PGL Spring Tavern Tales are coming to DreamHack Bucharest 2015
(Bucharest) March 17. Some of the best players in the world are headed to Bucharest’s Polyvalent
Hall to battle it out in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft—Blizzard Entertainment’s popular online
digital card game.
During DreamHack Bucharest 2015 (April 24-26), card-slingers will compete in the PGL Spring Tavern
Tales 2015 tournament for a share of the $10,000 USD prize pool and the 115 World Championship
Points at stake. PGL will broadcast the event live from the Polyvalent Hall on its Hearthstonededicated Twitch channel: twitch.tv/pgl_hs.
The PGL Tavern Tales 2015 will welcome not only pros, but amateur players alike, with 24 slots
available to anyone who wishes to participate. Any DreamHack Bucharest attendee will be able to
join in the fun by purchasing a Tavern Tales Patron Ticket through eSportShop.eu! Additionally, eight
more slots will be claimed via online qualifiers this March to further expand the reach of the
tournament.
Registered and qualified players will travel to Bucharest to compete in the group phase of the Spring
Tavern Tales. The eight emerging contenders will then go on to face eight of the world’s best players,
who will receive a direct invitation to the single-elimination second phase of the tournament.
The $10,000 USD prize pool and 115 World Championship points will be divided as follows:
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1st place: $4,000 USD + 50 Points
2nd place: $2,000 USD + 25 Points
3rd & 4th place: $1,000 USD each + 10 points
5 – 8th place: $500 USD each + 5 points
The PGL Spring Tavern Tales 2015 will also use the Conquest match format from start to finish,
allowing players to develop new strategies, new decks, and keep things interesting throughout the
event.
Keep an eye on www.dreamhack.ro for more information on the eight invited pro players, the
shoutcasting team, a complete tournament schedule and the qualifier format.
About DreamHack Bucharest 2015
Between April 24 and 26, DreamHack Bucharest 2015 will return to Polyvalent Hall for the newest edition
of the most important eSports event in Romania. For three days, Bucharest will be the meeting point for
the best professional players in the world, side by side with eSports lovers and not only. DreamHack
Bucharest 2015 will include the most popular games of the moment: Counter Strike: Global Offensive
(CS:GO), DOTA 2, League of Legends, HearthStone, Minecraft and console games.
About PGL
PGL has been hosting national and international eSports events since 2002. Partnering with renowned
organizations and leagues all over the world, PGL has organized events, tournaments and qualifiers for
DreamHack, IeSF, WCG, ESWC and KODE5, while at the same time supporting the local eSports scene
through various national championships and cups that were ultimately merged into the Romanian eSport
Championship.
Thanks to its own broadcasting studio, PGL has also been producing high-quality, multi-language content
and coverage for leagues and events around the world, including DreamHack, The International and the
LCS (League of Legends Championship Series).