873 - US Masters 2026 - Friday & Saturday

All right, we're back with James Taylor.

Not that James Taylor.

A James Taylor.

But the James Taylor of Kings of War.

Yeah, so we chatted a lot last year in Reno.

Yes.

You, you were a new player out of the Reno area.

You played in Best of the Rest.

And y- and you know what was awesome is it, it was probably a very good learning experience last year.

You probably took some losses, and, but you l- had a lot of learning activity.

Right?

I, I think I came out, um, with, or one win out of my Best of the Rest matches.

Yeah, but you were, like, not discouraged by it.

You're like, "Well, that's just-

No

... that's just opportunity for growth." And you've obviously been growing.

'Cause you, not only are you playing, but you made the Masters team-

Yes

... for the West.

And I've already got one win.

Yeah, so let's talk about that.

How, what events did you go to last year to qualify for the Masters event?

Uh, all of them were local tournaments in Reno.

All of our local tournament events were what got me my, my qualifying.

Yeah.