Gambit book ROG Masters spot after beating Seed 2-0

The second semi-final in Krefeld, Germany at the ROG Masters EMEA Finals featured Seed and Gambit The best-of-three series offered a spot at the ROG Masters World Finals.

The action kicked off on Cobblestone where Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev clutched a 1vs2 in the pistol round to give his CT-sided team the lead. Gambit won five more rounds to lead 6-0 but Seed didn't let the Kazakhstani team run away with the game (6-1).

AdreN dominated on Cobblestone

Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend won a post-plant 1vs3 to earn his team's second round but Gambit responded well and finished the first half 11-4 ahead. Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala's triple kill in the second half pistol round gave Seed their fifth round and opened the door for a potential comeback (11-5).

Timo "⁠Spiidi⁠" Richter & company trailed 14-13 as they closed the gap with their good CT-side defense and could have tied the game at 14-14 but they lost a 2vs1 against Bektiyar "⁠fitch⁠" Bahytov. Gambit then closed out the map with a 16-13.

Seed couldn't contend with Gambit in the second map

Gambit started Train on the T-side and won the first three rounds. Even though Seed picked up the first weapon round victory, Gambit went on a remarkable nine round streak to lead 12-1. Gambit finished the half with a 13-2 lead. Gambit closed out the game 16-2 and qualified for ROG Masters 2017. 

ROG MASTERS 2017 EMEA FinalsBest of 3

Seed

Matchpage

0

2

15th October 2017

Gambit

13

Cobblestone

16

2

Train

16

Seed	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	32 - 36	-4	71.0	63.8%	0.87
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN	28 - 37	-9	72.7	59.6%	0.87
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	24 - 35	-11	63.0	63.8%	0.72
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendkRYSTAL	23 - 36	-13	56.7	51.1%	0.71
Paweł 'innocent' Mocekinnocent	17 - 40	-23	48.1	55.3%	0.51

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	51 - 24	+27	114.6	78.7%	1.80
Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytovfitch	46 - 27	+19	88.7	76.6%	1.46
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	34 - 22	+12	88.4	80.9%	1.36
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	32 - 25	+7	66.7	74.5%	1.18
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	21 - 26	-5	58.5	72.3%	0.92

The team list for ROG Masters 2017, which will offer $250,000 in cash prizes, which will take place from December 7-10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, currently looks as follows:

TYLOO	MOUZ
Gambit	Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific	Americas