- Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2011
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The 2011 Pro Tour season is the sixteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 22 January 2011 with Grand Prix Atlanta, and will end on 20 November 2011 with the conclusion of the 2011 World Championship in San Francisco. The season consists of twenty Grands Prix[1], and four Pro Tours, located in Paris, Nagoya, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.[2]
Contents
- 1 Mode
- 2 Grand Prix: Atlanta
- 3 Pro Tour – Paris (10–13 February 2011)
- 4 Grands Prix: Paris, Denver, Hamburg, Kobe, Barcelona, Dallas, London, Prague, Providence, and Singapore
- 5 Pro Tour – Nagoya (10–12 June 2011)
- 6 Grands Prix: Kansas City, Shanghai, and Pittsburgh
- 7 Pro Tour – Philadelphia (2–4 September 2011)
- 8 Grands Prix: Montreal, Milan, Brisbane, Amsterdam, Santiago, Hiroshima, and San Diego
- 9 2011 World Championships – San Francisco (17–20 November 2011)
- 10 Pro Player of the Year final standings
- 11 References
Mode
Four Pro Tours and eighteen Grands Prix will be held in the 2011 season. Further Pro Points will be awarded at national championships. These Pro Points will be used mainly to determine the Pro Player club levels of players participating in these events, but also decide which player will be awarded the Pro Player of the year title at the end of the season. Based on final standings Pro Points are awarded as follows:[3]
Rank Pro Points awarded at Pro Tour Grand Prix Nationals Worlds (Team) 1 25 10 10 6 2 20 8 8 5 3–4 16 6 6 4 5–8 12 5 4 3 9–12 8 4 2 2 13–16 8 3 1 1 17–24 7 2 25–32 6 2 33–64 5 1 65–100 4 101–200 3 201+ 2 Grand Prix: Atlanta
- GP Atlanta (22–23 January 2011)
- Format: Extended
- Attendance: 1223
Pro Tour – Paris (10–13 February 2011)
Pro Tour Paris was held at Espace Champerret. The formats were Standard and Scars of Mirrodin-Mirrodin Besieged Booster Draft.[2]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $230,795
Format: Standard, Booster DraftTop 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Vincent Lemoine 3 8 Shintaro Ishimura 2 Vincent Lemoine 2 Paul Rietzl 3 4 Patrick Chapin 0 5 Paul Rietzl 3 Paul Rietzl 1 Ben Stark 3 2 Nico Bohny 2 7 Naoki Nakada 3 Naoki Nakada 0 Ben Stark 3 3 Ben Stark 3 6 Tom Martell 2 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Ben Stark
$40,000 25 3rd Final day 2 Paul Rietzl
$20,000 20 3rd Final day 3 Vincent Lemoine
$15,000 16 4 Naoki Nakada
$13,000 16 5 Nico Bohny
$11,000 12 2nd Final day 6 Patrick Chapin
$10,500 12 4th Final day 7 Tom Martell
$10,000 12 8 Shintaro Ishimura
$9,500 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Ben Stark
33 2 Paul Rietzl
22 3 Vincent Lemoine
16 Naoki Nakada
5 David Sharfman
13 Christian Hüttenberger
Owen Turtenwald
Grands Prix: Paris, Denver, Hamburg, Kobe, Barcelona, Dallas, London, Prague, Providence, and Singapore
Originally scheduled for the weekend of 12–13 March GP Hamburg was cancelled as announced on 13 January.[4] On 14 March 2011, Wizards of the Coast announced that GP Kobe, originally scheduled for 19–20 March, had been postponed, citing safety, power and travel concerns.[5]
- GP Paris (12–13 February)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 2182
David Sharfman
William Lowry
Christian Hüttenberger
Gerald Leitzinger
Kai Budde
Sveinung Bjørnerud
Lewis McLeod
Dimitris Davios
- GP Dallas (9–10 April)
- Format: Standard
- Attendance: 1189
David Shiels
Orrin Beasley
Owen Turtenwald
Austin Bursavich
Alex Bertoncini
Josh Utter-Leyton
Michael Jacob
Korey McDuffie
- GP Prague (21–22 May)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 1236
