Snax

Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski is a Polish in-game leader and rifler who won the first Major for Poland with Virtus.pro at EMS One Katowice 2014. In the years that followed, HLTV ranked him among the world’s five best players three times.

His career has had a second act. After almost four years in the Polish scene, he returned to the top level as a caller, won two BLAST titles with G2 in 2024 and took GamerLegion to the IEM Atlanta 2026 final.

Player profile

• Name: Janusz Pogorzelski
• Born: July 5, 1993
• Nationality: Polish
• Role: In-game leader, rifler
• Team: GamerLegion (since December 13, 2025)
• Former teams: Virtus.pro, MOUZ, Illuminar, Anonymo, G2 and others
• Biggest titles: EMS One Katowice 2014, ELEAGUE Season 1, DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017, ESL One New York 2018, BLAST Premier World Final 2024
• Prize money: $996,296 (HLTV, October 2026)

The Virtus.pro years

Snax started in Counter-Strike 1.6 in 2010 and moved to CS:GO in 2013. In September 2013, he joined NEO, TaZ, pashaBiceps and byali in a Polish lineup that played as ESC Gaming, Universal Soldiers and AGAiN before Virtus.pro signed it in January 2014.

Two months later, the five beat NiP 2-0 in the final of EMS One Katowice 2014 on home soil. The same lineup stayed together until February 6, 2018, when TaZ was benched for MICHU. At four years, five months and one day, it is the longest-lasting lineup in CS:GO history.

Snax was the team’s star in that period. HLTV ranked him 4th in 2014 and 2015, 5th in 2016 and 20th in 2017, and he collected seven HLTV MVP medals, including ELEAGUE Season 1 in 2016 and DreamHack Masters Las Vegas in 2017. Virtus.pro also reached the ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 final, where they lost 2-1 to Astralis.

In June 2018, he moved to MOUZ and won ESL One New York three months later after a 3-2 final against Liquid. He was benched in October and returned to Virtus.pro in December 2018.

Back in the Polish scene

Virtus.pro benched him in December 2019. He then played for Polish teams such as Illuminar, Anonymo, MONKEsports and Pompa Team, often switching between AWPer, rifler and caller to fill gaps in the lineup.

In June 2022, he stood in for ENCE at IEM Dallas, beat FaZe and G2 in the group stage and reached the final, which ENCE lost 3-0 to Cloud9. Before the playoffs, he told HLTV how the event felt.

I’m not going to lie, I have a small tear in my eye, it reminds me of the VP times, also you can see it, I’m tearing up a little bit now. It was just a nice experience to play again against those teams and be a good player again. I had doubts in myself before.

Caller for GamerLegion and G2

GamerLegion signed him as in-game leader on September 29, 2023, and he led the international team to the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. On July 3, 2024, G2 signed him to replace HooXi as caller for a lineup with NiKo, m0NESY, huNter- and malbsMd.

In his first six months, G2 finished second at the Esports World Cup 2024, beat NAVI 3-1 in the BLAST Premier Fall Final, beat Spirit 3-0 in the BLAST Premier World Final and reached the semi-finals of the Perfect World Shanghai Major.

NiKo left for Falcons in January 2025, and m0NESY followed in April. G2 still reached the PGL Bucharest 2025 final, but on July 11, 2025, they benched Snax and handed the calling to huNter-. G2’s statement said the team “wouldn’t have been able to lift the BLAST Fall Final and BLAST World Final” without him. He became a free agent in August 2025.

Back in GamerLegion

On December 13, 2025, GamerLegion brought him back to replace ztr as caller of a lineup with Tauson, PR, REZ and hypex. The team had fallen from the VRS top 10 to 25th.

In his first months back, GamerLegion reached the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 finals and the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 semi-finals. At IEM Atlanta 2026 in May, they beat Liquid, Astralis, paiN and Legacy before losing the final 3-0 to NAVI.

The IEM Cologne Major 2026 ended in Stage 2, after B8 came back from 9-3 down on Nuke in the deciding map. Snax told Pley that “other teams were chasing their dreams and we didn’t”.

PR left for MOUZ in July 2026 and was replaced by FL4MUS. In September 2026, Snax missed FISSURE Playground 3 in China after his passport was damaged during travel and he was refused entry. Later that month, GamerLegion reached the final of 1win Private Club Season 1 and lost 3-1 to Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Biggest results

• EMS One Katowice 2014 (Major): 1st
• ELEAGUE Season 1 (2016): 1st (HLTV MVP)
• DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017: 1st (HLTV MVP)
• ESL One New York 2018: 1st (with MOUZ)
• BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024: 1st (with G2)
• BLAST Premier World Final 2024: 1st (with G2)
• ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017: 2nd
• IEM Atlanta 2026: 2nd (with GamerLegion)

Major record

Settings and gear

These are Snax’s settings as listed by ProSettings.net, last updated in October 2026. Pro players change their setup from time to time, so check the source for the latest version.

His crosshair is a small, static green cross with no outline and no dot (red 0, green 255, blue 0, length 2, thickness 2, gap 1).

Trivia

• He told HLTV in 2022 that crowds don’t bother him on stage, but that he cannot focus if his mother is standing behind him.
• He played in CS:GO’s first Major, DreamHack Winter 2013, and was still playing Majors in CS2 13 years later.
• HLTV named him an EVP at ten events, including the ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017.

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