2006 Pro Tour Season

The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh Pro Tour season. It started on 18 December 2005 with Grand Prix events in Lille and Charlotte, and ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (December 2005–February 2006)==
GP Lille 	GP Charlotte 	GP Hasselt
 Date: 18–19 December 2005	 Date: 18–19 December 2005	 Date: 28–29 January 2006
 Format: Legacy 	 Format: Extended 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 939 	 Attendance: 456 	 Attendance: 1070
 1. Helmut Summersberger 	 1. Michael Krumb 	 1. Sam Gomersall
 2. Daniel Krutil 	 2. Alex Majlaton 	 2. Julien Goron
 3. Nicholas Labarre 	 3. Kyle Goodman 	 3. Maurice Palijama
 4. Luca Verdiani 	 4. Dave Shiels 	 4. Ziga Fritz
 5. Martin Brenner 	 5. Antonino De Rosa 	 5. Helge Nelson
 6. Loïc Le Briand 	 6. Alan Hubbard 	 6. Dimitri Reinderman
 7. Maximilian Bracht 	 7. Chris Boozer 	 7. Quentin Martin
 8. Nicolas Francois 	 8. Tom LaPille 	 8. Francois Moreau
GP Richmond 	GP Dortmund
 Date: 4–5 February 2006	 Date: 18–19 February 2006
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 558 	 Attendance: 1029
 1. Rich Hoaen 	 1. David Brucker
 2. Jon Sonne 	 2. Julien Goron
 3. Adam Chambers 	 3. Mathias Wigge
 4. John Fiorillo 	 4. Marco Rothaupt
 5. Eugene Harvey 	 5. Dennis Grudowski
 6. Taylor Webb 	 6. Julien Nuijten
 7. Gerry Thompson 	 7. Olivier Ruel
 8. Michael Pinnegar 	 8. Stefan Rentzsch
==Pro Tour Honolulu==
3–5 March 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Mark Herberholz 	$40,000	25 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Craig Jones 	$20,000	20 	
3 	Tiago Chan 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Olivier Ruel 	$14,000	16 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Osyp Lebedowicz 	$11,500	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Maximilian Bracht	$11,000	12 	
7 	Ruud Warmenhoven 	$10,500	12 	
8 	Antoine Ruel 	$10,000	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
==Grand Prix (March–April 2006)==
GP Manila 	GP Cardiff 	GP Madison
 Date: 18–19 March 2006	 Date: 25–26 March 2006	 Date: 25–26 March 2006
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Team Unified Standard
 Attendance: 368 	 Attendance: 370 	 Attendance: 456 (152 teams)
