Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – ESL Pro League Finals Season 10 Prop Bets

• The ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals run from December 3rd to the 8th
• Astralis being favorites to win has highly affected several available prop bets
• Vertigo is heavily favored to be the least played map of the tournament

The ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals begin on December 3rd and with it come a flurry of prop bets. Astralis are heavy favorites to win the tournament and most of these bets should be made with the best team in the world in mind.

Region of Winner Odds

All odds taken Dec 3rd

The region of winner is as simple as this; Astralis is from Europe and therefore Europe is likely the bet. Even though North America has a couple of solid teams in Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses, Astralis have been dominant lately and should be able to take advantage of the packed CS:GO tournament schedule.

Pick: Europe (-165)

Winners Group Odds

Group B is pretty clearly the stronger group as it contains both Astralis and Team Liquid. If Team Liquid is able to find the form that they had earlier in the year then it’s possible they can take down Astralis. If that happens then TL should be considered the favorites to win it all. Either way, I’ll take Astralis or Team Liquid over the likes of EG or 100 Thieves from Group A.

Pick: Group B (-145)

Group A Winner Odds

Not having Astralis in Group A leaves it wide open. Evil Geniuses would normally be favorites, but they’re likely exhausted after competing in the ECS Season 8 Finals this past weekend.

Meanwhile, 100 Thieves have had some time off to prepare exclusively for this tournament and are coming off of a grand finals appearance at IEM Beijing.

I’d take a chance on the surging 100 Thieves here.

Pick: 100 Thieves (+450)

Group B Winner Odds

I think it’s pretty clear where this bet is going. Even though there’s not much value, it’s impossible to bet on another team, especially after Astralis just took down Team Liquid at the ECS finals.

Pick: Astralis (-227)

Tournament Least Played Map Odds

Here’s where the bets get interesting. Although Vertigo is the favorite to be the least played map, recent tournaments have shown that there might be better bets. At the ECS Season 8 Finals, Mirage was actually the least played map, and Astralis and Team Liquid played on Vertigo in the opening map of the grand finals.

If these two teams are willing to play on Vertigo then it could pop up several times over the course of the ESL Pro League finals. 100 Thieves have also shown to be rather strong on Vertigo. Instead, consider betting on Overpass after it was only played once back at IEM Beijing.

Pick: Overpass (+350)

Tournament Most Played Map Odds

Inferno was the most picked map at both IEM Beijing and the ECS finals so it’s a strong play here. One dark horse pick is Nuke as it appears to be Astralis’ go to map pick after other teams remove the likes of Train or Overpass against them. Also avoid Mirage since Astralis bans it out constantly.

Pick: Inferno (+150)

Map with Highest CT Win % Odds

I’d take a chance on Overpass here. Maps that get played a lot will have more normalized CT and T Win percentages. Overpass will be on the lesser played side of things and that could lead to a heavy CT Win % if a team like Astralis gets their hands on it.

Pick: Overpass (+360)

Map with Highest T Win % Odds

Although Dust2 is the favorite here, it actually had the second lowest T win % at IEM Beijing. Instead of going with Dust2, Vertigo seems like a stronger bet after the T-side won over 50% of the time at the ECS Season 8 Finals.

Pick: Vertigo (+240)