Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2011 explained

Season:2011 Pro Tour season
Ppoty: Owen Turtenwald
Roty: Matthias Hunt
Wc: Jun'ya Iyanaga
Pts:4
Gps:20
Start:22 January 2011
End:20 November 2011
Hof: Shuhei Nakamura
Anton Jonsson
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Pro Tour season was the sixteenth season of the . 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]

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]

RankPro Points awarded at
Pro TourGrand PrixNationalsWorlds (Team)
12510106
220885
3–416664
5–812543
9–128422
13–168311
17–2472
25–3262
33–6451
65–1004
101–2003
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

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Ben Stark$40,000253rd Final day
2 Paul Rietzl$20,000203rd Final day
3 Vincent Lemoine$15,00016
4 Naoki Nakada$13,00016
5 Nico Bohny$11,000122nd Final day
6 Patrick Chapin$10,500124th Final day
7 Tom Martell$10,00012
8 Shintaro Ishimura$9,50012

Pro Player of the year standings

RankPlayerPro Points
1 Ben Stark33
2 Paul Rietzl22
align=center rowspan=23 Vincent Lemoinealign=center rowspan=216
Naoki Nakada
align=center rowspan=35 David Sharfmanalign=center rowspan=313
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)
  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)
  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)
  1. Ondrej Baudys
  2. Lukas Blohon
  3. Shuhei Nakamura
  4. Anders Melin
  5. Petr Brozek
  6. Lukasz Cichecki
  7. Joel Larsson
  8. Robert Jurkovic
GP Denver (19–20 February)
  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)
  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)
  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)
  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)
  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)
  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

Top 8 pairings are determined at random

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 David Sharfman$40,00025
2 Toshiyuki Kadooka$20,00020
3 Elie Pichon$15,00016
4 Fabian Thiele$13,00016
5 Tsuyoshi Fujita$11,000124th final day
6 Gaudenis Vidugiris$10,50012
7 Luis Scott-Vargas$10,000124th final day
8 Pat Cox$9,50012

Pro Player of the year standings

RankPlayerPro Points
1 Ben Stark41
2 Owen Turtenwald40
3 David Sharfman38
4 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa31
align=center rowspan=25 Martin Juza29
Shouta Yasooka29

Grands Prix: Kansas City, Shanghai, and Pittsburgh

GP Kansas City (18–19 June)
  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)
  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)
    1. Yuuya Watanabe Lukasz Musial
  2. Patrick Chapin
  3. Max Tietze
  4. Joel Larsson
  5. Matthew Nass
  6. Florian Pils
  7. 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

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Samuele Estratti$40,00025
2 Josh Utter-Leyton$20,000202nd Final Day
3 Samuel Black$15,00016
4 Chikara Nakajima$13,000162nd Final Day
5 Max Sjöblom$11,00012
6 Jesse Hampton$10,50012
7 Andrejs Prost$10,00012
8 Alessandro Portaro$9,50012

Pro Player of the year standings

RankPlayerPro Points
1 Owen Turtenwald48
2 Luis Scott-Vargas45
3 Ben Stark44
Yuuya Watanabe44
5 David Sharfman40

Grands Prix: Montreal, Milan, Brisbane, Amsterdam, Santiago, Hiroshima, and San Diego

GP Montreal (17–18 September)
  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)
  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)
  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)
  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)
  1. Igor Silva Pinto
  2. Carlos Iturra
  3. Owen Turtenwald
  4. Melissa DeTora
    1. Martin Juza Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  5. David Kaliski
  6. Martin Lecce
GP Brisbane (15–16 October)
  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)
  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)

See main article: article.

The 18th Magic World Championships was held in the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, United States.[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

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Jun'ya Iyanaga$45,00025
2 Richard Bland$24,00020
3 Conley Woods$15,000162nd final day
4 David Caplan$14,00016
5 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa$11,000128th final day
6 Luis Scott-Vargas$10,500125th final day
7 Josh Utter-Leyton$10,000123rd final day
8 Craig Wescoe$9,500122nd 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

RankPlayerPro Points
1 Owen Turtenwald64
2 Luis Scott-Vargas61
align=center rowspan=23 Martin Juzaalign=center rowspan=256
Ben Stark
align=center rowspan=25 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosaalign=center rowspan=253
Shuhei Nakamura
align=center rowspan=37 Josh Utter-Leytonalign=center rowspan=352
Yuuya Watanabe
Shouta Yasooka

Performance by country

CountryT8QQ/T8GTBest Player (PPts)
United States1639Owen Turtenwald (64)
Japan69Shuhei Nakamura (53)
Italy22Samuele Estratti (38)
Germany14Fabian Thiele (30)
France12Raphaël Lévy (40)
Belgium11Vincent Lemoine (40)
Brazil11Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa (53)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Grand Prix Schedule Announced. 22 October 2010. 26 October 2010. Wizards of the Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20101024192351/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/113b. dead. October 24, 2010.
  2. Web site: Magic Weekend Coming in 2011 . . 1 September 2010 . 26 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100904070838/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/090110. dead. September 4, 2010.
  3. Web site: Magic: The Gathering Pro Points Structure . . 2009 . 2009-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090119143007/http://wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=grandprix/points. dead. January 19, 2009.
  4. Web site: 2011 Grand Prix Schedule Update . . 13 January 2011 . 14 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110114071341/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/news/011311. dead. January 14, 2011.
  5. Web site: Grand Prix Kobe Postponed. 14 March 2011. 15 March 2011. Wizards of the Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20110316163656/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/news/031411a. dead. March 16, 2011.
  6. Web site: David-Marshall. Brian. Pro Tour Cup Holders. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107195103/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/172. dead. January 7, 2012. Wizards of the Coast. 9 December 2011. 9 December 2011.
  7. Web site: 2011 Magic: The Gathering World Championships Country Breakdown . . 17 November 2011 . 17 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111122013739/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/countryBreakdown01. dead. November 22, 2011.

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