Former Virtus.pro and Gambit member Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov has signed for Elements Pro Gaming, the Russian team have announced.

The 30-year-old will step into the shoes of Dmitriy "⁠facecrack⁠" Alekseyev, who has stepped down from the roster for undisclosed reasons.

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov has been without a team since October, when he was released by Gambit just weeks after guiding them to a quarter-final finish at ESL One Cologne.



hooch joins EPG

Shortly later, he helped mix team .Russia to a second-placed finish at the WESG European finals. At the main event, the team went out in the group stage following a two-way tie with Epsilon.

"Recently, I had been playing with different mix teams and players, but I did not feel that was what I wanted, so when EPG's offer came along I did not hesitate to join this team," hooch told HLTV.org. "I have played alongside the majority of the players on this team and I know what to expect from them. "I think we have a lot of potential but we will need to work really hard to achieve our goal, which is to qualify for the PGL Krakow Major's offline qualifier."

Formerly known as PiTER, the Russian team joined EPG's ranks in November. Since then, they have competed in a number of small online tournaments, most notably finishing 3rd-4th in GO:CL Season 5 and second in Hellcase Cup #1.

This is the second roster change for EPG this year, after Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov was announced last month as Vladyslav "⁠arch⁠" Svistov's replacement. With hooch's addition, EPG now have: