This Week In eSports Betting We Preview StarCraft 2 Bets For Next Week And More
Published: Sep 14, 2015 - Last Updated: Jul 7, 2023
Let’s jump ahead a little this week to next weekend as StarCraft 2 players and fans will no doubt be aware that one of the two Korean Leagues part of the 2015 World Championship Series reaches its exciting climax.
The StarCraft II StarLeague Season 3 Main Event is ready to be decided.
Sixteen individuals started the event back in July and after a hugely competitive group stage, plus some exciting playoff games between the eight qualifiers, only two remain to clinch the $36,099 top prize.
The first is ByuL, 23-year-old South Korean Han Ji Won, who is also part of the CJ Entus team, is currently ranked 9th in the WCS series having amassed 4025 points. He faces a tough task however against herO, 23-year-old Kim Joon Ho.
The smiling assassin is ranked first in the WCS series and the two have clashed already in the latter stages of a tournament earlier this year in the 2015 KeSPA Cup 3rd/4th place playoff, where herO triumphed 3-0.
It promises to be a big game between two stars of CJ Entus powerful StarCraft 2 team and there will be plenty of betting sites ready to offer odds on the game, including the likes of Ladbrokes, Bet365 Sport, 888 Sport, William Hill, Unikrn and Betway.
If you like Counter-Strike, it’s your week
Counter Strike: Global Offensive fans will have plenty to occupy themselves on Monday 14th as the second day of the two-day 99 Damage Arena gets under way with the semi final clash between team nerdRage and the team that progresses from the first day of action, which will be one of ESC Gaming, Epsilon eSports or Team eBettle.
The winner of the semi final will then progress to face top seeds Vega Squadron in the final on Monday evening.
The prize for each successive round increases by $500, and for every match won by a team, they accrue points for the forthcoming 99 Damage Masters season.
As always, there is a healthy number of CS:GO esports betting options available, so don’t forget to check out the likes of Pinnacle Sports, 10-Bet, Bet365 Sports and William Hill for all the latest betting on this Counter-Strike and several others that are scheduled to have matches run throughout the forthcoming week.
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare tournament
It’s important to remember though that it is not just Mac or PC gamers that have a monopoly on eSports gaming.
The vast console gaming market, dominated by the big two players Xbox One and Playstation 4 are becoming an increasing part of the burgeoning eSports market. So much so that one of our featured bookmaking sites, Unikrn.com, are now offering the chance to bet on one of the most popular, and important console-based games.
That games is Activision’s Call of Duty and the good news is that on Friday September 18th, you will be able to partake in betting on teams taking part in season three of the Major League Gaming Pro League Call of Duty Advanced Warfare tournament.
Call of Duty is one of the most popular console games of all time. A first person shoot-em up game which features a host of different modes, such as Capture the Flag, Team Death Match, Search and Destroy and similar.
In the competition, teams take each other on in 4 v 4 games across a series of maps from the game and over a number of different game modes. The first team to win three maps by defeating their opponents is the winner, so matches can last for as long as three, four or five different maps and across four different types of game.
At Unikrn at the moment, you can bet on any of the 12 teams competing in the event, to win the Season 3 Regular Season outright. Optic Gaming, who won the $30,000 first prize in both Season One and Season Two, are the hot favourites to win the title for the third time at odds of 1.85 with Faze Clan a clear second favourite at 2.50.
Other teams that are regarded as outsides for the first prize include Denial Esports COD, Team Envyus COD, Elevate, Optic Nation, Rise Nation, Isolation Empure, Team Kaliber, Epsilon, TCM Gaming and Team Orbit.
The last three teams are the rank outsiders at 41.00 to win the competition outright.
Remember, you can get the latest weekly betting at any of our esports betting partners on all eSports events throughout the week simply by checking back to the relevant page on the sports book site. Big events for League of Legends and DOTA 2 are also looming on the horizon, as well as betting being available on lesser events in these games, plus other eSports including Hearthstone, World of Tanks, Smash and more.
Since: August 10, 2015
