With DreamHack Open Atlanta kicking off on Friday, HLTV.org presents a comprehensive viewer's guide for the North American event.

Hosted at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from November 15-17, DreamHack Open Atlanta will feature eight contestants, who will face off for the lion's share of the $100,000 prize pool. Teams will aim to advance through a GSL group stage featuring a best-of-three format in the lower bracket, with top two from both groups ensuring participation in the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.


EspiranTo and company will look to recreate their result from Rotterdam
Among the participants are the newly-signed Chaos roster, who will make their LAN debut in Atlanta, as well as the victors of DreamHack Open Rotterdam, CR4ZY. Initially, Cloud9 were set to represent the home crowd, but due to reported internal issues opted to skip the tournament, subsequently replaced by Joshua "steel" Nissan's team.

The participants' list for the event looks as follows:

Group A
Denmark Heroic
Poland Illuminar
Germany Sprout
United States Triumph
Group B
Europe CR4ZY
Brazil INTZ
Poland Virtus.pro
United States Chaos
Hosting his first-ever CS:GO tournament is Richard Campbell, who has worked at a number of Dota 2 events throughout his career, including this year's The International. He will be joined by analysts Christine "potter" Chi and Jacob "Pimp" Winneche, who will be bringing insight in pre and post-match segments, while four casters - one of whom has not yet been announced - will bring live coverage of matches.

The full talent list is as follows:

United States Richard Campbell - Desk host

United States Christine "potter" Chi - Analyst
Denmark Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

United Kingdom Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire - Caster
United States John "BLU" Mullen - Caster
Denmark Niels "rizc" Topp - Caster
Other TBD - Caster

Below is the comprehensive schedule for DreamHack Open Atlanta:

Friday, November 15
19:00 - Denmark Heroic vs. United States Triumph | BO1
200 - Europe CR4ZY vs. United States Chaos | BO1
22:00 - Germany Sprout vs. Poland Illuminar | BO1
230 - Poland Virtus.pro vs. Brazil INTZ | BO1
01:00 - Group A winners' match | BO1
020 - Group B winners' match | BO1

Saturday, November 16
17:00 - Group A elimination match | BO3
20:00 - Group B elimination match | BO3
23:00 - Group A decider match | BO3
02:00 - Group B decider match | BO3

Sunday, November 17
17:00 - Semi-final #1 | BO3
20:00 - Semi-final #2 | BO3
00:00 - Grand final | BO3

Lastly, the $100,000 prize will be distributed as follows:

1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3-4. $10,000
5-6. $3,000
7-8. $2,000