DFSGhost 
CS:GO Slate Summary: DreamHack EU (8am EST)
- 3 games on DK and FD
- Best of 3 series
- Pricing is referred to DraftKings
CS:GO Slate Overview
CS:GO Game #1: MAD Lions (-120 PK) vs Fnatic (-120 PK)
The first game of the CS:GO DH slate has plenty of DFS appeal with Fnatic taking on MAD Lions. Led by their underappreciated star player, Bubzjki ($8,400), MAD Lions has been making waves in the past month or two. However, today they get a tough matchup versus Fnatic, who have been playing much better since KRIMZ took his play to another level. MAD Lions will likely ban Inferno, which is Fnatic’s best map, and Fnatic will likely counter by banning Mirage or Vertigo. I’m hoping they keep MAD off of Mirage rather than go with their current trend of banning Vertigo and take their chances should it be available for a round 2 ban in the second ban phase. MAD is in slightly better form and have beat Fnatic in the past month, but KRIMZ is playing out of his mind lately and I think it’ll be a very close series that goes 3 maps should Fnatic first ban Mirage and then Vertigo. Brollan is a priced a little steep for my liking so I’ll be prioritizing other targets listed below with this match going any way, but he makes for an elite target, nonetheless.
Top Plays: KRIMZ ($8,600), JW ($6,600), Brollan($9,400)
Top Plays: Bubzkji ($8,400) with sjuush ($6,800) oracoR ($6,200)
CS:GO Game #2: Team Vitality (-175) vs Ninjas in Pyjamas(+125)
When Plopski ($7,000) plays the way he did versus Astralis, NIP looks like a different squad. However, I ultimately don’t think Vitality’s #10 ranking does them justice; they look like one of the best CS:GO teams in the world right now and should be closer to to #5 than they are. Nobody is stopping ZywOo any time soon, and you can make a case for him to be the best player in the world right now. Vitality is higher ranked, in better form, and are 3-1 versus NIP in the past month. NIP will likely ban Dust2, which they do at a 97% clip, and is also Vitality’s go-to map. Vitality will likely counter by banning Overpass or Train; it is more likely to be the latter since they do so at a 100% rate. Even though I think NIP can steal a map if they get to play on Train, Vitality has them outmatched on the other 4 and will win 2-1 or 2-0. ZywOo’s price is finally above 10k on DraftKings, but he is still the best players on the slate and will be in all my lineups. Vitality will be the core of most of my CS:GO builds, beginning with ZywOo and shox, with a ZywOo one-off being the minimum exposure I’ll have.
Top Plays: ZywOo ($10,200), shox ($6,800), apex ($6,600)
CS:GO Game #3: BIG (+120) vs G2 (-170)
BIG shocked the CS:GO world yesterday with a convincing sweep of FaZe 2-0 in yesterday’s game. However, G2 looked just as good versus NAVI and their two-headed monster in s1mple and electronic. Led by the three musketeers of huNter-, kennyS, and nexa, G2 is a deep, talented roster that could make our GPP lineups get to the top of the leaderboards. G2 bans Overpass at an 84% rate and BIG bans Train at a 79% rate, so it’s likely those two maps get pushed to the sideline. Both teams are fairly close in map statistics throughout the remaining five and getting exposure to both sides will be important for our MME lineup construction. If making a single entry GPP bullet, I lean G2 because of their overall team composition versus that of BIG.
Top Plays: huNter- ($8,000), kennyS ($8,200), nexa($7,400)
One-Off: syrsoN ($7,000), tabseN ($7,800)
Top CS:GO Targets (DK)
- ZywOo ($10,200)
- KRIMZ ($8,600)
- huNter- ($8,000)
Top CS:GO Targets (FD)
- ZywOo ($12,000)
- KRIMZ ($10,500)
- Bubjzki ($9,700)
Top CS:GO Salary Savers (FD)
- Bubjzki ($9,700)
- acoR ($9,100)
- apEX ($8,500)
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