Just moved the previous 3 posts to this thread to keep it on track and keep the other thread clean.
Droopy, both Tim and Shock are right though. If you want to see UMK3, or any MK for that matter, at a tournament, the best thing to do is to keep tabs on the tournament scene in your area, as well as the tournament calendar on SRK.
Texas is HUGE state, and there must be tournaments going on there. Go to the SRK calendar, and look to see if you can find a tournament in TX.
If you can't, then plan one yourself. Here are some basic steps:
1. Arm yourself with knowledge. For you to do this, you need one important piece of information...Super Street Fighter 4 MUST be your headline tournament or you won't get a turnout. In order to cover venue fees, you need people...SSF4 draws people. Make sure you understand the basics of running brackets and tournament play style so you can answer any questions that come up.
2. Get some basic interest, decide how many people you want at the tournament.
3. Find a small venue...something that can take like 50 people or so, maybe 100 at most. Catering halls, VFW halls, mom & pop gaming stores are always looking for someone to rent some space. Play-n-Trade is usually a good place to hold a tournament. Price it out and see if you can work a deal. I've seen places agree to take percentage of the venue fee from the attendees instead of a set price. If a place is in need of the business, they will work out a deal.
4. PROMOTE! Your tournament should have at least 1 month advance notice, but 6 weeks is ideal. Make sure you don't schedule your local tournament on the date of a major tournament, and try to avoid other local tournaments in your area on the same date. Post the tournament, it's rules, its fees, location, date and time on SRK, UMK, TYM, CMK, etc... get the word out and make sure you get people there.
5. Make sure that UMK3 is at your tournament.