Snax: "The victory tastes very good"

We caught up with the MVP, Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, after Virtus.pro came out victorious at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas to get his thoughts on his and his team's journey to the title.

Virtus.pro began the grand final with SK with a loss on Cobblestone, but a strong showing on Train evened out the series. It came down to Mirage, where the Poles climbed back from a 8-12 deficit to clinch the title.

After the final, we grabbed Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski, who received the HLTV MVP by ZOWIE award, for an interview about the series.

You can find the rest of HLTV.org's videos by going to our YouTube channel here.

In case you missed some of our previous interviews at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas, here is a list:

Day five
Denmark Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup: "I missed playing for a Danish team"
 
Day four
Brazil Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David: "felps brings us more hunger"
Poland Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "NiKo wants to be Rambo of CS"
 
Day three
Sweden Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi: "Cache got decided early"
Denmark Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen: "Banana needs changing"
  
Day two
Czech Republic Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný: "I'm here to do some damage
Denmark Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth: "I think fnatic will do well"
Sweden Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers: "Inferno still plays kinda the same"
 
Day one
Denmark Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "It would be fun to play NiKo"
Brazil Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "felps has a special skillset"
Kazakhstan Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev: "We're confident on Inferno"
United States Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "I've never played this much"
Brazil Marcelo 'coldzera' David
Marcelo 'coldzera' David
Age:
22
Team:
SK
Rating 1.0:
1.22
Maps played:
447
KPR:
0.82
DPR:
0.61
Brazil Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Age:
25
Team:
SK
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
493
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.60
Sweden Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
479
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.69
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
904
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.69
Kazakhstan Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
848
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.68
United States Spencer 'Hiko' Martin
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
583
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.61
Denmark Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
1003
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.72
Poland Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
991
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.65
Denmark Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
998
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.62
Poland Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1123
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.69
Czech Republic Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
413
KPR:
0.80
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Philip 'aizy' Aistrup
Philip 'aizy' Aistrup
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
710
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.68
I was so ready for this :)
2017-02-20 08:58
3 replies
#16
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Germany Rubixx
snax ate the victory expected
2017-02-20 09:00
2 replies
Ikr im the Best
2017-02-20 09:16
#65
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Denmark W0LFy[RushB]
Snax Ate TACO and the victory Sooo expected
2017-02-20 18:51
#4
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Cambodia balworg
SNAX MY MAN!
2017-02-20 08:59
lool
2017-02-20 08:58
wp
2017-02-20 08:59
you dont fucking say
2017-02-20 08:58
Really impressive win, gj VP, finally at the very top again
2017-02-20 08:59
#11
gob b | 
Canada PwnNewb
everything tastes good to snax. jokes aside VP is the most fun team to watch right now
2017-02-20 09:00
2 replies
lul
2017-02-20 09:03
#73
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Germany jonko
Not right now... Since 2005 lmao i'm serious
2017-02-21 19:21
This was a way better interview, its like night and day.
2017-02-20 09:03
2 replies
idk why some guys keep saying his english isnt good enough.. Everyone understands him, and yea it is waay better than with smix
2017-02-21 01:31
1 reply
#74
gob b | 
Canada PwnNewb
good question...I had no problem understanding him, his english was excellent IMO
2017-02-22 21:02
#13
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Greenland PlzEnjoyGame
God
2017-02-20 08:58
#17
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Latvia Suspect))
Who is MVP?
2017-02-20 09:00
2 replies
Snax is, twitter.com/HLTVorg/status/8335526283239.. as mentioned in the news piece too.
2017-02-21 06:55
1 reply
#72
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Latvia Suspect))
Yeah, didnt see it. ty sir.
2017-02-21 16:40
Thank you for that great final VP :). Good luck in next tournament :)
