The third day of PGL Astana 2025 became a real event for CS2 fans, presenting a series of spectacular matches, impressive laps and a strong reaction. The tournament, held in Astana, brought together the best teams that competed for glory and a prize pool of $625,000. The day started with epic duels where players demonstrated their skills and commentators never tired of praising their actions. Fans actively shared memes on social media, and influencers added comments that fueled interest in the competition. Today, the first teams left the tournament, and some made it to the playoffs.

BIG vs Virtus.pro

Among the highlights are the krimbo clutch on Ancient, where it changed to win a 1v3 round without killing

Furia vs MIBR

Lucaozy takes YEKINDAR by surprise, takes 4K

FURIA impresses MIBR with Glock and Deagle pistols

paiN vs ODDIK

The first round of dgt after returning to the team at PGL Astana ended in 4K

ksloks turns into 2v5 with an MP9 ace

Aurora vs NIP

Aurora wins 2v4 thanks to a quick 3K from Wikadia

Ace of r1nkle keeps NIP in full control

GamerLegion vs HOTU

Ztr has spoken out about the elimination from the tournament:

0-3 and we are out of PGL Astana, that was probably worst tournament we played so far not much to say  

Ztr 

HOTU's Deagles win an almost impossible 3v5 round

Another great game with Deagles from HOTU 

NIP vs. Aurora

After a string of losing a couple of rounds of NIP, posted another photo, but this time from f0rest's live stream.

After the win over Train, NIP posted a photo of the team's coach, with the caption, "WE AINT CHOKING THIS TIME BUDDY"

After the win, Aurora in their tweet shared a video they posted yesterday. Where they signed it: They came for XANTARES because he is good on Anubis. The player himself finished the map with a score of 23-12.

ACE from r1nkle

NAVI vs. The MongolZ

After the win, another interesting moment happened when The Mongolz were on their way to NAVI to shake hands, but on the way they saw magixx who showed them a heart.

3 kills from w0nderful + VAC shot from jL

3 kills from w0nderful

On the first map, NAVI gave away a 1:7 camaraderie, bringing the game to a score of 11:12 in favour of The Mongolz, after posting a photo that speaks for itself.

The MongolZ posted a photo at the time of the defeat, captioning it: “mood”.

M80 vs. G2

TaZ reaction after win

Also during the match malbsmd gave an incredible performance and M80 joked about it: "malbs when it comes to sending us home from PGL Astana"

On the second map, M80 threw a smock without hitting it. M80 immediately shared on social media and captioned it: "actual NA smoke"

Spirit vs. Astralis

4 kills from donk

PGL Astana 2025 takes place from May 10 to 18. The entire tournament is held in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the "Barys" arena. Participants are competing for a prize pool of $625,000. You can follow the results and progress of the tournament through this link.