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Caption
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Category
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"Can we get a picture with you, please?"
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gravity does not affect the winner of this Pro Tour
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind is out shopping in Nice now...
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Sunday |
Players |
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The Pro Tour top 4
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Sunday |
Players |
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Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the Pro Tour, Eivind Nitter!
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Sunday |
Players |
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The best Dutch players of this Pro Tour congratulate each other, Bram Snepvangers and Alex Witt
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Sunday |
Players |
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A shaky picture as a result of a handshake between true friends
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Sunday |
Players |
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And we have a new winner
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Sunday |
Players |
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Lots of squirrels
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Sunday |
Players |
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"It'a tough life getting up this early to play in the Pro Tour but the prize money makes it worthwhile"
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Sunday |
Players |
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Keita Mori is covering the finals for the Japanese Sideboard
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Sunday |
Players |
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Is my hair still ok. There's camera's around.
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter and the guy who invented his title of "70s pornstar"
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Sunday |
Players |
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Would Gis Hoogendijk have a problem with favoritism?
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Sunday |
Players |
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Bram Snepvangers is not really a passionate player
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter is amazing: he lost the first two games, then came back winning the match
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Sunday |
Players |
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"I dare you," Svend Geertsen
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Sunday |
Players |
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"And attack!"
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Sunday |
Players |
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"Which of these three cards would be best?" Brian Davis
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Sunday |
Players |
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Bram has a plan
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Sunday |
Players |
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Bram Snepvangers can tell you all about the Naples bus system
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter versus Svend Geertsen in the semifinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter welcomes Geertsen's cards with open arms
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Sunday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen waves at you
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Sunday |
Players |
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Brian Davis versus Bram Snepvangers in the semifinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Scott Johns would do anything for our Magic stars
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Sunday |
Players |
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Magic: The Gathering
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Sunday |
Players |
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Nele Van der borght polishing up her Norwegian with judge Rune Horvik and Nicolai Herzog, who was one game away from making Top 8
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Sunday |
Players |
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By now, everyone found themselves a spot in front of a television screen to watch the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde versus Bram Snepvangers in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Smug looking Jonsson
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Sunday |
Players |
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Anton Jonsson seems to slip into Top 8s unnoticed
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Sunday |
Players |
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Bram Snepvangers looking sharp
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Sunday |
Players |
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Ouch, that hurts!
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gary Talim versus Eivind Nitter in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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A benign looking Nitter
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Sunday |
Players |
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The cameras are rolling, the quarterfinals of Pro tour-Nice are on air
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Sunday |
Players |
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A rather relaxed audience
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Sunday |
Players |
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A peek over Eivind Nitter shoulder
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter is the nice kind of Magic player, who explains what he's doing to Sideboard reporter Aaron Forsythe
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gary Talim being butchered
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Sunday |
Players |
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The unthinkable happened, Kai Budde lost in a Pro Tour Top 8
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Sunday |
Players |
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Brian Davis versus Anton Jonsson in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Brian Davis came a long way since his 2000 Rookie of the Year title, no longer the shy kid
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Sunday |
Players |
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Benjamin Niedrig versus Svend Geertsen in the quarterfinals
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Sunday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen clearly has the upper hand
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Sunday |
Players |
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"What about I attack you with everything?" Svend Geertsen
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Sunday |
Players |
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Benjamin Niedrig puts Switzerland on the Magic map
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Sunday |
Players |
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Inspiring
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Sunday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen has probably been around the longest of all Top 8 players
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gary Talim is a first timer in this Pro Tour Top 8
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Sunday |
Players |
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A smiling Brian Davis
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde is not too confident about his draft
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Sunday |
Players |
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The European Champion Eivind Nitter is sure to put up a show
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Sunday |
Players |
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Anton Jonsson made several Pro Tour Top 8's already
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Sunday |
Players |
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A humble Benjamin Niedrig
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Sunday |
Players |
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The audience can follow the Top 8 on the screens. Randy Buehler, Gary Wise and Brian Kibler are commenting in English, Antoine and Olivier Ruel in French
