Christopher Day 
CS:GO Slate Summary: CS Summit (12pm EST)
- 4 series on DK
- Best of 3
CS:GO SlateOverview
CS:GO Game#1: ENCE (+110) vs Heroic (-150)
The firstgame of the CS:GO slate sees two great individual talents in allu and stavn, andtheir two respective squads facing one another for the second time in 3 days. ENCEbans Vertigo first at a 94% rate while Heroic typically bans Overpass first, whichthey do 56% of the time. ENCE will likely turn to Train for their pick, wherethey boast a 62% win rate on 13 maps played compared to Heroic’s 58% win rate on12 maps played. Heroic will surely turn to Nuke for their selection, where they’reriding a 7-map winning streak and have a 90% win rate on 10 maps played; Iimagine the map leftover would be Mirage since Heroic dominates ENCE on Infernoand Heroic has lost 5 in a row on Dust2. Even though allu is a tremendousplayer, stavn’s supporting cast of niko and TeSeS are just too strong for a guyplaying without his main sidekick in Jamppi. Give me Heroic here 2-1.
Top Plays: stavn($8,400), TeSeS ($6,600), niko ($7,400)
CS:GO Game #2: FaZe (+100) vs BIG (-138)
For the fourthtime in the past month, we get to see FaZe take on BIG. The latter has won theprevious 3 matches versus the former, and while they slipped up versus OGyesterday in a sloppy loss, I’m siding with them here again today. FaZe willban Vertigo first and BIG will counter by banning Train, as per usual. FaZewill have to think hard about their selection after dropping back to back gameson Mirage and another on Inferno, however they are also outmatched by BIG onDust2, Nuke, and Overpass. XANTERES has been lights out over the past month, whileboasting a 1.26 K/D and 0.76 kills per game and is +115 on 332-217 in his last15 maps played, and is a key part of the BIG stack along with syrsoN.
Top Plays: syrsoN ($7,800), XANTERES ($7,400), tabseN ($7,600)
CS:GO Game#3: Team Liquid (+150) vs FURIA (-200)
The thirdseries of the CS:GO slate sees two familiar foes facing off for the third time inthe past month; FURIA took the previous two matchups, including a convincing 3-0sweep in a Best of 5 in the DreamHack finale. FURIA bans Dust2 100% of the timewhile TL bans Train 100% of the time – safe to say we won’t be seeing thosemaps here. The map selections could go any way for FURIA, who have greater successthan their counterpart on Mirage, Overpass, and Vertigo, while TL holds aslight advantage on Nuke and both teams are even on Inferno, albeit FURIA hasmore experience there with 20 maps played opposed to TL’s 11. FURIA is constantlyled by their star trio of KSCERATO, yuurih, and HEN1, but arT is worthy of alook in large field tournaments given his +20 on 115-95 in his last 5 mapsplayed, especially if you’re playing the late slate.
Top Plays:yuurih ($7,400), KSCERATO ($7,800), HEN1 ($7,600)
CS:GO Game#4: GenG (+110) vs Cloud9 (-140)
For thethird time in the past month, GenG faces off versus C9, in what should be in anothergreat battle between the two squads. C9 has won the previous 2 matches anddespite their loss versus 100 Thieves yesterday, I like them here again. Whilebeing led by oSee all month long, it was Sonic who led the charge yesterday,going +4 on 37-33 in the losing effort. I’m expecting both oSee and floppy tobounce back here and, along with Sonic’s inspiring play, they can take the seriesversus GenG for the third time this month; they have advantages on Dust2, Inferno,Nuke, Train, and Vertigo, and with the other two maps, Overpass and Mirage,likely to be banned, I’ll side with C9.
Top Plays:oSee ($8,600), floppy ($8,000), Sonic ($6,800)
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