Keaton "Chakki" Gill has won the DreamHack Open Austin Hearthstone Grand Prix with a 3-2 victory over Terrence "TerrenceM" Miller in the Grand Final.

Chakki just edged his way into the playoff round, earning the 15th of 16 bracket seeds at the end of the 175-player group stage, though he was able to take a 3-0 victory over 2015 World Champion Sebastian "Ostkaka" Engwall in Round 9. His opening playoff match against Frank "fr0zen" Z was a close 3-2, but after that slow start he rolled through the next two matches with a pair of 3-0 victories.

Chakki brought his Paladin, Priest and Warlock decks to the Grand Final to overcome Terrence's Warrior, Shaman and Warlock. The series came down to a Game 5 Zoolock vs. Reno Lock, but Chakki's aggro was able to burst TerrenceM down to 3 health by Turn 5, too early for TerrenceM to drop his Reno even if he had drawn it. TerrenceM acknowledged defeat by suiciding with a Hellfire.

With this victory, Chakki takes the $8,000 first place prize as well as 15 HCT points. Though he has finished in the Top 8 at several important tournaments over the past year, including the HCT Americas Winter Championship and DreamHack Summer 2015, this will be his first premier tournament title.

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