I am not really expecting from Team Liquid besides their coach, Blitz, in terms of Team Nigma, I think they can still get up after that loss.
Also, if you are a longtime Dota 2 fan, I know you know the face of Dota 2 is in the past. I don't know if he is still the face of Dota 2 but he is in team B8 right now and having a bad time in their first game. Right now, I have my eyes on VP which also had a great first game. It is nostalgic since some of the players were in the same team that we loved in the past, Na'Vi like Funn1k and Sonneiko playing for other teams while Dendi is in B8.
I just checked the teams and I am surprised that most of the past teammates of Dendi are playing in this tournament. Including Kuroky and Puppey, we also have Funn1k and Sonneiko here, that is just amazing. I am not a fan of NaVi since I am a bit of a Chinese team in the past since they are the ones dominating the pro stage in that era.
I think that is a strategy or maybe they are trying something else. I think it is a bit of the Path of least resistance but I think they have a strategy in mind. It is Kuroky so we don't really need to be worried about it. I think people would also look at Team Navi right now, they have a good pos 4 that might lead to their good run this tournament. Not surprised with Team Secret though but VP is just amazing too.