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

[rdbase]

There is a news that has been shared on social media that Sumail will be out of Team Secret and he's going to be replaced by "Crystallis". The article was posted by sports.ru.
The language is in Russian but you can use translate feature of the browser. I've just seen it from another Dota 2 page that said it's going to happen but no official statement yet from him and Team Secret.

There has been alot of shuffling around by teams which originate from Russia in the past two months.
Whether their players are allowed to compete in certain tournaments that I wouldn't know.
But with Cloud9's takeover of Gambit eSports (known as Players during recent events) has explained alot of what is transpiring for eSports in that region.
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Esports/Sections/Franchises/2022/04/Cloud9-acquires-Gambit-Esports-Counter-Strike-Global-Offensive-team

Yes, they have to take on another team to represent another team name that's not associated with Russia. It's because the esports community and management have shown sympathy for the current war that's happening.
Team name's have been changed and there are active transfers due to the conflict. I guess we're going to see more of it and then new teams will be formed.

When it is done, will they regroup back to their original teams?
Or is this a total disband and the teams are dissolved for good?
This conflict has caused athletes in other sports not to be able to compete due to their nationality. Not completely fair to them but the organizing bodies did try with having them compete under an anonymous banner.

[CLS63]

I have made my first parlay like this in the new interface. The number of betting options for the games is increasing day by day as the MSI tournament is closing in on us. For example, there is even an option like how much time the games will last too. I have seen this for the first time so far.

[boyptc]

I'm a fan of yatoro, that guy is really flexible and can use any hero and has proved himself. Well, just a recap, TS swept NaVi with 2 game series.

But there's now another interesting team that just proved themselves as well, the champ for the DPC EEU T2 and that's team BetBoom. I'm only familiar with Daxak and Sonneiko on this team who's a former NaVi player.

Looking at the bracket and their journey, they're admirable and amazing!

There are really darkhorses on whatever competition or tourneys where people be always rooting for top tier or known teams but later on they are been fucked up with non so popular teams which do really make

betting even more hard or cant really be predicted and i agree into your sentiments towards Betboom which is indeed noticeable i would say.Sonneiko is the only on im familiar with.
I do really anticipate lots of new players on each team roster do make out some set in specially on new generations.

And that's the exciting part.

We're going to see new teams that will pop and making their ways through the top and that's how BetBoom did it. Now, another news and it's for the entire management of Virtus.Pro that their CEO has now left the organization.

--> https://www.reuters.com/article/esports-dota-virtuspro-changes/virtus-pro-ceo-sergey-glamazda-out-amid-reorganization-idUSFLM90wxv0

There will be a reorganization inside VP's management.

[rdbase]

Yes, saw the rearrangement of some new management at V.P for awhile now.
I think this situation just has quickened the decision to make this a new reality for the Russian professional esports organization.

[passwordnow]

Yes, they have to take on another team to represent another team name that's not associated with Russia. It's because the esports community and management have shown sympathy for the current war that's happening.
Team name's have been changed and there are active transfers due to the conflict. I guess we're going to see more of it and then new teams will be formed.

When it is done, will they regroup back to their original teams?
Or is this a total disband and the teams are dissolved for good?
This conflict has caused athletes in other sports not to be able to compete due to their nationality. Not completely fair to them but the organizing bodies did try with having them compete under an anonymous banner.

I don't think that they'll regroup with their former teams. It's like the new rule that they shouldn't represent their former team. That's the serious rule that they've taken into account.
And they've taken action because it's their career that's needed to be taken cared of or else they're going to lose it all if they stay and didn't do anything with it.

[ralle14]

RMR Major Day 2 kicks off in a few hours.

I'm going for Imperial @1.81 vs Bad News Eagle, Imperial got tested yesterday as they ended up going 1-1 after facing decent teams like Liquid and Spirit. The same goes for Bad News Eagle as they're currently sitting at 1-1 after meeting EF and Forze. BNE could take this one if it goes to D2 but Imperial have a slight edge if it ends up on Inferno.

https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/42ace46d-45e1-45c7-9954-69b8196bf6e5

[CLS63]

MSI-2022 officially started today and the biggest surprise of the first day was the Brazilian representative Red Canids crushing Psg Talon. While the other matches went exactly as expected, Istanbul Wildcast, the representative of my region, was defeated without being able to show any presence against its strong rival, RNG. The scoreboard at the end of the first day is as follows:

[sunsilk]

ESL One Stockholm major for Dota 2 is about to start on May 12.

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/ESL_One/Stockholm/2022

Matches are already in schedule and I think it's a good thing for us to analyze the two teams on which is favorable to bet and which is a good match to gamble based on its odds.

And if you think a team that is about to match with a weaker or underdog team, you take of that opportunity.

[ralle14]

ESL One Stockholm major for Dota 2 is about to start on May 12.

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/ESL_One/Stockholm/2022

Matches are already in schedule and I think it's a good thing for us to analyze the two teams on which is favorable to bet and which is a good match to gamble based on its odds.

And if you think a team that is about to match with a weaker or underdog team, you take of that opportunity.

