Mitamura Finds Gold in Paradise
Friday, June 05, 2009
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Mitamura Strikes Gold
Hall of Famer Randy Buehler and Pro Tour Historian Brian David-Marshall recap the Pro Tour from sunny Honolulu.
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Experience proved to be worth its weight in gold here at Pro Tour–Honolulu. Three-time Top 8er Kazuya Mitamura of Japan dispatched newcomer Michal Hebky of the Czech Republic in the five-game final to take home the title and $40,000 first prize. Mitamura didn’t drop a match in nine rounds of Shards of Alara Booster Draft across three days, showing off his dominance of the block.
A Booster Draft Top 8 culminated the Block Constructed/Draft dual-format Pro Tour, with Mitamura finding gold in a red-green build punctuated with double Vithian Stinger plus Quietus Spike. He held off Hebky’s Bant deck after Mitamura took a blistering two-game lead in the final.
The Pro Tour’s return to Honolulu provided everything a Magic fan could hope for—players living up the PT lifestyle in beach houses around the island of Oahu, major debuts on the biggest Magic stage in the world, a tightening of the Player of the Year race between Luis Scott-Vargas and Gabriel Nassif, and plenty of Block Constructed and Booster Draft tech to help make you a better player.
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Christophe Gregoir
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Kazuya Mitamura, 3-1
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Kazuya Mitamura
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Kazuya Mitamura, 3-0
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Paul Rietzl
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Paul Rietzl, 3-2
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Kazuya Mitamura, 3-2
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Tom Ross
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Brian Kibler
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Conley Woods, 3-1
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Conley Woods
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Michal Hebky, 3-2
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Zac Hill
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Michal Hebky, 3-2
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Michal Hebky
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Deck Lists: Top 8 Booster Draft Decks
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Deck Lists: Block Constructed Decks of Top 8 Players
by Event Coverage Staff
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Deck Lists: Top Block Constructed Decks
by Event Coverage Staff
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Deck Lists: Other Block Constructed Decks (A-H)
by Event Coverage Staff
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Deck Lists: Other Block Constructed Decks (I-N)
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Deck Lists: Other Block Constructed Decks (O-Z)
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Finals: The Golden Spike
Kazuya Mitamura vs. Michal Hebky by Bill Stark
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Semifinals: Keep Digging
Conley Woods vs. Michal Hebky by Dane Young
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Semifinals: Pings and Swings
Kazuya Mitamura vs. Paul Rietzl by Tim Willoughby
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Quarterfinals: That Darn Cat
Paul Rietzl vs. Tom Ross by Tom LaPille
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Quarterfinals: What a Stele
Michal Hebky vs. Zac Hill by Bill Stark
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Quarterfinals: Back Against the Wall
Brian Kibler vs. Conley Woods by Tim Willoughby
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Quarterfinals: Vengeful
Kazuya Mitamura vs. Christophe Gregoir by Dane Young
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Draft Viewer: Top 8 Draft
by Event Coverage Staff
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Info: Top 8 Draft Pack Lists
by Event Coverage Staff
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Feature: Top 8 Profiles
by Event Coverage Staff
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Feature: Magic Online Live Series Final Draft Viewer and Deck Lists
by Event Coverage Staff
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Feature: Experiencing Honolulu
by Bill Stark
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Feature: Photo Essay – Saturday Sights
by Bill Stark and Craig Gibson
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Round 16: An Old-Fashioned Skipping Race
Mark Glenister (Naya Bant Aggro) vs. Brad Nelson (Sedraxis Aggro) by Tim Willoughby
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Round 15: Sphinx Hijinx
Tomoharu Saito (Green-White Aggro) vs. Gabriel Nassif (Sphinx Control) by Tom LaPille
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Video Deck Tech: Five-Color Aggro with Conley Woods
by Event Coverage Staff
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Video Deck Tech: Jund Control with Christophe Gregoir
