October 30th

ESWC

$20.000

$25,000

$10,000

1. $12.500

2. $7.500

3. $5.000

SK Gaming

Thekicks off this yearsedition and will run through until November 3rd, which is also held at Porte de Versailles. The male tournament saw the total ofto be taken between ten teams. Last year it was taken by NiP, who managed to take down their enemy on the grand final, VeryGames at their homeground. This was the first CS:GO event with that large of a prizepool by that time.Now they've gotten serious since the organisers have ditched the side tournament tag, the game will feature front and centre at the main event. This year's event also boasts six more slots than last year, with qualification tournaments taking place all over the world and one team, compLexity, having already earned their spot. It has now been revealed that the prize purse will also take a hike for this years tournament, with a total ofup for grabs in the male tournament andin the female.These are the announced prizepool amounts for top three positions:Thanks to the Starcraft II absence for some time now the prizepool will be sweeter and more equal with DotA2 as the second of the total two highest paying titles at the main event since Starcraft II had the most of the prizepool last year.Stay tuned withfor more ESWC updates and check back for more CS:GO related news around the site.Source: Cadred