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

[passwordnow]

The Blast Slam VI's qualifier is about to start by next week after the new year. Fresh start for those teams and there will be 3 teams for the qualifiers from different regions of China, Europe and South East Asia. The invited teams are already there but there will be another 4 teams that shall be invited. I think that Blast will reveal that by next week on which are those teams invited and directly qualify for the group stage.

[rdbase]

Looks like we have more finalists for awards to players in CS2 for their performances of the year.


https://www.hltv.org/news/43516/hltv-awards-finalists-locked-in-by-expert-panel-tc

Several others on the lists of anchor, opener, closer and highlight of the year.

[mikel_012]

Looks like we have more finalists for awards to players in CS2 for their performances of the year.


https://www.hltv.org/news/43516/hltv-awards-finalists-locked-in-by-expert-panel-tc

Several others on the lists of anchor, opener, closer and highlight of the year.

Who you think has better chances to win this?

Zywoo won last time and now Vitality is still breaking records and he is getting so many MVP awards with every championship. Maybe if Fallen won the major he could have won this time because he is playing very well with the new Furia team

[ralle14]

Who you think has better chances to win this?

Zywoo won last time and now Vitality is still breaking records and he is getting so many MVP awards with every championship. Maybe if Fallen won the major he could have won this time because he is playing very well with the new Furia team

My head thinks it's Zywoo because they had better placements and more trophies than the other two, but in terms of individual performance, i'd give it to m0nesy because he can hard carry games whenever he's not missing his shots. I still recall their comeback in the major when G2 was about to knock them out.

For the IGL, I agree it would've been close between Fallen and Apex if FURIA were able to push through the finals.

[Pumared]

Looks like we have more finalists for awards to players in CS2 for their performances of the year.

Several others on the lists of anchor, opener, closer and highlight of the year.

Regarding the best IGL, the favorites are Fallen, for the turnaround he made with Fury, taking them to the top – a team that was far behind and without much prospect. And Apex, for his consistency; he knows how to guide the team even when it's at a disadvantage and knows how to lead it to the top. I didn't quite understand Blitz.

[rohang]

Who you think has better chances to win this?

Zywoo won last time and now Vitality is still breaking records and he is getting so many MVP awards with every championship. Maybe if Fallen won the major he could have won this time because he is playing very well with the new Furia team

My head thinks it's Zywoo because they had better placements and more trophies than the other two, but in terms of individual performance, i'd give it to m0nesy because he can hard carry games whenever he's not missing his shots. I still recall their comeback in the major when G2 was about to knock them out.

For the IGL, I agree it would've been close between Fallen and Apex if FURIA were able to push through the finals.

I think it definitely wont be zywoo, iirc he has been using the rifle alot more and his team contributing more then 2025 probably has downed his stats a bit

For IGL it has to be APEX, just the amount of trophies won and the fact they won both majors essentially locks him and probably vitality coach as well for the winn

[rdbase]

The Blast Slam VI's qualifier is about to start by next week after the new year. Fresh start for those teams and there will be 3 teams for the qualifiers from different regions of China, Europe and South East Asia. The invited teams are already there but there will be another 4 teams that shall be invited. I think that Blast will reveal that by next week on which are those teams invited and directly qualify for the group stage.

Really good to hear that there is tournament even though a qualifier ready to begin now that we are in 2026!
But you were saying next week after the New Year, so just from that I am thinking we need to wait until the weekend for this Blast Slam VI to kick-off.

@ralle14 @Pumared @rohang

Just finished checking to see if they had the winners of the awards for the year finalists yet.
https://www.hltv.org/news/43516/hltv-awards-finalists-locked-in-by-expert-panel-tc
But they haven't declared the winners from each category as of now.

Although they had added more players for this list of top 20 from last year:
https://www.hltv.org/news/43492/top-20-players-of-2025-introduction

[Pumared]

Who you think has better chances to win this?

Zywoo won last time and now Vitality is still breaking records and he is getting so many MVP awards with every championship. Maybe if Fallen won the major he could have won this time because he is playing very well with the new Furia team

My head thinks it's Zywoo because they had better placements and more trophies than the other two, but in terms of individual performance, i'd give it to m0nesy because he can hard carry games whenever he's not missing his shots. I still recall their comeback in the major when G2 was about to knock them out.

For the IGL, I agree it would've been close between Fallen and Apex if FURIA were able to push through the finals.

I think it definitely wont be zywoo, iirc he has been using the rifle alot more and his team contributing more then 2025 probably has downed his stats a bit

For IGL it has to be APEX, just the amount of trophies won and the fact they won both majors essentially locks him and probably vitality coach as well for the winn

I agree, Apex is exceptional at his job, and even when the team was in a slump, he managed to guide them back to a major title. He will certainly win. But depending on the opinion of the voters, Fallen could also be a strong contender because he brought Fury to a level they hadn't reached in years, and if Molodoy is a great talent today, much of it is thanks to him.

