{"id":31967,"date":"2023-08-21T01:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=31967"},"modified":"2023-08-21T01:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T05:13:23","slug":"team-vitality-claim-gamers8-csgo-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-vitality-claim-gamers8-csgo-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Vitality claim Gamers8 CS:GO title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Vitality have claimed the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/gamers8\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Gamers8 Counter-Strike betting guide\">Gamers8 Counter-Strike<\/a> title after defeating ENCE 2-1 in the grand final.<\/p>\n<p>After being completely dominated on the opening map of the series (16-7), Team Vitality responded with back-to-back map victories (16-12, 16-9) to claim the US$400,000 winners\u2019 cheque.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WELCOME IN THE VITALITY ERA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VforVictory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VforVictory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YOUR <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gamers8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gamers8<\/a> CHAMPIONS \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wqUN3B7Ocu\">pic.twitter.com\/wqUN3B7Ocu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Vitality \ud83d\udc1d (@TeamVitality) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamVitality\/status\/1693370902681895128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The current world number two entered the tournament as slight favourites with most <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Top esports bookmakers\">esports betting sites<\/a>, after their third-fourth finish at IEM Cologne earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the five-day event, Vitality and ENCE were the standout performers among the 16 teams that made the trip 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