Team Spirit, Team Yandex improve to 4-0 at PARI Universe tourney

Team Spirit and Team Yandex remained unbeaten in round-robin play Monday at the PARI Universe tournament as each team earned 2-1 victories. BetBoom Team and GamerLegion also won Monday. The $250,000, 10-team Dota 2 event is starting with a round-robin group stage, with all matches best-of-three. The top four teams in each group move on to the double-elimination playoffs, with the last-place team in each group eliminated. The playoffs also will feature best-of-three matches until the best-of-five grand final on Nov. 1. The championship team will receive $45,000 for the club, $80,000 for the players. On Monday, Spirit took down previously unbeaten PARIVISION and Yandex knocked off Team Liquid, as both teams improved to 4-0 in matches and 8-1 in games. Spirit opened with a 32-minute win on Dire, then after PARAVISION evened it up with a 49-minute victory on Dire, Spirit won in 32 minutes on Dire to secure the match. Russia's Denis "Larl" Sigitov paced Spirit with a 29-8-28 kill-death assist ratio. Yandex and Liquid traded 38-minute victories on Dire, then Yandex put the match away on Dire in 28 minutes. Yandex was led by Alimzhan "watson" Islambekov of Kazakhstan, who posted a K-D-A ratio of 28-7-24. BetBoom pulled off a two-game sweep over LEGION with 30-minute and 34-minute wins on Dire, sparked by a K-D-A ratio of 22-2-26 by Moldova's Vitalie "Save-" Melnic. GamerLegion dropped the opener to OG in 61 minutes on Radiant, then rebounded with a 41-minute win on Radiant and a 42-minute win on Dire to seal the victory. Yuma "Yuma" Langlet, Nicaraguan/Belgian/German player, guided GamerLegion with a K-D-A ratio of 35-9-34. Tuesday schedule: Tiebreaker: Astra Invicta vs. LEGION BetBoom Team vs. LEGION BetBoom Team vs. Astra Invicta PARI Universe prize pool, with player prize money and club share 1. 125,000(80,000, $45,000) 2. 50,000(32,000, $18,000) 3. 30,000(20,000, $10,000) 4. 15,000(10,000, $5,000) 5-6. 10,000(10,000, none) 7-8. 5,000(5,000, none) 9-10. none --Field Level Media