ChaiViz
29.10.2026
Eight teams are left at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026. By tonight, four of them will be gone.
All four quarterfinals are played today, Thursday, October 29. The bracket is single-elimination and every series is a best-of-three. One lost map can end a run.
The CS2 scores from today will also shape the race for PGL Major Singapore invites, because Bucharest is the last Tier 1 LAN before the November 2 cut-off.
GoCore's CS2 Pick'ems lobby keeps scoring simple. A correct pick earns one point. A wrong pick costs one. Picks lock once you confirm them, so decide before the 09:00 CET opener. Our card: FUT, Vitality, MOUZ and FURIA.
FUT went 3-0 in the Swiss stage and beat Vitality along the way. They also won PGL Bucharest in April, so this stage holds no fear for them.
Nemiga earned their place the hard way. They went 3-2 and swept The MongolZ in an elimination match. That win builds belief. FUT still bring more firepower and more big-stage experience.
We take FUT. It is one of the steadier picks on the card.
These teams already met in the Swiss stage. Vitality won 2-0. They took Inferno 13-2 on NAVI's own pick. Then they came back from 3-9 down on Dust2 to win 13-9.
Vitality play with jL in place of apEX. jL faced his former team in that Swiss series and looked comfortable. NAVI deserve respect after knocking out Spirit for the last playoff spot. One series win over Vitality is a bigger ask.
We back Vitality to finish the job.
Aurora won this event in 2025 and return with a revamped lineup. MOUZ bring a different style. They survive ugly maps. Against Spirit they lost Nuke 2-13, then won Dust2 and took Mirage 16-14 in overtime.
Both teams finished 3-1. This is the first Aurora vs MOUZ series with their new rosters, so form guides are thin. Aurora can win it. MOUZ's habit of recovering from bad rounds is our tiebreaker.
We pick MOUZ.
This is the CS2 match today that can wreck a leaderboard. BetBoom went 3-0 and beat Spirit and NAVI. FURIA went 3-2 and needed a decider against Liquid to survive. On paper, BetBoom are the favorites.
We still pick FURIA.
These two met in the Thunderpick World Championship final less than two weeks ago, and FURIA won 3-2. They know how to beat this team. They also found form late in the Swiss stage, winning both of their final series after losses to NAVI and Spirit.
This is our boldest call. If you want a safer card, BetBoom is your hedge. If you want to climb the leaderboard, FURIA is the pick.
Our bracket sets up two semifinals on Friday. FURIA meet MOUZ. Vitality meet FUT, a rematch of the Swiss series FUT won 2-1. The winners reach the best-of-five Grand Final on Saturday, October 31.
The next CS2 tournament on the calendar is IEM Beijing, starting November 2. Teams that fall today will have little time to reset.
Build your card with a plan. FUT and Vitality offer the steadier points. MOUZ is a calculated read. FURIA is the call that can separate you from the pack. Lock your four picks on GoCore before 09:00 CET, then tell us in the comments which quarterfinal you think flips.
ChaiViz
29.10.2026
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