Christopher Day 
CS:GO Slate Summary: Nineto Five (3am EST)
- 4 matchups on DK
- Best of 3 series
CS:GO Slate Overview
Game #1: Hard Legion (+100)vs AVEZ (-138)
The first of four quarterfinalmatchups on the CS:GO slate sees HL taking on AVEZ. The latter went 3-0 in thegroup stage and now face a playoff-invited Hard Legion squad that is higher rankedand technically in better form, but AVEZ has looked great in the past twoweeks. HL bans Nuke first at a 74% rate while AVEZ bans Mirage first 80% of thetime; cross those off. Both teams typically go with Overpass with their firstpick, so it’ll be interesting to see who selects it; ultimately I think HLpicks Dust2 while AVEZ locks in Overpass for their pick, or they can possiblygo with one of Train or Vertigo and let Overpass be the map leftover; eitherway 3 of those maps should be the ones we see, leading me to pick AVEZ to win2-1 here. Kei has been lights out in July, going +75 on 324-249 in 15 mapsplayed; the rifle fragger is a great pick here for both a safe floor andtournament upside paired with one of the other options listed below.
Top Targets (AVEZ): Kei($8,000), Markos ($6,800), Byali ($7,400), Kyler ($6,400)
Top Targets (HL): Krad($7,600), Forester ($7,200), rAge ($7,200)
Game #2: Secret (-138) vsAGF (+100)
The second matchup on theCS:GO slate sees playoff-invited Secret taking on a red-hot AGF team that’scoming off an impressive series win over CR4ZY the other day. Secret bansVertigo first at an 80% rate while AGF bans Secret’s best map, Mirage, at a 53%first-ban rate. Secret now has their go-to option banned, so they’ll probablyturn to Dust2 with their pick, whereas AGF will pick Inferno; one of Nuke,Train, or Overpass will be the map leftover, and with AGF’s lack of mpas playedon Nuke and Secret’s preference of Train to Overpass, Train is likely to be themap leftover where AGF holds a slight 2% winning percentage advantage and 1more map played in the past 3 months. TMB leads the way for AGF over the pastmonth with a 1.19 K/D and 0.79 kills per round and makes for a great targetalong with fr0slev, who has a 1.18 K/D and 0.75 kills per round over the samespan. Secret’s anarkez ($8,800) will give them all that they can handle andmakes for a decent one-off albeit being one of the highest-priced players on theslate. Give me the ‘dog here in a 2-1 upset.
Top Targets (AGF): TMB($8,600), fr0slev ($7,600)
Top Targets (SEC):anarkez ($8,800)
Game #3: GambitYoungsters (-500) vs Syman (+333)
The third matchup on theCS:GP slate has our heaviest favorite, GY, taking on Syman where the former is2-0 against the latter in the past month, as well as being the higher rankedteam and having the better form ranking. Nuke and Vertigo are the teams’highest first bans and we’ll surely be removed from the map selection; GYlikely turns to Overpass with their first pick with Syman countering on Train.GY is the top target on the CS:GO slate for me; led by one of the best playersin the world, sh1ro, they’re an elite squad. Ax1LE is another great targethere; he boasts a 1.24 K/D and 0.77 kills per round over the past month and isthe highest upside player on the slate from a Point/$ perspective. GY cruiseshere.
Top Targets: sh1ro($9,000), Ax1LE ($7,000)
Game #4: Endpoint (-120PK) vs ALTERNATE aTTaX (-120 PK)
The last matchup on theCS:GO sees a tightly contested affair between EP and AAT, where the formercomes into this one in better form and having won 4 of their last 5 all whilebeing the higher ranked team. However, AAT has won 7 series in a row and lookto be in great form themselves. Both teams ban Nuke at a high first-ban rate soone will surely look to remove another that they’re uncomfortable with; I thinkEP bans Mirage while AAT bans Nuke. EP loves to play on Dust2: they select itfirst 41% of the time and have played there a whopping 41 times in the past 3months and have a 59% winning percentage, but AAt matches up fairly well with a62% win rate albeit it being on “only” 13 maps played. AAT will lock in Vertigowith their pick where they’ve played 29 times in the past month and are 24-5 inthat span; Overpass is likely to be the map leftover. With the 4-man tandem ofkressy, stfn, slaxz- and mirbit, AAT boasts one of the deepest lineups incompetitive play and are the pick here. Specifically, slaxz- is way too cheapfor someone that has a remarkable 1.27 K/D and 0.74 kills per round in the pastmonth, including going +/- 0 or better in 16 of his last 18 maps played.
Top Targets (AAT): slaxz-($6,600), kressy ($8,000), stfn ($7,400), mirbit ($6,200)
Top Targets (EP): Thomas($8,400)
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