Smasher:Plank

Plank
Character info
Melee main	Sheik
Other Melee character	Fox
Brawl main	Meta Knight
Project M mains	Sheik, Donkey Kong
Other Project M characters	Fox, Meta Knight
Personal and other info
Real name	Jonathan Graybeal
Birth date	June 8, 1988
Location	Maryland
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional Top professional (retired) Top professional

Plank, also known as Plairnkk, is a smasher who mains Sheik in Melee and Project M. He also played Meta Knight in Brawl, where he popularized the technique planking, so named after him. He is currently ranked 14th on the MD/VA Melee Power Rankings and was formerly ranked 15th on the MD/VA Project M Power Rankings. He was also ranked as a hidden boss on the 2015 SSBMRank.

Before 2011 Plank was one of MD/VA's most respected TO's, as he was the main TO for the Pound tournament series (Pound 4 was the largest Melee tournament for three and a half years before being surpassed by EVO 2013). After Pound V he drew significant controversy after he announced that he would be unable to pay out the winners of the tournament due to financial issues he came across when hosting it. Nearly ten thousand dollars of prize money was lost, and the incident heavily stained the reputation of Plank, leading to Plank having been the only TO to have ever been placed on Smashboard's tournament organizer blacklist, as well as a hiatus of the Pound tournament series for nearly three years. However, Plank stated that he would be hosting Pound 2016, the sixth main event in the Pound tournament series after nearly three years, along with having paid the money from the event to most, if not all of the winners. Plank was removed from the blacklist after completely paying out the Pound V players in 2015.

Plank is a very solid Melee player in his own right; with his Sheik, he has taken sets off of players such as Chillin, Nintendude, I.B, The Moon, Mango, Abate, Kage, and more.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
MLG Long Island 2007	May 5th-6th, 2007	9th	—	—
Pound 2	June 16th-17th, 2007	25th	13th	Doll
MELEE-FC Diamond	July 12th-14th, 2007	17th	21st	Doll
Super Champ Combo	September 29th-30th, 2007	33rd	—	—
Viva La Smashtaclysm	November 10th-11th, 2007	33rd	—	—
Pound 3	February 2nd-3rd, 2008	17th	9th	Chaddd
TGMTSBCO	June 7th-8th, 2008	17th	2nd	Wife
Apex 2009	May 9th-10th, 2009	9th	4th	ChuDat
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	9th	33rd	Chinesah
CEO 2010	June 5th-6th, 2010	7th	7th	Chinesah
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	33rd	17th	Eggm
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	33rd	25th	Kels
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	7th	5th	Chestie
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	33rd	—	—
Justice 4	October 11th, 2014	25th	—	—
Why You Mad Wenbo 2	February 7th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Super Smash Con 2015	August 6th-9th, 2015	33rd	—	—
S@X 138	February 24th, 2016	2nd	—	—
S@X 151	May 25th, 2016	3rd	—	—
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd 2016	65th	—	—
S@X 152	June 1st, 2016	9th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	25th	—	—
S@X 170	October 5th, 2016	1st	—	—
Atlantic Extravaganza	January 14th, 2017	2nd	—	—
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	49th	—	—
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	97th	—	—
Xanadu - End of an Era	February 24th-25th, 2018	17th	—	—
S@X 243	March 28th, 2018	9th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Critical Hit 3	July 5th, 2008	7th	5th	Nacker
AxisGaming	August 30th, 2008	3rd	—	—
Apex 2009	May 9th-10th, 2009	17th	13th	ChuDat

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	9th	—	—