Tundra Esports, Xtreme Gaming and BetBoom Team stayed alive in the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event with lower-bracket wins on Wednesday.
Tundra Esports bounced back from an upper-bracket quarterfinal loss with a 2-1 win over Virtus.pro. Xtreme Gaming, who finished sixth in Group B and started in the lower bracket, beat Team Liquid 2-1. BetBoom Team also lost Tuesday before overcoming Vici Gaming for a 2-1 win.
The final lower-bracket opener will be contested between Natus Vincere and PlayTime to begin the Thursday action.
Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament on May 13. The top four finishers from Group A and Group B moved into the upper-bracket playoffs, with the fifth- and sixth-place finishers advancing to the lower bracket.
The double-elimination playoffs began Tuesday. All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The winning team will take home $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.
Tundra Esports dropped the opener of their match in 44 minutes on green but rallied with 35- and 40-minute wins, both on red. Bulgaria’s Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov led Tundra with a 26-9-29 kill-death-assist ratio.
Xtreme Gaming began with a 44-minute triumph on red before Liquid responded with a 36-minute victory on red. Xtreme bounced back and claimed the decisive map in 75 minutes on green. Cheng “NothingToSay” Jin Xiang of Malaysia led Xtreme with a 31-12-40 K-D-A ratio.
BetBoom Team won in 56 minutes on red and claimed the decisive battle in 46 minutes on red, sandwiched around a 52-minute victory for Vici Gaming on red. Russian Danil “gpk” Skutin helmed BetBoom’s victory with a 29-14-39 K-D-A ratio.
Thursday schedule
Lower-bracket Round 1
Natus Vincere vs. PlayTime
Upper-bracket semifinals
Team Falcons vs. PARIVISION
Team Spirit vs. Aurora Gaming
DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool (player prize money, club reward and base ESL Pro Tour points)
1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points
2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points
3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points
4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points
5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points
7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points
9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points — Virtus.pro, Team Liquid, Vici Gaming, one team TBD
13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points — ex-HEROIC, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points — GamerLegion, REKONIX
–Field Level Media
