[view] Sideboard staff in utter concentration. From left to right, Nele, Viet, Ben, Roger and Craig (Mark was wandering off with his clone most likely)
[view] Sideboard communication
[view] Can't take this away from us!
[view] The top two
[view] Big smile from someone who's been hiding underneath a hat the whole day
[view] Meyer also won the Amateur first prize
[view] And here is the winner of Grand Prix Vienna, Stephan Meyer
[view] Sigurd Eskeland "Get on with it, gotta take the baby home"
[view] Nitter is still somewhere out there
[view] Nicolai Herzog came third, happy happy
[view] "Cat in the hat", Stephan Meyer from Germany
[view] "Mmmm, does not look good"
[view] Nitter looks tired, it is around midnight
[view] Norwegian threesome, judge Rune Horvik, Nicolai Herzog and Eivind Nitter at the start of the final match
[view] One can never have enough clothes pegs
[view] Denise Biffar, photographer, is writing a love letter
[view] Looks like someone is hiding
[view] What is this?
[view] Gabor Papp versus Stephan Meyer in the semi-finals
[view] Nicolai Herzog versus Eivind Nitter in the semi-finals
[view] Stephan Meyer does not come from under that hat
[view] Konrad Zawadski
[view] Ladislav Zupancic
[view] Nicolai Herzog sucks his thumb
[view] Eivind Nitter
[view] Holger Meinecke
[view] Gabor Papp
[view] Quarterfinals, the other part of it
[view] Quarterfinals, only the die-hards remain
[view] An attentive crowd
[view] Hemmed in by the audience - hardly any space to breathe
[view] The top 8 at the draft
[view] Jakub Slemr in a casting for Bilitis
[view] Jakub Slemr versus Holger Meinecke in round fourteen
[view] The Italian Maurizio Vergendo in the last round before the quarterfinals
[view] Maurizio Vergendo and Bram Snepvangers agreed not to play a third game, which meant neither player could make the top eight
[view] Jelger Wiegersma and Alexander Witt caught with their Gameboy. Boys...
[view] Local girls
[view] Kids left with a difficult choice
[view] Konrad Zawadzki (PL), seventh seed
[view] Stephan Meyer (DE), second seed
[view] Top 8, happy to take a break
[view] The top 8
[view] These eight players will not forget the Hofburg in Vienna
[view] Holger Meinecke (DE), fourth seed
[view] Ladislav Zupancic (HR), eight seed
[view] Gabor Papp (HU), sixth seed
[view] Eivind Nitter (NO), fifth seed
[view] Chewing gum does weird things to your face, Martin Grimm
[view] Jakub Slemr waiting for Martin Grimm to start playing
[view] Ladislav Zupancic is one of the eleven Croatian players at this event
[view] Believe me, somewhere behind German Meister Daniel Zink is the first draft table
[view] Benedikt Klauser came late for the first draft this morning and decided not to play anymore. So this second draft took place without him
[view] Christoph Lippert hopes to topdeck something incredible
[view] Bram "is a really nice guy but I hate having to type 'Snepvangers' all the time", says Sideboard reporter Ben Ronaldson
[view] Oliver Braun seems afraid of Herzog's magic
[view] Lots of hair hiding Jakub Slemr
[view] Martin and some very colourful lunch boxes
[view] Kathi and Franzi
[view] Kids in side events
[view] Mark Wraith is so amazing we cloned him
[view] Bram Snepvangers and a fan
[view] Wow, Jakub!
[view] Yuri Kolomeyko from Ukraine
[view] The catering staff takes a liking to Magic
[view] The feature matches moved place today
[view] Drafting at side events
[view] A "creature"less Gabor Papp
[view] The first round of the day
[view] A decisive move from Bram Snepvangers
[view] Federico Dato has to think twice
[view] A very relaxed scorekeeper calling the draft
[view] At eight a clock in the morning, that many people to watch the first Odyssey drafts
[view] Pod three is being covered by Ben Ronaldson
[view] The first table in the draft
[view] An inquisitive Helmut Summersberger
[view] Eivind Nitter is still chatting with his neighbor, Trey Van Cleave
[view] Never a quiet moment with Trey Van Cleave
[view] Federico Dato in the last round of the day
[view] Bernd Keller: "You're not going to put anything funny on that website, are you?"
