by BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023 kicks off on Wednesday, June 7, featuring eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams vying for the largest slice of the $425,000 prize pool and a direct invite to BLAST Premier World Final. Here you can find ESB’s free betting picks for the opening day of the tournament, with CS:GO odds courtesy of the best esports bookmakers for gamblers in South Korea.
TEAM VITALITY vs IMPERIAL ESPORTS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Vitality $1.04 at GG Bet | Imperial $9.00 at GG Bet |
| When: | June 7, 2023 | 10:00 EDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/BLASTPremier) |
According to the offered Counter-Strike betting odds, this should be a quick and easy match for Team Vitality, and it’s tough to argue with that. Vitality won BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 a couple of weeks ago and Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 a month before that, which is seriously impressive.
In contrast, Imperial Esports haven’t won a big event this year, nor have they beaten any good CS:GO squad since PGL Major Antwerp 2022. The quality gap between these two teams is massive, so unless something goes terribly wrong for Vitality, they should win.
However, Vitality must feel fatigued, and it’s not too uncommon for a squad that wins a Major to have a slow start in the next tournament. That’s not enough to believe Imperial Esports can cause an upset, but we’re getting a generous offer for the outsiders on the map handicap market.
Imperial Esports +1.5 maps
G2 ESPORTS vs CLOUD9 CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | G2 $1.57 at GG Bet | C9 $2.38 at GG Bet |
| When: | June 7, 2023 | 13:00 EDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/BLASTPremier) |
Talent-wise, G2 Esports and Cloud9 are undeniably two of the most stacked rosters in the world. Another thing these two CS:GO squads have in common is poor form.
G2 Esports had an abysmal showing at the Paris Major, where they failed to reach the playoffs, whereas Cloud9 didn’t qualify for the Major but were just as disappointing at Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 (7th-8th).
G2 Esports won their last meeting with Cloud (16-13, 16-6) in April, but Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen and co. were in good form then, so that result doesn’t hold much weight here. No matter how we look at it, this looks like a 50/50 match, so we don’t have to think twice before backing Cloud9 at around $2.38 with the top CS:GO betting sites.
Cloud9 to win
HEROIC vs COMPLEXITY CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Heroic $1.06 at GG Bet | Complexity $8.00 at GG Bet |
| When: | June 7, 2023 | 16:00 EDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/BLASTPremier) |
Regardless of their failure to win a single tournament in 2023, Heroic are the best-performing team of the year. This sounds like a hot take, but they are by far the most consistent team and more than capable of winning the BLAST Premier Spring Final.
Complexity are the complete opposite. Not only are they very inconsistent, but they’ve also not won a significant event this year and have not beaten a top-rated team once since February when they forced Heroic to three maps (1-2) at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.
Knowing all that, it makes sense for esports betting sites to price Heroic as heavy favourites, but the $8.00 on Complexity seems too generous. The Danes should win, but they also tend not to give their all when faced with weaker teams, so it’s not too wild to believe Heroic might drop a map.
