2011 Pro Tour Season

The 2011 Pro Tour season was the sixteenth Pro Tour season. It started on 22 January 2011 with Grand Prix Atlanta, and ended on 20 November 2011 with the conclusion of the 2011 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (January 2011)==
GP Atlanta
 Date: 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 in Paris, France.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Ben Stark 	$40,000	25 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Paul Rietzl 	$20,000	20 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Vincent Lemoine 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Naoki Nakada 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Nico Bohny 	$11,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Patrick Chapin 	$10,500	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Tom Martell 	$10,000	12 	
8 	Shintaro Ishimura	$9,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (February–June 2011)==
GP Paris 	GP Denver 	GP Barcelona
 Date: 12–13 February 2011 	 Date: 19–20 February 2011 	 Date: 26–27 March 2011
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 2182 	 Attendance: 841 	 Attendance: 1201
 1. David Sharfman 	 1. Gaudenis Vidugiris 	 1. Martin Scheinin
 2. William Lowry 	 2. Martin Jůza 	 2. Toni Ramis Pascual
 3. Christian Hüttenberger	 3. Owen Turtenwald 	 3. Richard Bland
 4. Gerald Leitzinger 	 4. Eduardo dos Santos Vieira	 4. Eduardo Sajgalik
 5. Kai Budde 	 5. Thomas Pannell 	 5. Jonas Köstler
 6. Sveinung Bjørnerud 	 6. Paul Cheon 	 6. Karol Nosowicz
 7. Lewis McLeod 	 7. James Zornes 	 7. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
 8. Dimitris Davios 	 8. Brian Kibler 	 8. Simon Bertiou
GP Dallas 	GP Kobe 	GP London
 Date: 9–10 April 2011	 Date: 23–24 April 2011	 Date: 30 April–1 May 2011
 Format: Standard 	 Format: Extended 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1189 	 Attendance: 710 	 Attendance: 709
 1. David Shiels 	 1. Shota Yasooka 	 1. Daniel Royde
 2. Orrin Beasley 	 2. Makihito Mihara 	 2. Louis Deltour
 3. Owen Turtenwald 	 3. Kenichiro Omori 	 3. Martin Lindström
 4. Austin Bursavich 	 4. Shunsuke Aka 	 4. Gennaro Mango
 5. Alex Bertoncini 	 5. Shinya Satou 	 5. Raul Porojan
 6. Josh Utter-Leyton	 6. Shouhei Yamamoto 	 6. Andra La Placa
 7. Michael Jacob 	 7. Martin Jůza 	 7. Kenny Öberg
 8. Korey McDuffie 	 8. Kentaro Ino 	 8. Nicholas Taylor
GP Prague 	GP Providence 	GP Singapore
 Date: 21–22 May 2011	 Date: 28–29 May 2011 	 Date: 4–5 June 2011
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Legacy 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 1236 	 Attendance: 1179 	 Attendance: 623
 1. Ondrej Baudys 	 1. James Rynkiewicz 	 1. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 2. Lukas Blohon 	 2. Bryan Eleyet 	 2. Chikara Nakajima
 3. Shuhei Nakamura 	 3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	 3. Chatchai Seathang
 4. Anders Melin 	 4. Reid Duke 	 4. Owen Turtenwald
 5. Petr Brozek 	 5. Owen Turtenwald 	 5. Shota Yasooka
 6. Lukasz Cichecki 	 6. Wilson Hunter 	 6. Weng Heng Soh
 7. Joel Larsson 	 7. John Kubilis 	 7. Hao-Shan Huang
 8. Robert Jurkovic 	 8. Alex Majlaton 	 8. Marios Angelopozlos
==Pro Tour Nagoya==
10–12 June 2011 in Nagoya, Japan.
