donk goes for $250k in Astana playoffs Fantasy

The second Fantasy game for the Kazakh tournament will go live in less than 16 hours.

donk's hefty price-tag is forcing many Fantasy players to consider their options

PGL Astana 2025 - Playoffs

Format

  • You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here.

  • Eight-team single-elimination bracket with third-place decider.

  • Quarter-finals and semi-finals are BO3, while the grand final is BO5.

Teams

Things to note


  • With the third-place decider included, it makes it crucial to predict the outcome of the quarter-finals, because a win in that match will guarantee two more matches.

  • But in a single-elimination bracket, it’s crucial to consider not only the opening series, but the bracket run as well. With that in mind, Spirit become a much more valuable team to choose from as they have the bottom three teams ranking-wise on their side of the bracket.

Player prices & pick stats

  • After being the game-winning pick in the group stage and with the bracket opponents in mind, Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets boasts a hefty $250k price-tag. Whether he or his teammates (some of whom also received substantial bumps) are viable considering what budget picks you’re forced to get is up to you, but it seems he's not as popular as in the group stage.

  • Notably, Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov goes for slightly less than in the group stage at $198k after posting a 0.80 rating in the group stage despite a 3-0 score. He's currently the most-picked player, followed by Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold.

  • Breno "⁠brnz4n⁠" Poletto and Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer are the cheapest players in this Fantasy, and it’s your last chance to bet against them, with this game being the last one to feature the Chicken Out booster.

Prizes


The PGL Astana 2025 Playoffs Fantasy game will have Season points and the following skin prizes on offer:

  • 1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)

  • 2. AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

  • 3. M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

Mongolia Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
671
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.68
Russia Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1547
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Age:
34
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
2052
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.68
Brazil Breno 'brnz4n' Poletto
Breno 'brnz4n' Poletto
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
658
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.66
Russia Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.24
Maps played:
584
KPR:
0.86
DPR:
0.67
Donk will farm
2025-05-15 15:40
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mid player
2025-05-15 15:40
5
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#5
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
United Kingdom inqc
Nah he plays connector
2025-05-15 15:41
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4 replies
#16
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
I think he is mid on ancient.
2025-05-15 16:05
6
3 replies
#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
steel | 
Canada steell
1.3 rating on ancient this year. Nice try, nerd!
2025-05-16 06:10
2
2 replies
#44
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
I meant he is starting in the middle section of the map, mate. I thought you guys speak English in Canada. Or are you from Quebec?
2025-05-16 06:17
2
1 reply
#45
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
steel | 
Canada steell
Typical Cooper fan, always backpedaling in response to a tongue-in-cheek statement of hard facts about donk’s successful ancient performance in mid that was stated in response to a claim that he plays mid position on ancient as a response to someone making the sweeping claim that he plays connector as a response to someone calling him a mid-level player. Smh ya’ll never gonna learn huh
2025-05-16 06:48
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#3
 | 
Russia _Mike_Hunt_
Goat
2025-05-15 15:40
7
#4
Faceit level 10  | 
Russia acc_buyer
I can't create threads on hltv, so I'll ask for help here, in the comments. I decided to create a new account on Faceit, because the old one asked to enable kernel integrity in the BIOS and Windows, which is why I lost about 30% of fps and the loss in smoothness was felt just terribly. I deactivated the main account with verification by passport (Daon) through support, this was done in literally half an hour. Now the new account asks to pass verification, but I can't do it, because I am informed that verification has been passed on another account (deactivated). What should I do?
2025-05-15 15:40
2
6 replies
contact faceit support
2025-05-15 16:35
11
I don't know
2025-05-15 16:38
1
#24
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Moldova Suicide
buy a new account
2025-05-15 16:41
1
#32
fame | 
Poland Lepand
play valo
2025-05-15 18:43
0
2 replies
With kernel AC lol,
2025-05-16 02:25
1
1 reply
#41
 | 
Russia moonEEK!
faceit has the same shit
2025-05-16 04:58
0
Ez 4th bb dacha mvp
2025-05-15 15:41
10
1 reply
Donk 10 time bb Dacha mvp by 2028
2025-05-16 06:55
0
#7
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United States RageBaiter
can i pick 4 donk?
2025-05-15 15:42
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1 reply
Would be to easy
2025-05-15 17:26
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#8
Faceit level 10  | 
 | 
Cayman Islands LasMedicinas
That was evil dimitri, i pick it anyway
2025-05-15 15:42
1
underpriced
2025-05-15 15:45
3
#10
 | 
Asia K1602
You should reduce the price of some players like IGLs and support players. They are way too expensive to be making a good enough team.
2025-05-15 15:47
9
2 replies
#11
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
910 | 
France pheno71
we all play with the same rules, so there's no problem
2025-05-15 15:53
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1 reply
#43
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
steel | 
Canada steell
Makes it harder for us plebs who don’t know the Script to do well though.
2025-05-16 06:12
0
#12
 | 
Sweden ChiperoG
Way too expensive imho.
2025-05-15 15:53
2
why remove chicken?
2025-05-15 15:56
1
1 reply
Probably no longer sponsor for it. They came in mid season last time.
2025-05-15 16:04
1
Why would anyone pick him for that price knowing he drops by .25 rating in playoffs
2025-05-15 15:59
0
3 replies
#17
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
donk | 
Brazil ftf123
i picked him first phase for the meme and got top 3% lol
2025-05-15 16:14
0
2 replies
in groupstages for 2025 is statistically guaranteed he'll do very good, in playoffs it's a coin flip, but since he'll face NIP and MIBR/Furia he might as well do better than group
2025-05-15 16:16
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1 reply
Obviously you haven't been paying attention to NIP lately.
2025-05-16 12:06
0
Never used chicken booster, waiting for something useful in next fantasy!
2025-05-15 16:22
0
#20
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African Union csfrom1999
hltv.org/fantasy/535/league/191434/team/.. I hope that I can craft some points to be honest.
2025-05-15 16:29
0
2 replies
How and what ?
2025-05-15 23:28
0
1 reply
He made his own fantasy league and chose a live draft But he's the only one in the league so he got to pick whoever he wanted
2025-05-16 01:38
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#22
 | 
Latvia Bouncy2370
actually bad deal
2025-05-15 16:36
0
#25
HLTV Verified  | 
Sweden 1danne1
ez value
2025-05-15 16:45
0
let me pick 5 donk ill pay it on next fantasy
2025-05-15 17:23
2
Finally chicken booster removed, made fantasy pretty boring and meaningless
2025-05-15 17:37
0
1 reply
but when your players end up facing one another, chicken is great and actually skilled-based
2025-05-15 19:19
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#29
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Zvede | 
Latvia Zvede
Not worth going for donk If you have a popular lineup, then the chances of being in the top 3 is much lower than predicting some underdog cindarella runs If playing for the seasonal leaderboard, then donk makes a whole lot of sense Saying this as a 2 time fantasy winner
2025-05-15 17:45
0
2 replies
donk is just cheat code in fantasy
2025-05-15 17:49
0
1 reply
Especially against this tier of opponents. Like no way he doesn't farm Nip and Mibr/Furia.
2025-05-15 20:02
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#31
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Germany KEMSN
Who the fuck picked donk...
2025-05-15 18:39
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#35
 | 
Denmark Hulabulia
reported for being too expensive
2025-05-15 22:45
1
Why 250k if they'll lose in semis against Furia?
2025-05-15 23:27
0
in donk we trust
2025-05-16 02:07
1
All worth it, I guess
2025-05-18 21:30
0
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