I'll probably skip on the first day and observe most of the games as the format isn't good for betting knowing that each series is a best of 2.

But if I have to bet on the first day then i'd stick with the underdogs (like Beastcoast vs OG and Betboom vs Boom ) and take their +1.5 or +0.5 handicap hoping they'd grab a map by surprise since there's no point in most teams to expend all their strategy during the group stage.

[rdbase]

RMR Major Day 2 kicks off in a few hours.

I'm going for Imperial @1.81 vs Bad News Eagle, Imperial got tested yesterday as they ended up going 1-1 after facing decent teams like Liquid and Spirit. The same goes for Bad News Eagle as they're currently sitting at 1-1 after meeting EF and Forze. BNE could take this one if it goes to D2 but Imperial have a slight edge if it ends up on Inferno.

https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/42ace46d-45e1-45c7-9954-69b8196bf6e5

Think I checked the match via your betslip link and it seemed to be a loss because it showed up red.
But today Imperial won against IHC esports in the PGL tournament as this was an elimination round for them.

Sportsbet.io team is looking sharp in this CS:GO tournament.
And those jerseys are looking sweet too!

[CLS63]

After feeling the excitement on the second day at MSI, I think there are no surprises in the matches today. T1 had the most remarkable performance of the day. They won the match in exactly 21 minutes, making their rival AZE regret their participation in the tournament. Istanbul Wildcast, the representative of my region, managed to defeat the Brazilian Representative Red Canids, who crushed PSG Talon yesterday, as a result of cutthroat competition, and achieved its first victory in the tournament.

P.S.: The MSI coupon I shared above won, I hope someone used it

[sunsilk]

ESL One Stockholm major for Dota 2 is about to start on May 12.

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/ESL_One/Stockholm/2022

Matches are already in schedule and I think it's a good thing for us to analyze the two teams on which is favorable to bet and which is a good match to gamble based on its odds.

And if you think a team that is about to match with a weaker or underdog team, you take of that opportunity.

I'll probably skip on the first day and observe most of the games as the format isn't good for betting knowing that each series is a best of 2.

But if I have to bet on the first day then i'd stick with the underdogs (like Beastcoast vs OG and Betboom vs Boom ) and take their +1.5 or +0.5 handicap hoping they'd grab a map by surprise since there's no point in most teams to expend all their strategy during the group stage.

Nice point.

Most of them are going to test some strategies as there's a recent upgrade for the game itself. A lot of changes has been made and for sure they will all adjust at the first day of the major.

But I'm sure that many of them won't also waste this moment as the first stage of the major is just going to be a few days and then will move to the play offs after 4 days.

[dimonstration]

ESL One Stockholm major for Dota 2 is about to start on May 12.

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/ESL_One/Stockholm/2022

Matches are already in schedule and I think it's a good thing for us to analyze the two teams on which is favorable to bet and which is a good match to gamble based on its odds.

And if you think a team that is about to match with a weaker or underdog team, you take of that opportunity.

I'll probably skip on the first day and observe most of the games as the format isn't good for betting knowing that each series is a best of 2.

But if I have to bet on the first day then i'd stick with the underdogs (like Beastcoast vs OG and Betboom vs Boom ) and take their +1.5 or +0.5 handicap hoping they'd grab a map by surprise since there's no point in most teams to expend all their strategy during the group stage.

Nice point.

Most of them are going to test some strategies as there's a recent upgrade for the game itself. A lot of changes has been made and for sure they will all adjust at the first day of the major.

But I'm sure that many of them won't also waste this moment as the first stage of the major is just going to be a few days and then will move to the play offs after 4 days.

I don't believe on strategy testing since most of them already done that on pubs and not on majors. You will no gonna be on this major if you are doing a strategy on actual matches especially on this prestigious tournament. Maybe some adjustment might be possible but for a literal test is quite a bit impractical on team like this. But I agree on taking the safe bet like +1 is the best pick on the early stage of this tournament since we don't have any data yet on how each team will perform when facing international teams.

[ralle14]

Nice point.

Most of them are going to test some strategies as there's a recent upgrade for the game itself. A lot of changes has been made and for sure they will all adjust at the first day of the major.

What I want to point out is that not all teams are going to try their best at the group stage and most of them might just end up splitting the series 1-1. But I somewhat agree that some teams might try out some of their newly formed strategies.

I don't believe on strategy testing since most of them already done that on pubs and not on majors.

It's unlikely but still possible for a couple of teams to go for weird drafts as I remember watching a DPC match where the team tried to go for Winter Wyvern as their mid but it ended up failing though. Also in the group stages, there's a small chance of elimination so this is the best time for teams to go for some unusual lineups.

