Gwent Season 1 World Masters Winner Nets Over $100K, Next Open Scheduled
Gwent's first competitive season has come to an end and as of this past weekend, one player has been crowned the winner -- and walked away over $100,000 in prize money. The winner, Benjamin 'Kolemoen' Pfannstiel from Germany, fought his way through several stages of competition, and faced the seven best players in the world to come out on top. As the winner, he earned nearly half the $250,000 prize pool, with the rest of it being broken down between the other seven players as follows:
WINNER
- Benjamin ‘Kolemoen’ Pfannstiel (Germany)
FINALISTS
- Benjamin ‘Kolemoen’ Pfannstiel (Germany) — $119,000
- Frederick ‘Freddybabes’ Bird (United Kingdom) — $53,000
SEMIFINALISTS
- Andrzej ‘Adzikov’ Bal (Poland) — $28,250
- Adrian ‘Lifecoach’ Koy (Germany) — $16,250
QUARTERFINALISTS
- Serghei ‘Magpie131’ Sorochin (Moldova) — $11,000
- Raffael ‘GameKingAT’ Iciren (Austria) — $8,750
- Damian ‘TailBot’ Kaźmierczak (Poland) — $8,750
- Daniel ‘Damorquis’ Morkisch (Germany) — $5,000
Now that the event is over, CDPR is already planning for the game's second world championship. The open tournament is scheduled to take place July 3rd and 4th. They're also offering a special bundle to players who want to support the tournament, The Year of the Great Oak Bundle. Thirty percent of proceeds from this bundle will contribute to the prize pool for the next World Masters tournament.
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