Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Hot Pot Masters Championship

The Hot Pot Masters Championship will kick off with a clash between Xi’anTaiChangGui and Triumphant Song Gaming who will play out their first official match since late November when TSG won 2-1. Triumphant Song Gaming have since attended the Huya DarkHorse League Season 6, and skskins Streamer Pinnacle, which they ended up winning with a near-perfect 5-1 record.

Even though these low-tier Chinese CS:GO are usually very unpredictable, Triumphant Song Gaming seem a bit overpriced at $1.61. Not only have they beaten Xi’anTaiChangGui twice in the last two months, but it’s also important to note that Xi’anTaiChangGui are struggling with roster stability which sees them either forfeit their games or field stand-in players.

We can’t quite agree with the esports betting odds offered on this match. Although Wings Up may be stronger than Triumphant Song Gaming, there is no reason to have them priced as low as $1.49. The main reason why we have doubts about Wings Up is their lack of playtime since they have only four official matches on record in the last month.

What’s more, Triumphant Song Gaming are very efficient on Wings Up’s two best maps Mirage and Nuke, meaning we could be in for a very close match. At $2.48, TSG are worth a shot to defeat the ring rusty Wings Up.

After are a newly formed team that features mostly unknown players except for ex-Triumphant Song Gaming player XueBing “B1NGO” Dai and former Invictus Gaming rifler Zhiwei “0i” Liu. On the other side, we have Lynn Vision, who are the sixth-highest rated team in the region and are currently 122nd in the global CS:GO rankings, so hard to argue with the shorter betting odds.

Although Lynn are not nearly as strong as they were at the start of the year, they still consistently achieve high placements in all tournaments they appear in. Lynn are also in great form and enter this match with a 5-1 record in their last six outings and an 80% win rate record across December.

After usually do well into weaker semi-pro teams, but they also struggle when faced with tougher opponents. They have last met with Lynn Vision at the start of December when Lynn won with 2-0 and we don’t expect a different outcome here.

In their second fixture of the day, After will clash with Let’s Quit in what should be a close and exciting bout. Let’s Quit enter this match off a disappointing 0-3 run through the Funspark Rivals Pre-Season, where they lost to Bren Esports, CHECKMATE and Huat Zai.

They have previously also attended the skskins Streamer Pinnacle, where Let’s Quit managed only two wins against Xi’anTaiChangGui and TYLOO Female. Let’s Quit lack of success is not too shocking considering ZhiHai “QKA” Fu is the only pro player on the team which does not even field a proper in-game leader.

Although we don’t believe After are a very good team, they’re arguably much stronger than Let’s Quit who have yet to show any that would convince us they can win a single match this tournament.

Esports Multi Bet Of The Day – Friday, January 1st 2021