ESports betting -CS:GO, DOTA 2, LOL, Valorant - Sportsbet.io discussion thread

[ralle14]

I think that these organizations have got money to do that and apply them to have another passport if these problems have already been foreseen but we'll see the development and news about it as we go near to the date of the major which we still got 3 weeks from now.

If only it was that easy to fix we'd barely see teams needing a substitute, but I don't have high hopes when even OG who has a lot of money to spend was forced to play with a stand-in during the Berlin Major.

The highlight to the first day of the tournament were Imperial Esports who beat the hot squad of Team Vitality who were just coming off their championship win in the Paris Blast.tv final

I watched that series and Team Vitality were caught sleeping after that dominating T-side Overpass from Imperial and then their struggles continued in Vertigo. I guess they're not as hungry to get a high placement for this tournament since they already qualified for the World Finals.

Now the upper bracket matchup should be a cruise for G2 since they looked solid against Cloud9, and this is a much easier matchup as I think Vitality doesn't care as much playing into this tournament.

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[boyptc]

I think that these organizations have got money to do that and apply them to have another passport if these problems have already been foreseen but we'll see the development and news about it as we go near to the date of the major which we still got 3 weeks from now.

If only it was that easy to fix we'd barely see teams needing a substitute, but I don't have high hopes when even OG who has a lot of money to spend was forced to play with a stand-in during the Berlin Major.

Well, that's true. And before the Bali major, we've got the Dreamleague. One SEA team has got their VISA delayed and that's the Execration so if you're going to look at the page --> https://liquipedia.net/dota2/DreamLeague/Season_20

Before they were there but not anymore and even if they make it to the venue, they'll be losing by a default. This is a no DPC tournament but any team that will participate here will have a lot of cash prizes.

And whoever wins 1st and 2nd will be qualified to the Riyadh masters where money is flowing more with a cash prize pool of $15M.

--> https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Riyadh_Masters/2023

[CLS63]

Imperial team which are sponsored by Sportsbet.io are really doing great in BLAST Premier now. Their ranking on HLTV is 33rd but still they are having a really solid tournament among teams with much better rankings. I loved their smart ninja defuse in the G2 series as well by the way. There was a really impressive teamwork there and they deserve to be in the semi finals now as well in my opinion.

They have been fighting really well against Heroic so far. But here we are on Nuke again. Imperial couldn't beat G2 on this map despite that great ninja defuse. Right now they are 5-3 behind Heroic as well but let's see. But even if we see Imperial being eliminated they have still done a really good work so far. I appreciate it.

[jakelyson]

Imperial team which are sponsored by Sportsbet.io are really doing great in BLAST Premier now. Their ranking on HLTV is 33rd but still they are having a really solid tournament among teams with much better rankings. I loved their smart ninja defuse in the G2 series as well by the way. There was a really impressive teamwork there and they deserve to be in the semi finals now as well in my opinion.

They have been fighting really well against Heroic so far. But here we are on Nuke again. Imperial couldn't beat G2 on this map despite that great ninja defuse. Right now they are 5-3 behind Heroic as well but let's see. But even if we see Imperial being eliminated they have still done a really good work so far. I appreciate it.

They did great. It was one hell of a round. Imperial was standing their ground, forcing an overtime against Heroic in Nuke. They were down 8 rounds, 7-15 in favor of heroic. It was amazing they were able to win 8 straight rounds.  In a moment there I thought Imperial was taking it all the way to the Finals. But Cadian came back to life and took command in overtime and eventually beating Imperial 19-17.

On the other match of semi finals, Vitality (2-1) won against G2. G2 won the first map which is Anubis but they got stamped in the second map which was Inferno. In Nuke, G2 was standing their ground on the first half but they were totally stamped in the second when Vitality is on CT side.

It will be an exciting game later in the Finals between Heroic and Vitality. I am betting on Heroic to win Blast Premier Spring Finals 2023.

[boltz]

Meanwhile , we have DreamLeague on Dota 2 as well and Liquid are still trying to figure out this patch and it looks like Tundra will quick 2-0 them.