- GP Denver (19–20 February)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 841
Gaudenis Vidugiris
Martin Juza
Owen Turtenwald
Eduardo dos Santos Vieira
Thomas Pannell
Paul Cheon
James Zornes
Brian Kibler
- GP Kobe (23–24 April)
- Format: Extended
- Attendance: 710
Shouta Yasooka
Makihito Mihara
Kenichiro Omori
Shunsuke Aka
Shinya Satou
Shouhei Yamamoto
Martin Juza
Kentaro Ino
- GP Providence (28–29 May)
- Format: Legacy
- Attendance: 1179
- GP Barcelona (26–27 March)
- Format: Standard
- Attendance: 1201
Martin Scheinin
Toni Ramis Pascual
Richard Bland
Eduardo Sajgalik
Jonas Köstler
Karol Nosowicz
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
Simon Bertiou
- GP London (30 April–1 May)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 709
Daniel Royde
Louis Deltour
Martin Lindström
Gennaro Mango
Raul Porojan
Andra La Placa
Kenny Öberg
Nicholas Taylor
- GP Singapore (4–5 June)
- Format: Standard
- Attendance: 623
Pro Tour – Nagoya (10–12 June 2011)
Pro Tour Nagoya was held at the Trade & Industry Center. The formats are Block Constructed and Booster Draft.[2]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $230,795
Format: Block Constructed, Booster DraftTop 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 6 Toshiyuki Kadooka 3 3 Luis Scott-Vargas 1 Toshiyuki Kadooka 3 Elie Pichon 0 5 Pat Cox 1 4 Elie Pichon 3 Toshiyuki Kadooka 0 David Sharfman 3 2 Gaudenis Vidugiris 2 8 Fabian Thiele 3 Fabian Thiele 0 David Sharfman 3 7 David Sharfman 3 1 Tyuyoshi Fujita 0 Top 8 pairings are determined at random
Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 David Sharfman
$40,000 25 2 Toshiyuki Kadooka
$20,000 20 3 Elie Pichon
$15,000 16 4 Fabian Thiele
$13,000 16 5 Tsuyoshi Fujita
$11,000 12 4th final day 6 Gaudenis Vidugiris
$10,500 12 7 Luis Scott-Vargas
$10,000 12 4th final day 8 Patrick Cox
$9,500 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Ben Stark
41 2 Owen Turtenwald
40 3 David Sharfman
38 4 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
31 5 Martin Juza
29 Shouta Yasooka
29 Grands Prix: Kansas City, Shanghai, and Pittsburgh
- GP Kansas City (18–19 June)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 879
- GP Shanghai (20–21 August)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 633
- GP Pittsburgh (27–28 August)
- Format: Standard
- Attendance: 1435
Pro Tour – Philadelphia (2–4 September 2011)
Pro Tour Philadelphia was held at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The formats were initially announced to be Extended and Booster Draft. Three weeks before the event it was announced that the Extended portion would be replaced by Modern.[2]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $230,795
Players: 417
Format: Modern, Booster Draft
Headjudge: Riccardo TessitoriTop 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 6 Alessandro Portaro 1 3 Josh Utter-Leyton 3 Josh Utter-Leyton 3 Samuel Black 2 7 Samuel Black 3 2 Jesse Hampton 1 Josh Utter-Leyton 1 Samuele Estratti 3 5 Samuele Estratti 3 4 Andrejs Prost 1 Samuele Estratti 3 Chikara Nakajima 1 8 Chikara Nakajima 3 1 Max Sjöblom 1 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Samuele Estratti
$40,000 25 2 Josh Utter-Leyton
$20,000 20 2nd Final Day 3 Samuel Black
$15,000 16 4 Chikara Nakajima
$13,000 16 2nd Final Day 5 Max Sjöblom
$11,000 12 6 Jesse Hampton
$10,500 12 7 Andrejs Prost
$10,000 12 8 Alessandro Portaro
$9,500 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Owen Turtenwald
48 2 Luis Scott-Vargas
45 3 Ben Stark
44 Yuuya Watanabe
44 5 David Sharfman
40 Grands Prix: Montreal, Milan, Brisbane, Amsterdam, Santiago, Hiroshima, and San Diego
- GP Montreal (17–18 September)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 1054
