Okay esports betting enthusiasts, with the second week of Esports bookmaker LOOT.BET’s Counter-Strike tournament series taking place this coming week, it’s time to find out who’s in action and which teams are offering the best value in their respective Counter Strike Odds. The LOOT.BET tournament kicked off on from April 5 and runs through May 8. The fun-filled tourney features 20 European teams, 16 of which will be taking part in the opening phase, best-of-three Swiss stage.
Counter Strike LOOT.BET Season 6 Apr 14 Matches
The top eight teams of the Swiss stage will progress to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs. Two teams, GODSENT and BIG, along with two other teams, will enter the playoffs in the quarter-stage as they look to secure the grand prize of $30,000. Meanwhile, LOOT.BET has announced that this will be the first of three seasonal tournaments that it will host in 2020, bringing the total prize pool for the year to $150,000.
Format
- Regular Season:
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- All matches are
- Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoffs
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- Playoffs:
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
Nemiga (1-1) vs. Hard Legion (1-1)
Nemiga has won three of their last four matches including a 2-1 win over pro100 the last time out. Hard Legion snapped a three-game skid by getting past Espada 2-0 in their last matchup. However, when it comes to head-to-head meetings, Hard Legion has won 12 of 20 meetings including two straight and three of the last four meetings overall.
Prediction
While Legion is a slight underdog in this matchup, I don’t think they’re going down without a fight, although I am going to back Nemiga simply because they’ve been on a red-hot roll recently and just pulled off a big upset the last time out. I’m expecting Nemiga’s boX to be the best player in this one while leading his team to the win!
Pick: Nemiga 2-1
Nordavind (1-1) vs. Japaleno (1-1)
Nordavind has won two straight and three of their last five including a hard-fought 2-1 win over AGO the last time out. Japaleno is struggling right now, having lost three straight series after winning each of their previous four. Japaleno has suffered a pair of identical 2-0 losses against Sprout in their last two series.
Prediction
While Nordavind has yet to beat Japaleno in two all-time meetings, they did manage to nearly pull off the upset in their narrow 2-1 defeat the last time these two met. With Nordavind playing well and Japaleno struggling, I think the handwriting is on the wall for a Nordavind ‘upset’ if it can be called that!
Pick: Nordavind 2-1
