Bets.net Masters viewer's guide

Held at the Kiev Cybersport Arena from April 5 to 8, Bets.net Masters will see eight teams battle it out for a share of the $100,000 prize-pool, as well as one spot at StarSeries Season 5.

Kjaerbye's North are one of the favourites in Kiev

From the eight participants, four have qualified for the tournament through the Bets.net Challenger Series, while Gambit, North, HellRaisers and Virtus.pro have been invited for the Ukrainian competition.

The tournament will consist of a double-elimination, best-of-three format, which will kick off with a match between North and FORZE. Below you can find all of the first-round clashes and the full schedule of the tournament:

Thursday, April 5th
09:00	North	vs. FORZE	BO3
12:00	HellRaisers	vs. Red Reserve	BO3
15:00	Gambit	vs. GODSENT	BO3
18:00	Virtus.pro	vs. Fragsters	BO3
Friday, April 6th
09:00	Lower Bracket Round #1		BO3
12:00	Lower Bracket Round #1		BO3
15:00	Upper Bracket semi-final #1		BO3
18:00	Upper Bracket semi-final #2		BO3
Saturday, April 7th
09:00	Lower Bracket Round #2		BO3
12:00	Lower Bracket Round #2		BO3
15:00	Upper Bracket final		BO3
18:00	Lower Bracket Round #3		BO3
Sunday, April 8th
13:00	Lower Bracket final		BO3
17:00	Grand Final		BO3

As for the on-air talent team, James Banks will act as host while Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam and Dustin "dusT" Mouret will be responsible for breaking down the action as analysts. Commentating the matches will be two pairs of casters, including Sprout's Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen.

The full English broadcast team is as follows:

James Banks - Host
Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst
Dustin "dusT" Mouret - Analyst
Niels Christian "NaToSaphiX" Sillassen - Caster
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan - Caster
Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire - Caster
Hugo Byron - Caster

Here are the broadcasters who will be following the event on the Russian stream: 

Antonina "Tonya" Predko - Host
Oleksandr "Petr1k" Petryk - Analyst
Alexey "XAOC" Kucherov - Analyst
Taufik "Tafa" Khidri - Caster
Ihor "sL4M" Sopov - Caster
Yurii "Strike" Tereshchenko - Caster
Konstantin "Leniniw" Siuko - Caster
Fyodor "KvaN" Zakharov - Caster
Mikhail "okrOha" Shmygel - Caster
Aleksandr "HomeR" Lysenko - Caster

Finally, here is how the $100,000 prize-pool will be distributed among the eight participants:

1. $50,000 + spot at StarSeries Season 5
2. $20,000
3. $15,000
4. $7,000
5-6. $2,500
7-8. $1,500