?There are very few Oceanic CS:GO teams that can compete with Renegades, and unfortunately, Antic Esports are not one of them. As the latest CS:GO betting odds suggest, this should be a very one-sided affair, and there is nothing that would suggest otherwise.

Admittedly, Antic have earned their spot in the ESL ANZ Champs playoffs, but they have only beaten Nut-E Gaming, CAMO, and Lonely 5, whereas they did not come even close to winning against the likes of Paradox and 162 Kings.

On the other side, Renegades had a near-perfect run through the group stage, with two sweeps of DoMilk and 8Ballers, and a three-series victory against ORDER (2-1). Moreover, Renegades have recently placed second in the Asia-Pacific RMR, and nearly qualified for the IEM Dallas closed qualifiers – losing only to the open qualifier champions, Team Aftershock (7-16).

Renegades likely don’t care about this tournament, but they’re too good to lose against a team such as Antic Esports. Take Renegades to cover the 8.5 round handicap.

Paradox Esports qualified for the playoffs with a 3-0 group stage run, with wins against Hysteria, Overt, and VERTEX Esports Club. ORDER were slightly less successful (3-2) with two narrow wins against CANO (2-1) and Kingsmen (2-1), but they had forced Renegades to three maps (1-2) and played well in their final series against Sanguine (2-0).

ORDER and Paradox last met in March, when Paradox won in overtime (19-17); however, ORDER won the last best-of series in February with 3-1. So even though Paradox looked better in the group stage, we would much rather be on the side or ORDER for this bout.

You can take ORDER at $1.57 and call it a day, but we’re out for a bigger payout, so we’ll trust Jireh “J1rah” Youakim and his crew to win with at least two rounds to spare.

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?LookingForOrg and Ground Zero last met on Tuesday, October 12, when L4Org won 2-0, with 16-4 on both Overpass and Inferno. Their only previous meeting happened in August when LookingForOrg were still playing under Dire Wolves and won with 16-6 on Ancient.

L4Org are stronger and rightly priced as the betting favourites for the rematch. Ground Zero have some solid pieces, but everything points towards another straightforward win for the reigning ESEA Season 38 Premier Division Australia champions.

The offered CS:GO betting odds on L4Org, even with a map handicap ($1.17), aren’t very appealing. Instead, we like the favourites with a 8.5 round handicap at $1.98. Even though that’s a very high line, we are far more confident that Benson “Liki” Niuila and his crew will win without dropping more than eight rounds than Ground Zero coming close to double digits.

?VERTEX Esports Club last met with ORDER on Saturday, October 16, when they lost 0-2, with 4-16 on Mirage and 9-16 on Ancient. Their only other meeting of the month happened five days prior when VERTEX won the opening map (16-10 on Ancient) but lost on Mirage (11-16) and Vertigo (10-16).

ORDER clashed with VERTEX five times in 2021 and won all but one bout (1-2 in June), including all of their last three. ORDER have proven that they’re the better team, but they have dropped at least one map in two of their previous three meetings.

Excluding their last clash with ORDER, VERTEX have done relatively well against the current third-highest rated Oceanic CS:GO team. So, while don’t expect the outsiders to cause an upset, but at $2.26, VERTEX are worth a shot with a map advantage.