APM Season 2 Finals viewer's guide

Season 2 of Acer Predator Masters powered by Intel is less than a day away, kicking off tomorrow, February 11th, with a match between CSGL and FlipSid3. You'll find everything you need to know about the event right here, in our viewer's guide.

Eight teams will gather in TaKeTV studios in Krefeld, Germany, to fight for a share of the $40,000 prizepool.

The competition will run from February 11-14 and will feature a best-of-three, double elimination bracket format, with the grand finals played in a best-of-five.

HellRaisers are looking to defend the title, albeit with a different lineup

HellRaisers are going into the tournament to defend their title from the first season, which they surprisingly snatched thanks to powering through three Danish teams, TSM, SK and dignitas, as well as mousesports. 

Only two core players have remained in the lineup from that tournament however, Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow and Emil "⁠kUcheR⁠" Akhundov.

You can find the initial match-ups, as well as full schedule in the following rundown:

Thursday, February 11th
14:00	CSGL	vs. FlipSid3
17:00	mousesports	vs. LDLC White
20:00	HellRaisers	vs. Vexed
23:00	Alternate aTTaX	vs. E-Frag.net
Friday, February 12th
13:00	Lower bracket round #1
16:00	Lower bracket round #1
19:00	Upper bracket semi-final #1
22:00	Upper bracket semi-final #2
Saturday, February 13th
13:00	Lower bracket round #2
16:00	Lower bracket round #2
19:00	Lower bracket final
22:00	Upper bracket final
Sunday, February 14th
14:30	Consolidation final
17:30	Grand final (BO5)

The whole action will be streamed by TaKeTV with the help of a seven-man talent lineup, including familiar faces in the form of Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer, Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett, and more:

Fabian "fabE" Logemann - Host

Matthew "Sadokist” Trivett - Caster
 Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster
Rahim "Babam" Abdullaev - Caster
Mohamed "⁠Availer⁠" Zardab - Caster
Jack "Jacky" Peters - Caster

Simon "⁠pAn⁠" Schumacher - Observer

A total of $40,000 will be on offer in Krefeld, Germany, with the prize distribution looking followingly:

1. $20,000 + 5 PCs
2. $10,000
3. $7,000
4. $3,000

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Simon 'pAn' Schumacher Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.75 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.54 DPR: 0.73 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 26 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 804 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Henry 'HenryG' Greer Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.68 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.78 Mohamed 'Availer' Zardab Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.29 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.13 DPR: 0.78 Emil 'kUcheR' Akhundov Age: 27 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 723 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68