For me , I would watch Secret games as I still believe they have a chance to get Last Chance qualifiers TI and maybe they will catch that last spot.

Hype is completely on Shopify Rebelion as Miracle is standing on this team and man...Arteezy and Miracle on same team ? I cannot miss first game.

[passwordnow]

Meanwhile , we have DreamLeague on Dota 2 as well and Liquid are still trying to figure out this patch and it looks like Tundra will quick 2-0 them.

With a note that Tundra has got 2 stand-ins, they're doing pretty well on the first day.

For me , I would watch Secret games as I still believe they have a chance to get Last Chance qualifiers TI and maybe they will catch that last spot.

I've watched the match of theirs against Talon and it's just a tie and the last match that they've in was with TSM and it's also 1:1. This is still the day 1 and most teams are still experimenting, the games are on going right now.

Hype is completely on Shopify Rebelion as Miracle is standing on this team and man...Arteezy and Miracle on same team ? I cannot miss first game.

First game, they've lost against GG and then they've won the 2nd game. Currently, I am watching their game 1 match against BetBoom.

[STT]

There is some ban for advertising or sponsorship of football teams being rolled in which might promote this alternate field of esports with even more sponsorship, can only be a good thing for teams and the health of the leagues overall I think.
Heroic vs Vitality about to start, Imperial beat Vitality but I dont know that means anything more then Imperial will always be a threat to any team with Fallen's guidance.  I will just go with the simple idea of 3 maps occurring in this matchup.

[jakelyson]

Heroic vs Vitality about to start, Imperial beat Vitality but I dont know that means anything more then Imperial will always be a threat to any team with Fallen's guidance.  I will just go with the simple idea of 3 maps occurring in this matchup.

You are right, the map took the full series. Both teams lost their map picks, Vertigo and Mirage. They are quite on equal footing in Inferno in the first half but when Heroic is on T-side, they really outrun Vitality. Vitality has no response to the strategy of Heroic and their defense totally collapsed. Heroic just gave up 2 rounds in the second half.

Congratulations to Heroic for finally winning this season. They deserve this win. They were always coming short this season ending in the Semis or coming short in the finals. But this time, they finally lift the trophy. Congratulations to Cadian for revitalizing his career.

For me , I would watch Secret games as I still believe they have a chance to get Last Chance qualifiers TI and maybe they will catch that last spot.

Nothing is going for them this year. This maybe the first time in a long time that we will not see Puppey in TI. The way they are playing right now, they are not competitive enough to win in the Last Chance qualifier. Unless they make another good find like they did last year finding Reso at the last minute. But I do not think that will happen again. It was just good luck they found reso in Riyadh masters and immediately had a good chemistry with the team.

[ralle14]

Betting on the draws is tempting as most of the series in Group A of the DreamLeague have gone to a draw after the first day.

We'll probably see more teams split maps until the end since it's all about avoiding sweeps and getting at least the top 4 at the end of the first group stage.  

Nothing is going for them this year. This maybe the first time in a long time that we will not see Puppey in TI. The way they are playing right now, they are not competitive enough to win in the Last Chance qualifier. Unless they make another good find like they did last year finding Reso at the last minute. But I do not think that will happen again. It was just good luck they found reso in Riyadh masters and immediately had a good chemistry with the team.

I have the same thoughts on Team Secret, and coincidentally they're going through the same process and took in a new offlaner recently. They need to pull off a massive improvement here in Dreamleague before we give them a chance because the other good teams like OG, Entity, and Quest are more qualified to take these spots.

[jakelyson]

Nothing is going for them this year. This maybe the first time in a long time that we will not see Puppey in TI. The way they are playing right now, they are not competitive enough to win in the Last Chance qualifier. Unless they make another good find like they did last year finding Reso at the last minute. But I do not think that will happen again. It was just good luck they found reso in Riyadh masters and immediately had a good chemistry with the team.

