In the third round of Group B at IEM Oakland, Renegades shocked G2 with a 16-9 win on Cobblestone, while Liquid grabbed their second overtime victory after a tough Mirage versus Gambit.

Squaring off against G2 on Cobblestone, Renegades went on a massive streak towards the beginning of their second match at IEM Oakland, grabbing the pistol and the first few gunrounds as Terrorists. Coupled with several anti-eco rounds, Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic's side went up 8-0 before the French squad found a way to their first.

Despite losing the next two rounds, G2 finally recovered on the back of a quad-kill in a forcebuy from Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt, who added six more kills to his score en route to five rounds in the first half.

NAF led the way in Renegades' upset win

Winning the pistol round, Renegades fended off a forcebuy attempt from G2 and continued to close the distance to the upset and their first win at IEM Oakland. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's men found themselves up against the ropes at 5-15, at which point they secured four rounds in a row, but they then ran into a forcebuy as Renegades closed things out 16-9.

IEM Oakland 2017 Best of 1 G2 Matchpage 9 16 Renegades 9 Cobblestone 16

G2 K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK- 21 - 20 +1 104.0 1.11 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy 16 - 19 -3 75.4 1.01 Richard 'shox' Papillonshox 16 - 19 -3 63.9 0.89 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS 14 - 19 -5 68.2 0.85 Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX 16 - 23 -7 65.9 0.79 Renegades K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF 27 - 17 +10 108.3 1.66 Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO 18 - 15 +3 79.9 1.39 Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty 23 - 16 +7 85.4 1.32 Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR 16 - 17 -1 72.6 1.03 Justin 'jks' Savagejks 16 - 19 -3 73.3 0.93

In the other match of Group B's third round, Liquid went up 4-1 as Terrorists on Mirage, although Gambit quickly took control of the match after Bektiyar "⁠fitch⁠" Bahytov's four kills in a low forcebuy. A few more individual heroics and one massive read later, Gambit secured 10 rounds on the defense.

The Kazakh team looked to extend their lead with a pistol round victory, but Liquid replied with a forcebuy and eventually equalized the score at 11-11.

Liquid grab another overtime win after a stressful match against Gambit

The next four rounds were split evenly but it was Liquid who gained the advantage with an anti-eco win at 14-13 before Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev clutched a 1v1 to even things out once more. Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov's amazing quad-kill in a 3v5 situation sent Gambit to match point, which decimated Liquid's economy, but the North American team brought it back against all odds and took the match to overtime with a stellar defense on A.

Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano's quad-kill started his team's journey to a perfect first half in the overtime.Gambit replied with a 2v4 retake on the B bombsite at the start of the second half, but they couldn't turn around another disadvantageous situation, as Liquid grabbed two points to Gambit's one in the overtime victory.

IEM Oakland 2017 Best of 1 Liquid Matchpage 19 16 Gambit 19 Mirage 16

Liquid K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE 34 - 25 +9 90.1 1.45 Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 29 - 19 +10 89.0 1.40 Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel 28 - 22 +6 96.5 1.30 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz 27 - 21 +6 79.7 1.15 Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 18 - 26 -8 63.6 0.96 Gambit K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Abay 'Hobbit' KhasenovHobbit 26 - 29 -3 80.4 0.99 Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou 26 - 26 0 71.2 0.99 Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia 24 - 26 -2 77.5 0.93 Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytovfitch 19 - 29 -10 68.5 0.78 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN 18 - 26 -8 57.8 0.74

Only two matches are remaining on day one at IEM Oakland. G2 are looking to recover from a poor start into the tournament in the match against Gambit, while FaZe will go up against Renegades.