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J.Storm vs paiN gaming Pick: paiN gaming -1.5 Odds: 2.57 Units: Small individually and as a team paiN is the better team in this match up. paiN gaming played quite well even if they started at the lower bracket, but managed to go to defeat Forward Gaming and Team Aster that they managed to reach the semi-finals of the lower bracket facing Team Secret, then they lost to Secret 2 - 0. Still I do believe that paiN gaming could 2 - 0 J.Storm here with the stability of their team and the pace they're playing right now will be the ace they have facing J.Storm.

TNC vs Team Aster Pick: Team Aster Odds: 1.55 Units: BIG Odds are so sweet here for Aster, it's so hard not to get this one would be one of the mistakes you'll ever make in betting TNC isn't really good playing against Chinese teams because of how they play. Team Aster play patiently which is very opposite to what TNC's play is which is they're so aggressive. This is where teams like Team Aster stands at the top because they know how to play against the strategy of TNC. Considering how both teams played earlier, Aster really has the edge on this one, just how they played against Evil Geniuses was so good it's just that they fell short during that 3rd map. But the way they hold so long against the siege of EG is nice, it's just that they started so slow that EG snowballed on the 3rd map. Regardless of their loss against EG, they're still far better as a team against TNC. Good luck!

Vici Gaming vs Evil Geniuses Pick: Vici Gaming Odds: 1.97 Units: Medium Vici Gaming played pretty well against Team Secret during the ESL One Finals but was just short to be crowned as the champions, they've won straight 2 - 0 against TNC earlier today and have plenty of time to rest before their next game. The EG vs Aster went to game 3 and the game 3 match was so long and exhausting that it might take a toll unto them mentally, there are even instances that team Aster could've turn the tables during the late game because of how they defended the high ground but the slow siege of EG still won. I'd take Vici Gaming here, based on the recent performance both teams did in the group stage, I'd be favoring Vici Gaming just because they've been well rested and could've made a better strat against -- during that time and so they can execute it better. Not to mention Vici Gaming had a good run on ESL One. Good luck!

Team Secret vs NiP Pick: Team Secret -1.5 Units: Medium With that convincing win from Secret against J.Storm, boosts their confidence more after coming off a win from ESL One Hamburg against Vici Gaming. Team Secret is also known to be one of the best teams when it comes to winning group stages to qualify in the playoffs. NiP isn't playing bad and are playing quite good but if we compare them when it comes to playing as a team, Secret is way more better than NiP and individually they're far better. Both captains have faced each other quite a lot already since then so they know a bit on how one thinks unto making drafts but Puppey's drafts sometimes surprises us. If the draft is quite close, it will be up to the execution of the play and I do believe Secret is far better as a team against NiP. Good luck to your bets and picks.

EG vs Keen Gaming Pick: EG to win 2-0 Odds: 1.74 Size: Medium EG's DPC standing right now is on the 9th place with 1,335 points. DPC is almost up so every DPC points is very important to them now to qualify for the TI Invite. EG's group stage performance was pretty good. They could've taken a 3-way tie against Secret and Fnatic if they won against Fnatic yesterday but they lost. EG's laning is strong and drafting is good. Keen Gaming won't be able to stand a chance against EG's early laning stage.

PSG.LGD vs Team Empire Pick: PSG.LGD to win 2-0 Odds: 1.49 Bet Size: Medium PSG.LGD looks pretty strong even before the DAC tournament. Taking on top tier 1 teams and was able to face Mineski in the finals but fell short and lose against Mineski 3-2 in that series. Looking at Team Empire right now, they won't be able to make it in the playoffs. PSG will be one of the top 2 teams to be able to qualify to the upper bracket of this tournament as they really needed to secure the DPC points in order not to fall down in the top 8 teams for the direct invite. We'll be looking for a dominant performance from Ame and Maybe later.

