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 in opposition to 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 match started with 16 groups in a modified Swiss group stage format with the double-elimination playoffs working by 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 by Sunday, with all matches best-of-three aside from the grand ultimate, 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 Riot 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 Riot, Edge, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000 — AVULUS, Talon Esports
–Discipline Stage Media
