DFS Cash games

LPL Targets:

Today we will be looking into a two-game LOL LPL slate on Sunday 6/8 at 5 am EST for both Draftkings and Fanduel . Below I will provide my top targets for the day, favorite captains for each team in case you decide to hedge, as well as starting lineups to make your lineup construction lot easier.

LPL Slate Breakdown:

Victory 5 (V5) (+130) vs. Oh My God (OMG)(-180)

LPL Starting Rosters: (Primary captain options will be in capital lettering)

Victory 5 (V5)(+130):
(TOP) BiuBiu
(JNG) WeiWei
(MID) MOLE
(ADC) SAMD
(SUP) ppgod

Oh My God (OMG)(-180):
(TOP) Curse
(JNG) H4acker
(MID) iCon
(ADC) SMLZ
(SUP) cold

Holy Victory 5! Honestly, V5 had a pretty decent outing last time against DMO and in fact, impressed most of us as we made our way to the top in the standings. Victory 5 has already won more wins this season than the entire last split and that itself speaks volumes. I will actually go and say they will get another here against OMG. SamD backed up by ppgod proved to be a very solid duo and completely overpowered the lost DMO sweeping them in a convincing way. I’m expecting another solid outing by the duo and the rest of the team.

I will not take anything away from OMG as a team. I think they are an average team at best which could be enough to beat V5 here. They are an objective team, and not very aggressive which means they will avoid team-fights until they are prepared to engage them. They did start Cube this time around, but I do not think it is much of an improvement for the starting line. That itself makes me want to fade them nearly 100% in large-field tournaments, as their upside is not great even when they win because of the slow pace of their game.

I am expecting V5 to come out hot once again and force the action early to get ahead. Even with OMG (-180) favored I firmly believe that V5(+130) will take the win and continue to prove the doubters wrong.

Count on me to be hammering the underdog quite a bit around my exposures to take down some GPPs.

Pick to win: VICTORY 5 (V5) (+130)

LGD Gaming(LGD)(-125) vs. eStar (ES)(-110)

LPL Starting Rosters: (Primary captain options will be in capital lettering)

LGD Gaming (LGD)(-125):
(TOP) Garvey
(JNG) Peanut
(MID) xiye
(ADC) KRAMER
(SUP) Mark

eStar (ES)(-110):
(TOP) XiaoBai
(JNG) WEI (GPP)
(MID) FENFEN
(ADC) WINK
(SUP) ShiauC

Very hard decision here between LGD, and eStar. First off, let me say this for those of you that still do not know. Crying left eStar for some reason, whether it was because of contract issues or he simply left. I thought it was one of the worst moves by eStar up to date. They acquired FenFen from LGD to hopefully fill the shoes along the way. This could turn out to be what could be a very interesting revenge game as he was backing up Yuuki and was let go by LGD. Overall they are still a very balanced and experienced team to go up against. I will be focusing my stacks around MID and BOT lanes.

LGD will be in line here to go up against eStar. Last season LGD was impressive against good teams while dropping games against the bad ones. I was very impressed with the new signings up until I saw the starting lineup for them. They got a couple of players from DMO, Mark, and xiye being two of them. None of which overall impressed me at first glance and are now starting.

They also acquired LangX from RNG, which to my knowledge was going to be the guy to cover their weakness at TOP lane. Instead, they placed Garvey on top late who in my opinion has a very shallow Champ pool and is not great on paper.

Now, they did start Xiye, and Garvey over LangX, and Yuuki which is a mistake in my personal opinion. I will give the new guys the benefit of the doubt by having some exposure to LGD here. But after looking at things a bit more thoroughly, I will side with eStar to win the game. They are the more experienced and overall rounded team together. Using LGD in gpp, but keeping it at a 60/40 split between the two teams.

Pick to win: ESTAR (ES) (-110).

Honorable Mention: LGD Gaming [LGD] [ TOP GPP OPTION] I have some love for them tonight, but not overly confident in them with the current lineup. Until I see LangX and Yuuki in the starting roster I will only use LGD in large-field tournaments, hedging, or simply against horrible teams.

SLATE REVIEW:

Two-game slates can be rough, there is not a lot of wiggle room for you to go to at an attempt to fade games you do not like or think could be a tough choice to predict. I will be building around eStar stacks, for the most part, focusing on the main guys of the team in Wink, the new addition of FenFen and some Wei to be different in large field gpp.

