SLTV.selectah secured first place in the Virtus.pro Staff Cup #2 following a 2-1 victory over HLTV.org's Staff (de_cache 16-6, de_mirage 14-16, de_inferno 16-9).

Last weekend the second edition of Virtus.pro Staff Cup #2 kicked off with the group stage with a total of 32 teams consisting of members of different local or global websites, including a couple of Americans from CS:GO subreddit and RGN.tv.

Interestingly enough NiP Staff, who fielded Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen as one of their players, didn't make it past the group stage, but numerous teams from ex-CIS did, as well as HLTV.org's own lineup.

sL4M and company win Virtus.pro Staff Cup #2 

Yesterday the double-elimination best-of-one bracket started and it was HLTV.org and SLTV.selectah, who got all the way up to the winner bracket final, where our lineup led by Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen prevailed 2-1 and reached the grand final.

Meanwhile, in the lower bracket Game Show, including New Era's Vasiliy "⁠FANAT ROCKA⁠" Trusov, made their way to the consolidation final through teams such as 1GAME.ua and Fragbite.se, although they once again failed to go through SLTV.selectah.

The grand final saw a rematch of the winner bracket final between HLTV.org and SLTV.selectah, but this time it was the Ukrainian-Russian mixture, who showed up in better form and secured $5,000 as the first place prize, leaving HLTV.org second with $2,500.

Virtus.pro Staff Cup #2Best of 3 HLTV.org StaffMatchpage 1 2 31st May 2015 SLTV.selectah Staff 6Cache 16 16Mirage 14 9Inferno 16

Virtus.pro Staff Cup #2 final standings:

1. SLTV.selectah Staff - $5,000
2. HLTV.org Staff - $2,500
3. Null element Game Show - $1,500
4. Fragbite.se Staff - $1,000
5-6. SLTV Staff - $500
5-6. 1GAME.ua Staff - $500

Vasiliy 'FANAT ROCKA' Trusov Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 8 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71 Joona 'natu' Leppänen Age: 30 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC Tomi 'lurppis' Kovanen Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 23 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.63