Yellow Submarine defeated PlayTime 2:0 in the 1w Essence III Play-In, played on November 11 as part of a Tier 1 event.

The score shows a clean series: Yellow Submarine won both maps and did not let PlayTime take a game.

The two teams have no earlier meetings on record, so this series set the first head-to-head result between them: 2:0 in favour of Yellow Submarine.

With the win, Yellow Submarine come out of the Play-In day with a convincing result against PlayTime.