Blizzard to Host $250,000 Hearthstone Tournament

The developers of the card esports discipline Hearthstone announced that this weekend they will host the Masters Tour 2022 Four with a prize pool of $250,000. In addition to financial rewards, esports players will also receive rating points that will help them get an invite to the Masters Fall Championship in the future.

All matches will be streamed on the Blizzard YouTube channel. Some viewers will be able to receive rewards for watching the championship, as happened in tournaments from Valve. We are talking about sets of cards “Journey to the Sunken City”. You must link your YouTube and Blizzard accounts in order to participate in the card draw. To do this, you need to go to your YouTube account, go to settings and select the "Related applications" section in the menu on the left. There you need to click "Link" to the right of the Battle.net name.

As for the format of the event, all matches will be held in Bo5 format in Conquest mode. Participants will fight according to the Swiss scheme. On the first day, four rounds will be held in the same way as on the second. 16 best teams will go to the playoffs. The final stage of the event will be held in the single-elimination bracket.