America's Pirate King: Richard Yam Wins the Dallas Finals with Green Zoro — onepiece.media

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Two regions, two champions: Richard Yam took the North American Finals in Dallas (September 18–20), steering Green Zoro through an OP-17-format top cut that ended with Aaron Kenney’s Red Rayleigh in second, Austin Yost’s Blue/Purple Luffy in third, and Jackie Moc’s Red Rayleigh in fourth (standings per Limitless One Piece).

The win came at the biggest western stop of the season — the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center weekend that packed the Flame-Flame Fruit Coliseum, Extra Grand Battles, and the Finals main event under one roof. Yam now carries North America’s banner into the World Championship 26-27 Final in Japan (March 20–21, 2027), joining Millán, who won Europe’s seat at Utrecht with Nico Robin.

The meta read: Green Zoro’s Dallas title alongside Robin’s Utrecht win confirms the fall format rewards aggressive mid-game leaders over the control engines that led the summer — the full standings and decklists on the results page are the deeper dive for players prepping regionals.

Still to come this season: the Season 2 Finals at ExCeL London (January 16–17) and the Bandai Fest world tour’s remaining stops — every date lives on the events calendar, and OP-18 lands November 20 to reset the format between now and then.