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NACC Day 3: Wiegand, Fraley, Shin, Koehler: Your final four is set

The dust has settled at the North American Collins Championship (NACC), and all the (digital) results slips are in. We have our four semifinalists.

After a dramatic final day of preliminary round action, it's been determined: Dave Wiegand, Kevin Fraley, Austin Shin, and Kolton Koehler will continue to the four-player playoff bracket on Monday. They'll compete for the glory, the $3,000 top prize, and the title of North American Collins Champion.

Monday is gonna be fun.

THE SEMIFINALISTS

The playoff picture remained pretty muddled until the last couple of rounds. It wasn't until game 23 that things really started to take shape. That's when Dave notched his 17th win, ensuring that he'd take down the #1 seed, and Kevin emerged victorious over Quinn James, clinching a playoff spot as well. Kolton, with his massive spread, appeared pretty much uncatchable at that point too.

That left Austin and Rob Robinsky in a do-or-die matchup on table 1 for the final spot, and Austin prevailed in that one, getting a couple of hefty bingos down in the middlegame and toughing it out for the victory. Austin ended up passing Kolton in the standings, giving him the #3 seed and bumping Kolton to #4.

1. Dave Wiegand (18-6, +1,583)

2. Kevin Fraley (16-8, +861)

3. Austin Shin (15-9, -37)

4. Kolton Koehler (14-10, +1,004)

GAME OF THE DAY

Let's not overthink this one - the biggest game from day 3 was the final one, as Austin went up against Rob with a playoff spot on the line. Relive all the action here.

ALL THE GAMES

Want to relive the race to the final four? We've got all 8 games from day 3 right here. View them at your leisure...

Round 17: Dave Wiegand vs. Kevin Fraley

Round 18: John O'Laughlin vs. Dave Wiegand

Round 19: Peter Armstrong vs. John O'Laughlin

Round 20: Kolton Koehler vs. Alec Sjöholm

Round 21: Kevin Fraley vs. Rob Robinsky

Round 22: Kolton Koehler vs. Dave Wiegand

Round 23: Quinn James vs. Kevin Fraley

Round 24: Austin Shin vs. Rob Robinsky

COMING UP TOMORROW

It's playoff time. Everything is pretty straightforward from here - Dave will play Kolton in a best-of-3 match for a spot in the finals, and Kevin will take on Austin. The winners will then do battle for the championship in the afternoon.

It all comes down to this!