It’s no surprise that the famous Twitch streamer, Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, is delving into the world of online game gambling on Steam. His addiction to gambling in game tournaments has been going on since he first debuted as a Twitch streamer. However, at the end of March 2024, this 28 year old man had a new record for winnings in his bets at the PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, thanks to his winning bet for Natus Vincere.
In fact, the bet is claimed to be more than the winner of PGL Copenhagen, namely 842 thousand USD. He placed a winning bet for Natus Vincere of 200 thousand USD, and he did not think that the winning bet was bigger than the winner of the tournament as said by viewer xQc.
It is not surprising to see that the PGL Copenhagen Major 2024 is the most phenomenal tournament in the world of Counter-Strike 2. Apart from the controversy including protests that hit the tournament and some activists even destroyed the trophy for the PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, there are still many players who want to participate in the hype of this big tournament, including the gambling tradition of gaming tournaments.
The initial chronology of this happening was when xQc tried to bet up to 200 thousand USD if MOUZ won the tournament, but unfortunately the bet lost because MOUZ was slaughtered by G2 which made xQc lose money. xQc disputed that the protest action was a factor in MOUZ’s defeat which made the esports team lose momentum.
But xQc didn’t want this loss to come to nothing, when Natus Vincere’s final was against FaZe Clan, he bet his money up to 200 thousand USD back on Natus Vincere, and he managed to win the bet. Even though he is claimed to have more income from this bet than Natus Vincere as the winner, xQc still has to make up for losses from bets that he previously lost.
