HEROIC, Team Falcons stay hot at PGA Wallachia Season 2

HEROIC and Team Falcons each record a win on Friday to advance to the upper-bracket final at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.

HEROIC rebounded from a first-map misstep to record a 2-1 victory over Tundra Esports. Tundra started fast with a 43-minute win on red before HEROIC countered with a 35-minute victory on red and a 34-minute triumph on green.

Team Falcons posted a 2-0 sweep over Nouns Esports via a 28-minute win on green and a 66-minute victory on red. Falcons and HEROIC will square off on Saturday.

The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams -- all of which had to achieve three wins -- advanced to the double-elimination playoffs, while the bottom eight were eliminated.

All matches are best-of-three except for the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The champions will pocket $300,000, with the runner-up receiving $175,000.

Also on Friday, Natus Vincere and beastcoast each recorded a 2-1 win to advance to the lower-bracket quarterfinals.

Infinity started fast with a 61-minute win on red before Natus Vincere notched 25- and 22-minute victories on red.

AVULUS also got off to a strong start with a 41-minute triumph on red, but beastcoast countered with 44- and 32-minute victories on red.

The tournament continues Saturday with four matches:

--HEROIC vs. Team Falcons (upper-bracket final)

--Nouns Esports vs. Natus Vincere (lower-bracket quarterfinals)

--Tundra Esports vs. beastcoast (lower-bracket quarterfinals)

--TBD vs. TBD (lower-bracket semifinal)

PGL Wallachia Season 2 prize pool

1. $300,000

2. $175,000

3. $120,000

4. $80,000

5-6. $60,000

7-8. $40,000 -- Infinity, AVULUS

9-11. $20,000 -- Alliance, Azure Ray, Invictus Gaming

12-14. $15,000 -- L1GA TEAM, MOUZ, Nigma Galaxy

15-16. $10,000 -- Apex Genesis, Team Waska

--Field Level Media