In just over two weeks the four players will fight for the lion's share of the $25,000 prize pool.
With the Summer Championships just behind us, the tournament scene is restarting its engines once more. Just a few days ago the PGL studios announced the first four players to be invited: Crane, SuperJJ, Orange and Rdu. In a tweet today they confirmed Aleksander "Kolento" Malsh, Petar "Gaara" Stevanovic, Adrian "Lifecoach" Koy and Stanislav "StanCifka" Cifka to also have received an invitation to Bucharest. This means eight of the sixteen spots are now revealed and it is to be expected that the other eight players will be revealed in the upcoming days.
Of the eight invitees revealed thus far Kolento seems to be the most peculiar choice. The veteran from Cloud9 has not been very active in the competitive scene lately, let alone putting down a decent result. His latest noteworthy achievement dates back more than three months, claiming second place in the CN vs EU Championships at the end of May. Overall the Ukranian hasn't had a thrilling competitive year thus far.
The PGL Tavern Tales will be held from the 16th to the 18th of September and can be watched live on PGL Hearthstone's Twitch channel.