[Peanutswar]

MSI-2022 officially started today and the biggest surprise of the first day was the Brazilian representative Red Canids crushing Psg Talon. While the other matches went exactly as expected, Istanbul Wildcast, the representative of my region, was defeated without being able to show any presence against its strong rival, RNG. The scoreboard at the end of the first day is as follows:

With this bracket i see already with the top 4 teams in the finals which is the T1, of course we know that Kuku, Carl and Gabbi is one of the top core in this team which is most easily to them to communicate and make a good imitation, at the same time is RNG we know previously how the RNG play with Sommnus this man always dominating the landing stage in mid and next is the LGD this team is always part of the Ti finals but still they didn't manage to win the game we know the potential of their players cant wait they will face their previous mid lane and lastly the bleed blue EG its already created a good play  but sometimes Their drafting is not good because of the Bulba bias in picking.

[sunsilk]

Nice point.

Most of them are going to test some strategies as there's a recent upgrade for the game itself. A lot of changes has been made and for sure they will all adjust at the first day of the major.

What I want to point out is that not all teams are going to try their best at the group stage and most of them might just end up splitting the series 1-1. But I somewhat agree that some teams might try out some of their newly formed strategies.

That's always what most teams are doing, they don't really put their best at the very first stage. So, there we go, three games are playing at the same time so it's another three matches for the other teams after the 2nd games end for the first 6 teams/3 games.

Well, as you're saying, I've seen that part for EG and their pick isn't impressive and is like a thrown pick.

I don't believe on strategy testing since most of them already done that on pubs and not on majors. You will no gonna be on this major if you are doing a strategy on actual matches especially on this prestigious tournament. Maybe some adjustment might be possible but for a literal test is quite a bit impractical on team like this. But I agree on taking the safe bet like +1 is the best pick on the early stage of this tournament since we don't have any data yet on how each team will perform when facing international teams.

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You probably have missed Team Nigma did that in many official matches. And just as I've said, there's a new patch that has been updated and they have to test it in actual games since they don't have that much time testing it on pubs with a good team to fight.

[CLS63]

With this bracket i see already with the top 4 teams in the finals which is the T1, of course we know that Kuku, Carl and Gabbi is one of the top core in this team which is most easily to them to communicate and make a good imitation, at the same time is RNG we know previously how the RNG play with Sommnus this man always dominating the landing stage in mid and next is the LGD this team is always part of the Ti finals but still they didn't manage to win the game we know the potential of their players cant wait they will face their previous mid lane and lastly the bleed blue EG its already created a good play  but sometimes Their drafting is not good because of the Bulba bias in picking.

The competition in the tournament is not as high as in Worlds since only one team from each region participates in MSI. Therefore, there is no team in the tournament with the potential to win, except for T1 and Rng, and maybe G2. Today, RNG's Gala displayed the power difference between the teams by picking up a Pentakill in the match.

[rdbase]

After feeling the excitement on the second day at MSI, I think there are no surprises in the matches today. T1 had the most remarkable performance of the day. They won the match in exactly 21 minutes, making their rival AZE regret their participation in the tournament. Istanbul Wildcast, the representative of my region, managed to defeat the Brazilian Representative Red Canids, who crushed PSG Talon yesterday, as a result of cutthroat competition, and achieved its first victory in the tournament.

P.S.: The MSI coupon I shared above won, I hope someone used it

Not sure if you mean with the explanation of who you think would win their matches or a betslip.
But a shared betslip from sportsbet.io has a link where we would be able to click and have it added so we would be able to place a wager on the matches you selected.
This I did not see, but it is similar to what ralle14 had put in just the post before yours with a screenshot of the leaderboard.

CS: Go's Cloud9 is really doing well?
Their odds in the matches for today's PGL tournament are making them look just as good as Heroic and Copenhagen Flames.

Check them out here if you want to put a bet on some counterstrike action:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/counter-strike/pgl-cs-go/pgl-major/matches

[CLS63]

RNG and PSG Talon are almost guaranteed to advance to the next stage after the matches played in group B today, while Istanbul Wildcast finished last in the group with only 1 win.

Not sure if you mean with the explanation of who you think would win their matches or a betslip.
But a shared betslip from sportsbet.io has a link where we would be able to click and have it added so we would be able to place a wager on the matches you selected.
This I did not see, but it is similar to what ralle14 had put in just the post before yours with a screenshot of the leaderboard.

My mistake, you're absolutely right. Since sportsbet.io renewed the interface in esports, I couldn't get used to the new one and forgot to buy betslip. So, I could only share a screenshot in my previous post, you can be sure that I will be more careful from now on👍🏻

[STT]

Cloud9 is the former number 1 ranked team in the world for csgo so they should be doing well.  Maybe the org change threw people off and also they do have alot more competition now in a proper tournament set of games.   Bo1 is higher risk, luck of the draw to a larger extent then a full size series.   In theory these teams prepare to surprise and overwhelm a team on maps with strats crafted to take advantage of known plays by their opposition, its where CS is more then just plain fps but apart from Fallen being a good IGL Im not sure specially aware this time which team will utilize this.

I bet Faze over Ence and Vitality over Nip as a multi, seemed like pretty likely outcome to me though I'm lacking in my watching of these teams lately. Faze is doing far better then maybe ever before.

I put down a 37x multi bet   just because who knows, 4 underdogs all win.  I dont think I win  I got doubts on all of them, Spirit for example but also I think I could so  I'll put something low on it:p