Boombl4 wins tournament month after returning to IGL role
2023-06-01 09:07:001WIN captain Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov led his team to their first trophy since his addition. They won BetBoom Playlist Freedom, defeating Aurora Gaming in the grand final with a 2:1 map score.
In playoffs, 1WIN crushed Virtus.pro, Portuguese SAW, and the former HEET players competing as Looking4Org. Only in the finals they had to play the full bo3 series.
Roughly a month ago, Boombl4 took over the IGL role in 1WIN, replacing Aleksey "NickelBack" Trofimov in this position. According to his pre-final interview, they didn't have a chance to practice properly while playing in various competitions. It's Boombl4's first event win since leaving NAVI in May 2022. Most of this time, he spent inactive.
BetBoom Playlist Freedom ran online from May 1 to May 31. It had an $80,000 prize pool, split among the eight best teams.
