2001 Grand Prix Rio Coverage

Last year, Carlos Romao lost to Rafael Le Saux in the Semifinals of the Latin America Championship. This year, they faced each other in the quarterfinals of Grand Prix Rio. Raomao won this one, and went all the way to the championship, taking home $2,400 as he also turned away visiting players from the USA, defeating Justin Schneider in the Semifinals and Alex Shvartsman in the Finals, making sure that the Rio crown was won by a Brazilian player.

Top 8 Final Standing  1.  Carlos Romao (Brazil) $2,400  2.  Alex Shvartsman (USA) $1,700  3.  Justin Schneider (USA) $1,200  4.  Rafael Alvarenga (Brazil) $1,000  5.  Rafael Le Saux (Chile) $800  6.  Ernesto Mingorance (Argentina) $800  7.  Damian Brown-Santirso (Uruguay) $800  8.  Daniel Brasil do Carmo (Brazil) $800 (Click here for complete final standings)

	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals		Champion
1	Justin Schneider		Justin Schneider, 2-1
8	Dani Brasil do Carmo				Carlos Eduardo Romao, 2-1
4	Rafael Le Saux		Carlos Eduardo Romao, 2-0				Carlos Eduardo Romao, 2-0
5	Carlos Eduardo Romao
2	Alex Shvartsman		Alex Shvartsman, 2-0
7	Damian Brown-Santirso				Alex Shvartsman, 2-1
3	Rafael Alvarenga		Rafael Alvarenga, 2-0
6	Ernesto Mingorance

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INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
Event Recap Champion: Carlos Romao Day 1 Recap Williams's Deck Shvartsman's Deck Player Breakdown Player List Fact Sheet	Finals: Carlos Romao vs. Alex Shvartsman Semifinals: Rafael Alvarenga vs. Alex Shvartsman Semifinals: Carlos Romao vs. Justin Schneider Quarterfinals: Carlos Romao vs. Rafael Le Saux Quarterfinals: Justin Schneider vs. Daniel Brasil do Carmo Top 8 Draft: Justin Schneider Round 13: Dave Williams vs. Ernesto Mingorance Round 13: Ricardo Barros vs. Damian Brown-Santirso Round 11: Rafael dos Santos vs. Ricardo de Barros Ronda 11: Carlos Mao vs. Julio Cesar Maciel (Espanol) Draft 2: Carlos Huarapil (Espanol) Draft 2: Alex Shvartsman Round 10: Dave Williams vs. Carlos Huarapil Round 10: Carlos Mao vs. Eduardo Simao Teixeira (Portuguese) Round 9: Rafael Le Saux vs. Justin Schneider Ronda 8: Alex Shvartsman vs. Oscar Carisimo (Espanol) Draft 1: Damian Brown-Santirso Draft 1: Alex Shvartsman (Espanol) Round 7: Carlos Huarapil vs. Oscar Carisimo (Portuguese) Round 7: Dave Williams vs. Rafael La Saux Round 6: Pedro Rodriguez Motta vs. Michel Shirozono Round 5: Marcio Cabral vs. Rafael La Saux Round 4: Justin Schneider vs. Eduardo Simao Teixeira Round 4: Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz vs. Andreas Pablo Hojman Cruz Round 3: Rodrigo J. Carvalho Constanza vs. Sergio Longo Junior
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Second Draft Pods 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 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 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)