 1. James Porter 	 1. Martin Dingler 	 1. Brian Ziegler  1. Tim Bulger  1. Takanobu Sato
 2. Jiro Francisco 	 2. Wesimo Al-Bacha 	 1. Brian Ziegler  1. Tim Bulger  1. Takanobu Sato
 3. Cynic Kim 	 3. Roel van Heeswijk 	 1. Brian Ziegler  1. Tim Bulger  1. Takanobu Sato
 4. Bo Sun 	 4. Julian Jardine 	 2. Kyle Goodman  2. Mark Ioli  2. Ben Lundquist
 5. Jake Hart 	 5. Quentin Martin 	 2. Kyle Goodman  2. Mark Ioli  2. Ben Lundquist
 6. Felix Gonzales 	 6. Bram Snepvangers 	 2. Kyle Goodman  2. Mark Ioli  2. Ben Lundquist
 7. Takuya Osawa 	 7. Raphaël Lévy 	 3. Rich Hoaen  3. Eric Froehlich  3. Bob Maher, Jr.
 8. Dominic Ortega 	 8. Antoine Ruel 	 3. Rich Hoaen  3. Eric Froehlich  3. Bob Maher, Jr.
  	  	 3. Rich Hoaen  3. Eric Froehlich  3. Bob Maher, Jr.
  	  	 4. John Pelcak  4. Chris McDaniel  4. Jon Sonne
 	 	 4. John Pelcak  4. Chris McDaniel  4. Jon Sonne
 	 	 4. John Pelcak  4. Chris McDaniel  4. Jon Sonne
GP Hamamatsu 	GP Barcelona
 Date: 8–9 April 2006 	 Date: 8–9 April 2006
 Format: Team Unified Standard 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 495 (165 teams) 	 Attendance: 1208
 1. Kotatsu Saitou  1. Takahiro Katayama  1. Yuusuke Tanii	 1. Helmut Summersberger
 1. Kotatsu Saitou  1. Takahiro Katayama  1. Yuusuke Tanii	 2. Raphaël Lévy
 1. Kotatsu Saitou  1. Takahiro Katayama  1. Yuusuke Tanii	 3. Jelger Wiegersma
 2. Akira Asahara  2. Masaya Kitayama  2. Shota Yasooka 	 4. Johan Sadeghpour
 2. Akira Asahara  2. Masaya Kitayama  2. Shota Yasooka 	 5. Olivier Ruel
 2. Akira Asahara  2. Masaya Kitayama  2. Shota Yasooka 	 6. Aniol Alcaraz
 3. Takuya Osawa  3. Ryo Ogura  3. Itaru Ishida 	 7. Jean Charles Salvin
 3. Takuya Osawa  3. Ryo Ogura  3. Itaru Ishida 	 8. Sebastian Thaler
 3. Takuya Osawa  3. Ryo Ogura  3. Itaru Ishida 	 
 4. Takashi Ishihara  4. Shuhei Itou  4. Daisuke Saitou 	 
 4. Takashi Ishihara  4. Shuhei Itou  4. Daisuke Saitou 	
 4. Takashi Ishihara  4. Shuhei Itou  4. Daisuke Saitou 	
==Pro Tour Prague==
5–7 May 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Takuya Osawa 	$40,000	25 	
2 	Aaron Brackmann 	$20,000	20 	
3 	Shuhei Nakamura 	$15,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Christian Hüttenberger	$14,000	16 	
5 	Rasmus Sibast 	$11,500	12 	
6 	Antonino De Rosa 	$11,000	12 	
7 	Joe Crosby 	$10,500	12 	
8 	Quentin Martin 	$10,000	12 	
==Grand Prix (June 2006)==
GP Kuala Lumpur 	GP Turin 	GP Toronto
 Date: 3–4 June 2006 	 Date: 3–4 June 2006 	 Date: 3–4 June 2006
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 316 	 Attendance: 656 	 Attendance: 504
 1. Kenji Tsumura 	 1. Nico Bohny 	 1. Antonino De Rosa
 2. Osamu Fujita 	 2. Antoine Ruel 	 2. Jon Sonne
 3. Quentin Martin 	 3. Bram Snepvangers 	 3. Kyle Sanchez
 4. Ruud Warmenhoven	 4. Klaus Jöns 	 4. Mark Lovin
 5. Terry Soh 	 5. Marco Lombardi 	 5. John Fiorillo
 6. Shota Yasooka 	 6. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa	 6. Brad Taulbee
 7. Cynic Kim 	 7. Giacomo Mallamaci 	 7. Jay Jiang
 8. Itaru Ishida 	 8. Pierre Canali 	 8. Jelger Wiegersma
==Pro Tour Charleston==
16–18 June 2006 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Place	Team name 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kajiharu80 	Tomohiro Kaji 	$75,000	20 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
1 	Kajiharu80 	Shota Yasooka 	$75,000	20 	
1 	Kajiharu80 	Tomoharu Saito 	$75,000	20 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Raaala Pumba 	Celso Zampere, Jr. 	$36,000	16 	
2 	Raaala Pumba 	Willy Edel 	$36,000	16 	
2 	Raaala Pumba 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$36,000	16 	
3 	D-25 	Chikara Nakajima 	$21,000	12 	
3 	D-25 	Ryuichi Arita 	$21,000	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
3 	D-25 	Kazuya Mitamura 	$21,000	12 	
4 	Big Timing With Big Oots	Chris McDaniel 	$18,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Big Timing With Big Oots	Gadiel Szleifer 	$18,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Big Timing With Big Oots	John Pelcak 	$18,000	12 	
