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Americas

PNC

Name: Francisco Leimontas

Team: Team Genji

Region: Group A

Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Prize Money: $49,909

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History-buff PNC found his passion for esports watching Warcraft 3 from his house in Buenos Aires, where he’s lived his entire life. He’s most proud of winning Copa America in 2016 and of course winning the Americas Grandmasters Season 1 Playoffs for a chance to compete for the Hearthstone Global Finals at Blizzcon. He is also known for bringing risky and complicated lineups to tournaments in hopes of gaining an edge over his opponents.

bloodyface

Name: Brian Eason

Team: Lazarus

Region: Group B

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Prize Money: $131,500

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Bloodyface qualified for back-to-back Seasonal Championships in 2018 and recently finished 5-8th at the HCT 2019 World Championship in Taipei. He considers his biggest strength to be his knowledge of matchups and the metagame. Bloodyface has four cats (Holo, Happy, Jili, and Tiny) and a sugar glider that goes by the name of Mochi.

Asia-Pacific

Surrender

Name: Jung-soo Kim

Team: T1

Region: Group A

Hometown: Incheon, South Korea

Prize Money: $261,921

Quote from Blizzard

Hailing from Seoul, South Korea, Surrender is a scene veteran, having played Hearthstone competitively since beta. Surrender was the first player to hit Legend in Asia and has a number of high-profile tournament wins and placements under his belt. He tries to stream every day that he isn’t competing. Surrender also won the Asia-Pacific Grandmasters Season 1 Playoffs to compete in the Global Finals at Blizzcon.

tom60229

Name: Wei Lin Chen

Team: yoe Flash Wolves

Region: Group B

Hometown: Taiwan

Prize Money: $398,711

Quote from Blizzard

In 2014, Tom60229 competed at the Hearthstone World Championship but went home without winning a match. In a redemption story for the ages, he came back to win the title in 2018 and became one of the scene’s most decorated professional players along the way.

Europe

Fenomeno

Name: Chris Tsakopoulos

Team: T1

Region: Group B

Hometown: Corinth, Greece

Prize Money: $55,973

Quote from Blizzard

Hailing from Greece, Fenomeno won the Europe Grandmasters Season 1 Playoffs to compete in the Global Finals at Blizzcon. Living above his father’s movie theater growing up, he has a passion for motion pictures and television after spending nearly every off-hour at the family cinema.

Casie

Name: Kevin Eberlein

Team: Complexity Gaming

Region: Group A

Hometown: Nuremberg, Germany

Prize Money: $46,800

Quote from Blizzard

Casie has been a staple of the European Hearthstone scene since placing in the Top 4 at the 2016 HCT Europe Spring Championship. He has also traveled the world in search of Hearthstone Competitive Points and earned several respectable placements in the process. Casie has an adorable French bulldog named Spooner.

China

VKLiooon

Name: XIAOMENG LI

Team: -

Region: Group B

Hometown: Xinjiang, China

Prize Money: N/A

Quote from Blizzard

VKLiooon has been around the Chinese Hearthstone community for some time, but started earning exceptionally high placements in 2019, including a qualification to the Hearthstone Global Finals. She’s a very consistent player and can become well versed in the intricacies of a meta deck in just a few days’ time. Her path to being a pro player started with casting, streaming, and making content.

RNGLeaoh

Name: YANG GAO

Team: -

Region: Group A

Hometown: Shijiazhuang, China

Prize Money: $55,058

Quote from Blizzard

Also known as “Chinese Muzzy”, Leaoh is a long-time veteran of the Chinese Hearthstone community. He is a man of few words, but is credited with popularizing Odd Warrior, Quest Mage, and Holy Wrath Paladin. As a tried-and-true deck builder, Leaoh’s biggest achievement is winning the 2018 Hearthstone Global Games with the rest of Team China.

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