[view] The best two Magic players of Biarritz, Kai Budde and Nicolas Labarre
[view] Doing the Olivier Ruel
[view] Congratulations to Nicolas Labarre! Good on you!
[view] The winner of Grand Prix Biarritz
[view] The French OP manager and organizer of the event Christophe Astorri, standing straight despite a wrecked knee and lack of sleep
[view] The semifinals attracted a big crowd despite the late hour
[view] Nicolas Labarre vs. Lucio Moratinos in the semifinals
[view] Kai Budde vs. Joost Vollebregt in the semifinals
[view] Joost Vollebregt
[view] Alexis Dumay
[view] Can't do without pulling a face
[view] Olivier Ruel
[view] Nicolas Labarre
[view] Ferran Vila
[view] Lucio Moratinos
[view] Alexander Witt
[view] Kai Budde
[view] Grand Prix Biarritz Top 8 and Winnie the Pooh
[view] The very best eight
[view] Nicolas Labarre and Jelger Wiegersma fighting over a spot in the Top 8
[view] Carlos Barrado plays the Swedish Anton Jonsson in round fourteen
[view] Alex Shvartsman and Mattias Jorstedt decided to draw in the last round of the day; neither of them made Top 8
[view] The side events attracted a fine crowd
[view] Olivier Ruel versus Ben Ronaldson in round thirteen
[view] Jens Thoren versus Mattias Jorstedt in round thirteen
[view] The judges team
[view] Wait, there are still some judges missing!
[view] The photographer Patrick Tohier at his best
[view] Nicolas Labarre versus Romuald Balluais in round twelve
[view] Jelger Wiegersma: nobody can pronounce his name but everybody knows who he is by now
[view] The seventh pod
[view] Difficult choices at the fourth draft table
[view] Judge David Vogin watching over table two
[view] Nele's sideboard draft
[view] A fine audience for the fifth pod
[view] Monsieur le Head Judge calling the draft
[view] The third pod of the second draft
[view] Old McRui had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
[view] Ryan Fuller, focused on winning
[view] Ben "Blue Eyes" Ronaldson
[view] Olivier Ruel and part of his household, domestic problems?
[view] Jens Thoren, a duck and a frog
[view] Ryan Fuller and Alexander Witt, both undefeated at this point
[view] The little Folgados
[view] Even though this is Biarritz, not really T-shirt weather
[view] Christoph Lippert, Gary Wise and Kai Budde chatting the round away
[view] Craig Jones covering an all-Swedish feature match between Jorstedt and Kettil. Or Mattias versus Mattias
[view] Mattias Kettil: "And now for the play of the game"
[view] Noah Boeken, slaughtered in fifteen minutes
[view] Carlos Barrado brought some fans
[view] Michael Debard
[view] David Norgeot
[view] Eugene Okin, one clever fellow from Russia
[view] Alejandro Dominguez, not sure of who could start the first game of the day
[view] Rueda Franciso, one of the many Spanish players in Biarritz
[view] Droopy
[view] The Spanish Francisco Rueda faces fellow countryman Raul Mestre
[view] All 64 players who made day two are constructing their decks
[view] The first draft table, Ryan Fuller is picky
[view] This one tries to catch up with the big guys, watch out for Bastien
[view] Gauthier had a fine day picking up strategy from more experienced players
[view] A round eight feature match between two Frenchmen: one very experienced, the other one less.
[view] Patrick Mello and Stewart Shinkins exchange advice
[view] Judge Thierry Gourdon shows his true nature, playing a Gameboy. Once a boy, always a boy
[view] Gary Wise trying to make day two and failing at it
[view] Antoine Ruel in Sideboard reporter Rui Oliveira's shadow, playing for day two
[view] Eric LaFontaine was pretty nervous over his first feature match ever
[view] Head Judge Cyril Grillon listens to all your problems
[view] Jonathan Garcia finds playing more important than shaving
[view] Can't miss him, the Spanish Xavier Lozano
[view] Yann Hamon and a cute Black Lotus lady
[view] Quickly taking of his hat for the photographer, Stewart Shinkins shows he's a little bit vain
[view] A radiant Alex Shvartsman
[view] Not at a first row table but a fascinating match-up anyway: Gary Wise versus Frederico Bastos
[view] A match of titans
[view] Big bad Wilfried Ranque, one of the best French players of the moment
[view] The round five feature match between the Dutch Jelger Wiegersma and Ben Ronaldson is covered by Pete Norris
[view] Ben Ronaldson in round five, pensive
[view] The Ruel brothers, a picture for their mum
[view] Nicolas Labarre, a reference in French Magic play
[view] Serra Angel keeping an eye on a bunch of Magic players
[view] A colorful player
[view] The artist Anthony Waters taken by surprise
[view] Mattias Jorstedt and Alexis Dumay featured in round four
[view] French Champion Pierre Malherbaud
[view] A very fly Pete "Too Nice For His Own Good" Norris in a desperate effort to look meaner
[view] Guaranteed fresh blood, definitely no older than seven or eight
[view] Carlos Barrado
[view] Mattias Jorstedt
[view] Jelger Wiegersma
[view] Fabrice Deslandes, one of the judges registering decks
[view] Joao Duarte from Portugal qualified twice for Pro Tour San Diego
[view] No mana, no sweets
[view] Olivier Ruel came fourth at Grand Prix Shizuoka, Japan and wants the world to know - or at least ask about it
[view] Waiting to get started
[view] No excuse for not having taken a bath
[view] Good morning Biarritz!
[view] Trading is part of the game
[view] And there's 524 of them!
[view] The first players are expected in a couple of hours
[view] Dream dream dream
[view] The old port
[view] Not afraid of cold water
[view] The lighthouse
[view] Just making sure everyone understands how gorgeous this place is
[view] The same view, over the left shoulder
[view] Believe it or not, this is the view from the site
[view] Tophe scratching his head, and things haven't even started
[view] Esteban, the French Sideboard editor and PF helping out with the set-up of the event
[view] Stars and stripes
[view] Le nouveau machismo or scorekeeper Cajus Von Engelmann and three computers
[view] Men at work
[view] The second balcony is ours
[view] You'll understand soon enough why this place is called 'Bellevue''
[view] A first peek through the window, early morning