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Sunday |
Players |
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A very nice mix of nationalities at this table
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Sunday |
Players |
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Players draft more carefully for a Top 8
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Sunday |
Players |
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There is a judge for every player
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Sunday |
Players |
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The Top 8 draft has begun
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Sunday |
Players |
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Brian Davis from the USA
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Sunday |
Players |
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Bram Snepvangers from the Netherlands
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Sunday |
Players |
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Gary Talim from the USA
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Sunday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter from Norway
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Sunday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen from Denmark
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Sunday |
Players |
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Kai Budde from Germany
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Sunday |
Players |
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Anton Jonsson from Sweden
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Sunday |
Players |
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Benjamin Niedrig from Switzerland
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Sunday |
Players |
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The Top 8 of Pro Tour-Nice
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Sunday |
Players |
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The audience does not share the tension that can be felt around the tables below
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Saturday |
Players |
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Tom van de Logt versus Katsuhiro Mori in round 14
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Saturday |
Players |
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Katsuhiro Mori does not lose his self control faced up against the World Champion
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Saturday |
Players |
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Tom van de Logt and his goatee
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Saturday |
Players |
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Hiding again, Anton Jonsson in his round 14 match-up against Nicolai Herzog
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Saturday |
Players |
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Feel sorry for this man
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Saturday |
Players |
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Nicolai Herzog trying to make Top 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jeroen Remie versus Zev Gurwitz in the last round of the day
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Saturday |
Players |
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Zev Gurwitz' big smile
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Saturday |
Players |
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Bill Stead versus Nicolai Herzog in round 13
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Saturday |
Players |
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Tension is building up for Nicolai Herzog, who is that close to making Top 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Bill Stead and colours that don't match
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Saturday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen versus Mikko Punakallio in round 13
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Saturday |
Players |
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Finnish Mikko Punakallio pushed to 'smile for the camera'
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Saturday |
Players |
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Danish Svend Geertsen is coming back strong
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Saturday |
Players |
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Bram Snepvangers versus Jeff Fung in round 13
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Saturday |
Players |
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"Did you smell my hat?" Jeff Fung
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Saturday |
Players |
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Abraham on the lookout for a burning bush
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Saturday |
Players |
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Thomas Gundersen versus Eric Froehlich in round 13
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Saturday |
Players |
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Be ready to run. Eric "Cheerful" Froehlich.
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Saturday |
Players |
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Thomas Gundersen. Where are all these Norwegian players coming from?
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gary Wise versus Eric Froehlich in round 12
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eric Froehlich sneaky
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gary Wise waits in quiet expectation
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Saturday |
Players |
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The current European Champion Eivind Nitter from Norway is at a loss
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Saturday |
Players |
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Somehow the combination of neatly combed hair with the devil t-shirt are not convincing
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alex Shvartsman versus Terry Tsang in round 12
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Saturday |
Players |
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"All you judges, listen carefully," Brian Davis will explain this only once
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Saturday |
Players |
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Peter Szigeti versus Jeff Fung in round 12
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Saturday |
Players |
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Despite what this might look like, Peter Szigeti gets smashed
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Saturday |
Players |
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Brian Davis versus Eivind Nitter in round 12
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Saturday |
Players |
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Terry Tsang was part of the Magic Colony and is now leading Magic Online with his team Southeast Locals
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Saturday |
Players |
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Who cares about life totals?
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jeff Fung: "This is what will win me my match!"
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Saturday |
Players |
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Katsuhiro Mori is up there and seems satisfied with his picks
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Saturday |
Players |
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Chris Benafel is always happy to listen to your advice on deck building
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Saturday |
Players |
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Former Italian National Champion Tommaso Natale
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Saturday |
Players |
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Paolo Lombardi is overjoyed with two 'Finkels', one of which was a third pick
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Saturday |
Players |
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Not too sure yet which direction to go, Peter Szigeti
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Saturday |
Players |
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A proud Ed Fear is forcing a major comeback
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Saturday |
Players |
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Will Alan Comer come up with another of his famous wacky decks?
