Finishing in the top 30 the last four seasons, Tony put together his best year last season to finish #11.ÊÊWhile he was able to get into the round of sixteen pretty consistently most of last season, he wasn't able to break past until the last four tournaments of the season.ÊÊHe upset Shane Vanderson in a five-game battle in Salt Lake to get to the quarterfinals before turning around the next week to upset Chris Crowther in a five-game battle in St. Louis to advance to that quarterfinal, pushing Ben Croft to the max in a another late-night five-game war.ÊÊHe capped the season at Pro Nationals with an upset against Jose Rojas in the round of sixteen to advance to that quarterfinal, before Crowther ended Tony's season by avenging the loss incurred during their prior match-up. Tony's development was slow but steady last season.ÊÊAfter consistently getting to the round of sixteen for most of the year, he was finally able to punch through during the last few tournaments.ÊÊHe was able to achieve upsets in consecutive tournaments, but wasn't able to achieve consecutive upsets during the same tournament.ÊÊThat will be what he needs to push into the top ten, while vying for one of the top eight coveted spots.ÊÊLook for Tony to build on last season, making the round of sixteen in most of the tournaments, and making more quarterfinal appearances earlier in the season.