I have the same thoughts on Team Secret, and coincidentally they're going through the same process and took in a new offlaner recently. They need to pull off a massive improvement here in Dreamleague before we give them a chance because the other good teams like OG, Entity, and Quest are more qualified to take these spots.

Well, they found Reso in Riyadh Masters, so they still have at least two tournaments to figure themselves out and find good teammates. If they fail, then I think that will be the time we can conclude that they will not not survive the last chance qualifier. Since it is extra hard to qualify through points, there are lots of good teams that will be playing for the last chance qualifier. Their chance to survive LCQ is very low. Anyway, that is still long way to go, so maybe they will get lucky again. Who knows.

Betting on the draws is tempting as most of the series in Group A of the DreamLeague have gone to a draw after the first day.

We'll probably see more teams split maps until the end since it's all about avoiding sweeps and getting at least the top 4 at the end of the first group stage.  

Hopefully, that is not true today. I bet mostly on the favorites to win in the matches later and just a draw between Team Spirit and Evil Geniuses. I think the matches later will be mostly one-sided so I picked the favorites to win.

[passwordnow]

I think the matches later will be mostly one-sided so I picked the favorites to win.

Day 2 is in for the DreamLeague season 20 and I'm watching this match between Team Secret and PSG.LGD for their first map. Good luck with this bet. We've got Muerta as position 1 for the PSG.LGD, this is interesting.

Betting on the draws is tempting as most of the series in Group A of the DreamLeague have gone to a draw after the first day.

We'll probably see more teams split maps until the end since it's all about avoiding sweeps and getting at least the top 4 at the end of the first group stage. 

I'd avoid mostly betting on the first day to 2nd day and after this group stage 1, we still got group stage 2 and I think the more serious one is on the group stage 2. But that's okay with these times, it's best to enjoy the games and bet on the side if you want to.

[Wapfika]

Hopefully, that is not true today. I bet mostly on the favorites to win in the matches later and just a draw between Team Spirit and Evil Geniuses. I think the matches later will be mostly one-sided so I picked the favorites to win.

Surprisingly the result of today match is upsetting with Talon sweeping Team Liquid while the other 3 is just a draw. I will bet same as yours if I will be on your shoe since the match up based on the stats should be on the heavy favorite.

Talon is pretty strong on this tournament for having draw on Tundra and Secret while sweeping Team Liquid.  I think avoiding Team Liquid bets for now is a must since they always struggling during the early days of the group stage. They will just come back when they are on the brink of elimination same with OG.

[jakelyson]

Surprisingly the result of today match is upsetting with Talon sweeping Team Liquid while the other 3 is just a draw. I will bet same as yours if I will be on your shoe since the match up based on the stats should be on the heavy favorite.

Talon is pretty strong on this tournament for having draw on Tundra and Secret while sweeping Team Liquid.  I think avoiding Team Liquid bets for now is a must since they always struggling during the early days of the group stage. They will just come back when they are on the brink of elimination same with OG.

That is really upsetting. I never expected Team Liquid to lose against Talon. They have been performing really well prior to this tournament. They lost yesterday but I thought they could recover today against Talon. Maybe I should stop betting for a while and wait until the group stage is over. It is easier to bet when the bracket is already set.

Lots of games happening at the same time. I'm following just a few that I am interested in. Maybe I should add Talon in the list and see if they are really good in this tournament.

[CLS63]

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It will be an exciting game later in the Finals between Heroic and Vitality. I am betting on Heroic to win Blast Premier Spring Finals 2023.

This was a great series of three matches and Heroic made it to the championship by 2-1 at the end. The maps were Vertigo, Mirage and Inferno - which was the decider. Interestingly none of the maps ended up with a close score but it was still nice to see solid answers from one side to another. The most impressive highlights of the match were Vitality's in general interestingly.

But Vitality couldn't maintain their resistance on Inferno I'm afraid. There was a quite tight competition in the first half as they were 8-7 behind. But Heroic played T-side much better than their opponent in the second half. Vitality were really desperate to do something there. jabbi became the MVP of the tournament by the way. He was such a great fragger in the final series as well.

