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SK Gaming secure the playoffs of EPICENTER: Moscow with a strong 2-0 win over HellRaisers (16-5 on порнография покиргизскиOverpass, 16-6 on Cobblestone).

SK's need to win both maps to go on in the tournament reflected in their play straight from the start of Overpass, where they had a strong start as CT.

Barring a successful A execute in the fifth round, HellRaisers were unable to pick up rounds even though they were getting some kills. A successful retake in a 2v3 situation allowed SK to run away with the first half, ending it 13-2.

fer's aggressive plays helped his team build a big lead on Overpass

Despite some pushback from Kirill "?ANGE1?" Karasiow's team in the second half, the first map was over quickly as SK ran down HellRaisers as soon as the full buys came in.

EPICENTER: MoscowBest of 1 SKMatchpage 16 5 19th October 2016 HellRaisers 16Overpass 5

?SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	21 - 8	+13	82.5	1.60
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	22 - 16	+6	107.5	1.52
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	12 - 13	-1	94.0	1.16
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	16 - 12	+4	71.9	1.10
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	14 - 9	+5	65.7	1.08

?HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	12 - 18	-6	86.0	1.02
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	14 - 17	-3	63.5	0.92
Patrik 'Zero' ?údelZero	11 - 15	-4	61.1	0.86
Bence 'DeadFox' B?r?czDeadFox	13 - 19	-6	67.3	0.76
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	8 - 16	-8	46.7	0.62

After winning the Terrorist pistol on Cobblestone, SK slowly took advantage of HellRaisers' passive play in drop to get into good positions before exploding on the site for an easy round win.

From there on out it looked bleak for HellRaisers, as they soon found themselves 9-0 down. After a pause and on an eco, Vladyslav "?bondik?" Nechyporchuk managed to get into a 1v1 versus Gabriel "?FalleN?" Toledo, but he wasn't able to clutch it out in the end.

SK were picking up rounds with ease but weren't able to keep it clean to the end as HellRaisers secured the last round of the first half to make it 14-1.

After the switch, HellRaisers prolonged the match for a couple of rounds before falling to SK with a 16-6 scoreline.

EPICENTER: MoscowBest of 1 HellRaisersMatchpage 6 16 19th October 2016 SK 6Cobblestone 16

?SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	22 - 14	+8	107.9	1.67
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	20 - 13	+7	89.3	1.51
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	20 - 13	+7	85.4	1.48
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	13 - 12	+1	67.3	1.20
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	12 - 14	-2	66.1	1.00

?HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bence 'DeadFox' B?r?czDeadFox	18 - 18	0	80.0	0.93
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	14 - 17	-3	76.1	0.85
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	13 - 16	-3	61.1	0.84
Patrik 'Zero' ?údelZero	11 - 17	-6	61.4	0.72
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	10 - 19	-9	53.5	0.64