Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2011

2011 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the Year Owen Turtenwald
Rookie of the Year Matthias Hunt
World Champion Jun'ya Iyanaga
Pro Tours 4
Grands Prix 20
Hall of Fame inductions Shuhei Nakamura
Anton Jonsson
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Start of season 22 January 2011
End of season 20 November 2011
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The 2011 Pro Tour season was the sixteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 22 January 2011 with Grand Prix Atlanta, and ended on 20 November 2011 with the conclusion of the 2011 World Championship in San Francisco. The season consisted of twenty Grands Prix[1], and four Pro Tours, located in Paris, Nagoya, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.[2]

Contents

Mode

Four Pro Tours and eighteen Grands Prix were held in the 2011 season. Further Pro Points were awarded at national championships. These Pro Points were mainly used to determine the Pro Player club levels of players participating in these events, but also decide which player was 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)
  1. Jason Ford
  2. Ben Stark
  3. Jody Keith
  4. Christian Valenti
  5. Ari Lax
  6. John Runyon
  7. Charles Gindy
  8. Owen Turtenwald

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 Draft

Top 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
  1. David Sharfman
  2. William Lowry
  3. Christian Hüttenberger
  4. Gerald Leitzinger
  5. Kai Budde
  6. Sveinung Bjørnerud
  7. Lewis McLeod
  8. Dimitris Davios
GP Dallas (9–10 April)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1189
  1. David Shiels
  2. Orrin Beasley
  3. Owen Turtenwald
  4. Austin Bursavich
  5. Alex Bertoncini
  6. Josh Utter-Leyton
  7. Michael Jacob
  8. Korey McDuffie
GP Prague (21–22 May)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1236
  1. Ondrej Baudys
  2. Lucas Blohon
  3. Shuhei Nakamura
  4. Anders Melin
  5. Petr Brozek
  6. Lukasz Cichecki
  7. Joel Larsson
  8. Robert Jurkovic
GP Denver (19–20 February)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 841
  1. Gaudenis Vidugiris
  2. Martin Juza
  3. Owen Turtenwald
  4. Eduardo dos Santos Vieira
  5. Thomas Pannell
  6. Paul Cheon
  7. James Zornes
  8. Brian Kibler
GP Kobe (23–24 April)
  • Format: Extended
  • Attendance: 710
  1. Shouta Yasooka
  2. Makihito Mihara
  3. Kenichiro Omori
  4. Shunsuke Aka
  5. Shinya Satou
  6. Shouhei Yamamoto
  7. Martin Juza
  8. Kentaro Ino
GP Providence (28–29 May)
  • Format: Legacy
  • Attendance: 1179
  1. James Rynkiewicz
  2. Bryan Eleyet
  3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  4. Reid Duke
  5. Owen Turtenwald
  6. Wilson Hunter
  7. John Kubilis
  8. Alex Majlaton
GP Barcelona (26–27 March)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1201
  1. Martin Scheinin
  2. Toni Ramis Pascual
  3. Richard Bland
  4. Eduardo Sajgalik
  5. Jonas Köstler
  6. Karol Nosowicz
  7. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
  8. Simon Bertiou
GP London (30 April–1 May)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 709
  1. Daniel Royde
  2. Louis Deltour
  3. Martin Lindström
  4. Gennaro Mango
  5. Raul Porojan
  6. Andra La Placa
  7. Kenny Öberg
  8. Nicholas Taylor
GP Singapore (4–5 June)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 623
  1. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  2. Chikara Nakahima
  3. Chatchai Seathang
  4. Owen Turtenwald
  5. Shouta Yasooka
  6. Weng Heng Soh
  7. Hao-Shan Huang
  8. Marios Angelopozlos

