OG and Team Falcons improved to 4-0 to share first place at DreamLeague Season 27 on Saturday.
Another five teams sit right behind at 3-1, including Team Spirit, which entered the day atop the group-stage standings but suffered its first loss, 2-0 to OG.
The $1 million Dota 2 event features 24 teams starting in a Swiss System group stage. All matches are best-of-three, with the top eight teams advancing to the double-elimination playoffs, which run from Dec. 17-21.
Playoff matches will all be best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five grand final.
The championship team will receive $200,000 in prize money and a $30,000 club reward. The runner-up side will get $125,000 and a $25,000 club reward.
On Saturday, OG took care of business with a 57-minute win on green and a 63-minute victory on red to knock Team Spirit from the ranks of the unbeaten. Erin Jasper “Yopaj” Ferrer of the Philippines posted an average kills-deaths-assists ratio of 19.5-5.5-21 to lead OG.
Team Falcons was pushed to the limit by Pipsqueak+4, sandwiching 30-minute and 29-minute victories on green around Pipsqueak’s 32-minute win on green. Ammar “ATF” Al-Assaf of Jordan led the way for Team Falcons with a K-D-A ratio of 8.0-3.0-10.0.
In other Saturday action:
–Xtreme Gaming def. Team Yandex 2-0
–Runa Team def. Amaru Gaming 2-0
–Team Tidebound def. Yakult Brothers 2-0
–Tundra Esports def. BetBoom Team 2-0
-Virtus.pro def. Team Liquid 2-1
–MOUZ def. GamerLegion 2-1
-Team Nemesis def. Passion UA 2-0
-Aurora Gaming def. HEROIC 2-1
-PARIVISION def. Natus Vincere 2-0
-Nigma Galaxy def. 1w Team 2-0
Dream League Season 27 group standings (match record, Buchholz score)
1. OG, 4-0, 2
2. Team Falcons, 4-0, -2
3. Team Spirit, 3-1, 0
4. PARIVISION, 3-1, 0
5. Xtreme Gaming, 3-1, 0
6. Virtus.pro, 3-1, 0
7. Tundra Esports, 3-1, -2
8. BetBoom Team, 2-2, 8
9. Team Yandex, 2-2, 6
10. MOUZ, 2-2, 4
11. Team Liquid, 2-2, 4
12. Natus Vincere, 2-2, 2
13. Team Tidebound, 2-2, 0
14. Runa Team, 2-2, 0
15. Pipsqueak+4, 2-2, -2
16. Aurora Gaming, 2-2, -4
17. Nigma Galaxy, 2-2, -4
18. HEROIC, 1-3, 0
19. Amaru Gaming, 1-3, 0
20. Yakult Brothers, 1-3, -4
21. GamerLegion, 1-3, -4
22. Team Nemesis, 1-3, -6
23. Passion UA, 0-4, 2
24. 1w Team, 0-4, 0
Dream League Season 27 prize pool, with prize money and club reward
1. $200,000, $30,000
2. $125,000, $25,000
3. $75,000, $20,000
4. $50,000, $15,000
5-6. $14,000, $10,000
7-8. $10,000, $10,000
9-24. No money, $7,500
–Field Level Media