OG vs Secret Pick: Secret to win 2-0 Odds: 2.25 Bet Size: Small Secret to win 2-0 against OG is very tempting. We all know the Secret is on par with Virtus Pro when it comes to group stage matches. They're very capable of playing up against any top tier teams and they always make it to the top seeded team in their group. Individually, Secret is very skilled and the only thing that OG can be on par with against Secret is Fly's drafting skills which is very top notch and I would consider it on par with Puppey and the rest of the top drafters we have in Dota2. Secret and OG's supports were almost but I'll be giving the edge to Secret's strong laning phase and in this meta, early laning phase has a huge impact.

Mineski vs coL Pick: Mineski Odds: 1.3 Bet Size: Big Mineski could've won the game against FlyToMoon by finishing the game 2 but they couldn't. They were ahead against FTM during the mid game, they were up with 11K networth difference against FTM. If only Mineski were very patient enough in sieging the highground of FTM, they wouldn't have made that mistake and they could still have maintained the lead. The thing there is they were scared of the late game potential of FTM's LD. The reason that I'll be picking Mineski here is that they're still a very good team and is capable of making it to the playoffs. They really need to win this game against coL because if they wouldn't be able to, then their road to making it into the playoffs of Epicenter will be finished. They need to win against coL here and Empire tomorrow to be able to make it into the 3rd or 4th place in their group. Their last game would be up against Team Liquid which is very hard considering how Liquid is playing at the moment.

Secret vs Na'Vi Pick: Secret to win 2-0 Odds: 1.61 Bet Size: Small/Medium Secret could've 2-0ed Newbee if Puppey haven't experimented in game 2 with Aba + BB and putting BB as the carry role. This game is a sure win 2-0 game if Puppey won't do that kind of drafting again. Na'Vi barely even winning against tier 3-2 teams nowadays and Secret's on a whole new level. I'll be expecting a dominating win by Secret here in this series.

OG vs Pain Pick: Pain to win 1 map Odds: 1.85 Bet Size: Small OG still doesn't have any replacement after resolution left the team so their coach 7mad is still playing for them in this tournament as their position 2 player. I picked pain to win 1 map against OG because of w33, I am pretty sure w33 will definitely dominate 7mad in the midlane, and in order for that to be avoided, 7mad will need the help of his supports' rotation just to avoid feeding and giving w33 the huge lead in the laning phase, which is pretty good for Pain so that they can harass the other lanes. Pain could even take this series, you make even throw small amount in Pain gaming to win this series.

Liquid vs PSG.LGD Pick: Liquid Odds: 1.78 Bet Size: Small Their game against Mineski was pretty good. But I'd still go Liquid here. Why am I picking Liquid? Because of how they play and the hero pool and laning of Liquid is pretty strong. In today's meta, laning is very important, whoever wins most of lanes will have a very good position in the mid game. Liquid's hero pool is very vast and by abusing this meta, they'll be very strong in this tournament. Liquid hasn't really shown how good they are during the DAC tournament and even losing to TNC, and they've also faced LGD there in the upper bracket at DAC but they got defeated. Liquid really needs to win this tournament to maintain or to raise their rankings in the DPC.

Mineski vs FlyToMoon Pick: Mineski to win 2-0 Odds: 1.72 Bet Size: Small Mineski's game yesterday against LGD wasn't really sloppy it's just that LGD's really been outplaying them like how LGD played Game 1 and 3. I'll be looking forward for iceiceice's dominating offlane game.

Pick: LGD Odds: 1.92 Bet Size: Small/Medium Both just faced the recent tournament, DAC and Mineski won both in the upper bracket and in the Championship round. Mineski's been playing pretty good during DAC but also LGD too. LGD played against EG, LGD and VP during the Main Event and those teams are the favorite teams to be playing the championship round. I'll be rooting for LGD to win against Mineski now that they have their new major sponsor, they'll be playing well to show to their sponsor that they're worth it.

VG vs LGD Pick: VG This is a BO1 game boys so YOLO is real. It's not really that bad to bet on VG here because it's a BO1 so anything can happen. Yes, VG lost to LFY yesterday but they could still really take on LGD here. If you don't have that much to bet I suggest don't go with the YOLO here. It's just too risky but high risk high reward.