2017-02-20 09:01
#19
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Faroe Islands shubaNNN
pasha london school is good
2017-02-20 09:01
1 reply
#56
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Poland KissMyAsthma
In opposite to english cs school :D
2017-02-20 14:38
I legit never hear him speaking before this event.
2017-02-20 09:02
1 reply
#23
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Iran Mehrzad
looks like he never was confident to do interviews but he's got fired in this event, getting better in each interview.
2017-02-20 09:05
Haha Finally a Snax interview. Everyone on the VP roster is such a character. Love them and SK.
2017-02-20 09:04
1 reply
he did in this tournament one, then he twitted he wont do anymore because people laugh at him. Im glad he did! VP x Snax <3
2017-02-20 09:38
everything tastes good according to snax, that's why he;s a fatass
2017-02-20 09:06
#26
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China PeaceIsNotEasy
Legend goes on!
2017-02-20 09:13
i guess he was too hungry so he ate the victory
2017-02-20 09:24
I WANT A BYALI INTERVIEW :(
2017-02-20 09:32
3 replies
#33
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Luxembourg alex24
rip englando on byali
2017-02-20 09:55
1 reply
#43
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Turkey powergs
He is progressing with Papa London School soon byali interview inc
2017-02-20 11:13
#32
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Austria strogie
Great for VP Snax and Byali had a sick tournament, i look forward to see more from the new SK lineup and the rivalry between Astralis and VP :D
2017-02-20 09:53
#34
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Canada ssau
I usually root for NA teams like optic, liquid, c9. But VP put on a hell of a show. I've been a huge fan of these players since 1.6 when taz and neo were up and comers with pentagram. They are true legends in this game. Always fun to watch. Unbelievable how clutch they are when they are under pressure
2017-02-20 10:11
#36
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Candy | 
Other zoeymargera87
snack is gud
2017-02-20 10:20
snaxie the beast <3 nice interview, keep it up snax! We want more interview with u dude.
2017-02-20 10:27
#38
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Poland 01337
top1 player @ world
2017-02-20 10:28
#39
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Netherlands artiKuno
ezz 200k
2017-02-20 10:31
1 reply
#55
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Poland KissMyAsthma
and mercedes for taz
2017-02-20 14:35
#40
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany FreezeR *Fragnet
the 3 burger he ate after also tasted good
2017-02-20 10:34
for snax, everything tastes very good
2017-02-20 10:51
#42
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Luxembourg alex24
also ALL of the "all you can eat buffet" at MGM casino was pretty tasty :D
2017-02-20 11:01
#44
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Poland mamba99999
Expected
2017-02-20 11:19
he must be eating good in las vegas
2017-02-20 11:20
I never that he had a stutter. Good job on doing the interview!
2017-02-20 11:27
Snax is love, Snax is life
2017-02-20 11:54
#48
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Europe potatomato
Nice.
2017-02-20 11:55
Its so nice when VP wins, every one is friendly towards them^^ wp VP u deserved it!
2017-02-20 12:18
#50
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Poland dediw3e4
Gz to top1 player in da world !
2017-02-20 12:52
#51
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Bulgaria vectralsoul
THE BUTCHER PogChamp
2017-02-20 13:02
#52
TACO | 
Brazil torm3ntin
They deserve so much. OFC i was rooting for SK, but if there is any team that deserved this, it was VP. Its nice to see those guys together for so long and in such a high lvl of play. VP will allways be the final boss of CSGO.
2017-02-20 13:17
2 replies
gg but if SK won this thread would've been full of BR saying "hello VP fangays" or 'mom SK is cheating Kappa' or anything like that. I don't have anything against you as I am speaking in general.
2017-02-20 14:42
1 reply
#58
TACO | 
Brazil torm3ntin
The CSGO community is filled with childs. The majority of it. That is not exclusive of brazilians. You can look at other comments (above and below) and you see it's all the same... OFC my team of heart is SK, but VP deserves this more than anyone.
2017-02-20 15:14
Snax with "ALLAHUAKBAR" pose.
2017-02-20 13:58
i kill cause im hungry
2017-02-20 15:22
#60
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Poland blindoln
Much better interview. Much less stressed.
2017-02-20 16:35
#61
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Sweden dohfOs
good interview. snax was a beast for pretty much the entire tournament. also, thank you hltv for your complete coverage, been great!
2017-02-20 17:06
#62
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Malaysia phyzell
Nevada's the mecca of food and cannabis infused cuisine! nom nom nom nom nom nom . . . .
2017-02-20 17:24
#64
Friis | 
Canada uhJake
VP & SK are hella fun to watch right now.
2017-02-20 17:52
#66
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
tabseN | 
Netherlands KUBUSBATS
How hard is it to set the focus right on a camera.
2017-02-21 00:29
Keep Snax out of food for two days then play Major EZ
2017-02-21 01:36
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