iBUYPOWER Masters FML 2026 runs from September 25th-27th at the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas, with eight Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) teams playing for a $30,000 prize pool.
The LAN is organised by Erik 'fl0m' Flom, a Twitch streamer and former professional Counter-Strike player, and is his second event of the year with the prebuilt PC maker. Here is everything you need before the first map goes live.
iBUYPOWER Masters FML 2026 schedule
Doors open on Friday morning and the first two matches start at 10am PDT, which is 6pm BST. Two more follow at 1pm PDT (9pm BST). All four are best-of-three.
Day one looks like this:
- Liquid vs Chicken Coop, Group A, 10am PDT
- NRG vs Wildcard, Group A, 10am PDT
- DENDELE vs Voca, Group B, 1pm PDT
- M80 vs BESTIA, Group B, 1pm PDT
Groups wrap up on Saturday, with the playoffs and the grand final on Sunday. Matches are streamed on fl0m's Twitch channel.
The map pool is Ancient, Anubis, Cache, Dust II, Inferno, Mirage and Nuke.
iBUYPOWER Masters FML 2026 teams
Six invites went to North American teams and two to South America. Anything inside the global top 12 of the Valve Regional Standings (VRS), the ranking system Valve uses to seed its Major Championships, was excluded. Invites were sent off the July VRS update; seeding came from the September one.
Group A: Liquid, NRG, Wildcard, Chicken Coop
Group B: M80, Voca, DENDELE, BESTIA
Liquid arrive as the highest-ranked side in the field and have looked sharp since Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou took over as in-game leader, beating both Vitality and G2 in his first weeks with the roster. M80, who won January's edition, and NRG, who lost that final, are both back. DENDELE and BESTIA make up the South American pair.
Format and prize pool
Two groups of four play a GSL group stage. That is a double-elimination bracket in miniature: win twice and you go through, lose twice and you go home. Every match is a best-of-three.
The top two from each group reach a single-elimination playoff bracket, also best-of-three, with a third-place decider tacked on the end.
The $30,000 splits like this:
- First place: $12,500 (~£9,260)
- Second place: $7,000
- Third place: $3,500
- Fourth place: $2,500
- Fifth-sixth place: $1,250
- Seventh-eighth place: $1,000
Teams also pick up VRS points. M80 took 58 of them alongside the top prize in January, which is a meaningful haul for teams scrapping over Major qualification spots.
What is on the floor
The weekend doubles as the launch of the iBUYPOWER Trading Card Game. Every ticket holder gets a pack on the way in, and extra packs are on sale at the venue for $1.99. One in twenty, iBUYPOWER said, contains an 'Ultra Rare' card.
There is a 1v1 arena powered by Nvidia, open before, during and after matches, where fans can queue up against friends or visiting pros. PC Lab, backed by AMD, lets visitors pick parts and build a system; AMD is giving away CPUs across the three days.
A Beyblade area called 'Let It Sip', run with community group West Coast Bladers, hosts daily mini-tournaments and open free play, with an AMD CPU for the overall winner. Metal parts are banned from the stadiums, and matches pause whenever a broadcast game is live. The Post Plant hangout corner holds console fighting and party games plus sim racing rigs.
Flom is hosting a meet and greet open to everyone with a ticket, with competing teams expected to join. Times have not been confirmed.
Tickets and venue
The arena sits inside the Luxor Hotel & Casino and holds 500 people, staff included, with roughly 400 tickets sold. General admission and VIP passes went on sale in July at around $250 (~£185) for all three days before fees; resale listings have since been running higher. VIP guests receive an event bag on entry.
The event is noted for it's casual vibe. Asked in the event FAQ what he wanted out of the weekend, Flom wrote that his goals were to "do cool stuff for NA CS and don't lose money."
