Stake Pulse Beat III
Stake Pulse Beat III runs 12–17 October 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden. A $80K prize pool and 16 teams are on the line.
- Dates: 12–17 October 2026
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Prize pool: $80K
- Teams: 16
- Tier: Tier 2
- Type: Intl. LAN
Teams attending
- Astralis — HLTV #11 · VRS #10 · Open Registration
- MIBR — HLTV #12 · VRS #12 · Open Registration
- Envy — HLTV #20 · VRS #23 · Open Registration
- Inner Circle — HLTV #23 · VRS #20 · Open Registration
- Liquid — HLTV #24 · VRS #19 · Open Registration
- HEROIC — HLTV #26 · VRS #16 · Open Registration
- JiJieHao — HLTV #31 · VRS #32 · Open Registration
- 100 Thieves — HLTV #32 · VRS #28 · Open Registration
- HOTU — HLTV #35 · VRS #34 · Open Registration
- Ninjas in Pyjamas — HLTV #37 · VRS #18 · Open Registration
- fnatic — HLTV #47 · VRS #37 · Open Registration
- Betclic — HLTV #49 · VRS #45 · Open Registration
- BBL — HLTV #50 · VRS #38 · Open Registration
- Sangal — HLTV #53 · VRS #40 · Open Qualifier 1
- BC.Game — HLTV #60 · VRS #50 · Open Qualifier 2
- Sashi — HLTV #64 · VRS #73 · Open Registration
Format
- Group stage: GSL Bo3
- Playoffs: Single elimination Bo3 · 3rd place decider match Bo3
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.