1998–99 Pro Tour Season

1998–99 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year	Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year	Dirk Baberowski
World Champion	Kai Budde
Team Champion	United States
PTs	5
Grand Prix	14
Previous season: 1997–98 Next season: 1999–00

The 1998–99 Pro Tour season was the fourth Pro Tour season. It started on 5 September 1998 with Grand Prix Boston, and ended on 8 August 1999 with the conclusion of the 1999 World Championships.

Grand Prix (September 1998)

GP Boston Date: 5–6 September 1998 Format: Standard Attendance: 314

1. Jon Finkel 2. Randy Buehler 3. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz 4. Zvi Mowshowitz 5. Darwin Kastle 6. Mike Bregoli 7. Dave Beury 8. Ben Farkas

GP Lisbon Date: 12–13 September 1998 Format: Standard Attendance: 544

1. Bruno Cardoso 2. Brian Hacker 3. Randy Buehler 4. Helder Coelho 5. Jean-Louis D'Hondt 6. Laurent Pagorek 7. Alexis Dumay 8. Jorge Martins

Pro Tour Chicago

25–27 September 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Dirk Baberowski	$25,000	32	Pro Tour debut
2	Casey McCarrel	$15,000	24	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3	Jeff Fung	$10,000	16
4	Benedikt Klauser	$8,000	16	First Austrian in a Pro Tour Top 8
5	Jon Finkel	$6,500	12	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6	Ryan Fuller	$5,500	12
7	Martin Cedercrantz	$4,800	12
8	Dominique Coene	$4,300	12

Grand Prix (October 1998)

GP Austin Date: 10–11 October 1998 Format: Standard Attendance: 213

1. Gary Krakower 2. Darwin Kastle 3. Heath Kennel 4. Trey Van Cleave 5. Jeremy Baca 6. Tony Tsai 7. Sid Rao 8. Jonathan Pechon

GP Birmingham Date: 17–18 October 1998 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 346

1. Craig Jones 2. Kai Budde 3. Darwin Kastle 4. Neil Rigby 5. Arho Toikka 6. Warren Marsh 7. Andreas Jonsson 8. Jean-Louis D'Hondt

Pro Tour Rome

13–15 November 1998 in Rome, Italy.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Tommi Hovi	$25,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2	Nicolas Labarre	$15,000	24
3	Mark LePine	$10,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4	Federico Dato	$8,000	16
5	Olle Råde	$6,500	12	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
6	Justin Gary	$5,500	12
7	Erik Lauer	$4,800	12
8	André Konstanczer	$4,300	12

Grand Prix (December 1998–February 1999)

GP Manila Date: 12–13 December 1998 Format: Limited Attendance: 647

1. Toshiki Tsukamoto 2. Scion Raguindin 3. Josua Rivera 4. Leo Gonzales 5. Rozano Yu 6. Francis Robert Profeta 7. GeeVee Vegara 8. Itaru Ishida

GP Kyoto Date: 16–17 January 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 375

1. Yoshikazu Ishii 2. Hiroshi Watanabe 3. Masami Ibamoto 4. Tsuyoshi Fujita 5. Tadayoshi Komiya 6. Hirobumi Nakamura 7. Hideaki Amano 8. Eisaku Sueyoshi

GP San Francisco Date: 23–24 January 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 324

1. Trey Van Cleave 2. Mark Schick 3. John Yoo 4. Alan Comer 5. Mike Craig 6. Shawn Keller 7. Hashim Bello 8. Shawn Roush

GP Barcelona Date: 6–7 February 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 407

1. Kai Budde 2. Alex Shvartsman 3. Roc Herms 4. Raphaël Lévy 5. Daniel Nuttal 6. Matt Henstra 7. Laurent Laclavie 8. Gordon Benson

Pro Tour Los Angeles

26–28 February 1999 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz	$25,000	32	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2	Jon Finkel	$15,000	24	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3	Worth Wollpert	$10,000	16
4	Terry Lau	$8,000	16
5	Lucien Bui	$6,500	12
6	Patrick Chapin	$5,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7	Svend Geertsen	$4,800	12	Third Pro Tour Top 8
8	Mike Long	$4,300	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (March–April 1999)

GP Vienna Date: 13–14 March 1999 Format: Extended Attendance: 367

1. Kai Budde 2. Christian Gregorich 3. Jon Finkel 4. Erik Lauer 5. Randy Buehler 6. Jakub Slemr 7. Dirk Hein 8. Peer Kröger

GP Kansas City Date: 27–28 March 1999 Format: Extended Attendance: 458

1. Mark Gordon 2. Chris Pikula 3. Bob Maher, Jr. 4. Scott Seville 5. Jon Finkel 6. Lan D. Ho 7. Randy Buehler 8. Vincent Johnson

GP Oslo Date: 10–11 April 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 346

1. Jim Herold 2. Mikko Lintamo 3. Christer Ljones 4. Bjørn Ove Leknes Skogseth 5. Seppo Toikka 6. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz 7. André Konstanczer 8. Jonathan Brown

GP Taipei Date: 24–25 April 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 194

1. Kenichi Fujita 2. Iwao Takemasa 3. Tobey Tamber 4. Itaru Ishida 5. Chi Fai Ng 6. Kai Cheog Tang 7. Alex Shvartsman 8. Miller Tsai

Pro Tour New York

30 April–2 May 1999 in New York, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Casey McCarrel	$25,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2	Shawn Keller	$15,000	24
3	Zvi Mowshowitz	$10,000	16
4	David Humpherys	$8,000	16
5	Rob Dougherty	$6,500	12
6	Christian Lührs	$5,500	12
7	Nicolas Labarre	$4,800	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8	Terry Tsang	$4,300	12

Grand Prix (May–June 1999)

GP Amsterdam Date: 15–16 May 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 600

1. Kai Budde 2. Dirk Baberowski 3. André Konstanczer 4. Guido Pacifici 5. Bram Snepvangers 6. Janosch Kühn 7. Daniel Steinsdorfer 8. Vincent Gieling

GP Washington, D.C. Date: 19–20 June 1999 Format: Limited Attendance: 434

1. Ben Farkas 2. Chris Pikula 3. Noah Weil 4. Zvi Mowshowitz 5. Mike Turian 6. Scott McCord 7. Mark LePine 8. Dennis Bentley

1999 World Championships

4–8 August 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$34,000	32
2	Mark LePine	$22,000	24	Third Pro Tour Top 8
3	Raffaele Lo Moro	$16,000	16
4	Matt Linde	$13,000	16
5	Jakub Slemr	$11,000	12	Third Pro Tour Top 8
6	Jamie Parke	$9,500	12
7	Gary Wise	$8,250	12
8	Nicolai Herzog	$7,250	12

Team competition

Place	Country	Player	Prize	Pro Points
1	United States	Kyle Rose	$5,500	5
		John Hunka	$5,500	5
		Zvi Mowshowitz	$5,500	5
		Charles Kornblith	$5,500	5
2	Germany	Marco Blume	$3,000	4
		Patrick Mello	$3,000	4
		David Brucker	$3,000	4
		Rosario Maij	$3,000	4