Evil Geniuses won the ESEA-invite Season 9 playoffs by defeating Full Gaming NA two maps to none in the grand final. They claim the first prize of $10,000 and the organisation's seventh overall ESEA title, their fifth in a row.

EG's run through the tournament did not go unchallenged as Full Gaming tested them in both of their meetings. In the upper bracket semi-final Full Gaming took the first map, mirage, 16:8 and then lost the third, inferno, in overtime. In the final the second map went into double overtime before EG claimed the title.

Evil Geniuses 2:0 Full Gaming NA
-16:11 nuke (T 8:7 CT 8:4)
-22:20 tuscan (CT 6:9 T 9:6, OT1 T 1:2 CT 2:1, OT 2 CT 2:1 T 2:1)



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