Watch The Hearthstone Championship Tour Winter 2017 Live
(GameSpot PS3 News)

The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) kicked off its 2017 season this week in the Bahamas. Thursday and Friday`s play saw an early end for four players; the remaining 12 now compete for their share of the $250,000 prize pool and one of four seats at the HCT World Championship later this year.All matches are in best-of-seven conquest format with a ban, meaning each player must bring five different classes.Players who make it through Saturday`s double-elimination quarterfinals will proceed to a single-elimination bracket on Sunday; each of the four finalists will all secure an invite to the HCT World Championship. To keep an eye on who`s still in the running, check out Blizzard`s HCT Winter Championship bracket.This may be the last we`ll see of some of the most popular decks in the current Standard format. The new expansion, Journey to Un`Goro, is set to roll out in April, and fans should keep an eye out for new strategies evolving over they year.Matches last from 7:00 AM PDT Saturday and 9:00 AM PDT. Watch the action live here, or at Hearthone`s Twitch channel.