The Kazakh player Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov has announced he is stepping down from leading Gambit, and has given up the spot to Denis "seized" Kostin.

On social media, Abay "⁠Hobbit⁠" Khasenov stated he will be focusing on his game instead of keeping the in-game leading duties he had assumed in February.

At the Bets.net Masters it could already be seen that a change was afoot as Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin sat in the middle of the row while his team played. Hobbit had taken up the role from Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev after Gambit had lost their Legend stats at the ELEAGUE Major.

Hobbit passes leading duties on to seized

The change didn't go well for Gambit, who ended 12-14th at StarSeries Season 4 and 9-12th at IEM Katowice. It was also a personal hinderance for Hobbit, whose 0.97 and 1.00 ratings at each event respectively, were below his personal average. In Kiev, where Gambit is playing the Bets.net Masters, Hobbit had a good first match against GODSENT, where he ended up with a 1.29 rating and +20 KDD, despite his team's 1-2 loss.