BLAST Pro Series Miami viewer's guide

With BLAST Pro Series Miami kicking off on the coming weekend, HLTV.org presents a comprehensive viewer's guide for the $250,000 event.

The second BLAST Pro Series event of 2019 will be hosted in the sunny city of Miami, United States at the Watsco Center, where six top-tier contenders will duke it out on April 12-13 for their share of a $250,000 prize pool.

In addition to winning prize money, teams will be granted BLAST Pro Series points depending on their placement. Four teams to accrue the most BPS points over the course of 2019 will be invited to participate at the BLAST Pro Series: World Championship, with details pending regarding prize pool and location.

Formatting for the event will be consistent with previous BLAST events, featuring a best-of-1, round-robin group stage, where the two top teams will advance to the best-of-3 grand final, battling for $125,000 on offer for first place.

Below are the six contesting teams:

Two teams that were unable to make the playoffs cut will participate in the BLAST Pro Stand-off, where the squad to place third selects an opponent, facing off in a series of 1v1 aim duels. The team to win said duel will walk away with a $20,000 bonus to their prize winnings.

Following is a complete schedule for the two-day-long event:

Friday, April 12

Round one
23:00 - MIBR vs. Natus Vincere | BO1
23:00 - Astralis vs. Cloud9 | BO1
23:00 - Liquid vs. FaZe | BO1

Round two
00:30 - Cloud9 vs. Liquid | BO1
00:30 - FaZe vs. MIBR | BO1
00:30 - Astralis vs. Natus Vincere | BO1

Saturday, April 13

Round three
18:00 - Cloud9 vs. FaZe | BO1
18:00 - Astralis vs. MIBR | BO1
18:00 - Liquid vs. Natus Vincere | BO1

Round four
19:20 - Astralis vs. Liquid | BO1
19:20 - Cloud9 vs. MIBR | BO1
19:20 - FaZe vs. Natus Vincere | BO1

Round five
20:40 - MIBR vs. Liquid | BO1
20:40 - Cloud9 vs. Natus Vincere | BO1
20:40 - Astralis vs. FaZe | BO1

22:00 - BLAST Pro Series Stand-off

23:00 - Grand final | BO3

In his first-ever appearance as part of on-air talent, Envy's Noah "⁠Nifty⁠" Francis will be joining the analyst desk over the weekend, hosted by Frankie Ward. A familiar face in Sue "smix" Lee will be making a much-anticipated return as dedicated interviewer, following a three-month hiatus from the role.

Here is the full talent lineup for BLAST Pro Series Miami:

Adam Savage - Show Host
Frankie Ward - Desk Host

Sue "Smix" Lee - Interviewer

Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez - Analyst
Christine "potter" Chi - Analyst
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Noah "Nifty" Francis - Analyst

Anders Blume - Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
James "JZFB" Bardolph - Commentator
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
Erik "fl0m" Flom - Commentator (online)
"WarOwl" - Commentator (online)