posted by Stache,
Image credit:@TeamSecretDOTA2 Team Secret has some time to breathe.
While Team Secret has qualified, there's still plenty of Dota to be had in a tournament where the prize pool has grown to over $240,000! There has only been one online tournament with a bigger prizepool, XMG Captain's draft at $276,742. With the prizepool still increasing, this season of Dota Pit may well turn out to be the biggest online dota tournament EVER.
The second Upper Bracket spot in Group B is still open for those victorious in bloody battle. Team Empire, Hellraisers and Alliance are all still in a good spot to take it as they face off against each other. Vega Squadron, while theoretically still able to make it through tiebreakers, looks destined for the lower bracket. mYinsanity has been eliminated.
In the other Group (A) little is certain yet. With Power Rangers having taken over Fire's record the upper bracket looks more like a hopeful dream, than a realistic goal. For the moment the Ninjas in Pyjamas and ASUS.Polar are first and second, but the colossus that is EG has only one game played. One of the team's EG will be facing is Team Tinker. For them, losing any games against EG would almost certainly mean the lower bracket. Winning both games would put them in contention for the upper bracket.
ASUS.Polar and Ninjas in Pyjamas meanwhile still have to face off against each other and EG, so someone at the top will start losing points. Amidst all of this, Cloud 9, currently in third, is sitting in waiting like a praying mantis ready to steal a spot. Their last match is against Power Rangers, a match crucial for both teams.
While all would like to win a first place prize of more than $100,000, there is something more and perhaps even bigger at stake. With the next International rapidly approaching and some of the West's biggest team in this tournament, a win here may mean an invite rather than qualifiers for many of these teams.
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