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Saturday |
Players |
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Checking out the standings of fellow Italians
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Saturday |
Players |
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The first table of the fourth draft attracted the usual crowd
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Saturday |
Players |
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Wooha, the spirit of Josh Bennett is making an appearance!
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Saturday |
Players |
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A surprising Mikko Punakallio from Finland faced off against Kai Budde in round 11
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Saturday |
Players |
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Taking his beatings with a wry smile, Gabriel Nassif
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gabriel Nassif versus Gary Talim in round 11
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gary Talim came out of the blue and is leading the Americans at this point
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Saturday |
Players |
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A fast and lethal Matt Linde
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Saturday |
Players |
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Matt Linde versus Christian Lührs in round 11
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Saturday |
Players |
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Christian Lührs tries a "stare of death"
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alan Comer versus Trevor Blackwell in round 11
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Saturday |
Players |
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Like Alan Comer, Trevor Blackwell needs to win this match in order to have a shot at the Top 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alan Comer aims to beat his opponent in the all-time money race
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Saturday |
Players |
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Chris Benafel versus Bram Snepvanger in round 11
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Saturday |
Players |
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"Not that camera again?" Chris Benafel
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Saturday |
Players |
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Abraham Snepvangers carefully prepares his next move
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Saturday |
Players |
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American Adam Fisher has a huge task facing Japan's upcoming talent
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kuneko eagerly picks a card
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Saturday |
Players |
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Masanuri Kuneko versus Adam Fisher in round ten
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Saturday |
Players |
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Ben Rubin probably didn't look much different ten years ago
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Saturday |
Players |
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Ben Rubin versus Patrick Mello in round 10
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Saturday |
Players |
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Patrick Mello, Germany's eternal second
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Saturday |
Players |
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Peter Szigeti and Dirk Baberowski at the start of round 10 - Mark Rosewater doesn't believe his eyes
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Saturday |
Players |
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Dirk Baberowski is a sunshine mood
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Saturday |
Players |
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Peter Szigeti left the leopards at home and goes for an ordinary sponsor shirt
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kai Budde versus Svend Geertsen in round 10
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kai Budde never has a different plan but win it all
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Saturday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen has a plan
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alan Comer versus Nicolai Herzog in round 9
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Saturday |
Players |
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This one is for the ladies, Nicolai Herzog
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alan Comer is renown for his rather peculiar tech
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kai Budde versus Terry Tsang in round 9
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Saturday |
Players |
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Terry Tsang takes on the challenge and is enjoying every second of it
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kai has two Kamahls in his deck, "No way you'll get passed those."
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Saturday |
Players |
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Benedikt Klauser versus Michael Pustilnik in round 9
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Saturday |
Players |
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The soft-spoken Austrian Benedikt Klauser
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Saturday |
Players |
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Pustilnik crushed Klauser on his way to a Pro Tour win in Los Angeles last year
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jens Thoren, a Top 2 finish in San Diego and a Top 4 appearance in Osaka, first in Nice?
