Wildcard team Ehome is dominating the competition and the most-favored team OG is already out of The International Dota 2 Championships. After two days of play in the main event, TI6 is turning out to be a tournament full of entertaining matches and surprising upsets.
MVP Phoenix, Wings Gaming, Ehome and Evil Geniuses have all advanced to the upper bracket semifinals while Vici Gaming Reborn, Escape Gaming, Na'Vi and Team Secret all got knocked out of the first lower bracket round Monday night, leaving 10 teams left in the tournament.
The action is unfolding every day on Twitch and in the Dota 2 game client as the top Dotateams in the world battle it out in Seattle for their piece of the over $20 million prize pool.
SEE ALSO:What is happening this week at The International 'Dota 2' ChampionshipsHere is where the bracket stands after the second day of play:
Credit: Valve corporationDay one saw MVP defeat OG 2-1 in a long and close match, sending the top-performing team of the past year to the lower bracket to face off against TNC Gaming. In a completely unexpected upset, TNC knocked OG out of the tournament with a 2-0 win.
Wings Gaming, the up-and-coming team from China, managed to best Digital Chaos Monday. Digital Chaos defeated its lower bracket opponent LGD Gaming the following day, so they'll have another chance at advancing to the grand finals.
After the two upper bracket matches Monday, Fnatic and Team Liquid advanced to the lower bracket quarterfinals alongside LGD and TNC.
In two exciting upper bracket matches Tuesday, wildcard team Ehome edged out Alliance 2-0 and TI5 champions Evil Geniuses defeated Newbee. Newbee put up quite a fight but EG managed to come out on top in the majority of team fights, giving them the advantage they needed to win 2-0.
Wednesday, the third day of TI6, is kicking off with the remaining two lower bracket quarterfinals matches, Alliance vs. Fnatic and Newbee vs. Team Liquid. The two winners of those matches will face off against each other Thursday following the other lower bracket semifinals match between TNC and Digital Chaos. The losers will be out of the tournament.
After the lower bracket quarterfinals Wednesday, MVP Phoenix will go up against Wings Gaming, then Ehome will take on Evil Geniuses. The two losing team will be sent to the lower bracket semifinals, while the two winning teams will battle Friday for a spot in the grand finals.
At this point in the tournament, no matchup has a certain winner. OG, possibly one of the tournament's most-favored teams, is already out. Meanwhile wildcard team Ehome has been winning nonstop.
Broadcasts for The International Dota 2 championships start at 10 a.m. PT every day. The remainder of the matches are all best-of-three except for the grand finals on Saturday, which will be best-of-five.
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