Three squads remain perfect at PARI Universe tourney, with PARIVISION among the unbeaten | Deadspin

Three teams stay unbeaten

PARIVISION defeated BetBoom Team, Team Spirit beat Astra Invicta and Team Yandex swept 1w. All three teams improved to 3-0 in matches and 6-0 in games. Yandex won in 34 minutes on Radiant and 24 minutes on Dire. Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf of Jordan recorded an 18-5-25 kill-death-assist ratio.

Spirit’s wins took 28 minutes on Dire and 55 minutes on Radiant. Bohdan "Batyuk" Batiuk of Ukraine finished with an 18-5-27 ratio. PARIVISION won both maps on Radiant, in 24 and 37 minutes; Alan "Satanic" Gallyhamov of Russia led the team in kills on each map, with 18 kills, two deaths and 15 assists overall.

OG edges Liquid in three maps

OG beat Liquid 2-1 to reach a 2-1 match record and a 4-3 game record. The team won in 48 minutes on Radiant and 67 minutes on Dire, with a 33-minute loss on Dire between those victories.

John "Natsumi" Vargas of the Philippines scored 12 kills in the opening game and 22 across the match. Valery "SSS" Lazarev of Russia added 16 kills in Game 3. Liquid fell to 1-2 in matches and 3-4 in games.

Tournament format and stakes

The 10-team event has a $250,000 prize pool and begins with a round-robin group stage. Matches are best-of-three, and the top four teams in each group advance to double-elimination playoffs; each group’s last-place team is eliminated.

Playoff matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Nov. 1. The winning club receives $45,000, while the players receive $80,000.

Winless teams face elimination risk

Astra Invicta has a 1-3 match record and a 3-6 game record. 1w and BetBoom have yet to win and are close to elimination. One more day of matches remains in the round-robin stage.