Secret vs Danish Bears Pick: Secret Odds: 0.37 Secret's just too strong at the moment, been present to a lot of LAN games previously and they almost made it to the grand finals of Epicenter and almost won the summit 7 against VP. Secret's just too strong for Danish Bears here. And Secret needs to secure their top seed place if they want to be in Seattle.

Team Spirit vs Vega Squadron Pick: Team Spirit Odds: 1.84 Another game that's worth the shot. Team Spirit's not that bad as a team, they're 2 loses were from M19 and Team Empire which are both really strong atm in this tournament and in their region. Meanwhile, Vega too is very strong but still I'd go for Spirit here that they may upset Vega.

STARS vs SG Pick: Stars Odds: 4.62 We've seen SG played against some tier 2 and tier 1 teams in some tournaments but I'd go for Stars here with that kind of odds. Just throwing small amount would really be worth the shot here. Both teams played decently as far as I've seen so STARs may really upset SG here.

DC vs Planet Odd Pick: DC Odds: 1.30+ Abed just reached 10K yesterday and I think he's got the confidence to fight against Planet Odd here. I'd say both teams are equal, individual skills and strats. I'd go with DC here since they're hyped cause of Abed's reaching a tremendous feat in Dota 2 history. Confidence is a key in playing tournaments, even pros get cold feet sometimes.

Cyber Anji vs Natus Vincere Pick: Na'Vi Odds: 1.30+ I doubt Na'Vi would really lose to Anji here. Na'Vi is still a tier 2 team and still a good team if they're up against teams like Anji and the likes. Anji may have been playing well but most if not all of their matches were just some tier 3 teams. Na'Vi here to win guys.

Vega Squadron vs Team Empire Pick: Vega Odds: 3.00 If odds are like these, then Vega here is worth the shot. Vega isn't that weak, they may haven't been that strong when Noone and Solo were still with Vega but still Alohadance and G are still pretty good to compete with tier 2 teams like Empire. And this is Bo1 so anything may happen and both teams are really eager to earn a spot in TI7.

Clutch Gamers vs Happy Feet Pick: Clutch Gamers CG may have a losing streak but that was with some top tier 1 seeded teams in Epicenter. CG played in Manila Masters and also in Epicenter so I'd be expecting them to be more confident in matches like these. CG is a team that have a potential and might be next in line with TnC as a Filipino Team.

Execration vs Geek Fam Pick: Geek Fam Odds: 1.38 This is Bo1 guys and I'm going for the odds of Geek Fam. I don't know 'bout why the odds is like this but Geek Fam for me is stronger than Execration. They have a better players too than Exec. Exec ma have been playing quite better with this TI7 qualifier matches but Geek Fam is still stronger than them overall.

Ehome.Keen vs Team MAX Pick: Ehome.Keen Odds: 0.40 This is the CN qualifier for The International 2017. I'd picked Ehome.Keen here, they weren't known last year until around May that they've played against other China teams in the DPL tournament. They were able to win some tier 1 and tier 2 teams. This is a Bo1 guys so anything may happen but I'd go for Keen here to win.

Elite Wolves vs Wheel Pick: Wheel Odds: 1.05 This is a very close match guys so be careful if you can't take the risk. The reason I picked Wheel here because they've performed better in the lower bracket even tho they just lost to E.wolves during the upper bracket. Thunder Awaken really dominated Elite Wolves during their upper bracket finals match. Wheel's odds here is so better so I'd with them.

Wheel vs Snakewingz Pick: Snakewingz Odds: 2.08 This odds is just so great and too much for this game so I'll be picking Snakewingz here. I didn't just based my prediction to the odds but it was when Snakewingz faced NANO. They've already fought against NANO twice during this tournament and recently faced them in the lower bracket and won against them again pretty good and they're very strong in this tournament, didn't expected them to be like this considering to what I've seen during the group matches.