ENCE will probably have to do without their star player Lotan “Spinx” Giladi for the upcoming IEM Dallas starting next week. Allegedly, the strong rifler has had trouble obtaining a visa to enter the United States which endangers his participation in the $250.000 tournament, ENCE IGL Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer told Dust2.us in a recent interview.
(…) we have IEM Dallas coming up which won’t be that good sadly because Spinx hasn’t been able to obtain a visa for the US so far, so we might need to play with a stand-in. That’s how it is, huge blow to us but apart from that, going into BLAST and Cologne people will see a very strong ENCE, Snappi said to Dust2.us.
.@SnappiCSGO: "@SpinxCSGO hasn't been able to obtain a visa… so we might need to play [IEM Dallas] with a stand-in"
Should the star Israeli player miss out on @IEM Dallas, it would be a massive loss for the ascendant @ENCE squad.https://t.co/f9LLg1VLgG
— Dust2.us (@dust2us) May 22, 2022
As Snappi also said, the absence of Spinx will be a huge blow for ENCE with the 21-year-old rifler being their highest-rated player this year averaging a stellar 1.18 Rating. He has risen to the challenge alongside the rest of ENCE, who can see themselves among the very best teams in CS:GO right now.
IEM Dallas will begin on Monday the 30th of May and features a star-studded lineup of teams from the very top of CS:GO.