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eugene Harvey versus Jens Thoren, similar reserved personalities facing off in round 9
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Saturday |
Players |
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Harvey went from a "relatively unknown" US National Team member, who many speculated couldn't get the job done, to a Grand Prix Championship and a 6-0 showing during the draft portion of Worlds
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kamiel Cornelissen
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Saturday |
Players |
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Nicolai Herzog
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Saturday |
Players |
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David Price
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Saturday |
Players |
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The trophies for everyone to see
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jeff Fung
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eric Taylor
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Saturday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen
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Saturday |
Players |
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Jon Finkel
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Saturday |
Players |
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Everyone wants to know what is happening to Jon Finkel
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Saturday |
Players |
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Brian Davis versus Terry Tsang in round 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Terry Tsang, practicing to become sumo wrestler
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Saturday |
Players |
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One of the leading Americans at the start of the second day, Brian Davis
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Saturday |
Players |
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Christian Lührs versus Alex Borteh in round 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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The confidence in Christian Lührs' face is no accident
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Saturday |
Players |
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Alex Borteh, runner-up at last year's World Championships
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kamiel Cornelissen versus Nicolai Herzog in round 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Kamiel Cornelissen, the Dutch calculating machine who finally got his win at Grand Prix-Heidelberg
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Saturday |
Players |
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Nicolai Herzog, former European Champion
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eric Froehlich versus Gabriel Nassif in round 8
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Saturday |
Players |
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Gabriel Nassif is definitely one of the players the locals are routing for
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Saturday |
Players |
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Eric Froehlich making publicity
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Saturday |
Players |
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Brian Kibler isn't doing anything
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Saturday |
Players |
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New Yorker Zev Gurwitz goes red-green
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Saturday |
Players |
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At the land station
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Saturday |
Players |
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Ed Fear, back on track
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Saturday |
Players |
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Dizzy Davis
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Saturday |
Players |
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An excited Brian Davis
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Saturday |
Players |
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Promising new Japanese talent Masanuri Kaneko is only 17 and on his first Pro Tour
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Saturday |
Players |
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Katsuhiro Mori is a favourite of the Sideboard reporters, he plays so fast
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Saturday |
Players |
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Erich Froehlich building his deck
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Saturday |
Players |
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Old time glory Svend Geertsen goes in third at the start of day 2
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Saturday |
Players |
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Nicolai Herzog briefly interrupts the interview to pose for the camera. Ah, the life of the famous.
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Saturday |
Players |
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Black and white, Dutch Kamiel Cornelissen and Norwegian Nicolai Herzog
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Saturday |
Players |
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The third draft of Pro Tour-Nice has just begun
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Saturday |
Players |
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It is lonely at the top
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Saturday |
Players |
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PTQ registration
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Saturday |
Players |
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Ed Fear is a fan of the Sideboard, the French edition
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Friday |
Players |
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The Menno D fanclub, an IRC joke that got out of hand
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Friday |
Players |
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Getting ready for another magical day
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Friday |
Players |
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Eivind Nitter versus Olivier Ruel in round 7
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Friday |
Players |
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Surprise surprise, the actual owner of the blue hat; the somewhat eccentric Eivind Nitter
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Friday |
Players |
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Olivier Ruel lost faith and didn't make day 2
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Friday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken versus Katsuhiro Mori in round 7
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Friday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken: even if he didn't make day 2, he is the champ of the feature match faces
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Friday |
Players |
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Katsuhiro Mori: "This is how we play Magic in Japan."
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Friday |
Players |
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Brian Kibler versus Pierre Malherbaud: "Wow"
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Friday |
Players |
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Kai Budde versus Svend Geertsen in the last round of the day
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Friday |
Players |
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Magic fans
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Friday |
Players |
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"Nice guy" Brian Kibler
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Friday |
Players |
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Svend Geertsen thinks the answer is to be found on the other side of the table
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Friday |
Players |
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He will not be run over, Pierre Malherbaud is in for day 2
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Friday |
Players |
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Enjoying the likeliness of yet another second day in a Pro Tour, Kai Budde
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Friday |
Players |
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Chris Benafel steaming despite having lost lots of his cards in the rain yesterday
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Friday |
Players |
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Christophe Haim versus Chris Benafel in round six
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Friday |
Players |
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Another Osaka Top 8'er Christophe Haim, the feather is for luck
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Friday |
Players |
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Nicolas Olivieri - Top 8 in Pro Tour-Osaka - is not impressed
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Friday |
Players |
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Now really Dave, is that beard necessary to frighten your opponent?
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Friday |
Players |
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Dave Humpherys versus Nicols Olivieri in round six
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Friday |
Players |
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David Price versus Darwin Kastle in round six
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Friday |
Players |
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Darwin Kastle is afraid of his own card
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Friday |
Players |
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One of Magic players' favorites, David Price
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Friday |
Players |
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Magic is of all ages
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Friday |
Players |
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Alen Comer versus Itaru Ishida
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Friday |
Players |
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Itaru Ishida gives his opponent the Asian stare
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Friday |
Players |
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A little doubtful maybe, Alan Comer
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Friday |
Players |
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English Scott Wills and his girlfriend
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Friday |
Players |
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Patrick Mello sees Magic on the other side of the table
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Friday |
Players |
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The match that is repeated almost every day in Hamburg, Patrick Mello versus Kai Budde
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Friday |
Players |
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Booh! Budde is doing it again
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Friday |
Players |
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Old and new glory
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Friday |
Players |
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Jon Finkel is falling off the gravy train
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Friday |
Players |
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French Farid Meraghni is currently leading the 'Rookie of the Year' race
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Friday |
Players |
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Mikey P versus Noah B
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Friday |
Players |
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...Noah Boeken
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Friday |
Players |
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Crooked face...
