The direct playoff invites for the Pinnacle Winter Series 2 were announced today, with a number of top 20 teams joining the fray; Entropiq, BIG, GODSENT and MIBR all come into the event fresh off competing at the IEM Katowice play-in, and are seeded into the quarter-finals. Entropiq join as the top-ranked team. The first round of the playoffs features the eight teams that made it through the best-of-three Swiss group stage, with K23 and Eternal Fire some of the bigger names involved. Noticeably absent are runners up of the previous Pinnacle event Apeks and Marcelo "coldzera" David's 00NATION, who both failed to make it through the Swiss portion. Not only is the lion's share of a $68,000 prize pool on the line but also a spot at LAN Sweet LAN 2022, an offline event featuring a massive $250,000 prize pool that is set to take place August 15 in Belgrade, Serbia; top names like Virtus.pro, OG and MOUZ are already amongst the team list for said event. The full team list for the Pinnacle Winter Series 2 playoffs is as follows: Playoffs first round: K23
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1WIN Quarter-finals: Entropiq
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MIBR  OG #10  Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan  Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 27 Team: 00NATION Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 1371 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.61  GamerLegion #24  Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson Mihai 'iM' Ivan Sean 'eraa' Knutsson Isak 'isak' Fahlén  Eternal Fire #27  Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Özgür 'woxic' Eker Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın Ömer 'imoRR' Karataş Emrecan 'EMSTAR' Çalışkan   Endpoint #37   Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath Kia 'Surreal' Man Guy 'NertZ' Iluz Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas  Entropiq #11  Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy  1WIN #36  Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Aleksandr 'TRAVIS' Timkiv Aleksandr 'glowiing' Matsievich Stanislav 'fostar' Ostashevskiy Denis 'deko' Zhukov  Virtus.pro #4  Timur 'buster' Tulepov Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis   Apeks #28   Martin 'STYKO' Styk Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson Hugo 'chawzyyy' Günther  GODSENT #13  Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo João 'felps' Vasconcellos Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmara Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto   MIBR #35   Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Raphael 'exit' Lacerda Adriano 'WOOD7' Cerato Matheus 'Tuurtle' Anhaia Jhonatan 'JOTA' Willian   BIG #12   Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Florian 'syrsoN' Rische Nils 'k1to' Gruhne Josef 'faveN' Baumann  00NATION #66  Marcelo 'coldzera' David Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa Vinicius 'vsm' Moreira Santino 'try' Rigal  BLUEJAYS #41  Pavle 'stYleEeZ' Stojanovski Daniel 'dan1' Gligorov Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski Jane 'aidKiT' Apostoloski  SKADE #33  Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Simeon 'dream3r' Ganev Georgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov Denislav 'dennyslaw' Dimitrov Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov  FORZE #25  Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov Aleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin Evgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin   K23 #16   Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikov David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan Daniil 'X5G7V' Maryshev Petr 'fame' Bolyshev  MOUZ #19  Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Christopher 'dexter' Nong David 'frozen' Čerňanský Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás Aurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras |