2008 Pro Tour Season

The 2008 Pro Tour season was the thirteenth Pro Tour season. It started on 15 December 2007 with Grand Prix Stuttgart, and ended on 14 December 2008 with the conclusion of the 2008 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (December 2007)==
GP Stuttgart
 Date: 15–16 December 2007
 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1336
 1. Shuhei Nakamura
 2. Robert van Medevoort
 3. Jonathan Bergström
 4. Raul Porojan
 5. Joel Calafell
 6. Fried Meulders
 7. Patrizio Golia
 8. Marc Vogt
==Pro Tour Kuala Lumpur==
15–17 February 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Jon Finkel 	$40,000	25 	Twelwth Pro Tour Top 8, third Pro Tour win
2 	Mario Pascoli 	$20,000	20 	
3 	Marcio Carvalho 	$15,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Ming Xu 	$13,000	16 	First Chinese in a Pro Tour Top 8, Pro Tour debut
5 	Guillaume Wafo-Tapa	$11,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Mike Hron 	$10,500	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Joel Calafell 	$10,000	12 	
8 	Nicolai Herzog 	$9,500 	12 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
==Grand Prix (February–May 2008)==
GP Vancouver 	GP Shizuoka 	GP Vienna
 Date: 23–24 February 2008	 Date: 8–9 March 2008 	 Date: 15–16 March 2008
 Format: Extended 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Extended
 Attendance: 395 	 Attendance: 827 	 Attendance: 1154
 1. Paul Cheon 	 1. Yuuta Takahashi 	 1. Mateusz Kopeć
 2. Ben Lundquist 	 2. Olivier Ruel 	 2. Nikolaus Eigner
 3. Marc Bonnefoy 	 3. Kenji Tsumura 	 3. Matija Vlahovic
 4. Zack Hall 	 4. Ryousuke Masuno 	 4. Tomoharu Saito
 5. Jason Fleurant 	 5. Kazuya Mitamura 	 5. Gianluca Bevere
 6. Michael Guerney 	 6. Shintarou Ishimura	 6. Horst Winkelmann
 7. Aaron Paquette 	 7. Taichi Fujimoto 	 7. Wojciech Zuber
 8. Hunter Coale 	 8. Akira Asahara 	 8. Andras Nagy
GP Philadelphia 	GP Brussels
 Date: 15–16 March 2008	 Date: 3–4 May 2008
 Format: Extended 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 969 	 Attendance: 1430
 1. Gerard Fabiano 	 1. Kamiel Cornelissen
 2. Adam Yurchick 	 2. Gabriel Nassif
 3. Luis Scott-Vargas 	 3. Raphaël Lévy
 4. Tyler Mantey 	 4. Antoine Ruel
 5. Paul Mathews 	 5. Gaetan Lefebvre
 6. Ben Wienburg 	 6. Rogier Kleij
 7. Matt Hansen 	 7. Holger Lange
 8. Jon Sonne 	 8. Alexandre Peset
==Pro Tour Hollywood==
23–25 May 2008 in Hollywood, California, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Charles Gindy 	$40,000	25 	
2 	Jan Ruess 	$20,000	20 	
3 	Shuhei Nakamura 	$15,000	16 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Yong Han Choo 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Nico Bohny 	$11,000	12 	
6 	Makihito Mihara 	$10,500	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Marijn Lybaert 	$10,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$9,500 	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
==Grand Prix (May–October 2008)==
GP Birmingham 	GP Indianapolis 	GP Buenos Aires 	GP Madrid
 Date: 30 May–1 June 2008 	 Date: 21–22 June 2008 	 Date: 28–29 June 2008 	 Date: 26–27 July 2008
 Format: Block Constructed	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 581 	 Attendance: 1124 	 Attendance: 580 	 Attendance: 1465
 1. Lee Shi Tian 	 1. Jelger Wiegersma 	 1. Francisco Braga 	 1. Lasse Nørgaard
 2. Remi Fortier 	 2. Gaudenis Vidugiris	 2. Felipe Alves Pellegrini	 2. Daniel Martin Bermejo
 3. Raphaël Lévy 	 3. Jamie Parke 	 3. Adrien Degaspare 	 3. Manuel Bucher
 4. Jelger Wiegersma 	 4. Tyler Mantey 	 4. Damian Buckley 	 4. Romain Fenaux-Briot
 5. Antti Malin 	 5. James Beltz 	 5. Ivan Taroshi Fox 	 5. Allan Christensen
 6. Matthias Künzler 	 6. Eric Franklin 	 6. Olivier Ruel 	 6. Sergio Salas Martinez
 7. Manuel Bucher 	 7. Randy Wright 	 7. Nicolas Bevacqua 	 7. Tommi Lindgren
 8. Jonathan Randle 	 8. Ben Rasmussen 	 8. Sebastian Pozzo 	 8. Geir Bakke
GP Kobe 	GP Denver 	GP Copenhagen 	GP Manila
 Date: 2–3 August 2008 	 Date: 9–10 August 2008 	 Date: 23–24 August 2008 	 Date: 30–31 August 2008
 Format: Block Constructed	 Format: Block Constructed	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Block Constructed
