A backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home. Jordan Woodruff The MongolZ and Team Spirit improved to 3-0 in the group stage and locked up their playoff spots on Monday at the PGL Astana 2025 tournament.
MongolZ swept Natus Vincere and Spirit swept Astralis in their Round 3 High Matches. MongolZ posted consecutive 13-11 wins on Inferno and Mirage, while Spirit earned a 13-7 win on Dust II and a 13-5 victory on Ancient.
The Counter-Strike 2 tournament features a $625,000 prize pool, with first place worth $200,000 and second place $93,750.
The group stage began Saturday featuring 16 teams in a Swiss system format. All matches are best-of-three and the top eight proceed to the playoffs that begin on Friday.
The playoffs will take place at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan, a single-elimination bracket with teams seeded by group stage rankings. All matches are best-of-three except for Sunday’s grand final, which is a best-of-five.
Monday’s action included four Round 3 Mid Matches, including sweeps by Virtus.pro over BIG and ODDIK over paiN Gaming. FURIA Esports defeated MIBR 2-1 and Aurora notched a 2-1 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas.
In Monday’s Round 3 Low Matches, HOTU eliminated GamerLegion via sweep and G2 Esports ousted M80 with a 2-1 triumph.
Tuesday’s Round 4 High Matches (2-1 teams):
–FURIA Esports vs. ODDIK
–Astralis vs. Virtus.pro
–Natus Vincere vs. Aurora
Tuesday’s Round 4 Low Matches (1-2 teams):
–Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. HOTU
–BIG vs. G2 Esports
–MIBR vs. paiN Gaming
PGL Astana prize pool:
1. $200,000
2. $93,750
3. $75,000
4. $43,750
5-8. $31,250
9-11. $15,625
12-14. $9,375
15-16. $6,250 — GamerLegion, M80
–Field Level Media
