Fragbite in conjuction with Com Hem and Pokerstars will be hosting the Fragbite Masters featuring $31,000 in cash prize for Dota 2. This is the second biggest prize pool in Dota 2 history for an online tournament.
Fragbite.se in conjuction with Com Hem and Pokerstars will be hosting the Fragbite Masters featuring Dota 2, Starcraft 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The total prize pool for the tournament will be 500,000 SEK (~$77,300) with 200,000 SEK (~$31,000) allocated to Dota 2.
Not further information were given on which teams will be invited to the tournament but the qualifiers will run on the first two weeks of October followed by the groupstage on the third and fourth week. The playoffs will be a two days affair on the 10th and 11th of December.
More information about the tournament will be published on Tuesday.
Note that this tournament will have the second biggest prize pool for an online tournament in the history of Dota, the first being Alienware Cup with $60,000.
Prize distribution:
1. 100 000 SEK (~$15 300)
2. 50 000 SEK (~$7 700)
3. 20 000 SEK (~$3 100)
4. 8 000 SEK (~$1 200)
5-8. 5 500 SEK (~$850)
-Update-
The schedule of the tournament has been released. The GD Studio will be the official broadcaster of Fragbite Masters.
Qualifiers
Qualifiers #1 - 7th October
Qualifiers #2 - 9th October
Qualifiers #3 - 14th October
Qualifiers #4 - 16th October
Groupstage
Groupstage #1 - 21st October
Groupstage #2 - 28th October
Consolidation - 1st November
Source: Fragbite.se, Schedule
