BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 1BetBoom through to Major Stage 2 with back-to-back OT wins over Wildcard
"It was a crazy win," Boombl4 said after his team came out on top of a slugfest of a series.
BetBoom have booked a spot in Stage 2 of the BLAST Austin Major after a hard-fought 2-0 win over Wildcard in a high-octane series in which both maps went to overtime.
Speaking to James "BanKs" Banks after the match, Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov said he was pleased with how the team is doing, considering that this is their first LAN event after he and Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko missed BLAST Bounty due to visa issues.
"You can't play well if you haven't been playing LANs for half of the year," he said.
"It was a really hard and emotional match. I'm happy because I'm back at a Major. It's the first LAN with this team. It was a crazy win."
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 1 | ||
| 03/06/2025 |
Finished
13:7 |
Match |
| 03/06/2025 |
Finished
6:13 |
Match |
| 04/06/2025 |
Finished
13:3 |
Match |
| 05/06/2025 |
Finished
2:0 |
Match |
The Russian team came out guns blazing and was in control the entire first half of Nuke, which ended with a lopsided 10-2 score. Wildcard were helpless to prevent their opponents from hitting map point early in the second half, but they refused to give up and went on a 8-0 to take the game to overtime.
Boombl4 ended that streak with a 1v2 clutch, paving the way for what appeared to be a BetBoom win as both teams displayed very tight defenses. Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek and Love "phzy" Smidebrant kept the game going for another overtime with a 2v4 clutch, but Wildcard's comeback efforts would be for naught as BetBoom locked down the map to take the lead in the series.
BetBoom carried that momentum into Anubis and managed to grab a respectable six rounds on the CT side. The chaotic nature of the game continued in the second half as neither team could get a grip on proceedings, but then Wildcard hit map point off the back of a trio of kills from Josh "JBa" Barutt.
BetBoom dug deep in search of an equaliser and eventually forced overtime thanks to a Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin 1v2 clutch. One round was all that they could muster on the T side, but a flawless 3-0 run on the CT side sealed the deal for the Russian side just when a third map seemed inevitable.
Boombl4 after the win: "Goal is playoffs"
Boombl4 attributed the team's struggles in Stage 1 to their lack of reps on LAN and revealed that he is setting the lofty target of reaching the arena.
"Our goal is playoffs," he said. "We didn't play well in the first matches, but it's the first LAN for our team. I think these matches will help us feel each other better. We now have a lot of work to do. We will see what happens in the next stage."
 BetBoom |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 - 41 | +2.24% | 72.2 | 75.8% | 1.12 | |
| 48 - 47 | -0.16% | 80.7 | 72.7% | 1.12 | |
| 46 - 45 | +4.07% | 78.2 | 77.3% | 1.11 | |
| 44 - 41 | -0.08% | 59.5 | 75.8% | 0.98 | |
| 30 - 49 | -3.25% | 65.4 | 68.2% | 0.84 |
  Wildcard |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 - 38 | +1.44% | 80.8 | 83.3% | 1.27 | |
| 49 - 44 | +0.04% | 68.9 | 80.3% | 1.08 | |
| 49 - 45 | -2.12% | 75.6 | 74.2% | 1.05 | |
| 41 - 45 | -0.78% | 78.3 | 78.8% | 1.03 | |
| 31 - 47 | -1.39% | 65.9 | 69.7% | 0.80 |
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