2000 Pro Tour Chicago Coverage

Kai Budde has won 2000 Pro Tour Chicago with his Rebel deck, defeating Holland's Kamiel Cornelissen, 3-0. This is the second Pro Tour victory for Budde, as the Chicago trophy joins his 1999 World Champion prize.

Budde played straight monowhite rebels versus Cornelissen's blue-white "Counter-Rebel" strategy. The rest of the Top 8 decks (and, in fact, all 96 decks that were played on Day 2) are available below, as are numerous analysis and match coverage articles from the Sideboard's crack team of writers, including Anthony Alongi, Josh Bennett, Randy Buehler, Kim Eikefet, and a few surprise guests.

Top 8 Final Standing  1.  Kai Budde (Germany) $30,000  2.  Kamiel Cornelissen (The Netherlands) $20,000  3.  Brian Kibler(USA) $15,000  4.  Robert Dougherty(USA) $13,000  5.  Jon Finkel(USA) $9,000  6.  Michael Pustilnik(USA) $8,500  7.  Zvi Mowshowitz(USA) $8,000  8.  Jay Elarar(USA) $7,500 (Click here for complete final standings)

	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals		Champion
1	Kai Budde		Kai Budde, 3-2
8	Jay Elarar				Kai Budde, 3-1
4	Zvi Mowshowitz		Brian Kibler, 3-1				Kai Budde, 3-0
5	Brian Kibler
2	Jon Finkel		Kamiel Cornelissen, 3-1
7	Kamiel Cornelissen				Kamiel Cornelissen, 3-0
3	Michael Pustilnik		Robert Dougherty, 3-1
6	Robert Dougherty

Coverage of the Chicago Masters Series

Photo Coverage: By Day / By Subject

INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
Day 2 Deck Breakdown Champion Kai Budde What Anthony Alongi Learned "Counter Rebel" Analysis Standard Metagame Gerardo Godinez Top 8 Decks Top 8: Rob Dougherty Top 8: Mike Pustilnik Top 8: Kamiel Cornelissen Top 8: Jon Finkel Top 8: Kai Budde Top 8: Jay Elarar Top 8: Brian Kibler Top 8: Zvi Mowshowitz Day 2 Card Statistics All the Day 2 Decks Warren Marsh Day 1 Field Terry Borer Metagame Analysis Introduction Buehler's Fantasy Team Alan Comer Stacey Allen Preview Invitation List Fact Sheet	Finals: Kamiel Cornelissen vs. Kai Budde Semifinals: Kamiel Cornelissen vs. Rob Dougherty Semifinals: Kai Budde vs. Brian Kibler Quarterfinals: Rob Dougherty vs. Michael Pustilnik Quarterfinals: Kai Budde vs. Jay Elarar Quarterfinals: Zvi Mowshowitz vs. Brian Kibler Quarterfinals: Jon Finkel vs. Kamiel Cornelisson Round 14: Kai Budde vs. Arto Hiltunen Round 13: Rob Dougherty vs. Zvi Moshowitz Round 13: Nicolai Herzog vs. Jinpei Hassaku Round 12: Brian Davis vs. Darwin Kastle Round 12: Ben Ronaldson vs. Sigurd Eskeland Round 12: Brian Kibler vs. Kai Budde Round 11: Robert Dougherty vs. Kai Budde Round 11: Gerardo Godinez vs. Scott Johns Round 10: Mike Pustilnik vs. Jamie Parke Round 10: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Arto Hiltunen Round 10: Jon Finkel vs. Brian Kibler Round 9: Zvi Mowshowitz vs. Ben Ronaldson Round 9: Jon Finkel vs. Robert Dougherty Round 8: Justin Gary vs. Tony Dobson Round 8: Jakub Slemr vs. Kai Budde Round 7: Jon Finkel vs. Mike Pustilnik Round 7: Bob Maher Jr. vs. Sigurd Eskeland Round 6: Tom Guevin vs. Igor Frayman Round 6: Seth Burn vs. Terry Borer Round 6: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Jakub Slemr Round 5: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Brian Davis Round 5: Zvi Mowshowitz vs. Gary Wise Round 5: Alex Shvartsman vs. Ryan Fuller Round 4: Ben Rubin vs. Ben Ronaldson Round 4: William Jensen vs. Andre Konstanczer Round 3: Raphael Levy vs. Robert Dougherty Round 3: Sigurd Eskeland vs. Igor Frayman Round 3: Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz vs. Frank Adler Round 2: Trey Van Cleave vs. Kyle Rose Round 2: Brian Selden vs. Kai Budde Round 2: Gary Wise vs. Dirk Baberowski Round 1: Chris Pikula vs. Ben Rubin Round 1: Sturla Bingen vs. Satoshi Nakamura Round 1: Andrew Cuneo vs. Aaron Forsythe
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 14 (by Player) Round 14 (by Table) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table)	Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 14 (by Player) Round 14 (by Table) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table)	Final Standings (By Player) Final Standings (By Score) Round 14 (by Player) Round 14 (by Score) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Score) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Score) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Score) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Score) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Score) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Score) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Score) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Score) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Score) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Score) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Score) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Score) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Score)