Gambit barely scraped through on Vertigo vs CIS rivals Virtus.pro in the 1-1 Bracket at the Legends Stage of the PGL Major. They trailed most of the game until the 28th round, where all the members came alive for the 2nd best team of 2021. Up until that point it was only Abay ‘hobbit’ Khasenov who had been leading the lines in the fragging department, after a miserable start to the second half.
MAP VETO
1. Virtus.pro removed Ancient
2. Virtus.pro removed Overpass
3. Gambit removed Inferno
4. Gambit removed Mirage
5. Gambit removed Dust2
6. Virtus.pro removed Nuke
7. Vertigo was left over
Virtus.pro interestingly decided to play Vertigo, after they decided not to veto Nuke, thinking Gambit would but they didn’t either leaving VP in a sticky situation. They had to opt for Gambit’s best map, Vertigo.
Gambit received a shock loss vs Entropiq yesterday, where they couldn’t post a single T side round and lost all the 10 rounds of the half. Today was different as they started with a pistol win. VP went on a streak of their own after the first 2 but that was quickly remedied by veteran and Major winner ‘hobbit’. His impact kills on the A ramp secured a much needed 8 rounds on the T side as Gambit switched to the T side.
After winning the pistol, Gambit lost all the team as a team once up 11-8 was down 11-14 and with the economy against them. VP had great executes on both the sites and with a player always lurking MID it was a huge nuisance for Gambit.
It wasnt until round 26 that Gambit turned up the heat, with IGL Vladislav ‘nafany’ Gorshkov locking down the A ramp alongside AWPer ‘sh1ro’. Gambit went on a streak of 5 to close the map 16-14. Hobbit stood out with a massive 39 kills in 30 rounds and 118.5 ADR.
Gambit are up 2-1 alongside Copenhagen Flames and will play their next game tomorrow against another opponent uo 2-1. VP are down 1-2 and all of their games will be Bo3 elimination matches, i.e. if they lose theyre out of the Major.
