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]

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)

• Format: Extended
• Attendance: 1223

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
	5	Patrick Chapin	0
	4	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 Ondrej Baudys Lukas Blohon Shuhei Nakamura Anders Melin Petr Brozek Lukasz Cichecki Joel Larsson Robert Jurkovic

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 James Rynkiewicz Bryan Eleyet Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Reid Duke Owen Turtenwald Wilson Hunter John Kubilis Alex Majlaton

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 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Chikara Nakahima Chatchai Seathang Owen Turtenwald Shouta Yasooka Weng Heng Soh Hao-Shan Huang 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	Tsuyoshi 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	Pat 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 Luis Scott-Vargas Yuuya Watanabe Tim Aten Samuel Friedman Zach Jesse Gregory Jolin Matthew Costa Willy Edel

GP Shanghai (20–21 August) Format: Limited Attendance: 633 Yuuya Watanabe Ryouta Endou Zhiyang Zhang Kentarou Ino Kuang Chen Kentarou Nonaka Daniel Pham Bin Xu

GP Pittsburgh (27–28 August) Format: Standard Attendance: 1435 Yuuya Watanabe Lukasz Musial Patrick Chapin Max Tietze Joel Larsson Matthew Nass Florian Pils 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 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 Shahar Shenhar Richard Bland Ricky Sidher Lokman Chen Elias Watsfeldt Owen Turtenwald Aaron Cheng Alexander West

GP Milan (8–9 October) Format: Limited Attendance: 1790 Marco Ricci Raphaël Lévy Samuele Estratti Davide Vergoni Alexandru Dimitriu Marcello Calvetto Michael Milis Jörg Unfried 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)

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

Top 8

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Conley Woods	3
	8	Craig Wescoe	2
						Conley Woods		0
						Jun'ya Iyanaga		3
	5	Jun'ya Iyanaga	3
	4	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	Raphaël Lévy (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. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
2. "Magic Weekend Coming in 2011". Wizards of the Coast. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
3. "Magic: The Gathering Pro Points Structure". Wizards of the Coast. 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
4. "2011 Grand Prix Schedule Update". Wizards of the Coast. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
5. "Grand Prix Kobe Postponed". Wizards of the Coast. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
6. David-Marshall, Brian (9 December 2011). "Pro Tour Cup Holders". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
7. "2011 Magic: The Gathering World Championships Country Breakdown". Wizards of the Coast. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.