🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

^^ Astralis vs Nip one would be very risky. Jugi is really struggling to perform for Astralis and with another change with Snappi coming for Xyp9x it makes it really risky. Nip are really unpredicatble side.

thing is that I was planning to skip one Astralis match today and ended up skipping the one vs. sAw (odds are trash)...But you're right, it could go either way, although i'm counting on God 'Device' to wreak havoc =P

I like these match ups and the odds are valuable too, but I really don't like the fact that there is a draw option in the lines (it makes me feel a bit skeptical about placing any bet)

LOL a we start off this tournament with a draw 

[morvillz7z]

I like these match ups and the odds are valuable too, but I really don't like the fact that there is a draw option in the lines (it makes me feel a bit skeptical about placing any bet)

LOL a we start off this tournament with a draw  

Who said draw?  



I decided to try my luck today and put a draw on the first four matches.
Teams quite often go to overtime, so why not now when they have to play only one map, right? The O 26.5 is also a solid pick imo. Might as well place a few of those tomorrow. See if any on the next three games finish in a draw, that would be sweeeeet.

[rand1919]

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[tomahawk9]

Who said draw?  

https://i.ibb.co/BVNkcfw/hjghfkk.png

Jackpot    I didn't see many ppl going for a draw today. Nice win!

While I was making my picks this morning, every time I saw 'Draw', i started questioning my bets =P but eventually I decided to skip draws completely and opted for ML. I might go for Total Rounds and Draws tomorrow rather than ML..gonna wait and see if i get wins today.

[Trofo]

Who said draw?  

https://i.ibb.co/BVNkcfw/hjghfkk.png

Jackpot    I didn't see many ppl going for a draw today. Nice win!

While I was making my picks this morning, every time I saw 'Draw', i started questioning my bets =P but eventually I decided to skip draws completely and opted for ML. I might go for Total Rounds and Draws tomorrow rather than ML..gonna wait and see if i get wins today.

Well, that draw ruined my ticket. Didn't even know that CS can end as a draw when placing a bet. Will have to be more careful in the future. Of course all other matches ended up favourably for me.

[Harkorede]

I like these match ups and the odds are valuable too, but I really don't like the fact that there is a draw option in the lines (it makes me feel a bit skeptical about placing any bet)

LOL a we start off this tournament with a draw  

Who said draw?  



I decided to try my luck today and put a draw on the first four matches.
Teams quite often go to overtime, so why not now when they have to play only one map, right? The O 26.5 is also a solid pick imo. Might as well place a few of those tomorrow. See if any on the next three games finish in a draw, that would be sweeeeet.

Lol! My guts were right then ☹️☹️

I'm not just the guy to bet on draws, we might even get one draw, fingers crossed.

9x that's some Ez money you've got bud 😉😉

[Avirunes]

thing is that I was planning to skip one Astralis match today and ended up skipping the one vs. sAw (odds are trash)...But you're right, it could go either way, although i'm counting on God 'Device' to wreak havoc =P

Oh didn't checked that they had another fixture as well against sAw.

They lost the match against Nip . JUGi and Snappi gave the worst performance but given the thing that they just came into the team I think they will need some time to fit in with the game style of Astralis.  It is hell lot of work for Zonic to get them into it while Xyp9x and Gla1ve are out. Only Device and dupreeh were good out there, magisk also seemed kinda off today.

[tomahawk9]

0 wins so far, 2 more to go...can't wait for the Dota playoffs  

Well, that draw ruined my ticket. Didn't even know that CS can end as a draw when placing a bet.

That sucks. But now you know, time for round 2  (:

@Harko  yeah i don't go for draws either, but i might need to change my strategy during this group stage.

@Avirunes  Looks like i'm expecting too much from this Astralis. They won versus the weak team but didn't stand a chance versus hampus & Co. And you're right, it might take some time for the whole team to be on the same wavelength (so, time to avoid Astralis in future bet slips?). But, Snappi vs. NiP was something else tho, 8-21 LOL

[STT]

Well, that draw ruined my ticket. Didn't even know that CS can end as a draw when placing a bet. Will have to be more careful in the future. Of course all other matches ended up favourably for me.

Well the history is that alot of blame was attributed to bettors interfering with CSGO games so a few years back they started the idea of best of 2 or a possible win for both teams on their own map pick.   It was done to discourage or even disrupt any betting on those matches, fairly deliberately I think.
    In more then a dozen cases I know of bad elements in the community would attack online matches and knock players offline  to alter the winning chances of the most likely winner.   With odds of 10 to 1 back in the old days, it was highly profitable to do so.   The odds of iBP vs NCG was 93% vs 7%  and I did win that bet btw but ibp was far better then
  If you have watched Stunna recently as a caster, he used to be the manager for the classic C9 team and ended up playing during a match in their 5 because of this DDOS on the main squad.   Obviously an IP had been discovered and not every player can or knows how to alter details and stay secure, so that happened more then once.   Stunna is a nice guy but he is ex military service was mostly admin never a pro player himself, MGE at the time he was forced into playing for C9.     Obviously people like Zonic for Astralis, he is great and its not as bad.

[ralle14]

Well, that draw ruined my ticket. Didn't even know that CS can end as a draw when placing a bet. Will have to be more careful in the future. Of course all other matches ended up favourably for me.

Draws are very rare in CSGO tournaments but now you know Blast is one of the few that doesn't allow matches to go past overtime (during the group stage phase). I also get sucked in the 1x2 market as the odds are always better but after betting on other sports that ends on draw i've learned my lesson. 

0 wins so far, 2 more to go...can't wait for the Dota playoffs 

What do you guys have for the ESL playoffs later today? Team Nigma is looking like a value bet, the bookies have them as underdogs against VP.Prodigy. 

