Team Liquid and Tundra Esports came from behind to win their upper-bracket quarterfinal matches on Thursday at PGL Wallachia 3 in Bucharest, Romania.
Liquid overtook Aurora Gaming 2-1, and Tundra edged Gaimin Gladiators 2-1.
In the other upper-bracket quarterfinals, Xtreme Gaming swept Team Tidebound 2-0, and Team Falcons topped Team Spirit 2-0.
The $1 million Dota 2 tournament began last weekend and runs through Sunday. All matches in the double-elimination playoffs are best-of-three except for the grand final, which is best-of-five. The championship team will earn $300,000.
On Thursday, Aurora opened with a 36-minute win on red, but Liquid recovered to take the last two maps, both in 45 minutes on red. Poland’s Michal “Nisha” Jankowski paced Liquid with an average 9.0/3.3/13.3 kill-death-assist ratio. Russia’s Egor “Nightfall” Grigorenko wound up at 6.7/3.3/6.7 for Aurora.
After Gaimin Gladiators earned a 35-minute victory on red, Tundra recovered with two wins on red, in 42 minutes and 48 minutes. Bulgaria’s Bozhidar “bzm” Bogdanov logged an 8.7/6.7/10.0 K-D-A ratio for Tundra. The United States’ Quinn “Quinn” Callahan finished at 10.0/3.7/10.3 for Gaimin Gladiators.
Xtreme Gaming topped Team Tidebound in 42 minutes on red and 39 minutes on green. Guo “Xm” Hongcheng guided the all-Chinese Xtreme Gaming roster with a 9.5/2.0/12.5 K-D-A ratio. China’s Guo “shiro” Xuanang posted a 6.5/4.0/4.0 K-D-A ratio for Tidebound.
Falcons stopped Spirit twice on red, in 42 minutes and 43 minutes. Slovakia’s Oliver “skiter” Lepko amassed a 14.0/0.5/9.5 K-D-A ratio for Falcons. Russia’s Denis “Larl” Sigitov recorded a 5.5/4.0/7.5 K-D-A ratio for Spirit.
The Friday schedule:
–Upper-bracket semifinal: Xtreme Gaming vs. Team Liquid
–Upper-bracket semifinal: Team Falcons vs. Tundra Esports
–Lower-bracket first round: Team Tidebound vs. Aurora Gaming
–Lower-bracket first round: Team Spirit vs. Gaimin Gladiators
PGL Wallachia Season 3 prize pool
1. $300,000
2. $175,000
3. $120,000
4. $80,000
5-6. $60,000
7-8. $40,000
9-11. $20,000 — HEROIC, Natus Vincere, Yellow Submarine
12-14. $15,000 — Nigma Galaxy, AVULUS, Wildcard
15-16. $10,000 — OG, Mosquito Clan
–Field Level Media