[ralle14]

Team Liquid continues their struggle, but i'm glad that most of the teams in Group A continue to be predictable and have a gentleman's agreement to go 1-1 every series.

I cashed this neat mini multi with 4.7 odds. These two series were close to losing as both teams that are up 1-0 (EG and Tundra) were leading in the early game, then their mistakes kept on piling up, giving Team Secret and LGD the momentum to steal the win away and tie up the series.

[rdbase]

Team Liquid continues their struggle, but i'm glad that most of the teams in Group A continue to be predictable and have a gentleman's agreement to go 1-1 every series.

I cashed this neat mini multi with 4.7 odds. These two series were close to losing as both teams that are up 1-0 (EG and Tundra) were leading in the early game, then their mistakes kept on piling up, giving Team Secret and LGD the momentum to steal the win away and tie up the series.

Tried my luck at the dream league for the early matches and did not do as well you did. It was looking like a win until PSG-LGD came storming back for them to take the last map.

You are an expert for DOTA2 to see which matches do end in a draw.

Talon was looking like they were going to win their match in the early matches today.

[ralle14]

You are an expert for DOTA2 to see which matches do end in a draw.

Talon was looking like they were going to win their match in the early matches today.

I appreciate the compliment but i'm no expert in Dota it's mostly all on luck and a bit of analysis.

Predicting the 2-0s can be tricky for Group A since every other team doesn't like to budge that much aside from Team Liquid.

Today's the final day of the first group stage and my multi is on the top three teams of Group A to win one map since they all need one more to advance.

[boltz]

Personally I hate this DreamLeague season 20 and we should call it DrawLeague because almost every game is 1-1 without a clear notice who could get on top and who will go home. I mean , teams are trowing mega hard in this tournament with Liquid hiding all the strats before the TI ...like how can you trow like this ? They barely had 1 strategy yesterday against Secret where they preferred to show us 5 Universal Hero strats which worked but that means that every strat you had before , was just for pure entertaining and nothing more.

Then , we have Secret who is finally looking like a Dota 2 pro team again after kicking Boom who was clearly a weak midlaner for such a team like Secret and I also think that FBZ will remain with them after this tournament because why would he return to BOOM after having such a blast with Secret ? I'm sure the parties can find a solution as both teams are having the same sponsors.

[rdbase]

Personally I hate this DreamLeague season 20 and we should call it DrawLeague because almost every game is 1-1 without a clear notice who could get on top and who will go home. I mean , teams are trowing mega hard in this tournament with Liquid hiding all the strats before the TI ...like how can you trow like this ? They barely had 1 strategy yesterday against Secret where they preferred to show us 5 Universal Hero strats which worked but that means that every strat you had before , was just for pure entertaining and nothing more.

Then , we have Secret who is finally looking like a Dota 2 pro team again after kicking Boom who was clearly a weak midlaner for such a team like Secret and I also think that FBZ will remain with them after this tournament because why would he return to BOOM after having such a blast with Secret ? I'm sure the parties can find a solution as both teams are having the same sponsors.

Completely agree with you there.
Was just ready to sitdown and watch the Tundra vs Evil Geniuses and place a bet on it.
But just as I was going to try my luck with another Tundra win on a bet, I see the stats on EG with 1-1 draws in there last 4 matches in this season so far.

[CLS63]

LCK Summer Split has started and we watched a great series between Gen.G and T1 a couple of days ago. Gen.G were the winner of this series by 2-1 and Game 3 was just amazing to watch. Because we watched great teamfights and Gen.G were the much better side in them. There were especially 2 teamfights on mid lane which determined the fate of the match.

Peyz shined bright on both of those teamfights by dealing an insane amount of damage. He was so fed that it was really difficult for T1 to stop him. Keria did a great work by a hook in the last teamfight but even that wasn't enough to kill Peyz.

Peyz got even a pentakill in the last one.    He completed the match 11/1 and he was surely the best player of the match.