The highest 4 seeds — Miami Heretics, Atlanta FaZe, OpTic Texas and Los Angeles Thieves — all posted victories on Friday within the upper-bracket quarterfinals of the Stage 4 Main playoffs in Dallas.
Within the decrease bracket Spherical 1, Minnesota Rokkr, Vegas Falcons, Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 and Toronto Extremely additionally picked up wins. Minnesota Rokkr was the primary staff within the decrease bracket to advance to the lower-bracket quarterfinals, notching a win over Vegas Falcons in Spherical 2.
The Stage 4 Main playoffs, which embody all 12 CDL groups, proceed by means of Sunday. All matches are best-of-five till the grand finals, that are best-of-seven. The winner receives $100,000 and 100 CDL factors.
On Friday, Miami Heretics cruised to 3-0 victory over Minnesota Rokkr, prevailing 250-210 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-1 on Dealership Search & Destroy and 3-1 on Vault Management.
Atlanta FaZe jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Cloud9 New York, successful 250-142 on Rewind Hardpoint, however Cloud9 evened the match with a 6-4 victory on Dealership Search & Destroy. From there, FaZe gained 3-2 on Hacienda Management and 250-151 on Skyline Hardpoint to safe the 3-2 victory.
OpTic Texas grabbed a 2-0 benefit with wins on Vault Hardpoint (250-184) and Dealership Search & Destroy (6-4), however Toronto Extremely rebounded with a 3-1 triumph on Protocol Management. OpTic then put the match away on Crimson Card Harpoint 250-176.
Like Miami, Los Angeles Thieves rolled to a 3-0 win, prevailing over Vancouver Surge on Skyline Hardpoint (260-103), Dealership Search & Destroy (6-2) and Hacienda Management (3-0).
Within the decrease bracket, Minnesota Rokkr and Boston Breach break up the primary 4 video games earlier than Minnesota took the fifth sport to advance to Spherical 2. In Spherical 2, Minnesota gained 3-2 over Vegas Falcons, rallying from a 2-1 deficit.
Vegas reached Spherical 2 with a 3-2 win over Vancouver Surge, whereas Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 cruised previous Cloud9 New York 3-0 to advance. Toronto Extremely edged Carolina Royal Ravens 3-2 to qualify for Spherical 2.
5 matches are scheduled for Saturday:
–Higher-bracket semifinal — Miami Heretics vs. Los Angeles Thieves
–Higher-bracket semifinal — Atlanta FaZe vs. Optic Texas
–Decrease-bracket second spherical — Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 vs. Toronto Extremely
–Decrease-bracket quarterfinal — Guerrillas M8/Extremely winner vs. Minnesota Rokkr
–Decrease-bracket quarterfinal — Vegas Falcons vs. Guerrillas M8/Extremely loser
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