We don’t think we ever got around to posting some of our favorite photos from the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship, so here they are.

And no, we’re not crying, we just have something in our eye.  Ok, ok, we may be crying just a little, but looking at these makes us a little sad that we have to wait an entire year for the next Krystal Square Off. Stop laughing!

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Pat Bertolleti, the no. 2 eater in the world, is expected to put up high numbers in Atlanta.

The Georgia Qualifier for the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship will take place at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., determining who will join Humble Bob Shoudt, Hall Hunt, plus the remaining TBD qualifiers and Wild Card picks at the World Championship table in Chattanooga on September 28.

Pat Bertolleti, the number two eater in the world, is the favorite in tomorrow’s competition with a personal best record of 94 Krystals in eight minutes.  Tim Brown (no. 13) and Allen Goldstein (no. 15) will also compete and are expected to battle it out for second.

Head over to the Krystal Square Off Blog for more interesting facts and “quick bites” on tomorrow’s eating competition, including a completle list of confirmed eaters.

Hall Hunt claims victory over Sonya Thomas with 60 Krystal burgers, setting a new Jacksonville record.

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The second of seven regional qualifiers for the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship took place today in front of a boisterous crowd in a hot and sticky Jacksonville, Fla., and it was the hometown hero Hall Hunt, the eighth ranked eater in the world, who reigned supreme by devouring 60 of the fast food icon’s famous hamburgers in eight minutes. On his way to victory over a field that included the fiercely competitive Sonya Thomas, Hunt eclipsed the previous Jacksonville Qualifier record of 52 Krystals set in 2006 by Joey Chestnut, the world’s top ranked eating pro.

The win earns Hunt a spot at the FSN South-televised final table of Krystal Square Off V on Sept. 28, held in Krystal’s hometown of Chattanooga. There, Hunt will go up against defending champ and Krystal world record holder Joey Chestnut, three-time Krystal Square Off World Champion Takeru Kobayashi, the top finisher from each regional qualifier and three wild card entries. On the line will be a $50,000 cash purse, the largest in competitive eating history.

Hunt’s win over Thomas, who finished second today with 55 Krystals, brings The Black Widow’s impressive 12-0 lifetime qualifier streak to an end. Her mark today though could be good enough to earn her one of the coveted wild card spots at this year’s final table.

Finishing in third today was Rich Guadagnolo of Jacksonville with 15 Krystals. Guadagnolo was one of the five amateur eaters chosen on the spot to compete right before the contest began.

Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz, who rightly predicted he’d lose to Sonya Thomas, ate just 12 Krystals.

In other competitive eating news, Eatfeats is reporting that Humble Bob Shoudt claimed his second victory over Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti in the spaghetti chili contest at King’s Island.  Shoudt consumed 13.5 lbs to win $2,500 while Chestnut downed 13.2 lbs to take home $1,500.  Bertolleti was in third with 11 lbs.

It will be interesting to see if Shoudt can out-eat Chestnut when the two meet up again in Chattanooga at the final table of the Krystal Square Off V on September 28.

In the meantime, stay tuned as we’ll bring you all the latest in Krystal Square Off V news.  You can also check out the Krystal Square Off Blog for photos and podcast interviews with the eaters.  And don’t forget to sign up to follow the Krystal Square Off V Qualifiers via Twitter for live, instant updates.

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Krystal Square Off V officially kicks off in Chattanooga in a couple of hours, and if you find yourself thinking “man, I wish I was there” or “I can’t wait until the Krystal Square Off Blog is updated so I know what’s going on” or “what’s this hamburger competitive eating stuff all about” - well, you’re in luck.

Thanks to the wonderful world of technology that is Twitter, you can be the first to find out what’s happening along this year’s hamburger eating tour. From what the competitive eaters are saying before the gurgitating contest, to what they’re saying afterwards, to the final results and everything in between, sign up today to follow the official Krystal Square Off V Twitter feed at twitter.com/ksquareoff and you won’t miss a thing.

Never heard of Twitter? Well, it’s an instant, micro-blog that allows us to send messages, known as “tweets,” directly to everyone following our feed. These updates will be displayed at twitter.com/ksquareoff and delivered to your Twitter page. Not only that, but you can sign-up to get tweets via IM, SMS on your phone, RSS, email or through an application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.

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So go ahead and stalk us by signing up for the Krystal Square Off V Twitter feed today. Oh, and you can also stalk some of our Krystal competitive eaters like Hall “Hoover” Hunt and The Hangman.

Go ahead, we won’t think you’re creepy.