While I do think eStar will win this, LGD has a very solid chance here to win against a Cryin-less eStar who used to be the top player of the team and often carried them on his back. I’d like for eStar to win this but by no means forget LGD has a chance here. Whichever side I go in this LPL match, I will not have less than 3 players from either team. This game will have the upside we are looking for.

Don’t like OMG, and might just have 1 line to hedge. Call me crazy if you want, I will have V5 all over once again with mixes of LGD/Estar.

You can always find me in discord at @champagnravens and ask me any question about the slate, and I will 100% be there to help out.

Make sure you also check out our projections here.

LPL Targets:

Today we will be looking into day two of the LOL LPL slate on Saturday 6/7 at 5 am EST. Below I will provide my top targets for the day, favorite captains for each team in case you decide to hedge, as well as starting lineups to make your lineup construction lot easier.

Slate Breakdown:

Team WE (WE) (-190) vs. Suning Gaming (SN)(+135).

Starting Rosters: (Primary captain options will be in capital lettering)

Team WE (WE)(-190):
(TOP) Morgan
(JNG) beishang
(MID) TEACHERMA
(ADC) JIUMENG
(SUP) Missing

Suning Gaming (SN)(+135):
(TOP) Bin
(JNG) Sofm
(MID) ANGEL
(ADC) HUANFENG
(SUP) SwordArt

It will not come to a surprise that I am siding with Team WE. They are far superior at team fighting and objective control. As expected, they are heavily favored as they should. WE should be a staple on most builds, especially in cash games. They have had some trouble with banning phase as teams tend to target the small pool of champions Teacherma has. And while he has been bullied in the mid lanes, it has only been managed to be done by outstanding teams in the LOL LPL. I do not expect Suning to be able to do the same, and even if they did, this team has more than enough firepower to beat Suning convincingly by attacking other lanes. Expect for WE to attack early, attack Suning hard who is not one to shy away from team fights.

This is the main team to stack in your lineups, and I expect it to get bloody from start to finish. Being as it is a two-game LOL slate trying your luck with Suning is not necessarily bad for big GPPs. If they do somehow manage to pull the win, they will, for sure, come out with a lot of up-side at near to minimum exposure.

Pick to win: WE

Vici Gaming (VG) (-170) vs Bilibili Gaming (BLG)(+120)

Starting Rosters: (Primary captain options will be in capital lettering)

Vici Gaming (VG)(-170):
(TOP) Cube
(JNG) Aix
(MID) FORGE
(ADC) IBOY
(SUP) Hang

Bilibili Gaming (BLG)(+120):
(TOP) Kingen
(JNG) l3est16
(MID) FOFO
(ADC) WINGS
(SUP) XinMo

This game is set to be a tricky one, similar to V5’s situation in terms of roster changes. On one side of the game, we have Vici Gaming that overall is still the same team. They did, in fact, sign a couple of players, but none that were placed to start in this game. I’m curious to see how they move forward in the future with them. I personally think Vici is a middle of the pack type of team. Which, to the best of my belief, will be enough to make Vici a cash play, and the winner of this matchup.

Now, I did say this game was set to be a tricky one. And it was specifically because of Bilibili Gaming. They have added Wings, and a new TOP lane in l3est16 to their roster, and to my surprise, they will actually be starting. Now while I do believe that they needed a new ADC, I will have to disagree that Meteor gets replaced by someone coming straight from the academy roster. Because we have not seen these players perform in recent times, they make for great large tournament options. It is possible we get a new look BLG to start their season. It is also possible we get to see a BLG that cannot get out of their slump.

Pick to win: Vici Gaming.

SLATE REVIEW:

Overall, it should be a very chalky slate with the likes of VG, and WE having the best possible matchups in a two-game slate. If you are looking to build for cash games, these are the two teams to stack, most preferably with ADC/MID at the captain spot. Due to salary, it will most likely force you to go 4 VG- 2 WE, which is fine for cash games. For LOL GPP’s, you have to get different if you want to take down a large field tournament. Go for safety if entering smaller sized or single entry contests. For large tournaments, do not be afraid of going outside just the MID/ADC rule by using a JNG to free up a lot of options to be different, or even TOP but understand that it is not optimal for TOP to win in large-field tournaments. If playing large field gpp, do not be afraid to take at least one shot at a crazy line with an upset.
You can always find me in discord at @champagnravens and ask me any question about the slate, and I will 100% be there to help out.

Make sure you also check out our projections here.

