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Tundra Esports, Team Liquid and Aurora Gaming each won for the second straight day to open Group Stage 2 of DreamLeague Season 28 with 2-0 records on Sunday.
Xtreme Gaming also came away with a victory to bounce back from an opening loss to improve to 1-1 and move into a tie for fourth place on the second of seven consecutive days of play in this stage.
The $1 million Dota 2 event featured 16 teams, starting in a round-robin stage split into two groups of eight teams. All series consisted of two games, and the top four teams from each group advanced to Group Stage 2, a single round robin featuring best-of-three matches from Feb. 21-27.
From there, four teams will compete in a double-elimination playoff bracket Feb. 28-March 1 with best-of-three matches until the grand final, which will be best-of-five.
The championship team will receive $250,000 in prize money and a $40,000 club reward. The runner-up side will get $100,000 and a $30,000 club reward.
Tundra swept PARIVISION 2-0 with a 55-minute victory on red and a 47-minute win on green. Neta '33' Shapira of Israel led Tundra with a 9.0-3.5-11.0 average kills-deaths-assists differential.
Liquid swept BetBoom Team with a 37-minute win on red followed by a 30-minute win on green. Poland's Michal 'Nisha' Jankowski led Team Liquid with a 10.5-0.5-12.5 differential.
Aurora also won in a sweep, beating Team Falcons with a pair of wins on green in 43 and 42 minutes. Egor 'Nightfall' Grigorenko of Russia led the win with a 17.0-1.5-12.5 differential.
In what was not the most competitive day of action, Xtreme Gaming also won in a sweep, beating MOUZ in 33 minutes on green and 39 minutes on red. Wang 'Ame' Chunyu of China led the charge for Xtreme with a 12.0-0.5-12.5 differential.
Monday's matches
--MOUZ vs. BetBoom Team
--PARIVISION vs. Xtreme Gaming
--Aurora Gaming vs. Tundra Esports
--Team Liquid vs. Team Falcons
Group Stage 2 standings
T1. Aurora Gaming, 2-0, 4-0
T1. Team Liquid, 1-0, 2-0
T1. Tundra Esports, 2-0, 4-1
T4. Team Falcons, 1-1, 2-2
T4. Xtreme Gaming, 1-1, 2-2
T6. BetBoom Team, 0-2, 0-4
T6. MOUZ, 0-2, 1-4
T6. PARIVISION, 0-2, 0-4
Dream League Season 28 prize pool, with prize money and club reward
1. $250,000, $40,000
2. $125,000, $30,000
3. $80,000, $25,000
4. $60,000, $20,000
5. $45,000, $15,000
6. $35,000, $15,000
7. $30,000, $12,500
8. $25,000, $12,500
9-10. $20,000, $10,000 -- OG, Natus Vincere
11-12. $17,500, $10,000 -- Team Yandex, Team Spirit
13-14. $15,000, $10,000 -- paiN Gaming, GamerLegion
15-16. $10,000, $10,000 -- Yakult Brothers, Execration
--Field Level Media
