BetBoom beat BC.Game 2-0 to claim the Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3 title, taking the $40,000 first-place prize and a provisional bump in Valve’s rankings. This matters because the top 16 in Europe on October 5 will receive direct invites for StarLadder Major Budapest, so those points are helpful.
BetBoom defeated BC.Game in a two-map grand final, with Kirill “Magnojez” Rodnov finishing as the highest-rated player in the series at a 1.55 rating to carry his team to the victory.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Exort The Proving Grounds Season 3 | ||
| 20/08/2025 |
BetBoom Finished 2:0 Betclic |
Match |
| 21/08/2025 |
ECSTATIC Finished 1:2 BetBoom |
Match |
| 22/08/2025 |
BetBoom Finished 2:1 TNL |
Match |
| 22/08/2025 |
BC.Game Finished 0:2 BetBoom |
Match |
Big win.
The victory awards BetBoom the $40,000 first-place prize and lifts BetBoom to a provisional 22nd placing on the Global Valve ranking and 16th in Europe. Yikes, that’s a noticeable jump in the European list.
Will that be enough for a direct Major invite on October 5?
Before the cut-off, BetBoom can still chase LAN points in events such as ESL Challenger League’s first European cup and CCT Series 5. Still, the team will also play at Majestic LanDaLan 3 for regional LAN points and a $50,000 prizepool, where they will face neighbouring competition for those points.
The achievement, BetBoom’s first tournament win since last November’s YaLLa Compass, follows roster changes made in late July. Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov left the line-up and Daniil “d1Ledez” Kustov and Artem “ArtFr0st” Kharitonov joined permanently, a tweak that was kinda recent and that the team looks to have benefited from.
The write-up notes that “The AWPer in particular was crucial in the title-winning campaign as the team’s highest-rated player over the four series they played, at 1.15.“.
