{"id":39748,"date":"2024-11-24T04:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T09:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=39748"},"modified":"2024-11-24T04:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T09:05:13","slug":"blast-set-to-host-inaugural-dota-2-esports-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/blast-set-to-host-inaugural-dota-2-esports-event\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAST set to host inaugural Dota 2 esports event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural BLAST-organised Tier-1 Dota 2 tournament, <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/blast-slam\/\" title=\"BLAST Slam betting guide\">BLAST Slam I<\/a>, is set to kick off on Thursday, featuring ten esports teams vying for the lion\u2019s share of the US$1,000,000 prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Danish esports tournament organiser\u2014mostly known for hosting one of the most prestigious Counter-Strike 2 leagues, the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-premier-series\/\" title=\"BLAST Premier Series betting guide\">BLAST Premier<\/a>\u2013announced its first entry into Dota 2, expanding its presence in the global esports scene.<\/p>\n<p>Named BLAST Slam, the new tournament series will stretch over two years, featuring nine events, each offering US$1,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>The first BLAST Slam event will kick off later this week, welcoming some of the world\u2019s strongest <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/dota-2\/\" title=\"Dota 2 betting guide\">Dota 2<\/a> teams, who will face off at BLAST Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will begin with two round-robin groups of five teams competing in best-of-one games for favourable seeding in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage winners will advance to the semifinals; runners-up will receive a direct bye to the quarterfinals, while the third-placed teams will advance to the second round.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom two squads from each group will begin their playoff journey in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Playoffs will be single-elimination with best-of-three matches, except for the best-of-five grand final.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the unique format, there are no surprises in the outright betting markets.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">top Dota 2 betting sites<\/a> have Team Falcons priced as $3.00 favourites to hoist the trophy and secure their seventh Tier-1 title of the season and third consecutive after winning BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 and DreamLeague Season 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-liquid-lift-the-international-2024-trophy\/\" title=\"Team Liquid claim The International 2024 title\">The International 2024 champions Team Liquid<\/a> are a close second at $5.50, ahead of BetBoom Team ($7.00), Team Spirit ($8.00), and Gaimin Gladiators ($9.00), who round up the list of the top five favourites.<\/p>\n<p>BLAST Slam I will begin with the first round of the group stage on Thursday, November 26, at 10:00 CET.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to, BLAST Slam <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WOeJzcg6xG\">pic.twitter.com\/WOeJzcg6xG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLAST Slam (@BLASTDota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTDota\/status\/1841448044291600611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural BLAST-organised Dota 2 tournament, BLAST Slam I, is set to kick off on Thursday, featuring 10 teams vying for the lion\u2019s share of $1,000,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":39531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3165,2196,3803,17,2401,2426,128,434],"class_list":["post-39748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-betboom-team","tag-blast","tag-blast-slam-i","tag-dota-2","tag-gaimin-gladiators","tag-team-falcons","tag-team-liquid","tag-team-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39750,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39748\/revisions\/39750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}