And the winner of the March 2019 GWENT Open is…

CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce that Ni “wangid1” Lipao has won the March 2019 GWENT Open!

The best professional GWENT players met in Warsaw this weekend to battle it out in the final GWENT Open tournament of this GWENT Masters series. The stakes included a $25,000 prize pool, Crown Points, as well as guaranteed spots in the upcoming GWENT Challenger. The final standings for the tournament are as follows:

WINNER

Ni “wangid1” Lipao (China)

FINALISTS

Ni “wangid1” Lipao (China) — $10,500

Benjamin "kolemoen" Pfannstiel (Germany) — $4,300

SEMIFINALISTS

Damian “TailBot” Kaźmierczak (Poland) — $2,950

Maciej "Molegion" Kokosza (Poland) — $2,750

QUARTERFINALISTS

Alessio “alessio1996” Bouko (Belgium) — $1,250

Oleksandr “proNEO3001” Shpak (Ukraine) — $1,250

James “Green-Knight” Docherty (United Kingdom) — $1,000

Paweł “kams134” Skoroda (Poland) — $1,000

Viewers were also treated to a number of surprises during the livestream. These included new cards and trailer reveals for Crimson Curse — the upcoming first expansion for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game.

Recordings of the tournament are available on the official CD PROJEKT RED Twitch channel.

CD PROJEKT RED would like to thank the players and everyone watching this GWENT Open online for making the tournament a truly memorable experience. Stay tuned for more information regarding the next tournaments in the series!

GWENT Open is part of GWENT Masters — the official esports series of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. For the complete overview of GWENT Masters, including the ruleset, tournament dates, and format, visit masters.playgwent.com.