But even so, the trend is that Apex will win, and I also agree with his victory.

[rdbase]

Surprised to see the player from the Mongolz make it on the list of hltv.org's top 20 players of 2025!
Senzu is #13 but he left the team due to mental fatigue from what some others were discussing when asked about what happened to him after they replaced him.

https://www.hltv.org/news/43528/top-20-players-of-2025-senzu-13-tc

[ralle14]

Surprised to see the player from the Mongolz make it on the list of hltv.org's top 20 players of 2025!
Senzu is #13 but he left the team due to mental fatigue from what some others were discussing when asked about what happened to him after they replaced him.

Whenever MongolZ are on a roll, he's always one of the main contributors to their success, so it's well deserved. We also saw how the team struggled once he sat out the last two months of the season.

He was benched at some point, but earlier today, there was news about him potentially moving to another team, as the MongolZ are allowing the opportunity for him to get bought out.

[rohang]

Surprised to see the player from the Mongolz make it on the list of hltv.org's top 20 players of 2025!
Senzu is #13 but he left the team due to mental fatigue from what some others were discussing when asked about what happened to him after they replaced him.

https://www.hltv.org/news/43528/top-20-players-of-2025-senzu-13-tc

Yea nobody liked that roster change
Controlez played well but mongolz atill changed him , i am sad they had to change the roster so quickly it was the first ever asian #1 rank team 😓😓

[rdbase]

Surprised to see the player from the Mongolz make it on the list of hltv.org's top 20 players of 2025!
Senzu is #13 but he left the team due to mental fatigue from what some others were discussing when asked about what happened to him after they replaced him.

Whenever MongolZ are on a roll, he's always one of the main contributors to their success, so it's well deserved. We also saw how the team struggled once he sat out the last two months of the season.

He was benched at some point, but earlier today, there was news about him potentially moving to another team, as the MongolZ are allowing the opportunity for him to get bought out.

Your right, his departure did change the trajectory of the entire team and this was when they started losing.

Yea nobody liked that roster change
Controlez played well but mongolz atill changed him , i am sad they had to change the roster so quickly it was the first ever asian #1 rank team 😓😓

The addition of Controlez did not work out for them. I think the chemistry was not there and having a new member join in so suddently didn't help them much either.

[Pumared]

I wanted to comment on KSCERATO. He came in 9th place, an individual ranking he only achieved once before, in 2022. Since then, he'd only been outside the top 10. A great year for him, and I believe he's the only Brazilian representative on the list.

Is there still room for Molodoy on this list?

[mikel_012]

I wanted to comment on KSCERATO. He came in 9th place, an individual ranking he only achieved once before, in 2022. Since then, he'd only been outside the top 10. A great year for him, and I believe he's the only Brazilian representative on the list.

Is there still room for Molodoy on this list?

Maybe Molodoy has a chance in the top 6 because he did not appear yet and I think he is better than some players on the list. But if he is not then changes to be top 5 are very low and he should not be regarded anymore in the top 20

We can see YEKINDAR in the top 15 also from furia, so far the only 2 players

[passwordnow]

The Blast Slam VI's qualifier is about to start by next week after the new year. Fresh start for those teams and there will be 3 teams for the qualifiers from different regions of China, Europe and South East Asia. The invited teams are already there but there will be another 4 teams that shall be invited. I think that Blast will reveal that by next week on which are those teams invited and directly qualify for the group stage.

Really good to hear that there is tournament even though a qualifier ready to begin now that we are in 2026!
But you were saying next week after the New Year, so just from that I am thinking we need to wait until the weekend for this Blast Slam VI to kick-off.

It has started already and I've forgotten that one of my bet in the SEA has won for this qualifier. It's not from the grand finals but it's with the team that's considered a dark horse and that's the Rekonix. It was a bet of mine against Execration that I wasn't able to post but the other bet I've made with parivision and cheeki breeki to win at least 1 map has lost.




I've also made a bet today with the South American match with two good teams but with unofficial names. I've known the supports of the team that I've bet and on the other side, it's with a good carry. Let's see which diff is going to win.

[rdbase]

The Blast Slam VI's qualifier is about to start by next week after the new year. Fresh start for those teams and there will be 3 teams for the qualifiers from different regions of China, Europe and South East Asia. The invited teams are already there but there will be another 4 teams that shall be invited. I think that Blast will reveal that by next week on which are those teams invited and directly qualify for the group stage.

