Kim “Cure” Doh-wook has met with Byun “ByuN” Hyun-woo 26 times in 2022, most recently during ESL Open Cup #151 Korea at the end of November, when Byun won 2-1. It marked ByuN’s 14th head-to-head victory of the year and his fourth consecutive.

Over that stretch, ByuN has managed just one clean sweep (0-2), with two series ending with just one map separating the two StarCraft II pro players. So considering ByuN’s recent success against Cure, the offered SCII betting odds make a lot of sense.

ByuN is in excellent form and holds a 72.04% win rate in mirrored matchups, whereas Cure’s TvT record over the last 65 outings stands at just 47.69%. Cure is still an excellent player who should do some damage on Saturday, but this is Byun’s game to lose.

ByuN to win 3-0 pays at $4.00, which is a fair price and a solid longshot bet.

Kim “Classic” Doh-woo enters this match as a massive underdog ($4.33), which isn’t too shocking, considering Kim “Cure” Doh-wook is 4-0 up in the head-to-head (10-3 in maps) on the year. Moreover, Cure is 15-5 against Classic since the two first met in 2014 but has not lost a single series since 2018.

The four-year-long streak of dominance Cure has been enjoying is quite impressive, as is his map win rate (67.55%) against his compatriot. So while you could argue that Classic is good enough to compete against any SCII player, Cure is his kryptonite.

If Cure’s last games against Classic are any indication, there’s a very good chance we’ll see another clean sweep, and $3.00 is a very generous offer on the outcome.

Park “DRG” Soo-ho and Byun “ByuN” Hyun-woo last met at the start of November, during PiG Sty Festival 2.0, when ByuN won 2-0. It marked his fifth (5-2) head-to-head victory of the year and 22nd (22-13) since the two first clashed in 2012.

And yet, despite holding an impressive h2h record against DRG, ByuN enters this match priced at $1.53, which seems a bit too generous. Although DRG won (2-1) this affair in September, it was only his first victory since March. Over that stretch, ByuN has won 11 maps to DRG’s five and has swept DRG in two of their last three meetings.

Beyond that, DRG’s recent win rate into Terran players over the last 28 outings is at just 50%. In contrast, ByuN is 86-29 (74.78%) against Zergs over the last 115.

It’s entirely possible that ByuN wins with a 3-0 sweep, but we’ll play it safe and pick the 29-year-old with a -1.5 map handicap.

The final round of Brawler’s Club #37 group stage will see Park “DRG” Soo-ho face off against Kim “Cure” Doh-wook for the eighth time in 2022 and the first time since November when DRG won 3-1. It marked DRG’s second consecutive victory and his third of the year.

Cure is still up (4-3) in the head-to-head this year, but he has managed to beat DRG just once since May (3-0 during Brawler’s Club #32), so it’s fair to view DRG as the favourite. But this is still a 50/50 bout in our book, mainly because the last two head-to-head matches were pretty close.

Even the players’ win rates into the opponent’s race are close to even (49.32% – 50%), so there are a couple of reasons why $1.25 on DRG is a bit too low. A bet on Cure to win at $3.75 is hard to ignore, as it offers excellent value.

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Byun “ByuN” Hyun-woo and Kang “Solar” Min-soo will meet for the first time since last Saturday, when ByuN won 3-1, marking his first head-to-head win of the year (1-9). And not only has Solar won all previous nine meetings, but he is also 27-8 up in maps won over that stretch.

The big question for this match is whether ByuN can repeat his success from last week and defeat Solar for the 40th time in his career (39-49). As much as we would like to believe that ByuN can do it, we have a tough time recommending a bet on the 28-year-old at $2.20.

He defeated Solar last weekend, but this was still his first head-to-head victory since December 2021, and you can’t ignore that. One game alone does not change the fact that Solar has dominated this matchup for the entire year. Solar at $1.61 is a no-brainer pick – we would need to see odds much closer to $3.00 to side with ByuN.

Joo “Zest” Sung-wook and Koh “GuMiho” Byung-jae have met just four times in StarCraft II during 2022, most recently in March, when Zest won 2-1. It marked his third head-to-head victory of the year and his second consecutive.

But even though Zest is the more successful player of the two this year (3-1) and across their entire history (33-21), we have to note that Zest’s last three meetings with GuMiho all reached the final map (2-3, 3-2, 2-1). Zest is still the better player, and he has a good record in Terran (62.43% win rate), but we don’t expect him to dominate the match.

Zest with a -1.5 map handicap at $1.89 is appealing, but we’re getting much more value on the over 4.5 total maps. GuMiho played well against Zest in their last two meetings, so it’s hard to doubt his ability to win at least two maps on Saturday.

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Byun “ByuN” Hyun Woo and Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin will clash on Wednesday in the first round of 2021 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 1. It will mark their first meeting since late December when Byun bested his compatriot 2-0.

ByuN enters this match as a heavy favourite, which seems reasonable considering he is 6-2 up in the head-to-head. Having said that he has met with sOs only once since 2016, so we shouldn’t put too much weight on that record.
What is important, however, is that sOs is very efficient when facing Terran (63.77% win rate). He is also in excellent form, having bested Juan Carlos “SpeCial” Tena Lopez and Lee “Rogue” Byeong Yeol last week.

One thing going for ByuN is that he has played 24 games in 2021, although he has lost three out of his last four, which includes his last two against Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti and Cho “Trap” Sung Ho. We are siding with sOs to keep this match close.

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Kang “Solar” Min Soo and Jang “Creator” Hyun Woo will clash on Wednesday for the 20th time in 2020 and the first time since December 14, when Solar swept Creator 2-0 during the ESL Open Cup #49 Korea. It marked Solar’s third consecutive head-to-head victory over Creator and his 14th of the year, so it makes sense for Esport bookmakers to favour him over Creator for this bout.

Predicting another clean sweep win for Solar might seem a bit too optimistic since those are fairly rare at this level of play, however, due to Creator’s poor form it’s difficult to imagine any other outcome. He has lost all but three of his last 10 outings and enters this match with a three-game losing streak.

Despite Solar’s underwhelming 2-4 record, he has managed two clean sweeps against Max “MaxPax” C. and Kim “Ryung” Dong Won prior to this bout and if that is any indication of his form, he should secure another commanding win over his compatriot.

BYUN vs ZOUN SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS

Byun “ByuN” Hyun Woo enters this match off a strong showing at the New Year Community Cup, where he made it to the grand finals, only to lose (1-3) against Cho “Trap” Sung Ho. He later also lost (2-3) against Park “Armani” Jin Hyuk in the first round of ITaX Trovo Series #5.

Park “Zoun” Han-sol has managed a few solid results this month, however, he consistently struggles when faced with top-tier Korean StarCraft II esports pros. Since the start of December, Zoun won only 10 games in 24 outings and is 1-4 in his last five.

Zoun has only one game on record in the last 10 days and even that was a 0-3 loss against Lee “INnoVation” Shin Hyung. What’s more, ByuN is 5-1 up in the head-to-head with Zoun this year, which includes five consecutive wins and back-to-back clean sweeps (2-0, 5-0). The choice is obvious.

Esports Multi Bet Of The Day – Wednesday, December 30 2020