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ESL announces Intel Grand Slam series, $1 million up for grabs

The first team to win four of ten select tournaments will be awarded the million-dollar bonus on top of tournament earnings.

Intel has posed a challenge to top-tier teams: if one team can win four of the ten DreamHack or ESL tournaments that have a $200,000+ prize pool first (and within a 12-month period), that team gets the honour of being the first Intel Grand Slam champions and take home a massive $1 million bonus. The bonus is on top of the $800,000+ prize pool winnings that the Grand Slam team would have earned in those four tournaments required to take the title.

If a team does complete the challenge, the scores are wiped and the quest for four wins begins anew. If a team that isn't on their third tournament win blocks another team from completing their grand slam, the underdog takes home $100,000 and the race continues.

Only three tournaments have been identified as part of the Intel Grand Slam series at this time:

  • ESL One Cologne - July 7-9
  • DreamHack Masters Malmö - August 30 - September 3
  • ESL One New York - September 16-17

 

The announcement was made at E3, where CEO of Turtle Entertainment - the company that owns ESL - Craig Levine announced both the Grand Slam and the extension of Intel's 15-year partnership with ESL. In an upgrade to their business relationship, Intel will become ESL's official technology partner, supplying ESL's gaming and production machines with Intel processors.

Images courtesy of ESL

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