LOOT.BET HotShot Series S1 with $20,000 prize pool

7-1-2019 18:23

A new tournament series, called 'LOOT.BET HotShot', has been announced, with the first edition featuring $20,000 in prize money.

Organised by QuickFire, the company behind SuperNova CS:GO Malta, the tournament is a follow-up to the Grand Hotshots, which saw Movistar Riders claim the first prize of over $8,500 after beating 3DMAX in the final.

The Spanish side are one of the 12 teams invited to the tournament, which will run from February 3-9. The competition will begin with a best-of-three GSL group stage, followed by a best-of-three single-elimination bracket.

Movistar Riders will look to defend their Grand Hotshots title

In addition to the main tournament's $15,000 prize pool, $5,000 will be split equally between the European and the CIS closed qualifiers, both of which will have 16 teams in attendance and two spots on the line.

Below you can find the list of participants for the LOOT.BET HotShot Series Season 1:

EU qualifier #1
Unknown flag cis CIS qualifier #1

EU qualifier #2
Unknown flag cis CIS qualifier #2

Teams can sign up for the open qualifiers by clicking the links below:

Europe qualifier (January 8) - Here
CIS qualifier (January 10) - Here

The team list for the closed qualifiers, which will run from January 13-29, is the following:

Europe

CIS

As part of the company's plan to support up-and-coming broadcasting talent, QuickFire will continue to work with most of the on-air crew that it hired for Malta, with the complete roster looking as follows:

Mitch "MitchMan" McBride
Harvey "Skriv" Rodgers
Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne
Alex "Hawka" Hawkins
Dean Brown

LOOT.BET HotShot Series Season 1 prize distribution:

1. $8,500
2. $3,500
3-4. $1,500

Closed qualifiers prize distribution:

1. $1,250
2. $750
3-4. $250

EPIC

2019-01-07 18:23

10 replies

throw.bet

2019-01-07 18:24

Pretty good t2 tournament

2019-01-07 18:34

8 replies

2019-01-08 16:51

7 replies

Ok. Only 3 tiers to me but do you

2019-01-08 16:58

6 replies

You just said t2

2019-01-08 18:46

5 replies

Yea. This tournament is t2 cuz their is only 3 tiers to the pro scene. T1 = big name brands that get invites and attend big events regularly. RNG North BIG Mibr Astralis Liquid etc. then t2= luminosity bravado; mainstream teams that have to go through quals and make it occasionally. Then t3 is local teams that haven’t made it intl yet

2019-01-08 19:18

4 replies

Half these teams havent even qualified for major online closed qualies

2019-01-08 19:21

3 replies

You right. T3. I was high when I said t2 lmao

2019-01-08 19:22

2 replies

Well i was stoned, drunk, and sleepy

2019-01-08 19:25

1 reply

On a Monday? I’m proud