / 94 / 92
9. Mark Perry Orks 95 / 95 / 88
10. Edward Robertson Adeptus Custodes 98 / 98 / 80
11. Steven Crawley Thousand Sons 91 / 92 / 93
12. Michael Walsh Adeptus Custodes 85 / 92 / 92
13. Bo Tucker T’au Empire 95 / 89 / 82
14. Scott Ferguson Adeptus Custodes 71 / 92 / 100
15. Connor Haugen Dark Angels 89 / 97 / 77
16. Frank Viruet Tyranids 85 / 99 / 64
17. Jeremy Landrum T’au Empire 95 / 82 / 69
18. Jeremy Dobbins Imperial Knights 88 / 79 / 70
19. Sean Rice T’au Empire 93 / 76 / 66
20. Trent Miller Adeptus Custodes 89 / 71 / 72
21. Nathan Clark Grey Knights 76 / 78 / 75
22. Mike Twitchell Necrons 69 / 72 / 66

The current Faction Breakdown 6 Custodes, 5 Tau, 2 Drukhari, 2 Necrons, 2 Imperial Knights, 1 Orks, 1 Thousand Sons, 1 Dark Angels, 1 Grey Knights. My favorites to win the Cherokee Open 2022 Warhammer 40k Championships are Jack Harpster (Tau), Michael Walsh (Custodes), Mark Perry (Orks), and Quinton Johnson (Tau).

 Check back periodically February 26th to 27th for Continuous Coverage

The first Cherokee Open 2022 got off without any hitches and is showcasing some of the top players from the Southeast, the question already is how much will Tau and Custodes dominate which making up half of the undefeated lists going into Day 2 of the event.

• Round 4 Top Table Matchups
  

  Jeremy Landrum – Tau	1	Mark Perry – Orks (Win)
  Quinton Johnson – Tau (Win)	2	Brian Jones – Imperial Knights
  Ryan Snyder – Custodes (Win)	3	Jeremy Dobbins – Imperial Knights
  Steven Christopher – Necrons	4	Steven Crawley – Thousand Sons (Win)
  Edward Robertson – Custodes (Win)	5	Connor Haugen – Dark Angels
  Nathan Clark – Grey Knights	6	Joseph Clark – Custodes (Win)
  Bo Tucker – Tau	7	Sean Rice – Tau (Win)
  Trent Miller – Custodes	8	Scott Ferguson – Custodes (Win)
  Mike Twitchell – Necrons	9	Jamie Beaton – Drukhari (Win)
  Frank Viruet – Tyranids	10	Jonas Beardsley – Drukhari (Win)
  Michael Walsh – Custodes	11	Jack Harpster – Tau (Win)

  • The marquee matchup for this round is easily Jack Harpster vs. Michael Walsh pitting two favorites facing off unfortunately a bit prematurely.
    • Well that was quick… Jack went first went all in on one flank dealing a crippling blow turn 1 and the game was called bottom of 2 I believe.
  • Table 3 isn’t looking too good for as Ryan Snyder was able to take a Knight real fast on turn 1.  As expected Ryan wins.
  • Table 2 sees Tau take out Imperial Knights, terrible match up for any Knight player against Tau
    • This means both Imperial Knights have been knocked out.
  • Table 1 in good news Mark Perry (Orks) was able to take his Tau triple Stormsurge opponent!
  • Table 6 Grey Knights. meta list are defeated by Custodes
  • Table 7 thanks to a mirror match we have less Tau player undefeated as Sean Rice wins against Bo’s pure Suit Spam list.
  • Table 8 another mirror match this time Custodes vs. Custodes has Scott Ferguson winning
  • Table 10 Tyranids have been knocked out thanks to Jonas’s Drukhari
  • Table 5 Dark Angels are out with Connor’s Custodes victory.
  • Table 4 Thousand Sons make it through beating Necrons
  • Table 9 Final battle of the undefeated sees Necrons gone from contention with Jamie’s Drukhari doing the deed.