==Grand Prix (June–October 2006)==
GP Toulouse 	GP Malmö 	GP St. Louis 	GP Hiroshima
 Date: 24–25 June 2006	 Date: 22–23 July 2006 	 Date: 22–23 July 2006	 Date: 19–20 August 2006
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 674 	 Attendance: 539 	 Attendance: 466 	 Attendance: 417
 1. Kenji Tsumura 	 1. Wessel Oomens 	 1. Shuhei Nakamura 	 1. Shuhei Nakamura
 2. Marijn Lybaert 	 2. Vasilis Fatouros 	 2. Zac Hill 	 2. André Coimbra
 3. Shuhei Nakamura 	 3. Wilco Pinkster 	 3. Kenji Tsumura 	 3. Takahiro Suzuki
 4. Adrian Olivera 	 4. Axel Berglund 	 4. Chris Fennell 	 4. Basam Tebet
 5. Julien Soum 	 5. Jelger Wiegersma 	 5. Alex Kim 	 5. Julien Nuijten
 6. Olivier Ruel 	 6. Kamiel Cornelissen	 6. Pierre Mondon 	 6. Kentarou Nonaka
 7. Shota Yasooka 	 7. André Coimbra 	 7. Dalton King 	 7. Ichirou Shimura
 8. Thomas Didierjean	 8. Asbjørn Fallesen 	 8. Jeremy Kunkel 	 8. Yuusuke Wakisaka
GP Phoenix 	GP Sydney 	GP Athens
 Date: 2–3 September 2006	 Date: 7–8 October 2006	 Date: 14–15 October 2006
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 387 	 Attendance: 213 	 Attendance: 469
 1. Carlos Romão 	 1. James Zhang 	 1. Sebastian Thaler
 2. Sean Inoue 	 2. Anatoli Lightfoot 	 2. Vincent Lemoine
 3. Raphaël Lévy 	 3. Tomoharu Saito 	 3. Marcio Carvalho
 4. Sam Stein 	 4. Jeremy Neeman 	 4. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
 5. Geoffrey Siron 	 5. Steven Aplin 	 5. David Brucker
 6. Gadiel Szleifer 	 6. Takuya Osawa 	 6. Antoine Ruel
 7. André Coimbra 	 7. Shota Yasooka 	 7. Evangelos Papatsarouchas
 8. Shu Kumuro 	 8. Hugh Glanville 	 8. Aaron Brackmann
==Pro Tour Kobe==
20–22 October 2006 in Kobe, Japan.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Jan-Moritz Merkel	$40,000	25 	Pro Tour debut
2 	Willy Edel 	$20,000	20 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Bastien Perez 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Thomas Didierjean	$14,000	16 	Pro Tour debut
5 	Kenji Tsumura 	$11,500	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Bram Snepvangers 	$11,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Tomoharu Saito 	$10,500	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Takahiro Suzuki 	$10,000	12 	
==Grand Prix (November 2006)==
GP New Jersey 	GP Yamagata
 Date: 11–12 November 2006	 Date: 18–19 November 2006
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 913 	 Attendance: 359
 1. Guillaume Cardin 	 1. Takihiro Suzuki
 2. Rich Hoaen 	 2. Takeshi Ozawa
 3. Tim Aten 	 3. Jelger Wiegersma
 4. Jason Imperiale 	 4. Katsuhiro Mori
 5. Gerry Thompson 	 5. Rich Hoaen
 6. John Pelcak 	 6. Antoine Ruel
 7. Andrew Stokinger 	 7. Ryo Ogura
 8. Shota Yasooka 	 8. Yuu Murakami
==2006 World Championships==
29 November–3 December 2006 in Paris, France.
===Final standings===
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Makihito Mihara 	$50,000	25 	
2 	Ryo Ogura 	$25,000	20 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Nick Lovett 	$16,000	16 	First Welshman in a Pro Tour Top 8, Pro Tour debut
4 	Gabriel Nassif 	$15,000	16 	Seventh Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Paulo Carvalho 	$11,500	12 	Pro Tour debut
6 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$11,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Tiago Chan 	$10,500	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Katsuhiro Mori 	$10,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
===Team competition===
Place	Country 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	Netherlands	Julien Nuijten 	$10,000	6
1 	Netherlands	Kamiel Cornelissen 	$10,000	6
1 	Netherlands	Robert van Medevoort	$10,000	6
2 	Japan 	Hidenori Katayama 	$5,000 	5
2 	Japan 	Katsuhiro Mori 	$5,000 	5
2 	Japan 	Shouhei Yamamoto 	$5,000 	5
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