Thank you, that clarifies things up a bit.The Videogame Showdown organizers spawn from the Pokemon TCG organizers. They're the same people. Japan has its independent organized play, run by whoever it is, but the Videogame Showdown AND the Pokemon TCG World Championships (the events that took place in Orlando and next year in San Diego) are both run by PUI.
@Clear, seeing as the VGS last year and JAA a little while before that both used the doubles format, as well as the recent tournaments in Japan, coming up with a viable 2v2 strategy should be a top priority.