GG.BET Shuffle reaches playoffs

12-10-2018 22:25

The group stage of the GG.BET Shuffle IEM Chicago Qualifier has come to an end, with the four group winners booking spots in the playoffs.

LDLC, Imperial, Vitality and Red Reserve have all earned spots in the single-elimination bracket after topping their respective groups, joining four sides invited by UCC.

Gambit, one of the four invitees, have decided to withdraw from the tournament as they still do not have a full line-up, with HEROIC replacing the CIS side in the bracket. The Danish team, who recently won the Games Clash Masters, in Poland, will be taking on Red Reserve in the quarter-finals.

Heroic replace Gambit in the playoffs

The stand-out match of the first round will be the one pitting Vitality against StarSeries i-League Season 6 semi-finalists OpTic in what will be the biggest test for NBK's side since the creation of the team.

The winner of the GG.BET Shuffle will secure the final spot at IEM Chicago, a $250,000 tournament that will be held next month at the Wintrust Arena, joining the likes of Astralis, Liquid and Natus Vincere.

Below you can find the quarter-final match-ups of the tournament:

Red Reserve vs. HEROIC
G2 vs. LDLC
OpTic vs. Vitality
ENCE vs. Imperial

2018-10-12 22:26

vitality poggers

WARNING: bet on a match of GGBET will make u life GG

2018-10-12 22:27

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Ggbet paid hltv ur comment is deleted in 3.2...

2018-10-12 22:29

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hope Xantares will going to a good team mouz -snax +Xantares

2018-10-12 22:33

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Ever thought why mousesports reportedly wanted STYKO back instead of picking up ScreaM, cromen, etc? Because they value his supportive element, and without it the team is much more inconsistent, with worse teamplay, communication, chemistry, etc.

2018-10-12 23:34

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2018-10-13 01:43

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sunny needs a better team, should go to faze and replace bottigan

2018-10-13 14:09

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That's a bad idea, unless Sunny wants to be IGL.

2018-10-13 16:12

rip g2 vs vitality

Maybe for the final?? Idk help me out here haha

2018-10-13 00:17

niet LDLC gonna smash g2

2018-10-13 00:49

Heroic G2 Vitality Imperial

2018-10-12 22:28

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LDLC better than G2 atm

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2018-10-13 01:25

+1 (let's go LDLC)

2018-10-13 01:38

G2s having bootcamp. .. + Wait for moment and see g2 winning this .. Ezforg2 #G2WIN

2018-10-14 17:47

Imperial :DDDDDDDDD

:DDDDDDDDDD

2018-10-13 07:47

RR < Heroic G2 > LDLC OpTic < Vitality EZ4ENCE.

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G2 > Heroic Vitality > ENCE Vitality >>>> G2

2018-10-12 23:10

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omegalul ence>all those trash teams

2018-10-13 01:44

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lul

2018-10-13 08:43

nt finnish

2018-10-13 15:51

french cs OMEGALUL

2018-10-14 00:45

vitality > any finnish team and France : 2 majors

2018-10-14 01:08

Vitality :DDDDDDDDDDD and who cares if france won a major in 2k14. doesn't matter anything in 2k18

2018-10-14 01:12

won 2 and it matter, you are just saying that because you have shit scene And yes, sleep on vitality just 10 time better than ence but ok we will see !

2018-10-14 01:27

we will definitely see. i dno but i just feel like vitality is not gonna work

2018-10-14 01:33

Hmm EZ4ENCE

Lmao optic will probably lose...

G2 so lucky

Idk, I think even LDLC > G2 atm

2018-10-12 22:32

LMAO as said LDLC will easily rekt them. Besides only 1st place will qualify to IEM chicago, tho I suppose 2nd place can be good if some team decides to forfeit their spot in event.

LDLC is really solid. G2 is on a slump. I believe LDLC will take this one.

EZ4ENCE

2018-10-12 22:31

It took so long but fuck yeah!

if g2 flops here then i dont even know

2018-10-12 22:42

dont be surprised if LDLC win, they've been on a winning spree the last month or so (7-0 in esea MDL, doing ok in ECS, etc...)

2018-10-12 23:30

good to know that they told us when this will be played. GJ HLTV

2018-10-12 22:49

Shitlisted all team who playing on rigged ggbet

2018-10-12 22:52

We meet again Imperial

2018-10-12 22:55

Feels bad for imperial. EZ4ENCE

2018-10-12 22:57

Come on Imperial I was in 'old Vilnius cafe' in Chicago yesterday.

2018-10-12 23:03

So much hype for all new vitality. I just hope it doesnt turn out to be a disappointment. If it doesn't we might get to see the 2015 glory days of the french scene. If it doesn't, well its the same as it is now.

2018-10-12 23:18

I hope imperial win. Would be awesome to see some underdog action in chitown

2018-10-12 23:23

LULperial should disband

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2018-10-13 00:09

OmG, when I write ez my phone asks me if I want to write ez4ence. Well done Apple

2018-10-13 00:11

let's goo TV !

2018-10-13 02:22

Heroic > RR These two are the weakest teams in the qualifier by far. Heroic was unimpressive even before the roster changes and they have been lackluster ever since. They do manage to get a few wins here and there, but against decent level of competition they haven't looked structured or individually sharp. I don't think they will get any further than this win, since their opponent Red Reserve has crumbled under qualifier-playoff pressure every time I have watched them play. And when I have seen them play good its usually individuals making solo plays which might work against weak top 25ish team like Heroic, however I don't think they can carry the momentum from VP win any further than to this round of eight. LDLC < G2 While upsets happen especially when two local teams meet I do favor G2. Their form is anything but good and even more worrying are the rumors about KennyS's motivation issues as well as his uncertainty to continue in the organization itself. Even so I do think experience and individual talent these players hold can take them to the next stage. Devoduvek and Amanek have not been as good as they were in Misfits even though they still are excellent players. That being said I wouldn't be too surprised if LDLC took this. Optic > Vitality It is hard to see Optic losing to a brand new line-up even if it is an interesting one. Even though Optic has a new roster it still carries over some of the tactics and teamplay from the former one, which is why I don't believe that even the hungry Vitality line-up will prevail. StarSeries has been a great tournament for K0nfig and if he can carry that momentum and form to these qualifiers it will be hard even for these Frenchies to stop him. ENCE > Imperial As a Finn I ofcourse am biased towards ENCE, however I do think history will repeat itself with this game. ENCE seems like more structured team and that in itself often proves to be a bigger asset than having a clear starplayers like Espiranto. Also Hadji has been a liability for the team even if we view him within his role. He seems to be way behind everyone elses individual level to a too big degree even for support player.

2018-10-13 02:35