Gambit to Summit final over OpTic

It took Gambit three maps to knock OpTic out of the competition in Los Angeles. They started winning Inferno, 16-10, lost Mirage, 16-9, and won Cobblestone, 16-6.

The match started out on Inferno with Gambit taking the pistol round on the terrorist side after a play on the B site. Gambit were then able to follow up on the anti-ecos for a 3-0 lead. Both teams then traded rounds for a 6-4 partial after 10 rounds.

As the half progressed Gambit found ways to get passed OpTic’s defenses, and started winning round after round with Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko’s trademark slow methodical play on the attacking side of Inferno for a 10-5 partial.

Having won the second pistol round, Gambit increased their lead to 12-5 after the anti-eco. Having planted the bomb, OpTic were able to buy on the third round of the half and won it after getting the opening frag on Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov in mid to keep their hopes alive.

With 13-9 on the board and Gambit having trouble with their economy, it looked like OpTic were looking to make a comeback, but Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev was able to tally the 14th round for his team after killing four players who came one by one and played in and around smokes.

With the momentum on their side, Gambit were able to close Inferno on the CT side, 16-10, ahead of OpTic’s map, Mirage.


Gambit won Inferno in large part thanks to the Kazakh triad

On Mirage, a triple by mou and a double by Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov gave Gambit the first round, but a wall of smokes and several p250 kills gave the North American team the round. OpTic were then able to capitalize on the anti-ecos and take the 3-1 lead.

Playing their own brand of slow CS, OpTic kept finding holes in the CIS team’s defenses for an 8-2 lead after ten rounds, and not allowing Gambit to build an economy. OpTic then gave a single round more before the switch.

Gambit won the second pistol round, too with AdreN posting a double and Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov posting a triple. OpTic won a p250 to get onto 13 rounds, but Gambit quickly started to mount the comeback in large part thanks to the team’s Kazakh trio all the way to 13-9.

Finally OpTic were able to get the 14th round after stopping an A push, and were then able to get on match point thanks to a smoke defuse by Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik who was left standing with 3hp after the round ended. OpTic then closed the map out, 16-9, to take it to the decider, Cobblestone.


OpTic brought it to a decider after winning Mirage 16-9

The map started out with OpTic taking the pistol round, but Gambit were able to tie in the second. Rounds then were traded before Gambit started to run away with the half, taking eight of the last ten rounds before the switch, for an 11-4 lead.

OpTic won the second pistol round of the map but Gambit were once again able to snatch the forcebuy, putting OpTic in dire straits both monetarily and on the scoreboard. After that Gambit quickly ran away with the side, not allowing OpTic a chance to come back for a 16-6 score at the end of the map.

Matchpage
2
1
23rd April 2017
16
Inferno
10
9
Mirage
16

 Gambit K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
57 - 42 +15 86.9 1.31
63 - 45 +18 85.6 1.27
53 - 46 +7 82.0 1.22
47 - 45 +2 70.7 1.05
35 - 42 -7 61.6 0.88
 OpTic K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0
48 - 46 +2 75.1 1.11
45 - 50 -5 73.9 1.03
49 - 52 -3 67.4 0.95
44 - 55 -11 72.8 0.90
34 - 53 -19 56.8 0.77

Kazakhstan Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
195
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.66
Kazakhstan Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
588
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
927
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.69
United States Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
575
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.68
Kazakhstan Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
890
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.68
Russia Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
971
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.65
nice job Gambit
2017-04-23 23:00
3 replies
#8
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United Kingdom trtr098
Kazakhstan power house
2017-04-23 23:01
#11
suNny | 
United States VAZ1R
ez pz lemon squeeze
2017-04-23 23:00
#22
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Sweden Madrigals1
they invited tier-1 NA teams to play against tier-2,tier-3 EU teams + SK, just to finally make them a tournament they can win. LOL
2017-04-23 23:02
#2
France unnn
gg
2017-04-23 23:00
GG
2017-04-23 23:00
#7
India 682
cool
2017-04-23 23:00
great gamz, nice to see gambit trying to win something.
2017-04-23 23:00
#12
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Belgium kn0lle
nah not that ez
2017-04-23 23:00
#13
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United Kingdom Recks
GodreN
2017-04-23 23:00
expected
2017-04-23 23:00
#16
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Italy Er1cz
Ez
2017-04-23 23:00
#17
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Bulgaria VIKILITEXX
Nice
2017-04-23 23:00
mixwell carrying optic
2017-04-23 23:00
#19
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Brazil ZACKK_SP
God ADREN
2017-04-23 23:01
#20
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
XANTARES | 
Brazil Antti4T
m1xwell and 4 bots
2017-04-23 23:01
#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Russia AR4ER
GG! AdreN
2017-04-23 23:05
ez final
2017-04-23 23:08
#28
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Brazil Lk1Ng
8 TEAMS 3 FROM NA NONE IN THE FINALS NA CS LUUUUUUUUUL
2017-04-23 23:08
3 replies
3rd, 4th, and 5-6th is not bad. Considering European teams went 5th-6th, 7th, and 8th, and TBD but probably 2nd. They had more teams an mostly worst placings.
2017-04-23 23:10
1 reply
Dude, C9 is doing a great job. They are Tier1 for sure. Optic tier 2, but increasing. EUA has lot to be proud.
2017-04-24 12:52
#36
shaGuar | 
Hong Kong b1uhwk
they all knocked each other out so
2017-04-23 23:18
"I am Kazakh, I need meat" - AdreN 2017 legend
2017-04-23 23:08
#44
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
LeX | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Good recovery from gambit after a disgusting yesterday's showing. Winning Optic was still a hard task taking into consideration the fact that they were on paper considered a team to get knocked out first yet they managed to best EnVy, C9 and Liquid. Gg to both
2017-04-23 23:32
#51
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Russia broot_spb
So ez Gambit
2017-04-23 23:45
c9 would have won
2017-04-23 23:48
#54
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Bulgaria vectralsoul
GGWP OpTic, tbh didn't expect them to get this far (especially after their first game in the tournament), but they delivered. Hope they can do well at IEM Sydney too. JR needs to put some more work on his calling, but it's not all that bad overall.
2017-04-23 23:49
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