NRG have won FRAG St. Clair 2026, beating SportsBetExpert 3-1 in the grand final without their AWPer hallzerk available. Coach daps filled in for the absent sniper, and the team won the tournament anyway and took $3,000.
Through the Bracket
NRG didn't drop a series until the grand final. They swept Eh-Team in the quarterfinal and beat NuTorious 2-0 in the semifinal before SportsBetExpert pushed them to four maps in the final. SportsBetExpert had come through their own side of the bracket cleanly, beating For Fun and then Villainous 2-0 in the semifinal, which made the final a genuine contest. Villainous took third place with a 2-0 win over NuTorious in the third-place match.
daps Playing Instead of Coaching
The more interesting detail is how NRG got there. hallzerk's absence forced daps out of the coaching seat and onto the server, a situation that's unusual even at the tier-2 level. Most likely the Norwegian wasn't called to NA because NRG were just sure they would win the event considering how weak the field was.
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