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Friday |
Players |
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Mike Pustilnik is 3-1 going into round 6
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Friday |
Players |
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The Trekkie, Rob Dougherty
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Friday |
Players |
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Japanese Katsuhiro Mori
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Friday |
Players |
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Jelger Wiegersma, another Menno D fan. What is the secret?
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Friday |
Players |
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Local nice guy, Pierre Malherbaud
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Friday |
Players |
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Olivier Ruel
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Friday |
Players |
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Launching a new hairstyle in Canada, Jeff Cunningham
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Friday |
Players |
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Ken Ho, winner of Pro Tour-Osaka
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Friday |
Players |
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Tomi Walamies, one of Finland's strongest players
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Friday |
Players |
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Jens Thoren: there is a sense of humor behind the quiet mask
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Friday |
Players |
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Former Pro Tour player Jon Finkel
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Friday |
Players |
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Kai Budde, famous member of the Menno D fanclub
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Friday |
Players |
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The nose and the yellow. Gabriel Nassif?
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Friday |
Players |
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Michael Turian leaves no doubt about his country of origin
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Friday |
Players |
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Two Mikes, one feature match
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Friday |
Players |
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Our mannequin for the weekend, Mike Pustilnik showing the Pro Tour shirt
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Friday |
Players |
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"Me know nothing," good boy Noah Boeken
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Friday |
Players |
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That hat is making history: Antoine Ruel
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Friday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken versus Antoine Ruel in round 3
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Friday |
Players |
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Convincingly cold eyes, Jan Tomcani from the Slovak Republic
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Friday |
Players |
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Jan Tomcani versus Frederico Bastos in round 3
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Friday |
Players |
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Portuguese star player Frederico Bastos
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Friday |
Players |
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Jelger Wiegersma turned out to be the best player
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Friday |
Players |
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A shining Tom van de Logt, current World Champion
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Friday |
Players |
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"Good luck and may the best win," Dutch sportsmanship
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Friday |
Players |
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Olivier Ruel in an unusual serious session
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Friday |
Players |
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"You're ok, I'm ok," Antoine Ruel
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Friday |
Players |
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Talking about icons, the French Ruel brothers paired up against one another
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Friday |
Players |
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Upcoming Italian talent Andrea Dato was mistaken for his big brother
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Friday |
Players |
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Alex Shvartsman versus Andrea Dato
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Friday |
Players |
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Smiling his teeth bare, Pro Tour icon Alex Shvartsman
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Friday |
Players |
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Last year's French Champion and winner of Grand Prix Naples, Pierre Malherbaud
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Friday |
Players |
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Pierre Malherbaud versus Albertus Law in round 3
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Friday |
Players |
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Albertus Law from Singapore
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Friday |
Players |
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Curious onlookers
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Friday |
Players |
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Katsuhiro Mori needs all his patience
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Friday |
Players |
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Gary Wise versus Katsuhiro Mori in round 2
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Friday |
Players |
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Gary Wise and Randy Buehler compete, size wise
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Friday |
Players |
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Random guy with a cool shirt
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Friday |
Players |
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Dirk Baberowski, member of the famous German Phoenix Foundation
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Friday |
Players |
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"Come and get me," Dirk Baberowski to Brian Kibler
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Friday |
Players |
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Raphaël Lévy versus Jeff Cunningham in round 2
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Friday |
Players |
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Jeff Cunningham hasn't seen a hairdresser in a very long time
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Friday |
Players |
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A perky Svend Geertsen
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Friday |
Players |
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Brian Kibler - sigh - it must be the spotlights
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Friday |
Players |
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Raphaël Lévy in one of his rare serious moods
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Friday |
Players |
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Oyvind Odegaard has been around for ages
