Infinity, beastcoast and Nouns Esports stayed alive with 2-1 victories on Monday at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.

Infinity eliminated Nigma Galaxy, beastcoast knocked out L1GA TEAM and Nouns sent MOUZ packing in Round 4 matches between teams that entered the day deadlocked at 1-2 in the group stage.

The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams will advance to the double-elimination playoffs, while the bottom eight are eliminated. HEROIC and Team Falcons have already qualified for the playoffs.

All matches are best-of-three except for the best-of-five grand final on Oct. 13. The championship team will pocket $300,000, with the runner-up receiving $175,000.

Infinity sandwiched 50- and 52-minute wins on red around Nigma Galaxy’s 33-minute win, also on red.

After L1GA TEAM opened with a 56-minute win on red, beastcoast rallied with 28- and 32-minute victories on red.

Nouns bookended a 41-minute win on red and a 29-minute victory on green around MOUZ’s 48-minute triumph on red.

Tuesday’s Round 4 matches between 2-1 teams:
–AVULUS vs. Invictus Gaming
–Azure Ray vs. Tundra Esports
–Alliance vs. Natus Vincere

PGL Wallachia Season 2 group standings
T1. HEROIC, 3-0
T1. Team Falcons, 3-0
T3. Alliance, 2-1
T3. AVULUS, 2-1
T3. Azure Ray, 2-1
T3. Invictus Gaming, 2-1
T3 Natus Vincere, 2-1
T3. Tundra Esports, 2-1
T9. beastcoast, 2-2
T9. Infinity, 2-2
T9. Nouns Esports, 2-2
T12. L1GA TEAM 1-3
T12. MOUZ, 1-3
T12. Nigma Galaxy, 1-3
T15. Apex Genesis, 0-3
T15. Team Waska, 0-3

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
9-11. $20,000
12-14. $15,000 — L1GA TEAM, MOUZ, Nigma Galaxy
15-16. $10,000 — Apex Genesis, Team Waska

–Field Level Media