RBG edge past Recon 5 to qualify for DreamHack Open March

HexT and company came out on top of a closely-contested two-map series to claim the final spot in the $70,000 event.

RBG have secured the final spot in DreamHack Open March, defeating Recon 5 on Saturday in the Closed Qualifier's consolidation final to complete the team list for the $70,000 event.

Colby "Walco" Walsh and company started the series off on the back foot as Recon 5 opened up Inferno with a string of four CT rounds; however, RBG were swift to stabilize, rallying back to a 10-5 scoreline at halftime thanks to strong showings from Walco and Jerric "wiz" Jiang. The second half kicked off in similar fashion, with Recon 5 closing the gap to 12-11, but once again Walco's side remained resilient at the end of the half as they locked down their defense to take a 16-12 victory.

Nuke, Recon 5's map pick, saw the inverse scenario unfold as it was RBG who were initially up 7-1 before David "cynic" Polster's troops closed the gap, managing to post six rounds by the break. it seemed as if RBG would make quick work of things as they rapidly pushed up to match point in the second half, posting a 15-8 lead, but Recon 5 kept themselves in contention and fought back to fourteen rounds before ultimately conceding the map on round 30, losing the series 0-2.

RBG
2 - 0
Recon 5
All maps
RBG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Jadan 'HexT' Postma 45 - 42 +3 75.9 72.4% 1.08
United States Jerric 'wiz' Jiang 40 - 42 -2 76.9 70.7% 1.07
United States Connor 'chop' Sullivan 38 - 42 -4 72.2 65.5% 1.05
Canada Colby 'Walco' Walsh 41 - 37 +4 71.1 67.2% 1.05
United States Kyle 'Wolffe' Greenfield 39 - 42 -3 82.4 63.8% 1.04
Recon 5 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States David 'cynic' Polster 49 - 37 +12 89.2 69.0% 1.18
United States Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel 42 - 41 +1 87.6 75.9% 1.13
United States Austin 'AAustiN' Urb 48 - 38 +10 79.5 67.2% 1.11
United States Tyler 'tweiss' Weiss 31 - 43 -12 71.1 69.0% 0.94
United States Koby 'kobruh' Higgs 33 - 44 -11 61.9 69.0% 0.89

RBG join Extra Salt as the two teams to advance to the main event out of the Closed Qualifier, with the complete team list for DreamHack Open March looking as follows:

United States Liquid United States Triumph
United States Bad News Bears Brazil paiN
United States High Coast United States Rebirth
Extra Salt United States RBG

DreamHack Open March is set to run from March 10-14, and will utilize a GSL group stage to determine which four teams will advance to the single-elimination playoffs.

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March 2, 2021 06:06PM
xner
Caster
Very easily done for the fellows at Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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March 2, 2021 06:29PM
parks2214
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Will be a good tourney
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