After a close first half,?? ?? ??? BIG turned up the heat in the second to convincingly beat HellRaisers and get themselves in the Top 8 of the FACEIT Major.

The first match of the 2-1 pool took place on Train, where BIG won the first pistol as Terrorists on the back of a tripe kill from the young Brit Owen "?smooya?" Butterfield. His opponent Issa "?ISSAA?" Murad one-upped him in the following round, though, as the Jordanian managed a quad kill with the Desert Eagle to bring HellRaisers on 1-1.

smooya is in the playoffs of a Major on home soil

The 21-year old took down three in the following gun round and gave his team the edge, HellRaisers bringing themselves to 3-1 before BIG could respond. The first half then became a closely fought battle, the two teams trading pairs of rounds up until 7-7, where smooya and Bence "?DeadFox?" B?r?cz found themselves in a knife fight won by the Hungarian, who put his team in the smallest possible lead at the switch.

smooya redeemed himself in the first pistol round on the CT-side, though, as he managed to take the heads of three HellRaisers players. BIG then seized control of the game, as they only conceded two more rounds to their opponents, ultimately winning Train in convincing fashion, 16-9.

FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 BIGMatchpage 16 9 15th September 2018 HellRaisers 16Train 9

?BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Owen 'smooya' Butterfieldsmooya	28 - 11	+17	105.3	1.80
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	24 - 15	+9	99.4	1.51
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	15 - 12	+3	64.0	1.33
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	16 - 12	+4	82.0	1.27
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	9 - 14	-5	37.4	0.82

?HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	23 - 15	+8	92.0	1.43
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	14 - 23	-9	75.9	0.63
Bence 'DeadFox' B?r?czDeadFox	10 - 17	-7	33.1	0.61
?zgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	8 - 16	-8	29.6	0.57
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	8 - 21	-13	55.6	0.53

With the first game of the second-to-last day out of the way, the Swiss standings look like so:

The New Legends stage 3W - 0L Complexity Liquid 3W - 1L BIG 2W - 1L MIBR Natus Vincere Astralis fnatic 2W - 2L HellRaisers 1W - 2L Vega Squadron FaZe Cloud9 Ninjas in Pyjamas TYLOO G2 0W - 3L Winstrike MOUZ Issa 'ISSAA' Murad Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 361 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Owen 'smooya' Butterfield Age: 19 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 248 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.66 HellRaisers #14 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk?zgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' B?r?czIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Bence 'DeadFox' B?r?cz Age: 23 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 714 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 BIG #9 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield