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Singles play today at CEO 2015 for Smash was incredibly hype. Players came out in full force and many matches took unexpected turns with several surprising upsets. As we head into the top 8 for both Melee and Smash for Wii U, ZeRo's bounty still remains unclaimed and $300 in pot bonuses are up for grabs in each. For those that may have missed the tournament today or want a recap on the most exciting matches in singles Smashboards is here!
Smash 4
Pools
There were many upsets in Smash 4 pools that left many fans and viewers surprised. The largest of which came from pool 2 in NAKAT's performance. As a player many had to make top 32 or even break into top 8, his losses to both KamiKario and then elimination in losers bracket by falln shocked many people. Fans of Donkey Kong will be sad to hear DKWill was unable to escape pool 1 being double eliminated by KDB. Sol brought on serious hype as well, almost taking out Nario before being 2 stocked game three. A full recap on Smash 4 pools is available here, with a top 32 recap also available here.
Top 8
Zero still has the $500 bounty on his head and his first match going into top 8 tomorrow will certainly put the pressure on. ESAM was on everyone's list as one of the players that could take down ZeRo in the latest Smashboards podcast and with the victories he pulled out today it is no surprise. If ZeRo pulls through ESAM he'll have to face the winner of MVD vs Nairo. MVD took a game off of ZeRo back at MVG Sandstorm, and Nairo with his impressive set of capable characters would both present quite the challenge.
Dabuz, having been taken out by ESAM earlier, will definitely want a potential second shot at him in losers bracket. Before that happened he will have to face Shaky who recently took down ESAM in a few sets. Larry Lurr managed to take out ANTi AND Mr. R on his run through losers. NickRiddle has been no slouch either however, having taken out StaticManny and KamiKario. Top 8 for Smash 4 is shaping up to be quite the spectacle!
Melee
Pools
Melee pools had plenty of exciting matches as well. Recently sponsored Bizzaro Flame was sadly double eliminated by Gahtzu and "King of Smash" Ken was also double eliminated but by Gravy. The double elimination streaks kept going as well, with Tafokints double eliminating Darkrain and Cactuar double eliminated by Soft. With no Mew2King in pool 8, Zhu made it out of the winners bracket followed by Reno is losers. Tai also had his run cut short by both The Moon and Colbol respectively.
Top 8
Heading into the top 8 of Melee there will be some seriously intense matches. Armada and Hungrybox will meet early in the day, with the loser to play Mang0 vs Plup. Recently signed The Moon also faces Westballz, the guy who's taken out Mang0 several times recently, early in losers. If Mang0 makes one of his legendary runs through losers bracket we may see that rivalry play out for 4th place. Shroomed vs Leffen is a match very few expected as well. If Shroomed pulls out the win it will be one of his most impressive placements as of late which would be fantastic for momentum heading into Evo 2015.
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CEO 2015 has so far been breathtakingly hype. Give us those top 8 picks for Melee and Smash 4 below, and get aboard the hype train for tomorrow!
SmashCapps is seriously hyperventilating over these matches, and isn't sure he'll be able to sleep at all tonight. share in his manic hype by following him on Twitter.
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