Esports betting
The eSports direction continues its active development. Every day, the line of legal bookmakers is filled with various options for Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and FIFA events.
Special material will help you choose the best discipline for esports betting
But the virtual world is full of pitfalls, so you won't be able to make a successful bet for every match. When analyzing an upcoming event, it is important to take into account a whole array of factors that can affect its outcome. What are the best esports matches to bet on? Let's figure it out.
It would seem that esports moves participants into a virtual space, therefore, it erases many important aspects – for example, the place and time of the competition. But in some situations, they affect the result even more tangibly.
Content
- Online betting on an outsider
- 2-0 vs team with substitution
- Defeat a champion who has already secured the title
- LAN home tournament
- Favorite of the tournament in the lower bracket of the competition
- conclusions
Online betting on an outsider
A very common choice of bettors who are well versed in the peculiarities of the esports world. In the LAN format, the favorites are in optimal condition, usually these championships are of the utmost importance and a solid prize pool. But online tournaments are considered by the giants of the professional scene only as an additional gaming practice.
You can find more differences between LAN-format and “online” in a special study.
The starting matches of a strong team in a tournament are especially suitable for such a bet. He is just beginning to get used to new conditions for himself (high ping, lack of public support), so he may well stumble. If you do not want to take risks, you can play a “positive” handicap of an outsider with a solid odds.
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2-0 vs team with substitution
The team can not always perform in the optimal composition if the player does not have time to show up for the meeting or if he has health problems. In addition, some teams use substitutions after termination of the player's contract. This allows you to continue participating in the tournament, but at the same time looking for new performers who will later join the squad on an ongoing basis.
You can read about the specifics of betting on individual players in esports in a special material.
With new members, the team cannot instantly show perfect synergy. Players need time to play and begin to understand each other. For this reason, the first match with a substitution turns into a major defeat.
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Defeat a champion who has already secured the title
You should definitely keep an eye on the situation in those tournaments where the winner is determined during the regular draw, and not in the playoff series. In this case, the favorite can secure a champion title long before the end of the championship. The rest of the matches make sense for him only as a game practice.
You can read about bets on Dota 2 tournaments depending on their rating in another post.
Any team understands perfectly well that there is no need to waste extra energy and demonstrate interesting preparations in those matches that do not carry tournament motivation. Therefore, you can safely flirt with the victory of an outsider or his “plus” handicap with a high coefficient.
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LAN home tournament
It is imperative to take into account in which country the final stage of the tournament is held. Usually, the esports arena is packed to capacity by home team fans, who put the strongest emotional pressure on the opponent. In addition, the team performing within their native walls always has an additional motivation to raise the trophy over their heads.
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For this reason, you can safely load on every match of the home team – against outsiders you need to flirt with victories with a score of 2-0, against equal opponents it is recommended to take success in the series. You can also make a long-term bet on the victory of the team based on the results of the entire tournament.
Important. Attention should be paid not only to the region of the organization, but also to the nationality of those performers who defend its colors.
Favorite of the tournament in the lower bracket of the competition
For the most part, eSports championships are arranged in such a way that after the group stage, there is a division into two nets – winners and losers. And if from the first the teams simply fall down, then the defeat in the second means the elimination from the tournament. But not all strong teams give their best in the group stage; they prefer to demonstrate their best preparations only in decisive matches.
You can read about the influence of the match format on the result in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive discipline in a special material.
In the “losers” grid, the favorite begins to use only the best and most reliable blanks, and relies on meta characters. Through confidence and experience, he takes down one rival after another on his way. And if in the starting round it is desirable to limit yourself to a bet on winning the series, then in the future you can bet on the exact score 2-0 if the team scored a decent move.
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conclusions
As the analysis shows, it is worth betting on the favorite only in the losers' grid, since in other variants it makes no sense to risk for the sake of a low coefficient. But you should definitely watch those matches where an outsider can take advantage of the opponent's relaxation and snatch victory. The above options will not only please the bettor with high coefficients, but also will not let you down in terms of cross-country ability.