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Friday |
Players |
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Scandinavian feature match: Svend Geertsen versus Oyvind Odegaard
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Friday |
Players |
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Matt Vienneau doing his spring shopping
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Friday |
Players |
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American get-together: Eugene Harvey, Osyp Lebedowicz and Gerard Fabiano discuss the results of the first round
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Friday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken found a new sponsor
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Friday |
Players |
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The feature matches of round 1
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Friday |
Players |
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Tea for two
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Friday |
Players |
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Nothing as functional as your ID for a counter, Jun Nobushita came second at the APAC Championships in 2001
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Friday |
Players |
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Brian Hegstad faces Steve OMS in round 1, opposites attract
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Friday |
Players |
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Ben Rubin tries 'innocent'
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Friday |
Players |
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Ben Rubin versus Eugene Harvey, defending the American colours
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Friday |
Players |
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Noah "make sure you don't catch me in the wrong light" Boeken
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Friday |
Players |
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Noah Boeken caught by surprise by Jens Thoren
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Friday |
Players |
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Eugene Harvey "And go"
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Friday |
Players |
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Jens Thoren is considered as one of Sweden's best players but still lacks some consistently good performances
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Friday |
Players |
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Brian Hegstad awaits his turn
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Friday |
Players |
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Steve O'Mahoney Schwartz doesn't have a clue
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Friday |
Players |
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Satoshi Nakamura versus Itaru Ishida in round 1
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Friday |
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Satoshi Nakamura eats his moustache - hardly anything left
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We think Itaru Ishida is very excited about his move in this picture, this may also not be the case
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Sol Malka carries the Grand Prix-Tampa trophy in his pocket
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Jens Thoren is definitely one of the favourites in Nice
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German Christophe Lippert shows off his key cards
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Zvi Mowshowitz is ready
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Dirk Baberowski, buddy of Budde
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Seeking Winnie the Pooh's advice, Olivier Ruel
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Ben Rubin almost made his choice
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Antoine Ruel looks up from under his bright blue cowboy hat, trying to make Americans feel at home?
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Rune Horvik calls the draft under bright red banners
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The draft has begun, the first day of the Pro Tour is on its way
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Fashionista Pete Szigeti in tiger design this season
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A fair hand after the first pack
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Pretty fly for a white guy
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The Pro Tour wouldn't be the same without Satoshi Nakamura, or at least it wouldn't be as colourful
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There are over 300 players, seated at over 40 tables and the Ruel brothers end up next to one another at the draft. It is that hard to win a tournament.
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Pushing and shoving to check the draft pods
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Seize the day!
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Scott Johns' subtle way of hinting
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Bird's eye view of the site
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A spacious bright area full of players
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A big warm welcome overlooking the Esplanade in Nice
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The artists, a fresh looking bunch
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"The bald and the... well, Felix"
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John Grant at side events
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An impressive Acropolis exhibition center
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Federico Faenza, the Godfather of Italian Magic
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Head Judge Cyril Grillon
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Sideboard's Thomas Pannell and Event Manager Jeff Donais: "This is where I want my picture to appear" and so it happened
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Friggin' Reverend
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Saturday |
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Judges James Lee and Marc Hernandez question each other on their knowledge of the rules
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Head Judge Cyril Grillon calls the draft, black coffee close at hand
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Wizards' Andy Heckt and judge Rune Horvik try to get some order at the Pro Tour Qualifier
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House photographer Craig Cudnohufsky
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French Damien Guillemard and American John Grant provide you with all the DCI information you need
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Weird way of judge certification
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The artist David Martin, famous for land and jewelry
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Heather Hudson created Wall of Blossoms, this month's Friday Night Magic card
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Head Judge Cyril Grillon makes sure everyone understands the DCI rules. Judge James Lee does not miss a syllable
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Artist Matt Caviotta says hi to Kylie. Minogue?
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Ron Spencer, one of the artists on site
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Chris Page wants you
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The judges team
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