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Caption
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Day
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Category
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The French finalist, Florent Jeudon
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Sunday |
Players |
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A fresh six-time Grand Prix winner
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde and his trophy
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Sunday |
Players |
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A lonely Sideboard crew, Nele Van der borght and Craig Jones
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Sunday |
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The other side of the top 8 draft table
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Sunday |
Players |
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One site of the top 8 draft table, squeezing through to have a peek
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde
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Sunday |
Players |
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Florent Jeudon
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Sunday |
Players |
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The final match
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde versus Wolfgang Eder in the semifinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Florent Jeudon versus Mattias Jorstedt in the semifinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Wolfgang Eder in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Arjan Van Leeuwen in the quarterfinals. In the background Gis Hoogendijk and Wessel Oomens do something funny
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Sunday |
Players |
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Mattias Jorstedt in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christophe Lippert in the quarterfinals, followed closely by German supporters
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Sunday |
Players |
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Dirk Baberowski in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Roger Dane, Raphaël Lévy and Olivier Ruel follow the quarterfinal Jeudon vs. Baberowski
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Sunday |
Players |
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Jos Schreurs in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christoph Lippert
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Sunday |
Players |
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Florent Jeudon
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Sunday |
Players |
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Mattias Jorstedt
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Sunday |
Players |
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Dirk Baberowski
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Sunday |
Players |
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Arjan van Leeuwen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Jos Schreurs
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde
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Sunday |
Players |
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The top 8
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Sunday |
Players |
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The best eight players of Grand Prix Antwerp
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Sunday |
Players |
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The top 8 outside
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Sunday |
Players |
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The judges team
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Sunday |
Staff |
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The judges team enjoying a view over the river Schelde
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Head Judge Gis Hoogendijk
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Nicolaï Herzog
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Sunday |
Players |
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Pete Norris
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Sunday |
Players |
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Rafaël Lévy
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Sunday |
Players |
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Farid Meraghni versus Noah Boeken, two of a kind
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gabriel Nassif has a doubt
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Sunday |
Players |
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Sigurd Eskeland and Marco Blume testing the decks they made next to one another
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Sunday |
Players |
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Cathy "Hup Holland!" Nicoloff
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Christoph Lippert
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christoph Lippert versus Frank Karsten in the last round before the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Johan Kennes battling to get into top 8 and missing it
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Sunday |
Players |
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Daniel Zink
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Sunday |
Players |
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Mattias Jorstedt, one of many Swedes who made the trip
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christoph Lippert versus Arjan van Leeuwen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Arjan van Leeuwen is considered a good player in the Netherlands but he hardly ever crosses the country border
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eva invites the one South African of the tournament, Steve Gerson, to play at side events
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Sunday |
Players |
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Over the weekend, 77 side events were run, all of which drafts in Asian Odyssey/Torment
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Sunday |
Players |
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Wizards of the Coast, Belgium invited all its suppliers for a drink. The man in the foreground is Willie Mitchell, head of the Belgium office
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Franck Canu versus Florent Jeudon, all French
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Sunday |
Players |
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Franck Canu
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde versus Jim Herold, all German
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Sunday |
Players |
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Florent Jeudon
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Sunday |
Players |
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Jim Herold
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Sunday |
Players |
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The Intrafin crew
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Avon specialises in land cards
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Sunday |
Staff |
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The artist John Avon
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Sunday |
Players |
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First stint as a Sideboard reporter, Wessel Oomens covering the draft of Arjan van Leeuwen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde closely followed by Roger Dane
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Sunday |
Players |
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Marco Blume and Sigurd Eskeland at the second draft of the day
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Sunday |
Players |
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Rune Horvik recently became a level 4 judge
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Kamiel Cornelissen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Patrick Mello
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Sunday |
Players |
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Wilfried Ranque
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Sunday |
Players |
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Alexander Witt versus Kamiel Cornelissen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Alexander Witt
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Sunday |
Players |
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Jim Herold
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Sunday |
Players |
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Patrick Mello versus Jim Herold in round eleven
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Sunday |
Players |
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Ben Ronaldson versus Han Tesselaar in round eleven
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Sunday |
Players |
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Patrick Mello
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Sunday |
Players |
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Yet another strong matchup, Kai Budde facing Alexander Witt
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Sunday |
Players |
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Joost Vollebregt versus Patrick Mello
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Sunday |
Players |
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Christoph Lippert, without an -e
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gabriel Nassif got on the gravy train in one week by coming second at Grand Prix-London and Pro Tour-New York with 'Les Plus Class'
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde: "A real shame that Pro Tour Boston is on the same date as Grand Prix Hamburg, you'll have to do without your star player."
