The first-ever Uno Tournament at Central Connecticut State University was a lot of fun to witness despite the low turnout.

The event was hosted in the Breakers Game Room, starting at 7 p.m.

Participants were able to show up and sign up to take part in the tournament which was slated to last until 9 p.m.

In total, six people showed up with only five people playing. As a result, it was not a real tournament, but more akin to a group of friends playing to see who could win the most rounds in the given time period.

The first round lasted a decent amount of time with players repeatedly screwing each other over with their cards. In the end, it was won by Amadeo Mazzotta.

Afterwards, one of the players and the spectator left, due to having to attend to other responsibilities. Only four people remained: David Wrinn, Ben Segee, Rain Millis, and Mazzotta.

Despite the low amount of people present, the group decided to keep on playing to play as many rounds as they possibly could and see who would win the most of them. Players would take turns shuffling the deck to ensure fairness in the coming round.

The atmosphere of the entire event was cheerful and chill as people relentlessly tried to win or just trip over their opponents. There was a fair amount of trash-talking involved but it was all in good fun and everyone participated in it.

Even without participating in any of the games, it was still quite a fun affair to watch. The players’ excitement and enjoyment of Uno was infectious and I found myself laughing along at the trash talk and petty, yet clever moves that everyone was making.

Throughout the event, nine rounds were played. The second round had several close calls with potential winners calling “uno” at various times, but it was won in the end by Segee.

Segee proceeded to win the third round as well with two of the same cards stacked. Millis broke his streak in the fourth round with her win. Segee managed to win the fifth round but Millis caught up to his win total with the subsequent two rounds, giving her three wins. Segee was able to secure victory once more in the eighth with yet another pro-gamer move of stacked cards.

The ninth round went on the longest. Players were repeatedly whittling down their cards, only to have to draw a massive amount more when they failed to have a usable card on hand to put down. Twice they made it through the entire deck and had to reshuffle. It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time and excited to see who would have the glory.

In the end, Segee won the round, giving him a total of five rounds won overall. The players ended the tournament afterward, as the final round had gone on so long that it was past the event’s end time. Even though Mazzotta only won once and Wrinn didn’t win at all, they still gave it their all in every game to do their best to win. They came close at times but were always foiled by each other or the other two players.

Everyone seemed to have had a lot of fun playing Uno against each other over the course of the evening.

Segee said that he had a lot of fun playing in the tournament and liked the fact that he won overall.

“I like winning; it feels good,” Segee said. “Though Uno is not about winning. It’s about the enemies made along the way.”

Segee said that he hopes that there will be more Uno events held in the future.

“I would definitely attend a future one,” said Segee.