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: Astralis (+125) vs Ninjas in Pyjamas(-175)
It’s really sad to see how much Astralis has fallen off with the losses of Xyp9x and gla1ve and I hope they both come back soon so they can retake the throne of the CS:GO world ranking. NIP has been fairly inconsistent in the last month but do have some lofty wins to go alone with some questionable losses. Ultimately, I think getting exposure to the top plays below will help our lineups tremendously since I do believe NIP wins and Astralis is priced way too high for my liking.
Top Plays: nawwk ($8,000), REZ ($7,400), Plopski($7,600) or twist ($6,800)
CS:GO Game #2: G2 (+110) vs Natus Vincere (-150)
NAVI is the newly crowned #1 ranked CS:GO team in the world and have plenty of DFS appeal in this game. I’m not so much concerned as picking a winner than I am getting exposure to both sides by prioritizing the elite players that are found on both sides of this game hoping that it goes 3 maps. I’ll be running one of these two-man stacks in all of my lineups.
Top Plays (NAVI): s1mple ($9,200) and electronic ($7,200)
Top Plays (G2): kennyS ($7,200) and huNter- ($7,200)
CS:GO Game #3: BIG (+162) vs FaZe (-225)
The third game is set in stone for me. I’ll have heavy exposure to FaZe on both sites with no love for any BIG players other than syrsoN ($7,000) on DK where he too cheap for a player of his talent. FaZe should win this one with ease being in better form, being the more elite team, and having more individual talent.
Top Plays: NiKo ($9,000), broky ($7,800), coldzera($7,000), rain ($6,600)
One-Off: syrsoN ($7,000)
Notes
Most of my builds on DraftKings will have a 2-2-2 lineup construction format, picking two players from each predicted winner as listed above with some builds having a 3-2-1 lineup construction with all 3-man stacks being from FaZe. On FD, either a 3-2-1 or 4-1-1 stack is the way to go for every tournament, and this CS:GO slate is no different. Make sure to have your highest upside player in the captain spot on FD since prices do not change, and that for me is s1mple or NiKo. On DK, I like paying up at captain with the same two targets, but if you’re paying down, I like electronic or REZ as sneaky targets in order to jam in multiple studs, or you can take a chance on one of G2’s top plays, kennyS or huNter-.
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