This article is part of our DraftKings CS:GO series.
GAMES (EDT)
- 12:25 p.m. Astralis vs. mousesports
- 1:00 p.m Gen.G vs. FunPlus Phoenix
- 4:00 p.m. Orgless vs. Chaos
- 4:00 p.m Evil Geniuses vs. FURIA
Astralis (3–2) vs. mousesports (3–2)
Astralis will take on mousesports in a match to decide who moves on to the final. The last match between these two sides was a complete blowout in favor of Astralis, with mousesports able to muster just four rounds across both maps. However, I think mousesports will be able to put up more of a fight this time around. Magisk was the play the last time these two sides met, with 45 kills and a plus-25 K/D differential, and he did so at just $7,200 on DraftKings. I still like him the most, as he remains cheaper than dupreeh and device. I have been hyping up Xyp9x as a good value pick, and he had a good showing against mousesports as well, posting a K/D differential of plus-17. However, the pricing is soft enough in most of the other matchups that we can comfortably fit Magisk and device, which makes him less valuable this time around.
I suspect people will be a bit wary of rostering mousesports' players due to the last matchup between these two teams. For that reason, I would be tempted to have a decent amount of exposure to them in GPPs. Both ropz and frozen are priced reasonably, and while I can't recommend woxic with good conscious due to his poor form, he does have high upside
GAMES (EDT)
- 12:25 p.m. Astralis vs. mousesports
- 1:00 p.m Gen.G vs. FunPlus Phoenix
- 4:00 p.m. Orgless vs. Chaos
- 4:00 p.m Evil Geniuses vs. FURIA
Astralis (3–2) vs. mousesports (3–2)
Astralis will take on mousesports in a match to decide who moves on to the final. The last match between these two sides was a complete blowout in favor of Astralis, with mousesports able to muster just four rounds across both maps. However, I think mousesports will be able to put up more of a fight this time around. Magisk was the play the last time these two sides met, with 45 kills and a plus-25 K/D differential, and he did so at just $7,200 on DraftKings. I still like him the most, as he remains cheaper than dupreeh and device. I have been hyping up Xyp9x as a good value pick, and he had a good showing against mousesports as well, posting a K/D differential of plus-17. However, the pricing is soft enough in most of the other matchups that we can comfortably fit Magisk and device, which makes him less valuable this time around.
I suspect people will be a bit wary of rostering mousesports' players due to the last matchup between these two teams. For that reason, I would be tempted to have a decent amount of exposure to them in GPPs. Both ropz and frozen are priced reasonably, and while I can't recommend woxic with good conscious due to his poor form, he does have high upside at his price.
Astralis Players to Target: Magisk ($8,400), device ($9,000)
mousesports Players to Target: ropz ($8,200), frozen ($7,800)
Gen.G (0–1) vs. FunPlus Phoenix (0–1)
After losses to Cloud9 and MAD Lions, Gen.G and FunPlus Phoenix are set to face off in the lower-bracket. Gen.G came out victorious against FunPlus Phoenix, or Riot Squad as they were known at the time, in the qualifiers for DreamHack Open Anaheim at the start of the year. However, it is worth noting that Riot Squad had not yet acquired dapr, who has been the star player for the team. I heavily favor Gen.G in this matchup, but if you want to take a stab at FunPlus Phoenix, he is the guy to target.
On the side of Gen.G, koosta remains the highest-priced player at $8,000. However, I would look to target autimatic, s0m or BnTeT, as they allow you to roster some of the heavy hitters in other matchups.
Gen.G Players to Target: autimatic ($6,800), s0m ($7,000)
FunPlus Phoenix Players to Target: dapr ($7,600)
Orgless (0–1) vs. Chaos (0–1)
Orgless will clash against Chaos in this lower-bracket matchup. The last two matches between these two teams have been dead even, but it is important to note that a couple of roster changes have been made by Chaos since then. SicK was added as a replacement for Ben1337, and their top-performer, smooya, was forced to leave the team due to visa issues. I think Orgless will have a definite edge over Chaos in this matchup, as they are far stronger individually. I like WARDELL the most on the side of Orgless, as he is a very dangerous AWPer on his day. He currently leads his team with 0.70 kills/round with a K/D ratio of 1.18 so far at FLASHPOINT. There are two riflers that should be considered on Orgless, and that is Infinite and Subroza. Personally, I like Infinite the most due to his more consistent playstyle. Subroza has attempted 30.2 percent of his team's opening kills, and it is very difficult to remain consistent with such an aggressive style of play. For that reason, he should mostly be considered in GPPs.
On Chaos, there are not many good options. steel leads his team with 0.72 kills/round with a K/D ratio of 1.04, but I would be tempted to pivot to SicK or voltage due to the soft pricing.
Orgless Players to Target: WARDELL ($7,200), Infinite ($7,000), Subroza ($7,200)
Chaos Players to Target: steel ($7,800), SicK ($5,400), voltage ($5,800)
Evil Geniuses (3–2) vs. FURIA (3–2)
Evil Geniuses will take on FURIA in a match to decide who moves on to play Team Liquid in the finals of ESL Pro League North America. Evil Geniuses have been dominant against FURIA throughout history; in fact, they have not lost a single best-of-three against the Brazilians. The pricing on EG is very soft, and you can make some killer lineups with the likes of Brehze and CeRq.
While FURIA might lose this game, they can certainly compete. I would assume that people will gravitate towards EG here, so I think it is solid to have some exposure to FURIA in GPPs for contrarian reasons. It is a bit more difficult to fit KSCERATO and/or yuurih into a lineup, but it is more than doable thanks to some soft pricing in the two North American matchups.
Evil Geniuses Players to Target: Brehze ($7,800), CeRq ($7,600)
FURIA Players to Target: KSCERATO ($8,600), yuurih ($8,000), HEN1 ($8,200)
