PGL has announced the HTC 2v2 CS:GO Invitational, taking place from May 13-14 at its studio in Bucharest, Romania. Following up on last year's 1v1 tournament, PGL and HTC have announced a 2v2 competition, with 16 players split into eight teams and a $50,000 prize pool. The tournament will begin with a GSL group stage, followed by a double-elimination bracket. All matches will be played in a best-of-three format, with the map pool consisting of two retake maps plus one rifle map.
The talent line-up for the event has also been announced by PGL, and it looks as follows:
While the invited players aren't unveiled, here is the prize pool distribution:
 Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill  Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 150 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73  Henry 'HenryG' Greer  Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78 |
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