BETBOOM defeated Spirit 2-1 in maps at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026, extending the run of upsets at the event. The map scores were Anubis 10-13, Ancient 13-3 and Mirage 16-14.
So far, FUT are the only high seed to have won their opening match, with Spirit the latest favorite to fall. The loss sends Spirit into the 0-1 pool.
Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko was the key figure for BETBOOM, topping the scoreboard on all three maps. He won the series with a 1v3 clutch that included a noscope kill and a Glock kill, and finished with a 1.46 rating.
Spirit took Anubis, after which BETBOOM dominated Ancient. On Mirage, Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov secured two match points with a defuse in a Molotov, but Spirit forced overtime. There, zorte sealed the series with another 1v3.
On the other side, Danil "donk" Kryshkovets was quiet for most of the series, finishing with a 0.84 average rating and only one map above 1.00.