Jordan Woodruff
Group Liquid, Tundra Esports and BetBoom Group gained their matches Tuesday to advance out of the group stage on the PGL Wallachia Season 4 occasion in Bucharest, Romania.
Liquid swept Group Tidebound whereas Tundra and BetBoom every posted 2-1 wins towards Group Falcons and Aurora Gaming, respectively.
Liquid, Tundra and BetBoom joined earlier playoff qualifiers Group Spirit and PARIVISION, with the ultimate three spots to be decided Wednesday.
The $1 million Dota event started with 16 groups in a modified Swiss group stage format with the double-elimination playoffs operating via April 27.
All matches within the group stage are best-of-three. The highest eight groups advance to the playoffs, and the underside eight are eradicated. The playoffs are Thursday via Sunday, with all matches best-of-three aside from the grand closing, which is best-of-five.
Liquid defeated Tidebound in 35 minutes and 50 minutes, each on inexperienced. Falcons opened with a 73-minute win on crimson however Tundra answered with a 37-minute win on crimson and a 28-minute victory on inexperienced. BetBoom sandwiched a 39-minute win on crimson and a 42-minute win on inexperienced round Aurora’s 45-minute win on crimson.
In Tuesday’s matches pitting 1-2 groups, NAVI Junior swept Nigma Galaxy, Xtreme Gaming swept Shopify Rise up and HEROIC defeated Edge 2-1. The shedding groups had been eradicated.
Matches scheduled Wednesday for 2-2 groups:
–Group Tidebound vs. Xtreme Gaming
–Group Falcons vs. NAVI Junior
–Aurora Gaming vs. HEROIC
Dota PGL Wallachia Season 4 prize pool
1. $300,000
2. $175,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5-6. $60,000
7-8. $40,000
Sep 11. $20,000
12-14. $15,000 — Shopify Rise up, Edge, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000 — AVULUS, Talon Esports
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