by Event Coverage Staff
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Video Deck Tech: Sedraxis Aggro with Brad Nelson
by Event Coverage Staff
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Video Deck Tech: Naya Aggro with Tom Ross
by Event Coverage Staff
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Feature: Deck Tech – Beach-House Beatdown
by Tim Willoughby
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Feature: Deck Tech – Cascading the Michigan Way
by Tim Willoughby
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Round 14: Lost and Foundry
Kazuya Mitamura (Naya-Jund Control) vs. Paul Rietzl (Esper Aggro) by Bill Stark
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Video Feature: Quick Questions
by Event Coverage Staff
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Round 13: It’s Time to Choose Sides
Noah Swartz (Naya Jund Control) vs. Gabriel Nassif (Sphinx Control) by Tim Willoughby
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Round 12: Finger On The Pulse
Kentarou Nonaka (Jund Control) vs. Tom Ross (Naya Aggro) by Tom LaPille
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Feature: Day 2 Metagame Breakdown
by Bill Stark
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Video Draft Tech: Five-Color with Zac Hill
by Event Coverage Staff
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Round 11: Captains Crunch
Christophe Gregoir vs. Raphael Levy by Bill Stark
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Round 10: May the Biggest Man Win
Kentarou Nonaka vs. Rasmus Sibast / Zac Hill vs. Tom Ross by Tim Willoughby
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Round 9: "That's What You Get For Thinking!"
Brian Kibler vs. Zac Hill by Tom LaPille
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Draft Viewer: Draft 2, Table 1
by Event Coverage Staff
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Info: Day 2 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
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Info: Day 2 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
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Video Feature: Return to the Magic Beach House
by Event Coverage Staff
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Photo Essay: Hawaii Highlights
by Bill Stark and Craig Gibson
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Video Draft Tech: Blue-white with Sebastian Thaler
by Event Coverage Staff
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Round 8: Esper On Two
Brian Kibler vs. Sebastian Thaler by Tom LaPille
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Round 7: Prophet Margins
Shuhei Nakamura vs. Rasmus Sibast by Bill Stark
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Round 6: Déjà vu
Christophe Huber vs. Brian Kibler by Tim Willoughby
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Draft Viewer: Draft 1, Table 1
by Event Coverage Staff
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Video Deck Tech: Esper Beatdown with Brian Kibler
by Event Coverage Staff
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Video Deck Tech: Green-white Aggro with Yann Massicard
by Event Coverage Staff
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Feature: Block Constructed Metagame Breakdown
by Bill Stark
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Round 5: Speedy Robots
Gabriel Nassif (Sphinx Control) vs. Jelger Wiegersma (Esper Aggro) by Tom LaPille
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Feature: "If The Shoe Fits ...."
by Richard Hagon
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Round 4: Ominous!
Christophe Gregoir (Jund Control) vs. Zac Hill (Five-Color Cruel Control) by Bill Stark
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Round 3: Smashing the Opponents
Mark Herberholz (Esper Aggro) vs. Osyp Lebedowicz (Jund Control) by Tim Willoughby
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Round 2: The More the Meditant
Tomoharu Saito (Green-white Aggro) vs. Dave Williams (Sphinx Control) by Tom LaPille
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Round 1: Getting FFreaky
Luis Scott-Vargas (Progenitus Control) vs. Brad Nelson (Sedraxis Aggro) by Bill Stark
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Info: Day 1 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
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Info: Day 1 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
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Preview: Magic in Paradise
by Brian David-Marshall
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Info: Pro Tour–Honolulu Main Event Information
by Event Coverage Staff
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Info: Pro Tour–Honolulu Public Events Information
by Event Coverage Staff
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| 1. Mitamura, Kazuya |
$40,000 |
| 2. Hebky, Michal |
$20,000 |
| 3. Rietzl, Paul |
$15,000 |
| 4. Woods, Conley |
$13,000 |
| 5. Gregoir, Christophe |
$11,000 |
| 6. Hill, Zac |
$10,500 |
| 7. Kibler, Brian |
$10,000 |
| 8. Ross, Tom |
$9,500 |
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