2001 Grand Prix Denver

2001 Grand Prix Denver Coverage

17 year old Brett Shears took a 24-hour bus ride from Los Angeles to attend his first constructed tournament in over two years. His friends and the prize money got him interested in playing Magic again and his buddy handed him a blue-black-green neo-Kowal deck. One weekend later Shears is a Grand Prix Champion and one his way back to the Pro Tour. He took out Your Move Games's rising star Danny Mandel in a hard fought championship match.

	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Champion
1	Sammy Batarseh	Brock Parker, 2-1
8	Brock Parker		Danny Mandel, 2-0

4	Alex Borteh	Danny Mandel, 2-1		Brett Shears, 2-1
5	Danny Mandel

2	Mike Abraham	Brett Shears, 2-0
7	Brett Shears		Brett Shears, 2-1

3	Aaron Knobloch	Darwin Kastle, 2-1
6	Darwin Kastle

Photo Coverage: By Day / By Subject

INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
Tourney Recap Kowal on Kowal Price Stunned Top 8 Decklists Fun Decklist Stats All Day 2 Decklists Chris Marple's Disqualificaton Day 2 Metagame Breakdown How the Pros Tested Day 1 Recap Undefeated Decks The Mad Hatter A-M Metagame Things to Do in Denver Women's Open GP Preview Player List	Finals: Brett Shears vs. Danny Mandel Semifinals: Brock Parker vs. Daniel Mandel Semifinals: Darwin Kastle vs. Brett Shears Quarterfinals: Mike Abraham vs. Brett Shears Quarterfinals: Alex Borteh vs. Danny Mandel Quarterfinals: Darwin Kastle vs. Aaron Knobloch Quarterfinals: Brock Parker vs. Sammy Batarseh Round 13: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Brett Shears Round 13: David Price vs. Willie Best Round 12: David Price vs. Darwin Kastle Round 11: Darwin Kastle vs. Chris Benafel Round 11: Trevor Blackwell vs. Dave Williams Round 10: David Price vs. Daniel Mandel Round 10: Brian Kibler vs. Jack Stanton Round 9: Dave Price vs. Alex Borteh Round 9: Darwin Kastle vs. David Williams Round 8: Brock Parker vs. Mike Pustilnik Round 8: William "Baby Huey" Jensen vs. Chris Benafel Round 7: Darwin Kastle vs. Brian Davis Round 7: Alex Borteh vs. Brian Kibler Round 6: Bob Maher, Jr. vs. Ryan Fuller Round 5: Ryan Fuller vs. Lucas Hager Round 5: Mike Pustilnik vs. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz Round 4: Bob Maher vs. Darwin Kastle Round 4: Zvi Mowshowitz vs. Alex Borteh
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
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)	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)	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)