[Avirunes]

(so, time to avoid Astralis in future bet slips?)

Yeah I would or maybe side a bit with handicap for the other if they are up against some really unpredictable sides like complexity,VP, Nip. Astralis all players are very good on comms and with new players I think that communication link up is kinda lost now and they have to build up that in them.

But i am sure at one point both Snappi and Jugi will adjust into the team, so I am just waiting for that sign for now before going for betting on Astralis.

[tomahawk9]

Got me 2 wins (out of 5) thanks to the Americas teams yesterday..phew! Did anyone one watch the games? Except for Chaos vs Gen G, the other two matches were far more entertaining than all the EU matches combined lol  

@Avirunes  talking about Astralis, looks like Dupreeh got tired of all the BS ppl are saying about the team: https://twitter.com/dupreeh/status/1267501122580873222

What do you guys have for the ESL playoffs later today? Team Nigma is looking like a value bet, the bookies have them as underdogs against VP.Prodigy.  

Today i'm going with:

Dota
O 2.5 @ https://i.ibb.co/31BNd6c/vikinftm.png ✘  Vikin threw the game...bunch of clowns!
+1.5 @ https://i.ibb.co/4fkjnhN/liquid.png ✔

About Nigma, i'm gonna back them tomorrow. ML @1.99 at the time of writing, might take this rn, too good =)

[Avirunes]

@Avirunes  talking about Astralis, looks like Dupreeh got tired of all the BS ppl are saying about the team: https://twitter.com/dupreeh/status/1267501122580873222

I also saw some discussion of some commentators and they were discussing about the two players breaks from Astralis. They talked about that Majors is right around the corner and the leaves is the right time to regain the mental strength and overcome health issues. I think it is the right time as well. ESL One Rio is scheduled to happen in November and they have months to recover.

People always throw pebbles when they don't find the performance as expected. People are questioning about the leave but checking that discussion I also think they have something big going on their mind.

[Trofo]

Just watched FTM kick Viking ass. I had them as ML on high stake ticket and I had over 2.5 on low stake multi so I would have preferred if Viking managed to get that second map and then lost. Viking had a very solid lead in that second map but FTM turned around quickly. They just needed one good fight and few seconds later it was all over.

Damn, that Luna can destroy the base fast

[turkandjaydee]

-snip-
Dota
O 2.5 @ https://i.ibb.co/31BNd6c/vikinftm.png ✘  Vikin threw the game...bunch of clowns!
-snip-

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Viking had a very solid lead in that second map but FTM turned around quickly. They just needed one good fight and few seconds later it was all over.

Damn, that Luna can destroy the base fast

Too bad for Vikin.gg. Unfortunately, FTM draft was way better in the late-game than Vikin.gg draft and there was no way Vikin.gg could  win a late-game fight if its 5v5 fight.

Just look at all of Vikin.gg heroes when their BKB immunity ends, they can't do any shit. They should've ended that game faster.

[tomahawk9]

1/2 wins today, meh...gonna go back to csgo picks tomorrow. Btw, Vitality with yet another draw, wtf?

@morvillz7z  where u at man? Did you win today? no way you also expected a draw today? =P

Damn, that Luna can destroy the base fast

things went south really fucking fast for Vikin, everything happened so fast, it was a bit frustrating to watch :/

They should've ended that game faster.

Yep, but still man, wth was Ember doing?? wth was that jump??    (genuine question, i'm no Pro in Dota so idk exactly what Boom could've accomplished by doing that)

[morvillz7z]

@morvillz7z  where u at man? Did you win today? no way you also expected a draw today? =P

Sorry i was busy today, couldn't post/share my picks.
And there's not much to brag anyway, Vitality ML ruined my 3-team parlay (the other two selections went pretty smooth MAD and NIP's wins).
I would try to get on time tomorrow, i'm targeting ENCE's games cuz they really need those wins but against NIP it will be tough.


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[Harkorede]

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You're never going to stop, are you ? I'm taking a break from these games until there is some real tournament again that doesn't have a draw option(best of 3 or 5 maps, idc).

Maybe I'll just tail a few bets on here or go fully in on dota 2 (I just don't like their odds most times)

[tomahawk9]

image source:https://www.v9digital.com/wp-content/uploads/SELL-IT.png

The absolute madman...HOW?? lolol   btw, why not avoid draws in your accas and go for singles? you would've made huge profits with single bets.

@Harko  a small break every once in a while is good, plus, we gotta take care of that bankroll, eh? football leagues are coming back very soon (:  oh, and the Blast Premier playoffs starts next friday and they'll be BO3.

picks!!
Dota
Nigma ML @2.10 ✘
CSGO
NiP - ENCE O26.5 @1.85 ✔
Fnatic - Mouze O26.5 @1.86 ✔

gonna cheer for Nigma today. i don't think i've lost whenever i back them so let's see if i can continue that winning streak. Fnatic and Mouz, again, just like in the Pro League season 11 final...please, no 16-1 in this match, ffs!

[Trofo]

picks!!
Dota
Nigma ML @2.10
CSGO
NiP - ENCE O26.5 @1.85
Fnatic - Mouze O2.5 @1.86

gonna cheer for Nigma today. i don't think i've lost whenever i back them so let's see if i can continue that winning streak. Fnatic and Mouz, again, just like in the Pro League season 11 final...please, no 16-1 in this match, ffs!

I am also on Nigma today, have a feeling they should win this one and odds are very nice.

Can't really wrap my head around this BO1 counter strike matches, so I am just backing underdogs here and there and hope for upsets. My local bookie doesn't have 1x2 markets so I can't hazard a guess on draw.

I think you have a typo in your last bet, I guess it should say over 26,5 since it is BO1 match.