How to watch DreamHack Masters Dallas

Sixteen CS:GO teams will play for $250,000 at DreamHack Masters Dallas, which starts on Tuesday, May 28.

Stream

DreamHack Masters Dallas will be broadcast on DreamHack’s two CS:GO Twitch channels since the event will feature simultaneous matches until the quarterfinals. You won’t want to miss any of the action on the main broadcast or the second channel.

Format

The competition will last six days, with the grand finals set to be played on June 2. Sixteen teams will fight for their share of the $250,000 prize pool and the champion gains one point for the Intel Grand Slam. The team that wins four out of 10 big events run by ESL, IEM, or DreamHack this year will complete the Intel Grand Slam and win $1 million. Liquid and Astralis have one point each. The Danes were the first team to win it last year.

The teams were split into two groups, which features a double-elimination GSL format. The first matches will be played as a best-of-one, but the rest of the competition is best-of-three series. The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs. Group stage winners will automatically advance to the semifinals, while second and third-place teams will play in the quarterfinals.

A breakdown of the prize money hasn’t been announced yet.

Teams

Group A:

Team Liquid: Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, Keith “NAF” Markovic, Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski, Jake “Stewie2K” Yip, and Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella
Ninjas in Pyjamas: Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg, Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund, Fredrik “REZ” Sterner, Jonas “Lekr0” Olofsson, and Dennis Edman
Vitality: Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, Nathan “NBK” Schmitt, Cédric “RpK” Guipouy, and Alex McMeekin
FaZe Clan: Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, Håvard “rain” Nygaard, Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács, Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer, and Filip “NEO” Kubski
North: Valdemar “valde” Bjørn, Markus Kjærbye, Nicklas Gade, Philip “aizy” Aistrup, and Jakob “JUGi” Hansen
Windigo Gaming: Valentin “poizon” Vasilev, Georgi “SHiPZ” Grigorov, Kamen “bubble” Kostadinov, Viktor “v1c7oR” Dyankov, and Buğra “Calyx” Arkın
TYLOO: Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand, Kevin “xccurate” Susanto, HaoWen “somebody” Xu, YuLun “Summer” Cai, and YuanZhang “Attacker” Sheng
Lucid Dream: Jirayu “wannafly” Meesuk, Thotsaphon “cbbk” Suphatthanaphalaphon, Kititkawin “PTC” Rattanasukol, Kritthee “Geniuss” Sawatmuang, and Phoomphat “qqGod” Phojjanart

Group B:

ENCE: Aleksi “allu” Jalli, Jere “sergej” Jalo, Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen, Jani “Aerial” Jussila, and Sami “xSeveN” Laasanen
Fnatic: Jesper “JW” Wecksell, Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson, Richard “Xizt” Landström, Simon “twist” Eliasson, and Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin
Renegades: Justin “jks” Savage, Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad, Aaron “AZR” Ward, Jay “liazz” Tregillgas, and Sean “Gratisfaction” Kaiwai
NRG: Ethan Arnold, Tarik Celik, Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte, Cvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov, and Damian “daps” Steele
G2: Richard “shox” Papillon, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub, François “AMANEK” Delaunay, Lucas “Lucky” Chastang, and Audric “JaCkZ” Jug
FURIA: Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato, Yuri “yuurih” Gomes, Andrei “arT” Piovezan, Vinicius “VINI” Figueiredo, and Rinaldo “ableJ” Moda
Cloud9: Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Maikil “Golden” Selim, René “cajunb” Borg, Will “RUSH” Wierzba, and Daniel “vice” Kim
Isurus Gaming: Nicolás “Noktse” Dávila, Gabriel “1962” Sinopoli, Roberto “reversive” Themtham, Ignacio “meyern” Meyer, and Maximiliano “max” Gonzalez

Schedule

DreamHack Masters Dallas will begin at 12pm CT on Tuesday.

Tuesday, May 28

12pm CT: Liquid vs. Lucid Dream
12pm CT: Vitality vs. North
1:20pm CT: FaZe vs. Windigo
1:20pm CT: NiP vs. TYLOO
2:40pm CT: ENCE vs. Isurus
2:40pm CT: Renegades vs. G2

4pm CT: NRG vs. FURIA
4pm CT: Fnatic vs. Cloud9
5:20pm CT: Group A upper bracket first semifinal
5:20pm CT: Group A lower bracket first match round one
9pm CT: Group A upper bracket second semifinal
9pm CT: Group A lower bracket second match round one

Wednesday, May 29

12pm CT: Group B lower bracket first match round one
12pm CT: Group B lower bracket second match round one
3:40pm CT: Group B upper bracket first semifinal
3:40pm CT: Group A lower bracket first semifinal
7:20pm CT: Group B upper bracket second semifinal
7:20pm CT: Group A lower bracket second semifinal

Thursday, May 30

12pm CT: Group B lower bracket first semifinal
12pm CT: Group B lower bracket second semifinal
3:40pm CT: Group A upper bracket final
3:40pm CT: Group A lower bracket final
7:20pm CT: Group B upper bracket final
7:20pm CT: Group B lower bracket final

Friday, May 31

2pm CT: First quarterfinal
5:50pm CT: Second quarterfinal

Saturday, June 1

2pm CT: First semifinal
5:50pm CT: Second semifinal

Sunday, June 2

1pm CT: Grand finals

Key storylines

Team Liquid and ENCE will try to bounce back at DreamHack Masters Dallas after losing to Vitality at cs_summit four. The North Americans have a chance to pass Astralis on their quest for the Intel Grand Slam.

Fnatic, Vitality, NiP, NRG, and FaZe need to show more potential if they want to become a top five team in the world. Fnatic came in second place at IEM Sydney at the beginning of May and FaZe added NEO as their new captain a week ago.

Renegades won’t be playing with Owen “smooya” Butterfield anymore since Gratisfaction finally has his new visa and will rejoin the Aussies.

As for Furia, North, G2, and Windigo, they still need to break through the tier two ranks. G2 and North did a great job recently by qualifying for the ESL Pro League season nine finals.