At IEST the playoffs have reached a deep stage as June 'Lyn' Park is awaiting the winner of fellow SK player Hyeong Ju 'Check' Lee and Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin in the lower bracket final. He was sent there thanks to a loss against Chinese Human player Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li who now sits in the grand final waiting to see who he will face. Check scored a big victory over Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu in the lower bracket on his way to facing the Russian.

Check's playoffs
-defeated Sung Sik 'ReminD' Kim 2:1 upper bracket 1st round (Echo Isles - Check, Twisted Meadows - ReMinD, Secret Valley - Check)
-defeated by Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li 1:2 upper bracket 2nd round (Melting Valley - Sky, Turtle Rock - Check, Echo Isles - Sky)
-defeated Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu 2:0 lower bracket 2nd round (Melting Valley, Turtle Rock)

Lyn's playoffs
-defeated Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen 2:0 upper bracket 1st round (Echo Isles, Twisted Meadows)
-defeated Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin 2:0 upper bracket 2nd round (Melting Valley, Turtle Rock)
-defeated by Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li 0:2 upper bracket final (Melting Valley, Turtle Rock)

Check out photographs from day 1 of IEST here and follow the scores via our bracket.