Magic:_The_Gathering_Pro_Tour_season_2011
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]
Quick Facts Pro Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year ...
| Pro Player of the Year |  Owen Turtenwald | ||
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| 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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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]
More information Rank, Pro Points awarded at ...
| Rank | Pro Points awarded at | |||
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| 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 | |||
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- GP Atlanta (22–23 January 2011)
- Format: Extended
- Attendance: 1223
Jason Ford- Ben Stark
- Jody Keith
- Christian Valenti
- Ari Lax
- John Runyon
- Charles Gindy
- Owen Turtenwald
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
More information Place, Player ...
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 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 |
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Pro Player of the year standings
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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| 1 | Ben Stark |
33 |
| 2 | Paul Rietzl |
22 |
| 3 | Vincent Lemoine |
16 |
| Naoki Nakada | ||
| 5 | David Sharfman |
13 |
 Christian Hüttenberger | ||
| Owen Turtenwald |
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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]
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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
More information Place, Player ...
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 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 |
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Pro Player of the year standings
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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| 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 |
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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
More information Place, Player ...
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 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 |
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Pro Player of the year standings
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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| 1 | Owen Turtenwald |
48 |
| 2 | Luis Scott-Vargas |
45 |
| 3 | Ben Stark |
44 |
| Yuuya Watanabe |
44 | |
| 5 | David Sharfman |
40 |
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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 | |||||||||||||
| 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
More information Place, Player ...
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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| 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 |
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Team competition
Japan — Ryuuichirou Ishida, Makihito Mihara, Tomoya Fujimoto
Norway — Sveinung Bjørnerud, Kristoffer Jonassen, Andreas Nordahl
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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| 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 | ||
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More information Country, T8 ...
| Country | T8 | Q | Q/T8 | GT | Best Player (PPts) |
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| 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) |
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