Dota 2 Betting Tips World Electronic Sports Games 2017-2018

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.

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 Grand Final, First Group Stage draw of all titles has been announced! See you guys in Haikou! pic.twitter.com/5QeF9a3IA3
— WESG (@WESGcom) March 3, 2018

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. 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)