🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[morvillz7z]

Trying to get at least one winning ticket this week with FATE ml + AGF ml total odds just over 2.00

both semifinals from CSGOFAST Cup 5:

FATE vs SJ Gaming, FATE are ranked #38 whereas their opponent #135, map pool favors FATE
AGF vs Berzerk, Berzerk are that same unranked team that beat Nexus a few days ago, they advanced to the semifinals after their opponent in the quarterfinals (HONORIS) had to forfeit the game because having another match at the same time. The odds for AGF -1.5 are nice but i don't trust them, so playing it safe and only betting on the moneyline here.

https://www.hltv.org/matches

What do you think of interface change hltv did to their 'matches' section? I don't like it at all...slightly confusing at first look.

[ralle14]

Trying to get at least one winning ticket this week with FATE ml + AGF ml total odds just over 2.00

both semifinals from CSGOFAST Cup 5:

FATE vs SJ Gaming, FATE are ranked #38 whereas their opponent #135, map pool favors FATE

I'm also taking FATE against SJ Gaming, the rankings is slightly is misleading for FATE but they should have enough firepower to take the win.

https://www.hltv.org/matches

What do you think of interface change hltv did to their 'matches' section? I don't like it at all...slightly confusing at first look.

I agree it's confusing, the match page looks compressed they should remove those featured stuff on the side or at least put it somewhere else since there's enough news posted on the homepage.

[tomahawk9]

Reminder that [with the group stage over] this starts next Monday:


https://www.hltv.org/events/5431/nine-to-five-2

COL about to teach a thing or two to these low tier teams   i'll keep an eye on CR4ZY and aTTaX, pleasant surprises in this csgo off season

What do you think of interface change hltv did to their 'matches' section? I don't like it at all...slightly confusing at first look.

Trash. It's gonna take some time to get used to it. At least the main filters like "Top Tier" are right there

the match page looks compressed

does it look like they added more ads? everything looking smaller and compressed like you say makes me think they wanted to fit as much ads as possible   i can't tell cos i have a bunch of add-ons on FF which block ads and all that crap

[morvillz7z]

I'm also taking FATE against SJ Gaming

Congrats to both of us, in all fairness it was a very close match. Announcers said before the start, that this might be the game of the tournament and i agree the overall rankings do not do justice.
I also ended up taking AGF spread, decent odds vs unranked team, no bs and fairly easy win for them.

COL about to teach a thing or two to these low tier teams

What is complexity doing there? They will be given super ugly odds (almost unplayable)...i have AVEZ and Gambit Youngsters as my dark horses.

[Globb0]

Not a huge amount on again today.


Im backing this,



Watching the games and keeping my eye out for a juicy (but cheap) hedge

[tomahawk9]

@Globb0  surprised you didn't include any csgo matches today

COL about to teach a thing or two to these low tier teams

What is complexity doing there? They will be given super ugly odds (almost unplayable)...i have AVEZ and Gambit Youngsters as my dark horses.

They're one of the many teams invited to this tournament. Check out the other teams: https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Relog_Media/Nine_to_Five/2

And yeah, odds will be awful for sure, but to be honest, Complexity had a one-month break, while these low tier teams have been playing on the regular, you never know 

[erikoy]

Not a huge amount on again today.


Im backing this,



Watching the games and keeping my eye out for a juicy (but cheap) hedge

this is one way to get excitement and fun watching in bet team. This is dota2 though I love this game so much but I had not been following any tournament now and not really familiar with the new teams. I need to catch up with the current eventa so that I could possibly bet also in the future. It is good to bet not likely with that high amount just a good bet for snacks or a meal that would be definitely fine for me.

[Globb0]

Flipping bet 365 the game playing wasn't the one I bet on. They played a CSGO match but the bets were for this dota game!   fs

Never mind, as I said watching for a hedge (ehome win round 2 I think) I recovered all my stakes.



Now I am on this, but I keep doubling down when the odds get good.

[morvillz7z]

FATE beat AGF in the grand final at CSGOFAST in 3 maps, and Syman topped AVEZ in the Malta Vibes 1/4 finals again in 3 maps. I was fortunate enough to have both games O2.5 and get really good odds. I will try to share/post my predictions in time tomorrow, Malta Vibes semis and final is what i'm focused on.

Slightly off-topic, a Canadian female's csgo team goes by the name of "That's what she said"

[Globb0]

Well I went a bit mad last night but I had a plan and I cleaned up with it a bit.

