DreamHack Open Atlanta viewer's guide

With DreamHack Open Atlanta kicking off on Friday, HLTV.org presents a comprehensive viewer's guide for the North American event.

Hosted at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from November 15-17, DreamHack Open Atlanta will feature eight contestants, who will face off for the lion's share of the $100,000 prize pool. Teams will aim to advance through a GSL group stage featuring a best-of-three format in the lower bracket, with top two from both groups ensuring participation in the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

Among the participants are the newly-signed Chaos roster, who will make their LAN debut in Atlanta, as well as the victors of DreamHack Open Rotterdam, CR4ZY. Initially, Cloud9 were set to represent the home crowd, but due to reported internal issues opted to skip the tournament, subsequently replaced by Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan's team.

The participants' list for the event looks as follows:

Hosting his first-ever CS:GO tournament is Richard Campbell, who has worked at a number of Dota 2 events throughout his career, including this year's The International. He will be joined by analysts Christine "⁠potter⁠" Chi and Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, who will be bringing insight in pre and post-match segments, while four casters will bring live coverage of matches.

The full talent list is as follows:

Richard Campbell - Desk host

Christine "⁠potter⁠" Chi - Analyst
Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche - Analyst

Tom "⁠Tombizz⁠" Bissmire - Caster
John "⁠BLU⁠" Mullen - Caster
Niels "⁠rizc⁠" Topp - Caster
Mark "⁠boq⁠" Wilson - Caster

Below is the comprehensive schedule for DreamHack Open Atlanta:

Friday, November 15
18:00 - HEROIC vs. Triumph | BO1
19:30 - CR4ZY vs. Chaos | BO1
21:00 - Sprout vs. Illuminar | BO1
22:30 - Virtus.pro vs. INTZ | BO1
00:00 - Group A winners' match | BO1
01:30 - Group B winners' match | BO1

Saturday, November 16
16:00 - Group A elimination match | BO3
19:00 - Group B elimination match | BO3
22:00 - Group A decider match | BO3
01:00 - Group B decider match | BO3

Sunday, November 17
16:00 - Semi-final #1 | BO3
19:00 - Semi-final #2 | BO3
23:00 - Grand final | BO3

Lastly, the $100,000 prize will be distributed as follows:

1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3-4. $10,000
5-6. $3,000
7-8. $2,000