Summer is knocking on our doors and in the esports world that means one thing - it's time for DreamHack Summer. This year the famous LAN festival in Jönköping, Sweden will take place between 17 and 19 June. The DreamHack Hearthstone Grand Prix is once again a center piece of their esports program with both of our players, AKAWonder and Zetalot flying out to participate in it.

The tournament will feature more than 200 players who will start out in a 9-round Swiss format group stage. The top sixteen contenders will advance to the single elimination playoffs bracket as well as earn a cut from the $25,000 prize pool and some valuable HCT points. All of the matches will be played in a best of 5 last hero standing format where players bring 4 decks and get one ban.

Schedule:

Saturday, 17 June

- 11:00 AM CEST - Swiss stage: Rounds 1 to 7

Sunday, 18 June

- 12:00 PM CEST - Swiss stage: Rounds 8 and 9
- 3:30 PM CEST - Playoffs: Round of 16

Monday, 19 June

- 2:00 PM CEST - Playoffs: Round of 8
- 6:00 PM CEST - Playoffs: Round of 4
- 8:00 PM CEST - Playoffs: Grand Final

Prize Pool Breakdown:

1st place - $7,500 + 15 HCT Points
2nd place - $3,500 +12 HCT Points
3rd-4th place - $2,050 +8 HCT Points
5th-8th place - $1,125 +4 HCT Points
9th-16th place - $675 +2 HCT Points

Of course you can watch the action unfold live on Twitch throughout the whole DreamHack event so don't hesitate to check in on our guys' progress throughout the tournament.



Zetalot achieved an almost perfect 5-1 score on Day 1, but unfortunately the RNG gods weren't with him the following day and he dropped the next two games losing the chance to advance to the playoffs. On the other hand, AKAWonder had a rough 0-2 start to the tournament, but kept playing and finished the swiss stage with a respectable 6-3 score.