Stake Ranked Episode 5 — Counter-Strike 2

upcoming

Starts Oct 27, 2026; entrants: Astralis, BIG, Eternal Fire and 5 more.

game: Counter-Strike 2
dates: Oct 27 – Oct 30 2026
tier: 2
location: Europe
slots: 8

Before the start

1 of 10

top table clubs entered

rank 45 of 73 fields this season, tied with 8 more

21.5

median table rank of 50

6 of 8 entrants are in the table

same

prize pool vs Stake Ranked Episode 4

$100,000 → $100,000

5 of 8

entrants in the top four of their last event

1 won it; last season event known for 8 of 8

Season-table ranks of 6 of 8 field clubs, of 50

The outer marks are ranks 8 and 41.

Entrants · 8

from the participant list; places not decided yet

Astralis BIGEternal FireFnatic IC Esports Magic MIBRTeam Nemesis

Previous editions · 4

editions of this series in our calendar: winner and prize pool

Stake Ranked Episode 4 · Oct 1 – Oct 4 · $100,000 · Astralis
Stake Ranked Episode 3 · Jul 15 – Jul 18 · $100,000 · HEROIC
Stake Ranked Episode 2 · May 27 – May 30 · $100,000 · Ninjas in Pyjamas
Stake Ranked Episode 1 · Apr 1 – Apr 4 · $100,000 · G2 Esports

Schedule

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

BIG Magic bo3 Oct 27, 11:00 UTC

IC Esports Team Nemesis bo3 Oct 27, 13:30 UTC

Astralis Fnatic bo3 Oct 27, 16:00 UTC

Eternal Fire MIBR bo3 Oct 27, 18:30 UTC

8 more series — opponents are decided as the tournament goes: Oct 28 – Oct 29

times of these series

Oct 28, 11:00 UTC bo3 · Oct 28, 13:30 UTC bo3 · Oct 28, 16:00 UTC bo3 · Oct 28, 18:30 UTC bo3 · Oct 29, 11:00 UTC bo3 · Oct 29, 13:30 UTC bo3 · Oct 29, 16:00 UTC bo3 · Oct 29, 18:30 UTC bo3

what this means

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

Prize distribution

places not decided yet — the prize money for each place

1 $25,000

2 $17,500

3 $13,500

4 $11,000

5-6 $9,000

7-8 $7,500

what this means

Places are decided as the tournament goes; shown is the prize money by place.

How the pool is split

the pool is allocated by place in full

25.0%

first place

$25,000 of the $100,000 allocated

67.0%

top half of the rows

top 4 rows of 8 · $67,000

×1.4

first place to second

$25,000 against $17,500

Against the season: a larger first-place share than 2 of 69 events; median 36.8%.

what this means

The same pool is announced for 9 other events this season, so all 10 share rank 55.

Nearby in the season

neighbours by start date

Calendar

beforePGL Masters Bucharest 2026
afterFiReSPORTS Last Chance 2026

Facts and records

The previous edition, Stake Ranked Episode 4, was won by Astralis, which is in this field too. In our season table of 50 clubs with at least 40 maps in our data, the highest-ranked entrant is Fnatic, 8th by share of maps won.

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Each of the first four Stake Ranked episodes this season went to a different club: G2 Esports in April, Ninjas in Pyjamas in May, HEROIC in July and Astralis on October 4. Astralis is the only one of those champions in this field.

Its Episode 4 win ended a run of 23 tournaments without a title this season, the longest wait of any champion, shared with one other club. Astralis is the defending champion with a changed lineup: HooXi and jabbi moved to its inactive list on October 9, and siuhy and cmtry joined on October 13.

BIG and Fnatic also return from the Episode 4 field, where they finished fifth to sixth and fourth. Fnatic is the strongest entrant by our season table, eighth of 50 by share of maps won. The pool stays at $100,000, and its $25,000 first prize is one of the smallest first-place shares of the season.