Fantasy Pro Tour - Pro Tour-New York Results

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Sigurd Eskeland won Pro Tour-Chicago, and was picked by 10 people to be on their Fantasy Pro Tour Roster. His $25,000 prize was thus split into $2,500 in Fantasy Money. Runner-up Warren Marsh was on only four rosters, and his $15,000 translated into $3,750 in Fantasy Money.

The highest scoring team in Fantasy Pro Tour history was Jens Schou's "Random Factor". In addition to picking Sigurd Eskeland, Jens was the only person to predict fourth-place finisher Mattias Kettil's high finish. Adding to the two Top 8 finishers were Mattias Jorstedt (who finished at 19th and appeared on 7 rosters), Zvi Mowshowitz (whose 12th-place finish was shared by 74 rosters), Alan Comer (finished at 29th; appeared on 56 rosters), Alex Shvartsman (finished 38th; appeared on 40 rosters), Nicolai Herzog (finished at 13th; appeared on 12 rosters), and Jon Finkel (finished at 85th; the only person on Schou's roster to finish out of the money). Schou's team was worth $11,157.93.

Richard Edbury (who won the Pro Tour-Chicago Fantasy Pro Tour) came in second with his "Euro Alliance" team that included second-place finisher Warren Marsh, Fifth-place finisher John Larkin and himself (Edbury finished 31st and was the only person wth him on his roster - he thus provided $1,170 to his team). Also appearing on Edbory's roster were John Ormerod, Stephan Valkyser (finished at 17th; appeared on five rosters), Tony Dobson (finished at 57th and picked by 14 people), and Ryan Fuller. Edbury's team was worth $7,049.43.

Andy Jakcsy's Team Il-Vec took third on the strength of eighth-place finisher John Hunka, who appeared on no rosters other than Jakcsy's. In addition to the $4,300, Jason Marks (finished 15th; appeared on 3 rosters) provided $916.67. That $5,216.67 was all the Fantasy Money Jakcsy needed, as Shawn Keller, Christian Luhrs, John Marks, Dan Ochoa, Gary Krakower, and Bryce Currence didn't finish in the money.

The fourth place finisher was Christian Dunn, with his team named "Punta! Punta! Punta!" In addition to Warren Marsh, Zvi Mowshowitz and Tony Dobson, Dunn got $610 in Fantasy Money from being the only person to pick 46th-place finisher Ellis Romero. Also on the roster but not contributing to the total were Jon Finkel, Chris Senhouse, Michelle Bush, Ellis Romero, and Dave Price.

Below is a chart of the top 64 players and how they did both as players at the Pro Tour and as picks in the Fantasy Pro Tour.

The next Fantasy Pro Tour will be for the 2000 United States Magic: The Gathering National Championship. An announcement will be made when we're ready to accept rosters.