Saturday, April 13<\/strong><\/h3>Round three<\/strong>
10 am CT – Cloud9 vs. FaZe
10 am CT – Astralis vs. MIBR
10 am CT – Liquid vs. Natus Vincer<\/p>
Round four<\/strong>
11:20 am CT – Astralis vs. Liquid
11:20 am CT – Cloud9 vs. MIBR
11:20 am CT – FaZe vs. Natus Vincere<\/p>
Round five<\/strong>
12:40 pm CT – MIBR vs. Liquid
12:40 pm CT – Cloud9 vs. Natus Vincere
12:40 pm CT – Astralis vs. FaZe<\/p>
The best-of-three Grand Finals will be played on April 13, 2019 at 3pm CT, while the Pro Standoff will be played out an hour before on the same day. As for storylines, look out for the Danish superteam Astralis to attempt to win three BLAST Pro Series tournaments in a row in Miami. <\/p>
The Danes may be the best team in the world right now, but they have some stiff competition in FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere, MIBR, Cloud9, and BLAST Pro Series S\u00e3o Paulo runner-ups, Team Liquid. Catch all the exciting action when the tournament kicks off this weekend on BLAST Pro Series’ Twitch channel<\/a>.
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