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 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Gaudenis Vidugiris	$10,500	12 	
7 	Luis Scott-Vargas 	$10,000	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Patrick Cox 	$9,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (June–August 2011)==
GP Kansas City 	GP Shanghai 	GP Pittsburgh
 Date: 18–19 June 2011	 Date: 20–21 August 2011	 Date: 27–28 August 2011
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 879 	 Attendance: 633 	 Attendance: 1435
 1. Luis Scott-Vargas	 1. Yuuya Watanabe 	 1. Yuuya Watanabe
 2. Yuuya Watanabe 	 2. Ryouta Endou 	 2. Lukasz Musial
 3. Tim Aten 	 3. Zhiyang Zhang 	 3. Patrick Chapin
 4. Samuel Friedman 	 4. Kentarou Ino 	 4. Max Tietze
 5. Zachary Jesse 	 5. Kuang Chen 	 5. Joel Larsson
 6. Gregory Jolin 	 6. Kentarou Nonaka 	 6. Matt Nass
 7. Matt Costa 	 7. Daniel Pham 	 7. Florian Pils
 8. Willy Edel 	 8. Bin Xu 	 8. Harry Corvese
==Pro Tour Philadelphia==
2–4 September 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Samuele Estratti 	$40,000	25 	First Italian to win a Pro Tour
2 	Josh Utter-Leyton 	$20,000	20 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Sam Black 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Chikara Nakajima 	$13,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Max Sjöblom 	$11,000	12 	
6 	Jesse Hampton 	$10,500	12 	
7 	Andrejs Prost 	$10,000	12 	
8 	Alessandro Portaro	$9,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (September–November 2011)==
GP Montreal 	GP Milan 	GP Brisbane 	GP Amsterdam
 Date: 17–18 September 2011	 Date: 8–9 October 2011	 Date: 15–16 October 2011	 Date: 22–23 October 2011
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Legacy
 Attendance: 1054 	 Attendance: 1790 	 Attendance: 389 	 Attendance: 1878
 1. Rich Hoaen 	 1. Marco Ricci 	 1. Jeremy Neeman 	 1. Pierre Sommen
 2. Alexander Hayne 	 2. Raphaël Lévy 	 2. Tim Fondum 	 2. Ciro Bonaventura
 3. Lino Burgold 	 3. Samuele Estratti 	 3. Andreas Pranoto 	 3. Christof Kovacs
 4. Andrew Noworaj 	 4. Davide Vergoni 	 4. Luke Mulcahy 	 4. Elie Pichon
 5. Reid Duke 	 5. Alexandru Dimitriu	 5. Hao-Shan Huang 	 5. Fabian Görzgen
 6. Alexander West 	 6. Marcello Calvetto 	 6. Jacky Zhang 	 6. Maciej Pasek
 7. Michael Holden 	 7. Michael Milis 	 7. Daniel Unwin 	 7. Kim Grymer
 8. Reid Duke 	 8. Jörg Unfried 	 8. Shota Yasooka 	 8. Paolo Pavesi
GP Santiago 	GP Hiroshima 	GP San Diego
 Date: 22–23 October 2011 	 Date: 29–30 October 2011	 Date: 12–13 November 2011
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 737 	 Attendance: 796 	 Attendance: 1045
 1. Igor Silva Pinto 	 1. Martin Jůza 	 1. Shahar Shenhar
 2. Carlos Iturra 	 2. Takahiro Shiraki 	 2. Richard Bland
 3. Owen Turtenwald 	 3. Akira Asahara 	 3. Ricky Sidher
 4. Melissa DeTora 	 4. Rin Satou 	 4. Lokman Chen
 5. Martin Jůza 	 5. Kouichi Tashiro 	 5. Elias Watsfeldt
 6. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	 6. Hiroshi Onizuka 	 6. Owen Turtenwald
 7. David Kaliski 	 7. Naoki Obayashi 	 7. Aaron Cheng
 8. Martin Lecce 	 8. Kouichi Tanaka 	 8. Alexander West
==2011 World Championships==
17–20 November 2011 in San Francisco, California, United States.
===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 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	David Caplan 	$14,000	16 	
5 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$11,000	12 	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Luis Scott-Vargas 	$10,500	12 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Josh Utter-Leyton 	$10,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Craig Wescoe 	$9,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
===Team competition===
Place	Country	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	Japan 	Ryuuichirou Ishida 	$4,000	6
1 	Japan 	Tomoya Fujimoto 	$4,000	6
1 	Japan 	Makihito Mihara 	$4,000	6
2 	Norway 	Andreas Nordahl 	$2,500	5
2 	Norway 	Sveinung Bjørnerud 	$2,500	5
2 	Norway 	Kristoffer Jonassen	$2,500	5
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