[view] Ilja Rotelli, Organized Play Manager for Italy
[view] Boeken vs Meinecke, closely followed by Anja Baresic from Croatia
[view] Noah Boeken, some amazingly broken cards do not make for an amazingly broken deck
[view] A spooked look from Holger Meinecke
[view] Klauser versus Wiegersma in round seven
[view] Jelger Wiegersma supports his fellow country man in far away South Africa
[view] Benedikt Klauser is Austria's National Champion
[view] Ben taps Tom and wins the match
[view] Libor Marek faced Jakub Slemr in round six
[view] Jakub Slemr thinks something fishy is going on on the other side of the table
[view] Judge Pawel Bednarz and Mark Wraith closely following the round six Dato - Gromko feature match
[view] Gromko Radoslaw just gave away a game he could not lose after Dato committed virtual suicide
[view] A relieved Federico Dato
[view] Cheering fellow players
[view] Something tells me these players joined in with an Odyssey Pre-release
[view] Magic is a matter of style
[view] Kid picking cards
[view] Gabor Papp faces Eivind Nitter in round five
[view] Christoph Lippert giving Tomcani the eye
[view] Slovak Jan Tomcani reached sixth place at the last World Championships
[view] Not just any table, the first player on the right is Austrian Helmut Summersberger
[view] If this T-shirt is right, then Bram is in for a hard round
[view] The former European Champion Noah Boeken faces the new champion in round four
[view] The current European Champion Eivind Nitter, a red furry animal and an apple?
[view] The first round Sigurd Eskeland gets to play
[view] Franck Canu "Got you!"
[view] More Sideboard essentials?
[view] Grand Prix Vienna boasts at least as many player nationalities as flags outside the Hofburg
[view] Literally hanging around
[view] Hi mum, I'm 3-0 so far!
[view] Colorful Italian Magic players, just a couple out of the fifty present at Grand Prix Vienna
[view] Things to do in between rounds: sleep, discuss strategy and play again
[view] Quick front yard picture: the Art History Museum and the Natural History Museum
[view] Sideboard essentials
[view] The catering staff, Hofburg style
[view] Side events
[view] Red carpets seem to inspire harem behaviour
[view] Trey Van Cleave confidently plays white-green
[view] Czech players getting a tan
[view] Checking a friend's deck
[view] This picture will soon appear on the screen above the judges station
[view] He picked them himself
[view] Letting the sunshine in during the first round of the day
[view] Any place will do
[view] Waiting to start playing in fine company
[view] Philip Schulz giving quite an explanation to his fellow judges
[view] Hi to Jill from Arnie
[view] Arnie Swekel has come all the way from Detroit to Vienna to sign cards for his fans
[view] And this is just one of the halls; there are three more!
[view] The crowd outside this early promises a huge player turnout
[view] The Hofburg shines in expectation of a weekend of Magic
[view] Patience is a virtue
[view] The statue in the back in Graben looks a lot like Krakilin
[view] Pretty boy does not play Magic but hangs out in the lobby anyway. Hi.
[view] This hall was a couple of shillings too expensive and one floor higher than the current event site
[view] A sunny welcome to Magic players, the first familiar faces
[view] This one fits in the collection 'Flowers at Grand Prix events'
[view] Stairways to heaven
[view] The National Library is right next door, I'm a fan
[view] Take a look at the sky, baby
[view] Three hundred eleven thousand twelve and seventy billion books, minimum
[view] The judges think the amount of Magic rules is getting out of hand
[view] The Viennese coffee houses, "a place to feel good"
[view] Tricky, a church or a cafe?
[view] Grand Prix Vienna takes place at the Hofburg in Vienna. Say no more
[view] Not pigeonholes
[view] What used to be the royal apartments. Anybody still looking for a place to sleep?
[view] Petit point or Austrian handicraft
[view] "It's a beautiful day", our front garden for the weekend