The addition of AKAWonder, Hoej, ThijsNL and Ek0p completes what is one of the most stacked player line-ups of the year.
This coming weekend Hearthstone fans will not have a lack of entertainment. Not only will the Americas Summer Championships be held, on September 17th and 18th, but PGL is hosting another Tavern Tales tournament with a $25.000 prize pool. This last week, PGL's Twitter account has been revealing the names of the sixteen competitors, of which fourteen are invited. Through an open qualifier players Cosmin "Drujbanul" Panfil and Vlad "Angeloshaggy" Dumitru managed to claim a seat amongst a fearsome line-up of invitees, giving them a chance to prove themselves on a big stage.
In a tweet today PGL announced the last four names to be revealed: Esteban "AKAWonder" Serrano, Frederik "Hoej" Nielsen, Thijs "ThijsNL" Molendijk and Jan "Ek0p" Palys. Hoej's participation wasn't a big surprise to the attention-paying news follower however, since his team already spoiled his participation in their disband-announcement. Surpringly the winner of the last Tavern Tales, Nistor "xTracKyStyLe96" Marius, is not amongst the participating players this weekend.
The full line-up for PGL Tavern Tales this weekend is:
StanCifka
Tessin
Crane
Hoej
Ek0p
Gaara
Lifecoach
SuperJJ
Xixo
ThijsNL
Angeloshaggy
Drujbanul
Rdu
AKAWonder
Orange
Kolento
The PGL Tavern Tales Bucharest will be held from September 16th until the 18th, overlapping with the Americas Summer Championship for two days. The specifics of the match format are yet to be revealed, but PGL has said it will be Bo5 Last Hero Standing with a twist since players must bring all nine classes, which seems to be hinting at a pick-and-ban format. The tournament can be followed live on PGL's Hearthstone Twitch channel.