Round 5 

• The 4-0 Lists Left
  • Jack Harpster Cherokee Open 2022 – T’au Empire
  • Ryan Snyder Cherokee Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes
  • Joseph Clark Cherokee Open 2022 Adeptus Custodes
  • Quinton Johnson Cherokee Open 2022 – T’au Empire
  • Mark Perry Cherokee Open 2022 – Orks
  • Steven Crawley Cherokee Open 2022 – Thousand Sons
  • Edward Robertson Cherokee Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes
  • Jonas Beardsley Cherokee Open 2022 – Drukhari
  • Sean Rice Cherokee Open 2022 – T’au Empire
  • Scott Ferguson Cherokee Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes
  • Jamie Beaton Cherokee Open 2022 – Drukhari
• Pairings for Round 5 Top Players
  

  Jack Harpster – Tau (Win)	1	Steven Crawley – Thousand Sons
  Jamie Beaton – Drukhari	2	Joseph Clark – Custodes (Win)
  Quinton Johnson – Tau	3	Mark Perry – Orks (Win)
  Edward Robertson – Custodes (Win)	4	Jonas Beardsley – Drukhari
  Scott Ferguson – Custodes	5	Sean Rice – Tau (Win)
  Ryan Snyder – Custodes	6	Seth Oster – Tau (Win)

• We are down to 4 Tau, 4 Custodes, 2 Drukhari, 1 Ork Player, 1 Thousand Sons on the Top tables.
• Table 1 another non-Tau/Custodes falls as Jack Harpster beats Steven’s Thousand Sons.
• Table 6 Seth’s Tau makes a comeback and beats Ryan’s Custodes
• Table 3 Man of the people Mark Perry has beaten Tau with his Orks.
• Table 4 1st of the Drukhari goes down to Ed’s Custodes
• Table 2 2nd Drukhari goes down to Joe’s Custodes
• Table 5 Tau beat Custodes

Round 6

• The Top 8 should feature 5 players with 1 loss, so potential for the top finishers to not look like a Tau/Custodes fist bump.
• The Remaining Undefeated are…
  • 2 Tau
  • 2 Custodes
  • 1 Ork
• Undefeated Matches
  

  Mark Perry – Orks	1	Joseph Clark – Custodes (Win)
  Edward Robertson – Custodes	2	Jack Harpster – Tau (Win)
  Sean Rice – Tau (Win)	3	Thomas Byrd – Space Marines

• Table 2 First person through to the Top 8 is Jack Harpster and his Farsight Tau!
• Table 1 Orks are out as Mark loses to Custodies in Round 6
• Table 3 Sean’s Tau wins easily to take another spot in the final 8
• Round 6 is over and here are the top 8 playing on Sunday in single elimination.

1. Jack Harpster Cherokee Open 2022 – T’au Empire
2. Joseph Clark Cherokee Open 2022 Adeptus Custodes
3. Sean Rice Cherokee Open 2022 – T’au Empire
4. Anthony Birdsong Cherokee Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes
5. Jesse Carmack Cherokee Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes
6. Joseph Gillespie Cherokee Open 2022 – Tyranids
7. Quinton Johnson Cherokee Open 2022 – T’au Empire
8. Ryan Snyder Cherokee Open 2022 – Adeptus Custodes

Well that makes for 4 Custodes, 3 Tau, and 1 Tyranid player in the top 8. This is certainly not the outcome people want, but one that certainly isn’t surprising. Maybe by some miracle Joe’s Nids will make a run, otherwise we have a good chance of borning mirror match for a finals. 

Championship Rounds

• Jack Harpster – Tau (Win)	1	Ryan Snyder – Custodes
  Joseph Clark – Custodes	2	Quinton Johnson – Tau (Win)
  Sean Rice – Tau (Win)	3	Joseph Gillespie – Tyranids
  Anthony Birdsong – Custodes (Win)	4	Jesse Carmack – Custodes

• Birdsong is the first through to the semi finals winning his mirror match
• Semifinals are set with all Tau making it through and 1 Custodes, so looking at very good chance of a Tau vs. Tau finals
• Jack Harpster vs. Andy Birdsong and Quinton Johnson vs. Sean Rice
• To Watch the semifinals head on over to: https://www.twitch.tv/frontlinegaming_tv