Virtus.pro managed a win at the opening of DreamHack Zowie Open Bucharest 2016, defeating Gambit 16-12 on Cobblestone.

The action at DreamHack Zowie Open Bucharest 2016 kicked off with the match between Virtus.pro and Gambit - a matchup that has gone in the favor of the Poles the last six times these teams met.

The Russian-Kazakhstani side took the first three rounds fairly cleanly, but Virtus.pro quickly replied in the gun rounds to take the 5-3 lead on the CT side of Cobblestone.

Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov grabbed the fourth round for his team with four AWP kills, but Gambit's economy was promptly reset as another B-site push failed in the subsequent round.

Virtus.pro took the win in the first match of the tournament

Virtus.pro took a 9-4 lead before Gambit shifted their focus towards the A site, that helped them get to a 9-6 half.

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov and co. managed a second round force-buy win after losing the pistol round, but were once again reset as soon as the Poles got their hands on a full buy.

14-8 up, it seemed Virtus.pro had the match in their hands, but Gambit clawed their way back with an eco round win and two clutches from Ivan "⁠spaze⁠" Obrezhan.

The match was getting tight, the scoreline was 14-12 when Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski rolled back the years and managed to clutch a 1v4 to allow his team to close out the match 16-12

DreamHack ZOWIE Open Bucharest 2016Best of 1 Virtus.proMatchpage 16 12 16th September 2016 Gambit 16Cobblestone 12

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	30 - 18	+12	114.0	1.62
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	23 - 17	+6	78.9	1.23
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	19 - 17	+2	75.7	1.10
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	21 - 19	+2	67.5	1.05
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	15 - 19	-4	75.5	0.99

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	22 - 20	+2	88.7	1.30
Ivan 'spaze' Obrezhanspaze	21 - 21	0	69.7	1.08
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	17 - 22	-5	70.2	0.82
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	16 - 22	-6	70.4	0.81
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	14 - 23	-9	62.4	0.64

Up next at Bucharest is the opening match of Group B: Cloud9 - FlipSid3.

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Cloud9 #5 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 374 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.70 Rustem 'mou' Telepov Age: 24 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 439 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 FlipSid3 #15 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Ivan 'spaze' Obrezhan Age: 19 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 294 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.72 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 995 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Gambit #17 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan