Tundra Esports earned a 63-minute victory on inexperienced towards PSG Quest on Saturday to stay unbeaten within the staff degree of the Dota 2 Riyadh Masters in Saudi Arabia.
PSG Quest had Tundra at the ropes following a 44-minute win on crimson, however they could not put the highest staff in Workforce B away. Tundra Esports gained their different fit on Saturday, beating beastcoast 2-0.
Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen of Finland led the best way in Tundra’s draw with PSG, posting averages of seven.5 kills, 5.0 deaths and 13.5 assists.
The $5 million Dota 2 tournament, a part of the Esports Global Cup, started with 20 groups, with 4 eradicated previous to the beginning of staff play.
The crowd degree runs thru Sunday, with all fits best-of-two. Groups are competing in two round-robin teams of 8. The highest 4 groups in every staff transfer directly to the playoffs’ higher bracket, with the fifth- and sixth-place groups in every staff coming into the playoffs’ decrease bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs run Tuesday thru July 21. All playoff fits are best-of-three till the best-of-five grand ultimate.
The successful staff will earn $1.5 million and 1,000 Esports Global Cup staff issues, whilst the runner-up will obtain $800,000 and 600 Esports Global Cup staff issues.
In different Workforce B motion on Saturday, Group Liquid picked up a couple of 2-0 victories, blanking beastcoast and MOUZ. Entity and WBG.XG every accumulated a win and a tie. Along with settling for a draw with Tundra Esports, PSG Quest additionally performed to a 1-1 end with BetBoom Group.
All 8 Workforce A groups have been additionally in motion on Saturday, however nobody was once ready to get the higher hand, with all 4 fits being 1-1 attracts.
Workforce-stage motion concludes on Sunday with 8 fits:
Workforce A
Group Falcons vs. HEROIC
AURORA vs. Gaimin Gladiators
Blacklist World vs. Group Spirit
LGD Gaming vs. OG
Workforce B
Group Liquid vs. Entity
Tundra Esports vs. BetBoom Group
MOUZ vs. PSG Quest
WBG.XG vs. beastcoast
Dota 2 Riyadh Masters standings (general W-L-T document, maps document):
Workforce A
T1. Gaimin Gladiators, 2-1-3, 7-5
T1. OG, 1-0-5, 7-5
T1. Group Falcons, 3-1-2, 7-5
T1. Group Spirit, 1-0-5, 7-5
5. Aurora, 1-1-4, 6-6
T6. HEROIC, 1-3-2, 5-7
T6. LGD Gaming, 0-1-5, 5-7
8. Blacklist World, 0-2-4, 4-8
Workforce B
1. Tundra Esports, 4-0-2, 10-2
T2. Entity, 4-1-1, 9-3
T2. Group Liquid, 3-0-3, 9-3
4. WBG.XG, 2-1-3, 7-5
5. PSG Quest, 0-1-5, 5-7
6. BetBoom Group, 1-3-2, 4-8
7. beastcoast, 1-4-1, 3-9
8. MOUZ, 0-5-1, 1-11
Dota 2 Riyadh Masters prize pool (cash, Esports Global Cup staff issues):
1. $1.5 million, 1,000 issues
2. $800,000, 600
3. $600,000, 350
4. $400,000, 200
5-6. $300,000, 90
7-8. $200,000, 30
9-12. $100,000
13-14. $70,000
15-16. $40,000
17-18. $25,000 — Virtus.professional, nouns
19-20. $15,000 — G2 x ig, Azure Ray
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