Simon Hockwin is the champion of Grand Prix Hamburg!
His blue-green Quiet Speculation deck fought its way through a relatively inexperienced Top 8 that included only one non-green deck and two non-German players. Blue-green again proved dominant as four of the top 8 decks ran this strategy. Three others, including finalist Arndt Meier, ran a green-white beatdown deck. The sole mono-black control deck was run by Piotr Sienko and didn't progress further than the quarter-finals.
In the end the waves of Bears produced by the Grizzly Fates in Hockwin's deck proved too much as he battered and mauled his way to the title and a place in Pro Tour Houston.
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Top 8 Final Standing
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Simon Hockwin (Germany) |
$2,400 |
| 2 |
Arndt Meier (Germany) |
$1,700 |
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Jens Krause (Germany) |
$1,200 |
| 4 |
Patrick Plößer (Germany) |
$1,000 |
| 5 |
Nico Wendt (Germany) |
$800 |
| 6 |
Piotr Sienko (Poland) |
$800 |
| 7 |
Dennis Schmitz (Germany) |
$800 |
| 8 |
Jean Charles Salvin (France) |
$800 |
(Click here for complete final standings)
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Champion |
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Nico Wendt |
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Patrick Plößer, 2-0 |
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Patrick Plößer |
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Simon Hockwin, 2-0 |
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Piotr Sienko |
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Simon Hockwin, 2-0 |
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Simon Hockwin, 2-1 |
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Simon Hockwin |
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Arndt Meier |
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Arndt Meier (bye) |
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Jean Charles Salvin |
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Arndt Meier, 2-0 |
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Jens Krause |
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Jens Krause, 2-1 |
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Dennis Schmitz |
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