LPL Pro ANZ Invitational announced

LetsPlay.Live have announced their second CS:GO tournament for the Oceanic region, featuring a $10,000 NZD (~$6,600) prize pool.

In the first edition, Grayhound won the invitational event over Tainted Minds in late March, held at the LPL studios in Auckland, New Zealand.

The two aforementioned teams will take part in the second season presented by Carls Jr., consisting of six teams again. The same tournament format will be used, featuring a BO1 round-robin format for the first five weeks of online action from October 4th to November 1st.

The top three teams from the groups will advance to the offline finals, which will be held at the same venue as the previous season. The first seed will skip to the grand final held on November 15, where their opponent will be the winner of the semi-final series (November 8) between the second and third seeds.

The New Zealand-based organiser has invited the following teams:

The final slot will be determined through an open online qualifier held on September 22-23. Interested teams from the ANZ region can register here.

The prize distribution can be found below:

1. $5,000 NZD (~$3,300)
2. $3,000 NZD (~$1,980)
3. $2,000 NZD (~$1,320)