Medici's semi-finals numbered six ex-champs vying for spots in the Final. The semi-finals proved to be far better games than the Preliminaries with a uniform five players per board - nearly all of them well vetted - and the Final as well. Last year's runaway winner, Robert Drozd, and runner-up Doug Galullo found themselves in an early rematch with the same result but the 2001 champ at least succeeded in narrowing the margin of victory as he he held the defending champion to a 4-point spread this time around. Cliff Ackman barely edged Charles Faella by 2 to gain his entry into the Final, while Jon Anderson had a relatively easy 11-point victory to advance. Sue Cornett surprised '04 champion Peter Staab with a 4-point victory over 2009 finalist Fred Minard. Characteristically, while claiming to be losing, her husband, Jeff Cornett, managed to slip past Aurora Pack by 2, while inaugural champion Kevin Wojtasczyk had the easiest time of it. Kevin's 12-point victory was the largest spread in the hotly contested semi-final round.

The Final, which numbered three ex-champs among the six players, was anticlimactic compared to the preceding round. It started with a high bid on a 5 metal and a 5 porcelain. Sue Cornett won the purchase for 15. Sue and Robert Drozd quickly filled their boats in the first round, while Jeff Cornett waited patiently for the right time to bid, which turned out to be never. Jeff had convinced himself early on that it was a 4-player Final and alluded to it several times. This had to confuse the other five players. After waiting patiently for everyone to acquire goods, he lucked into a 3 silk and 2 spice boat with a very high total value for which he paid nothing. Jeff had a commanding lead of approximately 30 points, entering the second round of bidding. Jeff waited patiently again. All wondered if Jeff would actually bid because he did not actually spend any money on a bid until midway through the second round. By then the matter had been decided. It was Jeff Cornett in a landside claiming his second Medici title to tie Harald Henning with two apiece as the only multi-year champions. Defending champion, Robert Drozd, came up 30 points short to claim second and Sue Cornett completed the family set as the fourth Cornett to earn Medici laurels.