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Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of my Counter Strike: Global Offensive DFS picks. As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game CS:GO contests on DraftKings.
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IEM New York 2020 CIS
Best of 3 Series
- Spirit vs. Gambit Youngsters
- Nemiga vs. Hellraisers
- Natus Vincere vs. K23
- Virtus.pro vs. Espada
Captain Picks
S1mple is the most expensive player on the slate but once again offers one of the highest ceilings as well. He is averaging 78 DK points per game and has eclipsed the 100 point mark in two of his last five matches played. Over the last month of games played, s1mple has generated a 1.39 K/D ratio and has a .87 kill per round rate while having a low .63 death per round rate. When it comes to cash games, there is no better floor to spend up for other than s1mple.
sh1ro is another high priced player that carries some upside in tournaments. sh1ro carries elite numbers as he has a 1.53 K/D ratio over his last 19 maps played and has a strong kill and death per round differential as he has a .77 kill per round rate while having a very low .51 death per round rate. The matchup against Spirit is a bit tougher than the other games being played on the slate but sh1ro has done well as he has had a 1.24 K/D ratio against them on 13 maps throughout the 2020 year.
Other Picks: mir, Jame, lollipop21k, degster, buster
Value Picks
qikert is 7k on this slate and while that is on the higher side of the value spectrum, he has upside that could help take down a tournament. In the matchup yesterday against K23, qikert dropped 91 DK points and racked up 53 kills while dying only 31 times. He has had a very strong month of games played as he has produced a 1.27 K/D ratio over his last 23 maps and had a .73 kill per round rate while having a .57 death per round rate. He has been in great form and could even be considered to be a value captain play if needing salary on this slate.
Keoz could be a tournament play on this slate. While the matchup against NaVi is very tough, he hung in and produced a +9 K/D differential in his lone match against NaVi earlier this year. Over the last month of games played, Keoz has generated a 1.04 K/D ratio while having a strong kill per round rate of .71 while also having a high death per round rate of .69. His team will be big underdogs so Keoz could come in lower owned and when factoring in his high death rate, he looks to be more of a tournament play with some upside.
Other Picks: YEKINDAR, SANJI, mou, iDISBALANCE
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Team Stacks
Nemiga has had a lot of success against HellRaisers as they have gone 5-0 all-time against them. They come into this matchup as winners of three of their last five matches played and have a team K/D ratio of 1.11 over the last 16 maps played. While HellRaisers are also coming in as winners of three of their last five games, they have not been able to produce similar numbers that Nemiga has been able to. Based on history, Nemiga has their number and it is hard to imagine anything but a 2-0 sweep.
The strongest player for Nemiga has been lollopop21k. he has produced a 1.31 K/D ratio over the last 6 maps played and has the strongest K/D differential on the team. While he is one of the more pricer players on the slate, he does bring a strong upside. rounding out a Nemiga stack would involve speed4k, mds, and Jyo as they have all produced above a 1.05 K/D ratio over the last month of maps played.
Virtus.pro has been on a hot streak as they enter this matchup against Espada. They come in as winners of five straight games and have an all-time record of 2-0 against Espada. These two squads just played over a week ago and VP swept Espada rather easily by winning 16-11 on Inferno and 16-10 on Dust2. VP had a very strong performance as they had four guys go plus in the matchup (buster, qikert, SANJI, Jame).
VP is modestly priced and should be able to win this matchup which really puts all five players as viable options in cash games and tournaments. Over the last month, the squad has produced a 17-6 record and a team K/D ratio of 1.23 over their last 23 maps played. Jame leads the squad in K/D ratio over the last month as he has produced a 1.44 ratio. buster (1.23) and qikert (1.27) have produced a 1.20+ ratio while YEKINDAR (1.19) and SANJI (1.04) bring up the rear as the value plays from VP.
Other Picks: NaVi
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