The highly rated teams all won, some teams had to go through more dramatic matches on the opening day of the season.

ropz has integrated very well with Vitality's new lineup, flameZ shared

After the first day of the first division tournament on Tuesday, the remaining four matches of the round of 16 were held on the second match day of BLAST Bounty.

Astralis had a light day, opening Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Wildcard, eliminating Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz and company from the tournament.

In his first official return since being forced to retire in November, Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz did not show any signs of losing form. 

He started the series with a K-D score of 27-10 and a rating of 1.94 on the Inferno map, ending the match at the top of the performance rankings. When speaking with former teammate Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen On the analysis table, device shared some information about how he will deal with the risk of burnout in the upcoming season.

“We talked a lot about how to schedule better,” device said. "For me, it's a long season and it's important to use the energy in the right places, hopefully it will last."

The next match was the debut of the new lineup of BIG and SAW, and was considered the closest match of the day.

Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn's hyper-aggressive AWP has left a strong mark on the new German roster. The former BIG Academy player had an excellent performance with a rating of 1.69, helping BIG easily defeat the Portuguese team on the Ancient map and overturn a nearly lost match on Nuke in extra time, winning a $10,000 bonus. from SAW bounty.

The Falcons' new roster claimed a narrow victory over ENCE after two intense maps, including the second Train map in the Bounty tournament. They prevented Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander from winning against two former teammates, while René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen outshone Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, who also performed very well.

The day ended with the debut of Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool on the Vitality roster. Although Metizport caused many difficulties, Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut was excellent, starting the new year with a rating of 1.66 in the series.

ropz was no less competitive when he became the leader in kills on the Mirage map, and also had two important clutch plays on Dust2, proving himself to be the second star next to ZywOo in a 2- 0.

"ropz surprised me with what he brought to the team," Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan shared on BLAST. "During tournaments, I often talk to many players, but I don't understand ropz very well. I thought he would be quieter, but actually he is very sociable, jokes around and has many ideas. both in and out of the game."

Day three Bounty matches will include: