BETBOOM upset top-seeded Spirit 2-1 on PGL Masters Bucharest's opening day — the headline shock of a Day 1 full of them.
Scoreline
- Anubis: Spirit 13-10 BETBOOM
- Ancient: BETBOOM 13-3 Spirit
- Mirage: BETBOOM 16-14 Spirit (overtime)
Top performers
BETBOOM:
- Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko — 57-37 K-D, 1.46 rating — top of the scoreboard on all three maps
- Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin — 50-42 K-D, 1.16 rating
- Daniil "d1Ledez" Kustov — 47-42 K-D, 1.15 rating
Spirit:
- Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich — 41-46 K-D, 0.99 rating
- Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotia — 39-45 K-D, 0.95 rating
- Boris "magixx" Vorobiev — 42-53 K-D, 0.95 rating
- Danil "donk" Kryshkovets — 47-55 K-D, 0.84 rating (only one map above 1.00)
Rankings and context
- Spirit: #1 HLTV (ranking last updated October 19); BETBOOM: #9
- Spirit drop to the 0-1 pool
- FUT were the only high seed to win their opening match on Day 1
Source: HLTV.org — /news/45791/upsets-continue-at-pgl-masters-bucharest-as-betboom-defeat-spirit
