{"id":8478,"date":"2019-10-23T00:10:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:04:16","slug":"epicenter-confirmed-for-december-2019-with-500k-prize-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/epicenter-confirmed-for-december-2019-with-500k-prize-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"EPICENTER confirmed for December 2019 with $500k prize pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Esports Events recently announced details for the 2019 edition of EPICENTER, which will kick off in Moscow on Tuesday, December 17 with US $500,000 up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers made the confirmation via Twitter on Tuesday, October 22, unveiling the date, prize pool and four teams that received a direct invite for the winter <a href=\"\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO esports betting\">CS:GO esports tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did you miss us? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EPICENTER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EPICENTER<\/a> CS:GO is returning to Moscow!<\/p>\n<p>? $500,000<br \/>? December 17\u201322<br \/>? First direct invites go to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natusvincere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@natusvincere<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvilGeniuses?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EvilGeniuses<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avangarkz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@avangarkz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamVitality?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamVitality<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available NOW! Find them and also more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DGiSBvguIa\">https:\/\/t.co\/DGiSBvguIa<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/epicgg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#epicgg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7nn7nxGnm\">pic.twitter.com\/b7nn7nxGnm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EPICENTER (@epicentergg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epicentergg\/status\/1186583095476183040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The $500k prize pool is the largest to date and marks a $10k increase compared to the 2016 and 2017 events. Last year&#8217;s event, which was won by FaZe Clan, had a relatively humble pool of $295k, with $150k reserved for the champions.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will once again feature eight teams, with Evil Geniuses, Team Vitality, 2018 runners-up Natus Vincere and 2018 semi-finalists AVANGAR already confirmed. This will be Vitality&#8217;s and EG&#8217;s first-ever appearance at EPICENTER.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining slots will be filled by qualifiers from Europe, CIS and China. Two-stage European qualifiers will be held from October 28-31 and CIS qualifiers will take centre stage almost a month later from November 21-24, while the dates for Chinese qualifiers are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>The EPICENTER 2019 group stage will run from December 17-19, with the playoffs commencing on Tuesday, December 21 at Crocus Expo Hall and concluding a day later with the grand finals.<\/p>\n<p>While the format is yet to be confirmed, we can expect EPICENTER 2019 to use a similar system to the GSL groups and best-of-three (Bo3) series in last year&#8217;s edition.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EPICENTER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EPICENTER<\/a>? It&#39;s the most thrilling esports event in Russia!  This summer Moscow hosted the second Dota 2 Major. Let&#39;s take a look back and remember how it was!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/epicgg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#epicgg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dota2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dota2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vNnv8PT92W\">pic.twitter.com\/vNnv8PT92W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EPICENTER (@epicentergg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epicentergg\/status\/1186607704523116544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The 2019 EPICENTER tournament will mark the second major esports event of the year organised by Epic Esports Events, following the Dota2 EPICENTER Major in June.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" title=\"Latest esports news\">MORE CS:GO NEWS<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Esports Events recently announced details for the 2019 edition of EPICENTER, which will take place in Moscow on Tuesday, December 17 with US $500,000 up for grabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[626,816,4,817],"class_list":["post-8478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cs-go","tag-epicenter","tag-featured","tag-ru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8478"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14235,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8478\/revisions\/14235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}