CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce that Ni “wangid1” Lipao has won the March 2019 GWENT Open.
The best professional GWENT players met in Warsaw this weekend to battle it out in the final GWENT Open tournament of this GWENT Masters series. The stakes included a $25,000 prize pool, Crown Points, as well as guaranteed spots in the upcoming GWENT Challenger. The final standings for the tournament are as follows:
WINNER
Ni “wangid1” Lipao (China)
FINALISTS
Ni “wangid1” Lipao (China) — $10,500
Benjamin “kolemoen” Pfannstiel (Germany) — $4,300
SEMIFINALISTS
Damian “TailBot” Kaźmierczak (Poland) — $2,950
Maciej “Molegion” Kokosza (Poland) — $2,750
QUARTERFINALISTS
Alessio “alessio1996” Bouko (Belgium) — $1,250
Oleksandr “proNEO3001” Shpak (Ukraine) — $1,250
James “Green-Knight” Docherty (United Kingdom) — $1,000
Paweł “kams134” Skoroda (Poland) — $1,000
Viewers were also treated to a number of surprises during the livestream. These included new cards and trailer reveals for Crimson Curse — the upcoming first expansion for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game.
Recordings of the tournament are available on the official CD PROJEKT RED Twitch channel.
GWENT Open is part of GWENT Masters — the official esports series of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. For the complete overview of GWENT Masters, including the ruleset, tournament dates, and format, visit masters.playgwent.com.