USA - CEVO Professional CS:Source Season 5 wrapped up the past weekend with an exciting playoff and Grand Final. The Dallas Venom emerged victorious in a three map shootout with the San Francisco Optx and are the CEVO Professional CS:Source Season 5 Champion.

Season 5 Grand Final
Dallas Venom over San Francisco Optx- (10-3) (7-2)(3-1)
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San Francisco Optx over Dallas Venom- (10-3) (6-3)(4-0)
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Dallas Venom over San Francisco Optx- (10-9) (2-7)(7-2)(1-0)
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Season 5 Playoffs
Dallas Venom over Pandemic- (10-5) (8-1)(2-4)
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Dallas Venom over Carolina Core- (10-9) (1-8)(8-1)(1-0)
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Carolina Core over LA Complexity- (10-8) (7-2)(3-6)
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Dallas Venom over electronic Gaming evolution- (10-4) (7-2)(3-2)
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San Francisco Optx over Pandemic- (10-3) (7-2)(3-1)
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Pandemic over Carolina Core- (10-8) (4-5)(6-3)
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San Francisco Optx over electronic Gaming evolution- (10-7) (4-5)(6-2)
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Pandemic over Dallas Venom- (10-4) (6-3)(4-1)
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San Francisco Optx over LA Complexity- (10-9) (7-2)(2-7)(1-0)
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Carolina Core over BYE- (1-0) (1-0)(0-0)
electronic Gaming evolution over BYE- (1-0) (1-0)(0-0)


Top 3 Team Performances of the Championship
1. The Dallas Venom pulled off quite an upset in this Championship with all around decent team play and clutch overtime wins.
2. The San Francisco Optx played an impressive playoff and Grand Final, taking it down to the wire in a very exciting overtime match.
3. Team Pandemic reclaimed a familiar spot amongst the CS:S elite with their third place finish in the Championship series.

Got Skills? (Highest 5 FPR Totals Over Championship)
Sam "DevouR" Chamma - [56/40] - FPR: 1.02 - -/+: +16
Keven "AZK" Lariviere - [29/20] - FPR: 0.94 - -/+: +9
Danny "fRoD" Montaner - [34/28] - FPR: 0.92 - -/+: +6
Ryan "Phamtastik" Pham - [84/66] - FPR: 0.89 - -/+: +18
Mike "paradox" Stanowski - [53/46] - FPR: 0.88 - -/+: +7
FPR is Frags Per Round, +/- is number of Frags minus number of Deaths

Got Armor? (Lowest 5 FPR Totals Over Championship)
Philippe Olivier "PEX" Crepin - [11/24] - FPR: 0.35 - -/+: -13
Mark "masternook" Torrez - [23/40] - FPR: 0.42 - -/+: -17
Grant "Griff" Hall - [32/46] - FPR: 0.53 - -/+: -14
Marcus "zet" Sundstrom - [21/30] - FPR: 0.57 - -/+: -9
Jon "juan" Mumm - [35/50] - FPR: 0.58 - -/+: -15
FPR is Frags Per Round, +/- is number of Frags minus number of Deaths

Got Bait?
Top Assist Total: Corey "kaM" Hanes - 15
Lowest Assist Total: Ronald "Rambo" Kim - 1

Championship Awards
Top Frag Total: Ryan "Phamtastik" Pham - 84
Lowest Frag Total: Philippe Olivier "PEX" Crepin - 11
Top Death Total: Corey "kaM" Hanes - 85
Highest DAR: Ryan "Phamtastik" Pham - 99.49
Worst DAR: Mark "masternook" Torrez - 52.87
Best +/-: Ryan "Phamtastik" Pham - +18
Worst +/-: Mark "masternook" Torrez - -17

Player of the Championship:
The San Francisco Optx' Ryan "Phamtastik" Pham played extremely well, taking top honors in almost every category of GameSense Statistics. His 99.49 DAR, +18 frag ratio and 14 assists help push his team into the Grand Finals where he led the team in frags.

Surprise of the Championship:
The Dallas Venom's taking home the money would have to be the surprise of the playoffs and Championship. No one predicted the Venom to make it past the likes of the Core, Guardians or the Optx, especially at the start of the season with a new player.

Stock Rising:
Team Pandemic had a great performance in the playoffs, finishing in third place. The non-CGS team gave a CGS type performance, finishing well ahead of a majority of the CGS pack. Mike "paradox" Stanowski and the rest of the team have to feel good about things as they look toward the combine.

Stock Falling:
The Guardian's Cinderella season ended abruptly in two matches of the playoffs. The Optx and Venom took the 12-1, #1 seeded regular season team to task and made the team a non-factor in the playoffs.