SEAN “WICKED FINGERS” SEARS OF CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, IS $50,000 RICHER this week after walking away the winner in Las Vegas Sunday.

He was there for the National Finals of the USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship.  Covering the competition, he snipped away his opponents over the weekend and finished up as the winner after crushing Julie “Bulldog” Crossley’s scissors in the final showdown.  Crossley, of Canton, Ohio, won $5,000 for 2nd place along with the honor of being the first female to ever make it into the Final Four.

Sean’s rock breaks Julie’s scissors in the
final showdown for the championship.
(photo provided by even sponsor Anheuser Busch)

Sears, 23, is a systems analyst for an insurance company and had systematically put away 300 RPS players as he worked his way through the regional tournaments on his way to the top.  When asked what his strategy for winning is, he says,  “It takes a little bit of luck , but it also takes being able to read your opponent, trying to determine if they have a pattern and guessing what they are going to do ahead of time, catching them off guard a little bit too.”

Next stop:  Beijing, China for the International World’s Championship that will be held concurrently with the Summer Olympics.

The AP filed this video report from Las Vegas:

To read the official rules of the game, click HERE.

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