Following the success of his macro game in the tiebreakers, Bisu went double nexus against Last's barracks expo on a cross-position game on Circuit Breaker. Both took early third bases according to the standard game. Bisu used his earlier economic advantage to bulldog Last, killing 6 tanks. Last went up one base briefly after taking out Bisu's fourth while saving his own. However, Bisu continued to be relentless; using a combination of recalls and attacks at the fourth to put Last off balance. Last's first big push came out around ~20 minutes into the game. Despite Bisu's devastating push breaking, Last was able to clear four expos at one corner and another three across the map. Bisu made him pay by taking out Last's only lifeblood. When it came down to a single base for Last, Bisu's eco and stasis just overpowered him. GG.

The second set, at Gladiator was just a cute game that would have Protoss haters crying DT imbalance. Last tried some drop into expo opening to which Bisu countered with a DT drop that hit just as the academy finished. Couple that with Bisu's godly DT management -he goes up 2-0 in the series.

Last is at the brink of elimination now and he found Bisu going 12 nexus once again. His determination to punish it paid off when he destroyed the nexus. Last put Bisu on the backpedal and secured his third and fourth rather easily while defending attacks well. When Bisu finally manages to recall on his main, he counterattacks to slice Bisu's 5 bases. Then something happened, Last's numerically superior force was washed by Bisu. The observer revealed a 2-0 to 1-0 upgrade advantage for Bisu. 2-1 finished too late and the attack sputtered. Another recall is countered with another counterattack. Bisu then responded like he doesn't need to defend and recalls into a recall into a recall. Factories went down and zealots raid Last's last mining base. 3-0 for Taek Shin.



People had divided opinions for this series as Sharp's prowess in TvT was only as strong as his nerves against an undoubtedly experienced opponent.

The first game at Circuit Breakers. Mind was aggressive early with a barracks before depot which dealt some damage versus Sharp's forward barracks. Mind put himself ahead going 2 port wraith, hampering Sharp and allowed him to take an earlier expo. Mind went uphill against Sharp's tanks where his timing and micro gave him the opening game.

Mind put his Bo5 strategy into effect by going barracks expo in the next game on FS. His economic advantage against Sharp's factory expo allowed him to be more aggressive with tank placement. But Sharp's TvT was a different brand. He took all his forces and bypassed Mind's line then backstabbed him. Sharp continued to use his brand of pushes and drops to exploit weaknesses in Mind's tank lines and check his expansions. A game ending breakthrough came when Sharp walked into an expansion that Mind can't support. Things got out of hand and Mind's last ditch push to oust Sharp's newest mining base got foiled. Sharp made it a series.

The third game on Match Point was simply spectacular. In the early game, Sharp used an opening to slip vultures into Mind's main. Mind did the same with Sharp's wall-in sealed by Mind's barracks. Mind only had to lift but then Sharp built an ebay keeping it sealed. Mind was setback because of the SCV kills and it snowballed into an unwinnable position giving Sharp the 2-1 lead.

The fourth set was short but sweet for Sharp, Team BBARAS and everyone who wanted Sharp to advance. On Gladiator, Mind went for a fast proxy factory and bunkered up Sharp's natural. Then everything went wrong. Sharp was able to scout his base despite two marines guarding the entrance. Sharp built a second factory to break out. Seige mode forced Mind to pull back... and he did a reverse bunker hop. Sharp broke out and smashed Mind's forces off of 1 factory and a starport, leading to a quick GG.