CBLOL GPP Targets:

Today we will be looking into the first four-game slate of the split for the CBLOL on Saturday 6/6 at 12 pm EST. In this article im going to provide as much light about this slate as possible, so we can all have a profitable day together as a family. Below I will provide my top targets for the day, favorite captains for each team in case you decide to hedge, as well as projected lineups to make your building of a line a lot easier.

Tournament Format:

1. Matches are the best of one.
2. Triple round robin.
3. Top 4 teams advance to the playoffs.
4. Any tiebreakers will be determined via h2h in the regular season to determine who advances.
5. eight total teams.

TOP TEAMS TO TARGET:

KabuM! Esports (KBM)(-150) vs Prodigy Esports (PRG)(+110):

Projected Rosters: (Captain options are in capital letters)

KaBuM! (KBM) (-150):
(TOP) Yang
(JNG) Revolta
(MID) TUTSZ
(ADC) DUDSTHEBOY
(SUP) Ceos

Prodigy Esports (PRG) (+110):

(Captain options are in capital letters)

(TOP) fnb
(JNG) Yampi
(MID) DYQUENDO
(ADC) GARO
(SUP) Wos

“KabuM!” For sure resembles how they finished the last split and playoffs, literally blowing their opponents out of the water. By easily sweeping their opponents in both matches, they pushed forward to become the Split one Playoffs champions in the CBLOL. They were not the top-seeded team in the playoffs since they ended the regular season with a little over .500 record. They definitely woke up and unleashed a KabuM we had not seen before.

One significant difference in this CBLOL split, though, is that they have let go of two of their guys, one of them being Parang, who I thought was a solid contributor to this team but, team still does have some solid members in Tutsz and DudstheBoy, so I doubt we will see any struggles.

On the other side of the table, we have Prodigy Esports, who are going up against a team they know well. In fact, KabuM has beaten them two out of three games in the last regular-season CBLOL split. Prodigy did manage to bring in dYquendo that has multiple awards under his belt as (Best player and Best MID laner) in 2018, so it should help to keep it close but, I am siding with the red hot KabuM in this matchup at an attempt to start with the momentum they finished last playoffs. I do not mind the Prodigy hedge at much lower ownership if you are entering several lineups.

PICK TO WIN: KabuM! E-Sports

paiN Gaming (PNG) (-150) vs. Flamengo Sports (FLA) (+110):

Projected Rosters:

paiN Gaming (PNG) (-150):

(Very risky roster, lots of new faces , lots of uncertainties)

(TOP) Robo
(JNG) Cariok
(MID) tinowns
(ADC) Brtt
(SUP) Esa

Flamengo Sports (FLA) (+110):

(Captain options are in capital letters)

(TOP) Bankai
(JNG) Ranger
(MID) GOKU
(ADC) LUSKKA
(SUP) REVEN

Am I going crazy, or do I just love most of the underdogs of this slate? I feel like there was a lot of roster changes to these teams, and Vegas is not taking that into account. Pain Gaming has been everything but impressive lately, finishing at a horrible losing rate. With that said, they have added some pieces to their roster. But still have some of their old players, making it difficult to trust any of them as they are all at risk of either not playing or substitution. I am actually siding with the slight underdogs in Flamengo Esports.

Overall the better team, in my opinion, and could have reached deeper into the playoffs had it not been for the crazy rise of KaBUM towards the end of the season. The biggest difference here is that Flamengo made big moves within their roster, adding guys like Bankai assuming he does start, with Goku and Lushkk. These guys are well known and should make light work of Pain Gaming, in my personal opinion. I expect Flamengo to make a decent push throughout all regular season into the playoffs. Easily one of my favorite teams to watch out for this split.

PICK TO WIN: Flamengo Sports (FLA) (+110).

HONORABLE MENTION:

Santos eSports (SAN) (+105) – New team that burst through their league to get promoted into this CBLOL. The super hot team at the moment. I will go with my gut and say that Santos eSports takedown Vivo Keyd, as a result I will probably have both sides, but Santos is my dark horse pick.

SLATE REVIEW:

This Esports DFS slate is pretty straight forward and these are the two teams I will most likely be investing my money on for the most part. With some Santos, eSports sprinkled here and there to be different. In my first game listed, I will have most of my exposure focused on my pick to win, hedging some Prodigy eSports lines for safety measures. I will also focus strictly on ADC and maybe MID captain for my builds, depending on what the salary allows when hedging with favorites. Let us crush this slate as a team. WIN DAILY ALL DAY! You can always find me in discord at @champagnravens and ask me any question about the slate, and I will 100% be there to help out.

