Twistzz became the leader among American players in terms of the amount of prize money earned

One of the FaZe Clan players Russell 'Twistzz' Van Dalken overtook Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip in the list of the richest CS:GO players in the USA. After winning the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice, the total prize money from CS:GO tournaments exceeded $1,200,000. Now the amount of prize money he has earned is $1,223,372.

FaZe Clan won the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2022, beating Natus Vincere 3-2 in the grand final. For winning the tournament, the team received the main reward of $400,000. In total, $1,000,000 was distributed during the championship.

IEM Cologne 2022 was held from July 5 to 17 in Germany at the Hyatt Regency Cologne and LANXESS arena venues. As part of the championship, 24 teams from Europe, the CIS, Oceania, China, North and South America fought for a prize pool of $1,000,000, as well as rating points in the BLAST Premier table.

Results of IEM Cologne 2022

• 1st place: FaZe Clan — $400,000 + 3,200 BLAST Premier points
• 2nd place: NAVI — $180,000 + 1,600 BLAST Premier points
• 3rd-4th place: Astralis and Movistar Riders — $80,000 + 1,000 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-6th place: MOUZ and Team Liquid — $40,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
• 7th-8th place: Ninjas in Pajamas and FURIA Esports — $24,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
• 9th-12th place: Team Vitality, Team Spirit, Cloud9 and G2 Esports — $16,000
• 13th-16th place: Heroic, Outsiders, 00NATION and ENCE — $10,000
• 17th-20th place: Sprout, TYLOO, Imperial Esports and BIG - $4,500
• 21st-24th place: paiN Gaming, Complexity Gaming, MIBR and ORDER — $2,500

At the moment, the top 5 includes four Danes of the legendary Astralis roster and Alexander 's1mple' Kostylev. Peter 'Dupreeh' Rasmussen, Andreas 'Xyp9x' Hoysleth, Nikolai 'dev1ce' Reedtz and Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander have yet to be beaten.