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| NVIDIA Hearthstone Pro/Am Tournament | ||
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| Organizer: | NVIDIA GeForce eSports | |
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| Sponsor: | NVIDIA CEVO | |
| Eventtype: | Online | |
| Format: | Best of five series (Bo5) in Conquest format | |
| Prize pool: | $25,000 USD | |
| Startdate: | 03-26-15 | |
| Enddate: | 05-14-15 | |
| Links: | Website | |
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Overview
The NVIDIA Hearthstone Pro/Am Tournament is an international tournament hosted by CEVO and sponsored by NVIDIA GeForce. Players from around the world will be able to compete for a part of the prize pool as well as qualification points toward the Hearthstone World Championship. Registration began on Tuesday, Feb. 24th at 12:00 PM EST and will end on Thursday, Mar. 19th at 12:00 PM EST.
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Format
- Amateur Group Stage
- Swiss style (results-based scheduling, and players do not play every other player) across six regional conferences
- Eight weeks of open group play, one match per week
- Players will only play other players in their regional conference
- Amateur Playoffs
- Schedule and format TBA
- Top 16 players advance to Global Playoffs
- Professional Group Stage
- Round-robin
- 16 invited players, 8 weeks of group player, 2 matches per week
- Group stage results will determine playoff seeding
- Global Playoffs
- Top 16 players from Amateur Division will play against the 16 players from Professional Division
- 32-team, single-elimination, Best of Five bracket
- Professional players are seeded 1-16, while Amateur players are seeded 17-32
Prize Pool
$ 25,000 USD + 230 qualification points toward the Hearthstone World Championship are spread among the players as follows:
| Place | Prize (USD + Points) | Player |
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 1st | $ 10,000 + 100 pts | |
 2nd | $ 5,000 + 50 pts | |
 3rd/4th | $ 1,500 + 20 pts | |
| 5th-8th | $ 750 + 10 pts | |
| 9th-16th | $ 500 |
Participants
Group Stage
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- Stream
External Links
NVIDIA Hearthstone Pro/Am Tournament Announcement
NVIDIA Hearthstone Pro/Am main page