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 Draft

Top 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
  1. Luis Scott-Vargas
  2. Yuuya Watanabe
  3. Tim Aten
  4. Samuel Friedman
  5. Zach Jesse
  6. Gregory Jolin
  7. Matthew Costa
  8. Willy Edel
GP Shanghai (20–21 August)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 633
  1. Yuuya Watanabe
  2. Ryouta Endou
  3. Zhiyang Zhang
  4. Kentarou Ino
  5. Kuang Chen
  6. Kentarou Nonaka
  7. Daniel Pham
  8. Bin Xu
GP Pittsburgh (27–28 August)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1435
  1. Yuuya Watanabe
  2. Lukasz Musial
  3. Patrick Chapin
  4. Max Tietze
  5. Joel Larsson
  6. Matthew Nass
  7. Florian Pils
  8. Harry Corvese

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] The winner of the tournament was Samuel Estratti, who became the first Modern Pro Tour Champion and the first Italian player to win a Pro Tour.[6]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $230,795
Players: 417
Format: Modern, Booster Draft
Headjudge: Riccardo Tessitori

Top 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
  1. Richard Hoaen
  2. Alexander Hayne
  3. Lino Burgold
  4. Andrew Noworaj
  5. Reid Duke
  6. Alex West
  7. Michael Holden
  8. Matthew Costa
GP Amsterdam (22–23 October)
  • Format: Legacy
  • Attendance: 1878
  1. Pierre Sommen
  2. Ciro Bonaventura
  3. Christof Kovacs
  4. Elie Pichon
  5. Fabian Görzgen
  6. Maciej Pasek
  7. Kim Grymer
  8. Paolo Pavesi
GP San Diego (12–13 November)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1045
  1. Shahar Shenhar
  2. Richard Bland
  3. Ricky Sidher
  4. Lokman Chen
  5. Elias Watsfeldt
  6. Owen Turtenwald
  7. Aaron Cheng
  8. Alexander West
GP Milan (8–9 October)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1790
  1. Marco Ricci
  2. Raphaël Lévy
  3. Samuele Estratti
  4. Davide Vergoni
  5. Alexandru Dimitriu
  6. Marcello Calvetto
  7. Michael Milis
  8. Jörg Unfried
GP Santiago (22–23 October)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 737
  1. Igor Silva Pinto
  2. Carlos Iturra
  3. Owen Turtenwald
  4. Melissa DeTora
  5. Martin Juza
  6. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  7. David Kaliski
  8. Martin Lecce
GP Brisbane (15–16 October)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 389
  1. Jeremy Neeman
  2. Tim Fondum
  3. Andreas Pranoto
  4. Luke Mulcahy
  5. Hao-Shan Huang
  6. Jacky Zhang
  7. Daniel Unwin
  8. Shouta Yasooka
GP Hiroshima (29–30 October)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 796
  1. Martin Juza
  2. Takahiro Shiraki
  3. Akira Asahara
  4. Rin Satou
  5. Kouichi Tashiro
  6. Hiroshi Onizuka
  7. Naoki Obayashi
  8. Kouichi Tanaka

2011 World Championships – San Francisco (17–20 November 2011)

Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2011 World Championship

The 18th Magic World Championships was held in the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, USA.[2]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $245,245 (individual) + ? (teams)
Players: 375 from 60 countries[7]
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft, Modern
Team Formats: Standard, Modern, Legacy
Head Judge: Sheldon Menery

Top 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

  1. Japan — Ryuuichirou Ishida, Makihito Mihara, Tomoya Fujimoto
  2. 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

Performance by country

Country T8 Q Q/T8 GT Best Player (PPts)
United States 16 521 33 39 Owen Turtenwald (64)
Japan 6 140 23 9 Shuhei Nakamura (53)
Italy 2 60 30 2 Samuele Estratti (38)
Germany 1 88 88 4 Fabian Thiele (30)
France 1 91 91 2 Raphael Levy (40)
Belgium 1 32 32 1 Vincent Lemoine (40)
Brazil 1 27 27 1 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa (53)

References

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ "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. 
  4. ^ "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. 
  5. ^ "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. 
  6. ^ David-Marshall, Brian (9 December 2011). "Pro Tour Cup Holders". Wizards of the Coast. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/172. Retrieved 9 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "2011 Magic: The Gathering World Championships Country Breakdown". Wizards of the Coast. 17 November 2011. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/countryBreakdown01. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 

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