Stake Pulse Beat III — Counter-Strike 2

live

Under way; entrants: 100 Thieves, HEROIC, MIBR and 1 more.

game: Counter-Strike 2
dates: Oct 12 – Oct 17 2026
tier: 3
location: Stockholm, Sweden
slots: 16

Before the start

median table rank of 50

8 of 10 entrants are in the table

+33.3%

prize pool vs Stake Pulse Beat II

$60,000 → $80,000

5 of 10

entrants in the top four of their last event

2 won it; last season event known for 10 of 10

12 of 45

entrant pairs already met this season

17 series between them before the start; up to 6 for one pair

Season-table ranks of 8 of 10 field clubs, of 50

The outer marks are ranks 18 and 48.

Entrants · 4

from the participant list; places not decided yet

100 ThievesHEROIC MIBR Ninjas in Pyjamas

Schedule

times as scheduled by the organiser on Oct 16, 2026, 12:31 UTC

Ninjas in Pyjamasto be decided bo3 Oct 17, 08:00 UTC

3 more series — opponents are decided as the tournament goes: Oct 17

times of these series

Oct 17, 11:00 UTC bo3 · Oct 17, 14:00 UTC bo3 · Oct 17, 17:00 UTC bo3

what this means

Organiser’s times, in your time zone (UTC without scripts); next 14 days.

Placements and prize distribution

places and prize money

1 not decided yet $30,000

2 not decided yet $12,000

3 not decided yet $10,000

4 not decided yet $6,000

5-8 not decided yet $4,000

9-12 HOTU $1,500

9-12 IC Esports $1,500

9-12 JiJieHao $1,500

9-12 not decided yet $1,500

13-16 BBL Esports $0

13-16 Betclic Apogee Esports $0

13-16 Sashi Esport $0

13-16 not decided yet $0

what this means

$0 — the place pays nothing: 4 rows of 16. 10 places not played out yet: an em dash stands in for the team, the prize money is already announced.

How the pool is split

the pool is allocated by place in full

37.5%

first place

$30,000 of the $80,000 allocated

92.5%

top half of the rows

top 8 rows of 16 · $74,000

×2.5

first place to second

$30,000 against $12,000

Against the season: a larger first-place share than 36 of 69 events; median 36.8%.

Nearby in the season

neighbours by start date

Calendar

beforeESL Pro League Season 24
afterThunderpick World Championship 2026

Facts and records

The previous edition, Stake Pulse Beat II, was won by HEROIC, which is in this field too.

Matches played

CS2 match feed

matches

maps

6 of 6

placement-table teams in these matches

maps of this tournament — the number beside each map is how many times it was played at this tournament Cache · 10Ancient · 9Dust II · 8Mirage · 8Nuke · 8Inferno · 5Anubis · 3

date teams score maps

Oct 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Liquid 2:1 bo3Mirage, Nuke, Cache

Oct 15 MIBR BC.Game Esports 1:2 bo3Cache, Ancient, Nuke

Oct 15 HEROIC ENVY 2:1 bo3Cache, Inferno, Ancient

Oct 15 BC.Game Esports HEROIC 0:2 bo3Cache, Nuke

Oct 15 MIBR ENVY 2:0 bo3Anubis, Ancient

Oct 15 BC.Game Esports MIBR 1:2 bo3Mirage, Ancient, Inferno

Oct 14 Astralis Sashi Esport 2:0 bo3Nuke, Mirage

Oct 14 HOTU Fnatic 2:0 bo3Ancient, Dust II

Oct 14 HOTU Astralis 1:2 bo3Dust II, Ancient, Nuke

Oct 14 Fnatic Sashi Esport 2:0 bo3Inferno, Ancient

The 10 latest of 21 series are shown.

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Stake Pulse Beat III is the third edition of the series in Stockholm in less than three months, after episodes I and II in August and September 2026. It is also the first to grow: the pool rose from $60,000 to $80,000, and first place from $20,000 to $30,000, while the field stayed at sixteen teams.

The first two editions went to very different winners. Betclic Apogee Esports took the opener in August, beating Team Liquid in the final after losing to them earlier in the event; in September HEROIC won, beating 100 Thieves 2–1 in the final. The first champion has not come close since: Apogee finished fifth-to-eighth in the second edition and went out at the start of the third.

Several teams have become regulars. Fnatic, Johnny Speeds, Esport Academy Copenhagen and Apogee played both earlier editions, and ten of the twelve teams already known in the third edition’s field played at least one of the first two.