{"id":36472,"date":"2026-04-23T05:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=36472"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:31:17","slug":"we-will-have-5-more-lan-events-from-the-stake-ranked-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/we-will-have-5-more-lan-events-from-the-stake-ranked-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Stake Ranked Circuit 2026: Episode 2 Dates, Invited Teams, Qualifiers, and Full Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stake and StarLadder announced the complete Stake Ranked circuit that we will have in 2026. It seems like we will <strong>have 5 more LAN events, <\/strong>alongside the first competition, which ended on April 4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stake Ranked Episode 2 Revealed&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce3 Stake Ranked Ep.1 was a blast, and so we\u2019re dropping 5 more episodes this year!<br><br>Get ready for episodes 2-6 across 2026: pro teams, VRS stakes, $100,000 minimum per event, all leading to LAN!<br><br>\ud83d\udcc5 Here&#39;s your roadmap:<br>Ep.2: May 27-30 <br>Ep. 3: July 15-18<br>Ep. 4: Oct 1-4 <br>Ep. 5:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZuBfM5I3Fh\">pic.twitter.com\/ZuBfM5I3Fh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; StarLadder CS2 (@StarLadder_CS) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StarLadder_CS\/status\/2046984872267595827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CS2 fans will be<strong> happy to know<\/strong> that there will be 5 more tournaments a part of the Stake Ranked Circuit this year. Alongside that, the organizers also revealed the six teams that received a direct invitation for the Stake Ranked Episode 2. Their names include\u00a0<strong>FaZe<\/strong>, <strong>Ninjas in Pajamas<\/strong>, <strong>HEROIC<\/strong>, <strong>9z<\/strong>, <strong>Alliance<\/strong>, and <strong>3DMAX<\/strong>. These teams (alongside those that will qualify for the event) will compete for a <strong>$100,000 prize pool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stake Ranked Episode 2 will be between <strong>May 27-30 <\/strong>and will include two more teams alongside the six mentioned above. We will have an Open Qualifier to determine the teams that will advance to a Closed Qualifier. The <strong>open qualifier will be held between April 21-22<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/cache-is-back-on-faceit-for-season-8\/\">FACEIT<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of the Closed Qualifier, there will be <strong>14 teams<\/strong> that will receive a direct invitation and will join the two from the Open Qualifiers. Players will have the chance to watch a single-elimination Bo3 bracket where the <strong>top two teams<\/strong> from the closed qualifier will advance to the main event.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Stake Ranked Episode 2 will be <strong>between May 27-30<\/strong> and will have the following prize pool distribution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st Place &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">$25,000<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd Place &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">$17,500<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd Place &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">$13,500<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4th Place &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">$11,000<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5th-6th Place &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">$9,000<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7th-8th Place &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">$7,500<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Stake Ranked Tournaments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though we don&#8217;t have much information about the remaining <strong>Stake Ranked Episode events<\/strong>, at least we know the dates. They are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Episode 3 &#8211; Between July 15-18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Episode 4 &#8211; Between October 1-4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Episode 5 &#8211; Between October 27-30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Episode 6 &#8211; Between November 17-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re likely to see some of the best CS2 teams in the world, so these CS2 series are definitely worth watching.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stake and StarLadder announced the complete Stake Ranked circuit that we will have in 2026. It seems like we will have 5 more LAN events, alongside the first competition, which ended on April 4.&nbsp; Stake Ranked Episode 2 Revealed&nbsp; CS2 fans will be happy to know that there will be 5 more tournaments a part<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":36473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":["post-36472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cs-2","tag-cs2","tag-cs2-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36472"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36597,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36472\/revisions\/36597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}