Dota 2 Betting Tips for World Electronic Sports Games 2017-2018

By: EsportsOnly.Com
Mar 10, 2018

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WESG (World Electronic Sports Games) is a massive upcoming esports tournament scheduled to take place in China between March 13-18. The event includes multiple esports titles. For Dota 2, the competition brings together 32 teams and has a prize pool of 1.5 million dollars. With so many teams and matches to be played, the betting opportunities are fantastic.

WESG Final Hype

Image via https://twitter.com/WESGcom

World Electronic Sports Games 2017-2018 Dota 2 Tournament Format

WESG will be played in 2 separate stages. For phase 1 of the Group Stage the teams will be divided into 8 groups of 4. All of the matches during this phase will be Bo1. Every team plays 3 matches against its group opponents. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the second phase of the Group Stage, where the remaining 16 teams are divided again, but this time into 4 groups of 4. All of the matches during this phase will be Bo2. Once again, every team plays 3 matches against its group opponents. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the Playoffs. Here, a single-elimination bracket format will be used and every match will be a Bo3.

WESG 2017-2018 Prize Pool Distribution

The WESG prize pool will be divided among participants in the following way:

  • 1st place: $800.000

  • 2nd place: $300.000

  • 3rd place: $150.000

  • 4th place: $70.000

  • 5th-8th place: $25.000

  • 9th-16th place: $10.000

  • 17th-32nd place: $0

The Top contenders

Overall, the teams that are most likely to win this tournament are AntiHype (Team Russia), EHOME and Keen Gaming. The second and third of these teams are established Chinese powerhouses while the first one is made up of 4 Virtus.pro members (Solo, RAMZES666, 9pasha and RodjER) and 1 very strong midlaner playing for Effect (iLTW). Virtus.pro is currently sitting at number 1 in the Dota Pro Circuit rankings, so in theory it should get at least a top 3 finish at this event.

Virtus Pro Dota 2 Squard at the EPICENTER Moscow 2017

Virtus Pro Dota 2 Squard at the EPICENTER Moscow 2017. Photo via http://liquipedia.net/dota2/

Besides these 3 teams, other fairly strong teams that you should keep an eye on are Team Netherlands, Team Sweden, Team Finland, SG e-sports, PaiN Gaming, Ultima Thule, Team Hellas, and Team Romania.

Top Betting Predictions

For all of the following matches, the likelihood of success varies between 85% and 95%. They all constitute encounters either between established teams and provincial nobodies, or two established teams out of which one is much stronger than the other. The following odds are being provided by GG.Bet.

EHOME vs. Team Netherlands (EHOME to win)

Odds: 1.12 – 5.31

EHOME vs. Unchained Esports (EHOME to win)

Odds: 1.10 – 5.55

Team Kazakhstan vs. Team Netherlands (Team Netherlands to win)

Odds: 1.35 – 2.93

Unchained Esports vs. Team Netherlands (Team Netherlands to win)

Odds: 4.03 – 1.20

EHOME vs. Team Kazakhstan (EHOME to win)

Odds: 1.38 – 2.80

SG e-sports vs. Fire Dragoon (SG e-sports to win)

Odds: 1.20 – 4.03 (gg.bet)

AntiHype (Team Russia) vs. Team Germany (AntiHype to win)

Odds: 1.08 – 6.44

Keen Gaming vs. Team Romania (Keen Gaming to win)

Odds: 1.75 – 1.96

Learn2Gank vs. SG e-sports (SG e-sports to win)

Odds: 4.41 – 1.17

AntiHype vs. Entity Gaming (AntiHype to win)

Odds: 1.07 – 6.82

Slice n Dice Gaming vs. Team Sweden (Team Sweden to win)

Odds: 6.44 – 1.08

Team Finland vs. Seventh Heaven (Team Finland to win)

Odds: 1.1 – 5.81

Team Leviathan vs. Ultima Thule (Ultima Thule to win)

Odds: 3.42 – 1.26