Cloud9 have booked their place in the iBUYPOWER Masters 2017 playoffs after defeating NRG 16-9 on Mirage.

The North-American clash kicked off with Cloud9 retaking B to secure the CT-side pistol, and following that up with the subsequent anti-eco. NRG responded with two out of the next three rounds, but then a 1v2 clutch from Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik paved a way for his team to hit six-rounds.

Cloud9 are through to iBUYPOWER Masters playoffs

As Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov won an AWP-duel against Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham in the following round, his team managed to pick up their third on the board. And even though Cloud9 would grab the next two, NRG came up huge to reduce the deficit to 6-8 before losing their last round as Terrorists.

The second half began with Cloud9 getting off to a 12-6 lead after winning the Terrorist pistol. However, with an agressive style, NRG denied their opponents' executions in the following three rounds. Still, Cloud9 went on a four-round streak to lock down the map, 16-9, and secure their place in the iBUYPOWER Masters 2017 playoffs.

iBUYPOWER Masters 2017 Best of 1 NRG Matchpage 9 16 Cloud9 9 Mirage 16