Deadspin: FUT and BetBoom grab first playoff berths at PGL Masters in Bucharest

Two teams clinch playoff places

FUT Esports came back from an opening-map loss to beat Team Vitality 2-1. BetBoom Team swept Natus Vincere 2-0 in the other Round 3 High match. The losing teams remain in contention, each needing one more win to advance from the Swiss-system group stage. The $1.25 million Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournament features 16 teams, with eight moving on to the playoffs after earning three wins before three losses.

FUT and BetBoom take different routes

Vitality beat FUT 13-9 on Mirage. FUT answered with a 13-9 win on Dust II and closed the series 13-10 on Anubis. Yasin “xfl0ud” Koc led FUT with 57 kills and a plus-12 kills-deaths differential.

BetBoom won 13-10 on Dust II and 13-9 on Nuke against Natus Vincere. Aleksandr “zorte” Zagodyrenko recorded 36 kills, while Pavel “S1ren” Ogloblin and Kirill “Magnojez” Rodnov had 35 apiece.

TYLOO and DENDELE advance

The Round 3 Low matches produced the first two tournament eliminations. TYLOO beat 9z Team 2-1, and DENDELE CS defeated G2 Esports by the same score. TYLOO lost 13-11 on Inferno, then won 13-5 on Nuke and 13-7 on Mirage. Su “Zero” Jingshen led the team with 54 kills and a plus-15 differential. DENDELE took 13-5 wins on Nuke and Inferno around G2’s 16-14 overtime victory on Ancient; Danilo “doc” Barros led DENDELE with 59 kills and a plus-15.

Mid matches shape Round 4

MOUZ swept The MongolZ 2-0, Aurora Gaming beat Nemiga Gaming 2-0, Team Spirit defeated FURIA 2-1 and Team Liquid topped Legacy 2-0. The winners move into Round 4 High matches, while the losing teams drop to Round 4 Low matches. Matches are best-of-three through the best-of-five grand final, scheduled for Saturday; the playoffs run Thursday through Saturday.