Richard Hoaen
Alexander Hayne
Lino Burgold
Andrew Noworaj
Reid Duke
Alex West
Michael Holden
Matthew Costa
- GP Amsterdam (22–23 October)
- Format: Legacy
- Attendance: 1878
Pierre Sommen
Ciro Bonaventura
Christof Kovacs
Elie Pichon
Fabian Görzgen
Maciej Pasek
Kim Grymer
Paolo Pavesi
- GP San Diego (12–13 November)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 1045
- GP Milan (8–9 October)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 1790
Marco Ricci
Raphaël Lévy
Samuele Estratti
Davide Vergoni
Alexandru Dimitriu
Marcello Calvetto
Jörg Unfried
Michael Milis
- GP Santiago (22–23 October)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 737
Igor Silva Pinto
Carlos Iturra
Owen Turtenwald
Melissa DeTora
Martin Juza
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
David Kaliski
Martin Lecce
- GP Brisbane (15–16 October)
- Format: Standard
- Attendance: 389
Jeremy Neeman
Tim Fondum
Andreas Pranoto
Luke Mulcahy
Hao-Shan Huang
Jacky Zhang
Daniel Unwin
Shouta Yasooka
- GP Hiroshima (29–30 October)
- Format: Standard
- Attendance: 796
Martin Juza
Takahiro Shiraki
Akira Asahara
Rin Satou
Kouichi Tashiro
Hiroshi Onizuka
Naoki Obayashi
Kouichi Tanaka
2011 World Championships – San Francisco (17–20 November 2011)
Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2011 World ChampionshipThe 18th Magic World Championships will be held in the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, USA.[2]
Tournament data
Prize pool: TBD
Format: TBDTop 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Conley Woods 3 8 Craig Wescoe 2 Conley Woods 0 Jun'ya Iyanaga 3 4 Jun'ya Iyanaga 3 5 Josh Utter-Leyton 1 Jun'ya Iyanaga 3 Richard Bland 0 2 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 1 7 David Caplan 3 David Caplan 0 Richard Bland 3 3 Luis Scott-Vargas 2 6 Richard Bland 3 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Jun'ya Iyanaga
$45,000 25 2 Richard Bland
$24,000 20 3 Conley Woods
$15,000 16 2nd final day 4 David Caplan
$14,000 16 5 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
$11,000 12 8th final day 6 Luis Scott-Vargas
$10,500 12 5th final day 7 Josh Utter-Leyton
$10,000 12 3rd final day 8 Craig Wescoe
$9,500 12 2nd final day Team competition
Japan — Ryuuichirou Ishida, Makihito Mihara, Tomoya Fujimoto
Norway — Sveinung Bjørnerud, Kristoffer Jonassen, Andreas Nordahl
Pro Player of the Year final standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Owen Turtenwald
64 2 Luis Scott-Vargas
61 3 Martin Juza
56 Ben Stark
5 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
53 Shuhei Nakamura
7 Josh Utter-Leyton
52 Yuuya Watanabe
Shouta Yasooka
References
- ^ "2011 Grand Prix Schedule Announced". Wizards of the Coast. 22 October 2010. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/113b. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Magic Weekend Coming in 2011". Wizards of the Coast. 1 September 2010. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/090110. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ "Magic: The Gathering Pro Points Structure". Wizards of the Coast. 2009. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=grandprix/points. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ "2011 Grand Prix Schedule Update". Wizards of the Coast. 13 January 2011. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/news/011311. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "Grand Prix Kobe Postponed". Wizards of the Coast. 14 March 2011. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/news/031411a. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
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