5-man Winter Classic takes all 120 Paintball combine athletes and combines them into 5 man teams based on thier skill level and judgement from the 8 professional coaches/Combine Staff.These teams then take part in a tournament, which is open to any team that wishes to particpate, that has them play 10-13 prelim games against teams from ever division. Open/Pro teams play against D2/D3/ and D4 teams and vise versa.Three of the Open teams are lead by 3 of the Paintball Combine Pro instructors, Brad McCurley, Greg Siewers, and Thomas Taylor.Houston Heat, San Diego Dynasty, NYX, and San Antonio X-Factor are all competing in the Winter Classic.