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Sunday |
Players |
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Local hero Jan Doise felt like dying his hair blue today
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Sunday |
Players |
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It seems Frank Karsten always carries his decks around in little pen cases
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Sunday |
Players |
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See Jelger Wiegersma's Llawan on the table
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Sunday |
Players |
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Daniel Zink in a good mood
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kamiel Cornelissen listening to the Sideboard reporter
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Sunday |
Players |
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Almost missed this splendid matchup: Kai Budde versus Kamiel Cornelissen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Sunday, March 3 and the draft is underway
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Sunday |
Players |
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The draft of Jan Doise and Jelger Wiegersma is being followed by Stan van der Velden
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Sunday |
Players |
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Frank Karsten
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Sunday |
Players |
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Sigurd Eskeland
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Sunday |
Players |
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Head Judge Gis Hoogendijk calls the draft
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Sunday |
Staff |
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Craig Jones is the Sideboard's reporter this weekend
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Daniel Zink pensive but determined
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Saturday |
Players |
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Pro Tour Mattias Jorstedt
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Saturday |
Players |
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Mattias Jorstedt versus Daniel Zink in the last round of the day
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gabriel 'tres class' Nassif has 'protection from English'
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Saturday |
Players |
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Ben Ronaldson, so unlucky to be exactly that: English
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Saturday |
Players |
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There's Michael Kastberg, a judge who has no shame
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Then there's Nicolas Bataille who is a little bit more sneaky
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Farid Meraghni versus Jan Doise, and look who's reporting
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Saturday |
Players |
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Tom van de Logt versus Bram Snepvangers
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Saturday |
Players |
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Farid Meraghni did not claim to be Jan Doise's friend
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jan Doise casting a spell over his hand
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Saturday |
Players |
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'Sideboard tech' gave Tom van de Logt this match
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Saturday |
Players |
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Bram Snepvangers has a fairly good deck but his mana was a little sketchy according to his opponent
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Saturday |
Players |
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Mattias Kettil pondering over a difficult question
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Saturday |
Players |
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Pete Norris from England
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Saturday |
Players |
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Now here is somebody who believes in himself, Frank Karsten
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Saturday |
Players |
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German Champion Daniel Zink wanted a quick kill and finished Cornelissen
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Saturday |
Players |
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His win at Grand Prix Heidelberg broke the spell for Kamiel Cornelissen, who was considered one of the Netherlands' best players without a victory until then
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alex Witt had a marvelous 2001
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Saturday |
Players |
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Victor van den Broek versus Alexander Witt, the strong Dutch breed
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jan Doise - who is usually the one to take the beatings from his pals for being too hyper, too talkative, too young - is definitely the one handing out the beatings today
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jelger vs. Stefan Meyer in round 5
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Saturday |
Players |
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Olivier Ruel vs. Wilfried Ranque in round 4
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Saturday |
Players |
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A soon-to-be Sideboard reporter, Olivier Ruel
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Saturday |
Players |
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Wilfried Ranque, smiling in memory of San Diego
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Saturday |
Players |
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Stefan Meyer took the amateur prize at Grand Prix Vienna last year despite being previously qualified for a Pro Tour as an absent team-mate had prevented him from competing. He took the winner's trophy too
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Saturday |
Players |
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Three weeks ago Jelger Wiegersma made top 8 in Heidelberg. In for a second time?
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Saturday |
Players |
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An all-Swedish feature match, Punisher team mates Jens Thoren versus Anton Jonsson
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Saturday |
Players |
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Benedikt Klauser, no longer a member of the Godzilla team
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Saturday |
Players |
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Somebody should tell Ben Ronaldson purple and orange don't match
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Saturday |
Players |
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Anton Jonsson took a beating in round four
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jens Thoren came second at Pro Tour-New Orleans
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Saturday |
Players |
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Pretty in pink
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Saturday |
Players |
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Judges out to lunch
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Kai Budde is in the house
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Saturday |
Players |
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Another match of big names with byes, World Champion Tom van de Logt versus one of Belgium's best players Jan Doise
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Saturday |
Players |
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Worth a feature match if these guys wouldn't have had three byes: Benedikt Klauser versus Marco Blume. Also in the picture is Grand Prix Vienna winner, Stephan Meyer
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gary Wise looks forward to mana screw
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Saturday |
Players |
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Dirk Baberowski, one of the reputed Phoenix Foundation members
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Saturday |
Players |
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German André Delere has attended his share of Pro Tours
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Saturday |
Players |
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Menno Dolstra qualified for Pro Tour London in 1999 after he followed the Magic Summer Camp where Eskeland was teaching
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Saturday |
Players |
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Sigurd is best known for conquering the 'Lin Sivvi' Pro Tour of New York 2000 with a Rising Waters deck
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Saturday |
Players |
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Two ladies for table 100
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Saturday |
Players |
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Magic is for all ages
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gert Coeckelberg made Top 8 at Euro's 2000 and came second in last year's National Championships, definitely one of Belgium's top players
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Saturday |
Players |
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Sinan Bolca, the reigning Belgian Champ
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Saturday |
Players |
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Utter concentration
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Saturday |
Players |
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Still in doubt over his colours
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Saturday |
Players |
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The noice of opening deck boxes is hypnotising
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Saturday |
Players |
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Count the colours, it's pretty windy up here...
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Saturday |
Site |
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The place to be for this weekend
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Saturday |
Site |
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More than one person at this table does not want to be spotted at this event. We wonder why
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Would she be here for registration or is she part of the fashion photo shoot crew that was here half an hour ago?
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Saturday |
Players |
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The first to register
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Saturday |
Players |
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Judges Rune Horvik and Bruno Barracosa are well on time
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Sideboard is stealing the view
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Saturday |
Site |
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Ann Van Dam and Glen Monica have not figured out yet how to make three equally long strings of rope
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Han Tesselaar, always happy to lend a hand
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Wizards' Glen Monica does not seem too impressed with Antoine Rottiers' testing
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Saturday |
Staff |
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Black is big
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Saturday |
Site |
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Not quite the Rio Grande: the river Schelde next to the site
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Saturday |
Site |
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Antwerp's pride in the background, the cathedral
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Saturday |
Site |
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Impressive skies
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Saturday |
Site |
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Once a warehouse for whiskey, this place has also housed the Red Star Line shipping company, the ships of which crossed the seven oceans. A place with a history of more than three centuries
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Saturday |
Site |
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Hangar 26 in the old part of the Antwerp harbour
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Saturday |
Site |