ESB brings you Dota 2 betting previews and tips for Saturday’s PGL Dota Pro Circuit Season 1 SEA Upper Division matches. Check out our predictions and best bets for 496 Gaming vs TNC Predator and Vice Esports vs BOOM Esports.

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This fixture reminds us of Friday’s OGA DPC South America games, in a sense that this is another example of a match where the Dota 2 betting odds seem to overvalue the brand name. There is no denying TNC Predator were once one of the best Dota 2 teams in the world, but they’re now nothing more a mediocre tier-1 team.

TNC enter this match with a 4-1 record, which looks good on paper, but we have to consider their wins against Neon Esports (2-1), T1 (2-1) and BOOM Esports (2-0) were very close. That is not to say 496 are doing much better, but they were a bit unlucky to lose against the same three opponents with 1-2.

The latest Dota 2 betting odds suggest 496 should lose this match 77.5% of the time, which is a bit too much. This is more of a 60/40 game, so we don’t need to think twice before siding with the outsiders.

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Placing a bet on Vice Esports for this match is hardly worth considering despite the generous betting odds. We believed in Vice before they clashed with T1, but what we got from that bout was only a further confirmation that Vice don’t belong at this level of play and should instead try to improve in the lower division.

BOOM Esports, on the other side, are a team that had a legitimate chance to sit at the top of the league by now, and perhaps they would have, had they not dropped the ball against T1 (1-2) and TNC Predator (0-2). Regardless of those slip-ups, BOOM are still the stronger side here and should not struggle against a team that is all but confirmed to get eliminated.

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