 Attendance: 811 	 Attendance: 625 	 Attendance: 610 	 Attendance: 641
 1. Yuuta Takahashi 	 1. Gerry Thompson 	 1. David Larsson 	 1. Hironobu Sugaya
 2. Takayuki Takagi 	 2. Lee Steht 	 2. Tomoharu Saito 	 2. Shota Yasooka
 3. Masaya Tanahashi 	 3. Nathan Elkins 	 3. Jakub Jahoda 	 3. Luis Magisa
 4. Shou Yoshimori 	 4. Kenneth Castor 	 4. Shuhei Nakamura 	 4. Shingou Kurihara
 5. Hirosi Yosida 	 5. AJ Sacher 	 5. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa 	 5. Masami Kaneko
 6. Katsuya Ueda 	 6. Kyle Bundgaard 	 6. William Cavaglieri 	 6. Koutarou Ootsuka
 7. Koutarou Ootsuka 	 7. Antonino De Rosa 	 7. Philipp Summereder 	 7. Raphaël Lévy
 8. Tsuyoshi Ikeda 	 8. Hunter Burton 	 8. Robert van Meedevort	 8. Wai Keat Ken Lim
GP Rimini 	GP Paris 	GP Kansas City
 Date: 13–14 September 2008	 Date: 18–19 October 2008	 Date: 18–19 October 2008
 Format: Block Constructed 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 686 	 Attendance: 1838 	 Attendance: 746
 1. Emanuele Giusti 	 1. Arjan van Leeuwen 	 1. Tim Landale
 2. Shuhei Nakamura 	 2. Pierre Rensonnet 	 2. Carlos Romão
 3. Claudio Salemi 	 3. Menno Dolstra 	 3. Jon Sonne
 4. Marcello Calvetto 	 4. Simon Görtzen 	 4. Sammy Batarseh
 5. Matthias Künzler 	 5. Niels Noorlander 	 5. Brandon Scheel
 6. Rodrigo Renedo 	 6. Romain Lisciandro 	 6. Justin Meyer
 7. Joel Calafell 	 7. Artur Cnotalski 	 7. Chris Pait
 8. Petr Nahodil 	 8. Jan De Coster 	 8. Willy Edel
==Pro Tour Berlin==
31 October–2 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Luis Scott-Vargas	$40,000	25 	
2 	Matej Zatlkaj 	$20,000	20 	
3 	Tomoharu Saito 	$15,000	16 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Sebastian Thaler 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Kenny Öberg 	$11,000	12 	
6 	Martin Jůza 	$10,500	12 	
7 	Denis Sinner 	$10,000	12 	
8 	Jan Doise 	$9,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (November–December 2008)==
GP Atlanta 	GP Okayama 	GP Taipei 	GP Auckland
 Date: 15–16 November 2008	 Date: 22–23 November 2008	 Date: 29–30 November 2008	 Date: 6–7 December 2008
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 684 	 Attendance: 635 	 Attendance: 270 	 Attendance: 254
 1. Luis Scott-Vargas 	 1. Makihito Mihara 	 1. Shu Komuro 	 1. Dominic Lo
 2. Gerry Thompson 	 2. Kazuya Mitamura 	 2. Yoshitaka Nakano 	 2. Nick Tung
 3. Chris Fennell 	 3. Chikara Nakajima 	 3. Osamu Fujita 	 3. Justin Cheung
 4. Steven Wolansky 	 4. Tsuyoshi Ikeda 	 4. Homg Gi Tsai 	 4. Jason Chung
 5. Brett Piazza 	 5. Daisuke Muramatsu 	 5. Tun Min Huang 	 5. Olivier Ruel
 6. Tomoharu Saito 	 6. Olivier Ruel 	 6. Sheng Xiu Jian 	 6. Joseph Combs
 7. Chris Pait 	 7. Akimasa Yamamoto 	 7. Lee Shi Tian 	 7. Basam Tabet
 8. Ken Adams 	 8. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa 	 8. Kang Nien Chiang 	 8. Chris Hay
==2008 World Championships==
11–14 December 2008 in Mephis, Tennessee, United States.
===Final standings===
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Antti Malin 	$45,000	25 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Jamie Parke 	$24,000	20 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Tsuyoshi Ikeda 	$15,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Hannes Kerem 	$14,000	16 	First Estonian in a Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$11,000	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Kenji Tsumura 	$10,500	12 	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Frank Karsten 	$10,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Akira Asahara 	$9,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
===Team competition===
Place	Country 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	United States	Michael Jacob 	$4,000	6
1 	United States	Paul Cheon 	$4,000	6
1 	United States	Sam Black 	$4,000	6
2 	Australia 	Aaron Nicastri 	$2,500	5
2 	Australia 	Brandon Lau 	$2,500	5
2 	Australia 	Justin Cheung 	$2,500	5
3 	Brazil 	Willy Edel 	$2,000	4
3 	Brazil 	Vagner Casatti 	$2,000	4
3 	Brazil 	Luiz Guilherme de Michielli	$2,000	4
4 	Japan 	Masashi Oiso 	$1,750	4
4 	Japan 	Yuuya Watanabe 	$1,750	4
4 	Japan 	Akihiro Takakuwa 	$1,750	4
Category:2008