Make sure you also check out our projections here.

GPP Targets:

Today we will be looking into the first slate of the split for the LPL on 6/6/2020 5 am EST. Some of you may already know me. I am Naldo, aka champagneravens in discord, here to provide as much light about this slate as possible, so we can all have a profitable day together as a family. Below I will provide my top targets for the day, favorite captains for each team in case you decide to hedge, as well as projected lineups to make your building of a line a lot easier.

Tournament Format:

1. Matches are best of 3.
2. Single Round Robin.

• Top teams to target in GPP:
• Victory 5 (V5) (+150) vs Dominus Esports (DMO) (-205):

Starting Rosters:

V5: (TOP) BiuBiu, (JNG) WeiWei, (MID) Mole, (ADC) SamD, (SUP) Ppgod.

Dominus Esports: (TOP) Natural, (JNG) Xiaopeng, (MID) Twilla, (ADC) Helper, (SUP) Mitsuki.

You are probably asking yourself, “He is not really about to play V5, right?” I am here to tell you, my friends, that you guessed right. I am actually a fan of the moves V5 made past few days/weeks to improve their roster. They really had nothing to lose as they were the worst team last split in the regular season. It only made sense that they decided to rebuild the entire team. At this point, they figured that any changes would only be for the better, and I think so too. They picked up the likes of BiuBiu, and WeiWei, who arent above average players but are a significant change to what they were. The addition to a new ADC in SamD should give the team a new fresh look as I thought y4 was not a very good contributor to the team before. I think the most significant signing was of Ppgod, who I think is a decent Support player. And his presence itself should help in the long run.

DMO also made some key changes, but in my opinion, the changes were not necessary. Regardless of the reason, they did add a new ADC to their roster and a new Support player to compliment his game. To close out this matchup, I think its a 50/50 game that could go either way. I predict DMO ownership will be pretty high. Both teams are basically brand new, and the people will follow the Vegas line here. I will note that the line has actually moved towards V5’s favor throughout the day. I will take the V5 shot here and hope it pays off. Either way, I will always suggest you do cover yourself with a hedge line in these types of games.

Players to Captain (V5 stack): (ADC) SamD.
Players to Captain (DMO stack): (ADC) Helper, (MID) Twilla.

Pick to win: V5

Royal Never Give Up (-160) vs. Oh My God(+120):

Starting Rosters:

RNG: (TOP) New, (JNG) XLB, (MID) Xiaohu, (ADC) Betty ,(SUP) Ming.

OMG: (TOP) Aliez, (JNG) H4acker, (MID) icon, (ADC) Smlz ,(SUP) Cold.

Going to be keeping it short and simple here. I am nearly full exposure to RNG. Overall, they are the better-rounded team, especially with the addition of New in the Top lane. It is not a huge improvement but still an improvement. They also brought back Cryin, but kept him as a backup. This makes me worry for Xiaohu if he does not perform up to par in the first game, he could be benched. Still, I think this team, with this starting lineup, is good enough to beat OMG. OMG had a decent run, up until the last few games of the spring split in the regular season. They finished horribly, 1-8 in the last nine games of the season. OMG has never been a sexy team to use even when they are huge favorites. They play a very slow game, majorly focused on objectives and avoiding team fights until they are ready to start one. And even when they do win, their production is not worth having on a slate bigger than two games. Personally, think RNG steps on the gas here and attempts to get an early lead on OMG and take it home in a sweep without the need to sub in Cryin.

Pick to win: RNG

Players to Captain (RNG stack): (ADC) Betty, (MID) Xiaohu (Risk involved)
Players to Captain (OMG stack): [Not enough upside, no interest for any OMG captain)

Slate Notes:

I will be building my lines mostly around an RNG four-man stack and filling in with V5 the other spaces. I will rotate around to having some V5 four-man stacks too, as OMG tends to not feed a lot of kills in some games. Out of ten lines, I would say I will have about 70% RNG (The rest would be OMG) exposure and around 50% V5 splitting with DMO. If you are playing cash games, I suggest you go RNG/DMO in your builds. In a two-game slate, I normally do not recommend playing cash. Instead, just hedge in gpp. With that said, let us crush this slate as a team. WIN DAILY ALL DAY! You can always find me in discord at @champagnravens and ask me any question about the slate, and I will 100% be there to help out.