Really good to hear that there is tournament even though a qualifier ready to begin now that we are in 2026!
But you were saying next week after the New Year, so just from that I am thinking we need to wait until the weekend for this Blast Slam VI to kick-off.

It has started already and I've forgotten that one of my bet in the SEA has won for this qualifier. It's not from the grand finals but it's with the team that's considered a dark horse and that's the Rekonix. It was a bet of mine against Execration that I wasn't able to post but the other bet I've made with parivision and cheeki breeki to win at least 1 map has lost.




I've also made a bet today with the South American match with two good teams but with unofficial names. I've known the supports of the team that I've bet and on the other side, it's with a good carry. Let's see which diff is going to win.

Great looking first bet and at good odds aswell!
Congratulations on your win for the SEA qualifier riding the dark horse side of the teams.

For that last bet, I never heard of that team before so can't really say much because the odds can always be deceitful to those who are betting.

[rohang]

The Blast Slam VI's qualifier is about to start by next week after the new year. Fresh start for those teams and there will be 3 teams for the qualifiers from different regions of China, Europe and South East Asia. The invited teams are already there but there will be another 4 teams that shall be invited. I think that Blast will reveal that by next week on which are those teams invited and directly qualify for the group stage.

Really good to hear that there is tournament even though a qualifier ready to begin now that we are in 2026!
But you were saying next week after the New Year, so just from that I am thinking we need to wait until the weekend for this Blast Slam VI to kick-off.

It has started already and I've forgotten that one of my bet in the SEA has won for this qualifier. It's not from the grand finals but it's with the team that's considered a dark horse and that's the Rekonix. It was a bet of mine against Execration that I wasn't able to post but the other bet I've made with parivision and cheeki breeki to win at least 1 map has lost.




I've also made a bet today with the South American match with two good teams but with unofficial names. I've known the supports of the team that I've bet and on the other side, it's with a good carry. Let's see which diff is going to win.

Thats a nice odds bet/win on Rekonix , congrats!
i would bet on the better supports too, pro dota is snowbally these days and good supports can shut down the carry much easily, never give him time to recover the game for his team
I think the qualifers are already over now, with 4 more teams to be invited direct to the main event on February 3

I wanted to comment on KSCERATO. He came in 9th place, an individual ranking he only achieved once before, in 2022. Since then, he'd only been outside the top 10. A great year for him, and I believe he's the only Brazilian representative on the list.

Is there still room for Molodoy on this list?

No doubt molodoy will be on the list, maybe even top 5

First big tourn is starting next monday, Blast Bounty 2026 stage 1

Then the LAN event will start from Jan 22 with the qualified teams.

CS tournaments always keep coming, one new big tourn every 2 weeks or so, its insane!  

[Pumared]

I wanted to comment on KSCERATO. He came in 9th place, an individual ranking he only achieved once before, in 2022. Since then, he'd only been outside the top 10. A great year for him, and I believe he's the only Brazilian representative on the list.

Is there still room for Molodoy on this list?

Maybe Molodoy has a chance in the top 6 because he did not appear yet and I think he is better than some players on the list. But if he is not then changes to be top 5 are very low and he should not be regarded anymore in the top 20

We can see YEKINDAR in the top 15 also from furia, so far the only 2 players

Yes, I asked about Molodoy precisely because Yekindar is on the list and KS too. So it's quite likely that Molodoy or Fallen will appear. But I don't expect to guess their exact position; just their appearance would be great.

[passwordnow]

Great looking first bet and at good odds aswell!
Congratulations on your win for the SEA qualifier riding the dark horse side of the teams.

Thanks! it's a good team and they're also going to participate in the Predator league.

For that last bet, I never heard of that team before so can't really say much because the odds can always be deceitful to those who are betting.

Usually, when players have formed a team, they don't have a team name and it's just a random call for an org to take them over. They're just built for this tournament and fortunately, they've qualified and so as my bet has won too.

Thats a nice odds bet/win on Rekonix , congrats!
i would bet on the better supports too, pro dota is snowbally these days and good supports can shut down the carry much easily, never give him time to recover the game for his team
I think the qualifers are already over now, with 4 more teams to be invited direct to the main event on February 3

Thank you. 
The supports of the looking for org were experienced, although the opponent has got an experienced carry but the supports are more impactful as always and I was right on that analysis for that bet. There's still the open qualifiers #2 for most regions before the closed qualifier for the main event.

[rdbase]

^^
Sounds interesting @passwordnow !
Hope they get as far next in the Predator League.

While checking for a deposit made earlier this week on my main casino noticed that G2 Esports is their official global betting partner.


They must of just recently had this addition since there was another graphic in this spot last time I logged into the casino less than a week ago.

Haven't seen their new uniforms with the site's logo and will be watching their next game to see if I can spot them on the arm or front of the shirts.