DFSGhost 
CS:GO Slate Summary: Malta Vibes (9am EST)
- 2 series on DK
- Best of 3
CS:GO SlateOverview
CS:GO Matchup#1: forZe (-275) vs Syman (+200)
The first matchup on the CS:GO slate sees forZe taking on Syman in what should be a great tilt. Syman comes in having won 5 straight series albeit they have played inferior opponents; forZe is the higher ranked team and are in better form. Remember, Malta Vibes CS:GO is a now shifting to a Best of 3 in the playoffs so teams, and us CS:GO DFS players, will benefit from this greatly. Both teams ban Vertigo first so we can count on it being removed by one of the teams, and I think forZe lets Syman use a ban on it while they’ll counter by banning Overpass, which they do first at a 37% rate. Syman should lock in Train with their first pick while forZe will turn to Inferno. Syman will surely ban Nuke next, which they do at a 33% first ban rate and are severely outmatched. The favorite will certainly ban Dust2 next, leaving Mirage as the map leftover. I’ll take the favorite here, who are severely underpriced and make for a great stacking option. While facecrack would be the third man in, I’m not opposed to simply running a 2-man stack of xsepower and FL1T, who carry K/D ratios of 1.24 and 1.15 over the past month, respectively, to go with 0.73 kills per round and 0.70 kills per round.
Top Plays (F):xsepower (8,200), FL1T ($7,000), facecrack ($6,600)
Top Plays (SYM):Keoz ($7,800), mou ($7,200), n0rb3r7 ($6,800)
CS:GO Matchup #2: AVEZ (+110) vs Endpoint (-150)
The second CS:GO series sees AVEZ taking on EP in the second of two quarterfinal matchups today. After losing in convincing fashion to HONORIS 16-5 in the early morning yesterday, EP bounced back to sweep both Lyngby and HONORIS later in the day to reach the quarterfinals. EP bans Nuke first 75% of the time while AVEZ bans Mirage first at a 79% rate, so we can eliminate those two maps right away. EP will probably turn to Dust2 with their first pick, which they do at a 37% rate and have AVEZ outmatched, while AVEZ will likely select Overpass or Train first. I can see EP banning whichever of Train or Overpass that AVEZ does not select, while AVEZ will have to make the tough decision of banning either Vertigo or Inferno last, leaving one of them as the map leftover. EP does hold the map advantages here in both winning percentages and maps played in the last 3 months, but AVEZ has looked quite impressive in the past few days, having not dropped a single map in their past 5 series. This is the game to stack two from one side, and one from the other, and I’ll have exactly that in both forms. Team awper Markos leads the way for AVEZ with a 1.23 K/D and 0.76 kills per round over the past month, but Kei is a great target for his price and could be the best Point/$ producer on the slate; he’s had a positive K/D now on 9 straight maps, going +65 on 190-125 over that span.
Top Plays (AVEZ): Markos ($7,200), Kei ($7,000)
Top Plays (EP):CRUC1AL ($7,600), Thomas ($8,000)
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