The $1 million prize pool Hearthstone tournament concluded today, with Chen “tom60229” Wei-Lin has winning first place and the top share of the prize pool, $250,000. Over 1,500 fans attended live in Amsterdam to watch Fr0zen and Tom60229 battle it out.

The last game was a Druid mirror match and, after both players quickly ramped to high levels of man, it proved an all-out slugfest. Fr0zen's deck did not include copies of Arcane Tyrant, allowing Tom60229 to get ahead on tempo and benefit from a risky Ultimate Infestation decision. Tom60229 had just come from a 0-2 deficit, making his victory all the more hype for the massive online audience.

Tom60229 had this to say after this victory:

“It’s been an honor to play against some of the best Hearthstone players in the world. All the hard work I put in this year paid off – I feel I really deserved this win.”

FINAL STANDINGS

1st - $250,000

Chen "tom60229" Wei-Lin (ASIA PACIFIC)

2nd - $250,000

Frank "Fr0zen" Zhang (AMERICAS)

3rd - 4th - $100,000

Kim "Surrender" Jung Soo (ASIA PACIFIC)

Jason "JasonZhou" Zhou (CHINA)

5th – 8th - $50,000

Thomas "Sintolol" Zimmer (EUROPE)

Samuel "SamuelTsao" Tsao (ASIA PACIFIC)

Julien "DocPwn" Bachand-Fleurent (AMERICAS)

Aleksei "ShtanUdachi" Barsukov (EUROPE)

8th – 16th - $25,000

Frederik "Hoej" Høj Nielsen (EUROPE)

Oleksandr "Kolento" Malsh (EUROPE)

Yevhenii "Neirea" Shumilin (EUROPE)

Anthony "Ant" Trevino (AMERICAS)

Zheng "OmegaZero" Lin (CHINA)

Jon "Orange" Westburg (EUROPE)

Ryan "Purple" Murphy-Root (AMERICAS)

Muzahidul "Muzzy" Islam (AMERICAS)

The HCT will continue in 2018 with online and offline Tour Stops in major cities around the world, a new Challengers Program and seasonal championship events culminating in a World Championship in early 2019. To learn more, please visit: https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/blog/