NEKIZ and paiN will take on their countrymen of Yeah today

paiN and GGPR reach ESEA Autumn Cash Cup 3 semis

The duo will face off against Yeah and Rebirth, respectively.

The first day of ESEA's third Autumn Cash Cup played out yesterday, seeing 43 teams compete for the $4,000 prize pool. When the dust settled, paiN and GGPR were left standing, and will take on the invited sides of Yeah and Rebirth later today.

Perhaps the most interesting anecdote from the early rounds comes from a match that didn't occur, as Depth were signed up for the event with David "Sneaky" Polster in place of stand-in Jake "bddu" Gartin, but forfeited to Open playoff team Coordinated Disrespect. Additionally, Advanced side KameHameHa narrowly scraped past top Main squad Cohesive Concepts.

In round four, Logan "Voltage" Long's MTU side fell to Rise on Inferno. Meanwhile, GGPR upset a Kinship side that was utilizing Voltage's fellow Triumph alum Gage "Spongey" Greiner in place of Sean "naes" Fontaine on Nuke.

In the final round of play yesterday, paiN were given a scare by David "J0LZ" Jolin and co., but edged out a 16-14 win on Inferno. On the other side of the bracket, GGPR had an easier time with Rise, securing a 16-8 win in what was likely an Advanced playoff preview.

The full bracket is available here.

All this means that the two teams will take on Yeah and Rebirth, respectively. Both matches will commence at 4PM EST today, with the final to follow straight after.

Rebirth
1 - 2
GGPR
All maps
Rebirth K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Sebastian 'retchy' Tropiano 72 - 69 +3 91.7 70.5% 1.14
United States Ali 'phantom' Sachs 64 - 56 +8 73.5 71.6% 1.08
United States Zack 'XotiC' Elshani 61 - 64 -3 79.2 72.7% 1.08
United States Rahul 'curry' Nemani 60 - 64 -4 76.3 68.2% 1.06
United States Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly 61 - 65 -4 75.6 68.2% 1.00
GGPR K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Chase 'lowrider' Releford 75 - 56 +19 85.3 72.7% 1.26
United States Victor 'v1c' T. 69 - 66 +3 84.1 69.3% 1.13
United States Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott 60 - 62 -2 80.4 78.4% 1.10
Brazil Israel 'LEARSI' Vargas 63 - 64 -1 74.8 77.3% 1.03
United States Justin 'jsfeltner' Feltner 47 - 72 -25 69.4 68.2% 0.85

Yeah
1 - 2
paiN
All maps
Yeah K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo 54 - 49 +5 76.6 67.1% 1.15
Brazil Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer 58 - 54 +4 77.1 70.7% 1.02
Brazil Arthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt 55 - 63 -8 68.1 65.9% 0.86
United States Brandon 'bew' Roberts 43 - 64 -21 59.9 64.6% 0.77
United States Michael 'Swisher' Schmid 40 - 63 -23 58.6 57.3% 0.75
paiN K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Rafael 'saffee' Costa 82 - 53 +29 95.2 78.0% 1.45
Brazil Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt 61 - 49 +12 87.1 79.3% 1.31
Brazil Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho 56 - 53 +3 74.8 73.2% 1.09
Brazil Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato 47 - 51 -4 67.6 73.2% 1.02
Brazil Wesley 'hardzao' Lopes 45 - 45 +0 63.0 70.7% 0.96

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November 9, 2020 04:23PM
el_jack0
ESEA
Very cool to see both the qualifying teams knock out the invites. Think these are going to be learsi's first HLTV matches as well. With how much weve paid him in PUG prizing, I'd definitely be on the lookout for him as well.
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