Ace

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[e][h] Ace

Player Information

Name:

Marcus Hoelgaard

Birth:

January 19, 1994 (1994-01-19)

Country:

Denmark

Status:

Active

Team:

Team Secret

Role(s):

Carry

Signature Hero:

  

Approx. Total Earnings:

$347,511

Pro Circuit Rank:

#16 (1600 points)

Links

History

2012-06-12 — 2012-11-13

Gamer University

2012-11-13 — 2013-04-03

3DMAX

2013-08-21 — 2013-10-16

Team Life

2013-10-16 — 2014-01-23

Mousesports

2014-01-24 — 2014-02-09

Team Life

2014-02-09 — 2014-09-30

Meet Your Makers

2015-01-18 — 2015-03-09

Lianghao

2015-03-09 — 2015-04-29

Flipsid3 Tactics

2015-08-31 — 2016-06-24

Danish Bears

2016-06-24 — 2016-12-09

The Imperial

2016-12-09 — 2017-01-05

Danish Bears

2017-01-05 — 2017-05-13

Cloud9

2017-05-19 — 2017-09-05

Danish Bears

2017-09-05 — Present

Team Secret

Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard is a professional Dota 2 player who currently plays for Team Secret.

Biography

Marcus played soccer before venturing into computer games such as Counter-Strike and DotA Allstars. He later made the transition in Dota 2 and has played in several European teams, mostly all-Danish teams such as Meet Your Makers and Danish Bears and a short stint in Cloud 9 for a few years before arriving at their carry player for Team Secret in August 2017. Since his addition to the squad, he has provided Team Secret several tournament victories in the current 2017-18 Dota Circuit and resurged Team Secret's performance in the competitive circuit.

Professional Career

Ace first started off his Dota 2 professional career with Danish squads with his brother Link, and fellow compatriot Cr1t- in the early days of Dota 2. After the dissolution of 3DMAX Ace took a break from competitive Dota as he was busy with school. In August 2013 he was announced to be joining Team Life, where his brother was already playing, to replace Mini playing the fifth position. He continued to play in various Danish teams for a few years before joining Danish Bears in August 2015. He rose to prominence from his individual and collective performances with the sponsored sides, The Imperial and Cloud 9 respectively and rose in the solo MMR Europe ranks, leading to his announcement to Team Secret from a cryptic Instagram post of ace cards.

Trivia

• He is the brother of Link.
• Played on his brother's account before giving him the name.
• Ace played in a 1v1 Bo3 against Cr1t- for a Dota 2 beta key.

Achievements

Date	Placement	Tier	Tournament	Team	Results		Prize
2018-05-192018-05-19	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	MDL Changsha Major		0 : 2		$40,000
2018-03-252018-03-25	A11st	A2Major	DreamLeague Season 9		3 : 0		$125,000
2018-03-102018-03-10	A55 - 8th	A1Premier	The Bucharest Major		0 : 2		$30,000
2018-02-232018-02-23	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	ESL One Katowice 2018		1 : 2		$50,000
2018-01-272018-01-27	A33 - 4th	A2Major	ESL One Genting 2018		0 : 2		$40,000
2018-01-072018-01-07	A11st	A2Major	Captains Draft 4.0		3 : 2		$108,000
2017-12-032017-12-03	A11st	A1Premier	DreamLeague Season 8		3 : 0		$500,000
2017-10-292017-10-29	A22nd	A1Premier	ESL One Hamburg 2017		0 : 2		$200,000
2017-01-152017-01-15	A22nd	A1Premier	World Electronic Sports Games 2016		1 : 2		$400,000
2016-10-092016-10-09	A11st	A2Major	WESG 2016 Europe & CIS Finals		2 : 0		$29,970
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Interviews

2018

• 2018-03-07 | The Bucharest Major - Interview with Ace by SirActionSlacks of PGL at Bucharest Major 2018
• 2018-03-02 | Team Secret Ace Interview by JoinDOTA at ESL One Katowice 2018

2017

• 2017-05-10 | DOTA2: Exclusive interview with Cloud9 captain Ace by Sameer Chandra of realsport101.com