2001 Pro Tour New Orleans

2001 Pro Tour New Orleans Coverage

Kai Budde is now officially the best player in Magic's history. The German Juggernaut and his Donate-Illusions deck steamrolled YMG's Darwin Kastle and Dave Humpherys on the way to the finals, where he met up against Finnish superstar Tomi Walamies. The matchup favored Walamies, but then again, Kai doesn't lose on Sundays. The match went the full five games, and ended in spectacular fashion when Budde, one turn away from defeat, found Morphling at the top of his deck, and turned the whole game around. That makes four Pro Tour wins within a calendar year for Budde, and many believe him to be unstoppable. Congratulations to Kai Budde, Pro Tour - New Orleans Champion!

Top 8 Final Standing

1. Kai Budde (Germany)	$30,000
2. Tomi Walamies (Finland)	$20,000
3. Jelger Wiegersma (Netherlands)	$15,000
4. David Humpherys (USA)	$13,000
5. Anton Jonsson (Sweden)	$9,000
6. Raphael Gennari (Switzerland)	$8,500
7. Darwin Kastle (USA)	$8,000
8. Benedikt Klauser (Austria)	$7,500

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	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Champion
1	Tomi Walamies	Tomi Walamies, 3-2
8	Benedikt Klauser		Tomi Walamies, 3-0

4	Raphael Gennari	Jelger Wiegersma, 3-1		Kai Budde, 3-2
5	Jelger Wiegersma

2	Anton Jonsson	David Humpherys, 3-2
7	David Humpherys		Kai Budde, 3-0

3	Kai Budde	Kai Budde, 3-0
6	Darwin Kastle

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INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
Event Recap Fantasy Pro Tour Results Top 8: Raphael Gennari Top 8: Jelger Wiegersma Top 8: Darwin Kastle Top 8: David Humpherys Top 8: Kai Budde Top 8: Anton Jonsson Top 8: Benedikt Klauser Top 8: Tomi Walamies Rob Dougherty Interview Top 8 Decks Day 2 Metagame Day 2 Recap Trey Van Cleave DQ YMG Reanimator Decklists A-H Illusions-Donate David Saylor DQ Day 1 Recap Quick Interviews Odyssey in Feature Matches Odyssey in Extended Overview Fact Sheet	Finals: Kai Budde vs. Tomi Walamies Finals: Kai Budde vs. Tomi Walamies (Japanese) Semifinal: Jelger Wiegersma vs. Tomi Walamies Semifinal: Kai Budde vs. David Humpherys Semifinal: Jelger Wiegersma vs. Tomi Walamies (Japanese) Semifinal: Kai Budde vs. David Humpherys (Japanese) Quarterfinal: Anton Jonsson vs. Dave Humpherys Quarterfinal: Jelger Wiegersma vs. Raphael Gennari Quarterfinal: Tomi Walamies vs. Benedikt Klauser Quarterfinal: Benedikt Klauser vs. Tomi Walamies (Japanese) Quarterfinal: Kai Budde vs. Darwin Kastle (Japanese) Round 14: Raphael Gennari vs. Brian Joyce Round 14: Kai Budde vs. Brian Hegstad Round 14: Rob Dougherty vs. Dave Humpherys Round 14: Robert Dougherty vs. David Humpherys (Japanese) Round 14: Kai Budde vs. Brian Hegstad (Japanese) Round 13: Rob Dougherty vs. Øyvind Ødegaard Round 13: Benedikt Klauser vs. Chris Pikula Round 13: Brian Hegstad vs. Jelger Wiegersma Round 13: Kai Budde vs. Brian Kibler (Japanese) Round 12: Kai Budde vs. Jelger Wiegersma Round 12: Chris Pikula vs. Pat Chapin Round 12: Chris Pikula vs. Patrick Chapin (Japanese) Round 11: Chris Pikula vs. Brian Davis Round 11: Benedikt Klauser vs. Tomi Walamies Round 11: Darwin Kastle vs. Jelger Wiegersma (Japanese) Round 10: Antoine Ruel vs. Raphael Levy Round 10: 石田格 vs. Lucas Hager Round 10: Darwin Kastle vs. Brian Hegstad (Japanese) Round 9: Brian Hegstad vs. Darwin Kastle Round 9: Rob Dougherty vs. Kai Budde Round 9: Tom Guevin vs. Trey Van Cleave Round 9: Scott Johns vs. Alex Shvartsman Round 9: Robert Dougherty vs. Kai Budde (Japanese) Round 9: Alex Shvartsman vs. Scott Johns (Japanese) Round 8: Dan Clegg vs. Ben Rubin Round 8: Rob Dougherty vs. Jelger Wiegersma Round 8: Øyvind Ødegaard vs. Andrew Cuneo Round 8: Daniel Clegg vs. Ben Rubin (Japanese) Round 7: Tomi Walamies vs. Rob Dougherty Round 7: Kai Budde vs. Jon Finkel Round 7: Kai Budde vs. Jon Finkel (Japanese) Round 6: Pat Chapin vs. Brian Kibler Round 6: Jon Finkel vs. Øyvind Ødegaard Round 6: Chris Benafel vs. Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz Round 6: Raphael Levy vs. Michael Pustilnik (Japanese) Round 5: Alex Borteh vs. Satoshi Nakamura Round 5: Scott Johns vs. Andrew Wolf Round 5: 中村聡 vs. Alex Borteh Round 5: 石田格 vs. Dan Clegg Round 4: Ben Seck vs. Noah Boeken Round 4: Brian Davis vs. Tobey Tamber Round 4: Gary Wise vs. Raphael Levy (Japanese) Round 4: Brian Davis vs. Tobey Tamber (Japanese) Round 3: Eugene Harvey vs. Kai Budde Round 3: Michael Turian vs. Alex Shvartsman Round 3: David Price vs. Ben Ronaldson Round 3: Robert Dougherty vs. William "Baby Huey" Jensen Round 3: 石田格 vs. Alex Borteh Round 2: Pierre Malherbaud vs. Tsuyoshi Fujita Round 2: Jon Finkel vs. Pat Chapin Round 2: 藤田剛史 vs. Pierre Malherbaud Round 1: Bob Maher vs. Tom Guevin Round 1: Olivier Ruel vs. Ben Rubin Round 1: Chris Pikula vs. John Shuler Round 1: Olivier Ruel vs. Ben Rubin (Japanese)
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 14 Round 13 Round 12 Round 11 Round 10 Round 9 Round 8 Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1	Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 14 Round 13 Round 12 Round 11 Round 10 Round 9 Round 8 Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1	Final Standings Round 14 Round 13 Round 12 Round 11 Round 10 Round 9 Round 8 Round 7 Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1