The battles continued into top 48. (Click here to see the top 48 bracket!)

Junebug, first place winner from Low Tier City 3, made a clean run into Winner's Semis, claiming victories over Filthy Casual, Odds, and Strong Bad on his way there. On the same side of Semis, ThunderzReign made a similar run, defeating Dizzy, LTC3 second placing DrinkingFood, and Blue. Now within top 8, Junebug and ThunderzReign faced off, Diddy Kong vs Donkey Kong, and through some very consistent combos, ThunderzReign pulled through with a 3-1 victory.



(Fun fact of the day; ThunderzReign and myself have played at a single tournament from back in my days of peak performance, at a San Francisco weekly tournament before BOSS2, almost exactly one year ago. He put me into loser's relatively early, and then our GFs set went down to the wire, last set, last game, last stock. His punish game has always been extremely terrifying!)



On the other side of Winner's Bracket, two more titans faced off. MrLz claimed one side of Winner's Semis, defeating Boiko, HyperFlame, and Luck, and in the other spot was FX's Lunchables, having defeated Mr. Brannandorf, Mr. Pickle, and Machiavelli. Lunchables and MrLz had recently played in the Grand Finals of Smash 'N Splash 2, both sets a close 3-2 in MrLz favor, and it looked like this set would go the same way, with MrLz taking the first two games...but through neck-and neck games and Roy's Our Boy chants, Lunchables brought it all the way back, reverse 3-0'ing the Smash 'N Splash 2 champion!

Winner's Finals was set; Lunchables vs ThunderzReign. The last time the two faced off at The Big Balc, Lunchables was the clear victor, winning a solid 3-0 set, but this time, Thunderz' patience and punish game came came out ahead, and he took the set, 3-1.

Meanwhile, the Loser's Bracket was still playing out. Bobby Frizz had an excellent run through it, defeating FX | Dakpo, winning over Lucky in the fox ditto, and beating LTC3's second place DrinkingFood, before finally being put out of the tournament by Luck. HyperFlame as well carved his way through Loser's, winning out over FX | Shokio, SteroKiDD, Blue, Strong Bad, and even Mr Lz, before finally losing in Loser's Semi-finals to Junebug.

Loser's Finals; Junebug vs Lunchables. Back and forth games, and an incredibly close set, last game last stock, and Lunchables seals the final game, once again putting himself into the Grand Finals of another national tournament!