[tomahawk9]

I wasn't planning on placing any bets today since i'm full with soccer, but then i saw @Globb0 post and well, i couldn't help it 

3 fold: Triumph -1.5 + Dignitas - Evil Geniuses U23.5 total kills + Cloud 9 total odds: 3.20

watching Gambit YNG vs Syman right now, the former is looking pretty good in map 1, looks like it's gonna be a clean 2-0 for them (?) there's a guy on Syman with less than 30 ADR after 22 rounds, yikes!

[morvillz7z]

I finished 3-5 on the week, CR4ZY let me down today, i had their match O2.5 but they lost in 2 maps without much of a fight, disappointing.

Will try to get better results next week. My Nine to Five 2 picks:

Izako Boars 1.5 + AVEZ ml total odds 1.80

SG.pro vs Izako Boars both team are struggling to get good results, played each other last month (Boars won 2-0), they should be good for at least one map.
AVEZ vs lvlUP  AVEZ are the better team imo, ranked higher with better current form.

Illuminar ml + Excellency ml total odds 1.92

Illuminar vs Tikitakan Tikitakan are unranked team but should not be underestimated, have good results beating ranked teams. They could absolutely steal a map, not sure if they can win.
selectah vs Excellency I couldn't find any information/recent matches anything about selectah, the team is a complete mystery...

[boltz]

I don't know if anyone here watches Overwatch League on Youtube but damn, Justice jut got a win against Houston Outlaws with a total odd of 4.20 and I was inspired to take it with 2$ risky bet haha. Last night I was unlucky and I got mad a little as Gladiators had 2 0 againt Fusion and then lost 2 3... . In my opinion if you play Overwatch, this is one of the most easiest picks you could take knowing the heroes and the maps.

[Globb0]

I finished 3-5 on the week, CR4ZY let me down today, i had their match O2.5 but they lost in 2 maps without much of a fight, disappointing.

Same here and that was the only bet of the day, don't know what happened to them. I had the 4 other results as a win. Shame.




If Im watching and the wrong team goes a bit behind Im getting another small bet on.

They are good value bets, and because these games flop around a few times. Ive sometimes managed to be in a position I don't even mind who wins ive got both ways good.

[tomahawk9]

@morvillz7z  you've been backing Izako Boars during the off season, haven't you? who would've thought polish boars were so good at CSGO?  

I missed almost all the games of Nine to Five, but there's still one more, and it's prolly the highlight of the day: Gambit Youngsters - LDCL +1.5 @1.61

A rematch of the Malta Vibes Cup final (exactly 24h later). I'm expecting kind of a similar performance, Gambit less motivated since this isn't a final fck LDLC! 

[morvillz7z]

Tikitakan trashed my second parlay!

Illuminar deserved to lose though, i tuned in for the final few rounds on vertigo, Illuminar had all the momentum, they managed to get to 13 (from 14-8) and then lost fully-geared up vs. 4 pistols and a rifle...inexcusable.

Mildly interesting, CR4ZY with gigantic collapse vs. aTTaX they had 14-3 lead (vertigo), lost 13 straight rounds, this is mind-bending. Like NaVi, so unpredictable.

@morvillz7z  you've been backing Izako Boars during the off season, haven't you? who would've thought polish boars were so good at CSGO?  

Izako Boars ftw, these dudes always come up clutch for me when i need them.

[Globb0]

Oh I did it again  (nice after some more crappy weeks)

[ralle14]

Going to try some league once again and also take advantage of stake's promotion. The match is starting under an hour, Rogue Warriors vs Bilibili Gaming two teams in the lower part of the rankings. I'll be taking Rogue Warriors to win here, even though they have a similar record (4-8) against their opponent their form is currently good as they have a 4 win streak while Bilibili is on a 2 losing streak. On top of that Rogue Warriors are beating good teams like FPX and LGD that are in the middle of the rankings.

[Trofo]

Nobody playing DOTA 2 today? I went with Aliance ML, hoping for another Nikobaby performance which should be enough to clinch this one. That new addition to NaVi played well yesterday and they looked very good, hopefully not good enough to do something today.

On low stake ticket I also added OG ML and Flytomoon ML. It is still early days in the tournament so I am unsure how teams will perform.

[andycarrol]

Nobody playing DOTA 2 today? I went with Aliance ML, hoping for another Nikobaby performance which should be enough to clinch this one. That new addition to NaVi played well yesterday and they looked very good, hopefully not good enough to do something today.

On low stake ticket I also added OG ML and Flytomoon ML. It is still early days in the tournament so I am unsure how teams will perform.

until now I still play dota 2 while for betting dota 2 items I usually play on VPgame, yes even though I only bet dota 2 items but I can get decent results and can be sold to collectors who can receive the items that I get.

while for the team game from dota 2, OG is the best for now, unfortunately ANA did not participate to support this match, was ANA only included when it reached the final round? because I saw that when there was ANA, OG was very easy to win.