by ESB’s free Dota 2 betting picks for Sunday, January 8, focus on the opening pair of games in Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Eastern Europe 2023 Tour 1: Division I. Here are our selections for Nemiga Gaming vs HallRaisers and Natus VIncere vs Darkside, with esports betting odds courtesy of BetOnline.
NEMIGA vs HELLRAISERS Dota 2 BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | Nemiga -250 at BetOnline | HR +175 at BetOnline |
| When: | January 8, 2023 | 14:00 MSK |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/paragon_dota) |
It happened again. HellRaisers fought their way into the upper bracket of CIS DPC and rebuilt its roster; however, this time out, HellRaisers’ new lineup looks very good. The addition of Nikita “Daxak” Kuzmin, Gleb “depressed kid” Zyryanov, Vladislav “Antares” Kertman, and Alexey “Solo” Berezin makes a lot of sense and could help HellRaisers emerge as one of CIS’s top Dota 2 squads.
A big addition is Daxak, who had a rough ending to the 2022 season with BetBoom Team but looked good throughout the year. And then there’s also Dota 2 veteran Solo, who got traded from NaVi and will play a key role in HellRaisers’ climb to the top.
Nemiga Gaming are the only team in the DPC (besides Tundra Esports) that didn’t make a single roster move. The only change ahead of the 2023 season was the signing of Alexei “j4” Lipai, who joins Nemiga as head coach.
The decision to keep its roster intact gives Nemiga Gaming a huge advantage over other EEU DPC squads, so it’s not too crazy to believe that Nemiga can win the opening tour of the season. But even though we’re confident in Nemiga’s performances early into the 2023 DPC season, it’s hard to pass on HellRaisers at +175.
Hellraiser To Win
NATUS VINCERE vs DARKSIDE Dota 2 BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | NaVi -105.26 at BetOnline | Darkside -126.58 at BetOnline |
| When: | January 8, 2023 | 17:00 MSK |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/paragon_dota) |
Ahead of the 2023 Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) season, Natus Vincere parted ways with captain Alexey “Solo” Berezin and no.2 Volodymyr “Noone” Minenko to make room for Arman “Malady” Orazbayev and Nikita “Nicky’Cool” Ostakhov, formerly of HellRaiers and Project Armor. Losing Solo stings a bit, but overall, NaVi have a competitive roster with the right mix of young and experienced players.
Their next opponents, Darkside consists of the former BetBoom Team core in Vladimir “RodjER” Nikogosian and Akbar “SoNNeikO” Butaev, who teamed up with Vladislav “DkFogas” Frolov, Maxim “re1bl” Afanasyev, and CIS Dota 2 legend Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev. The latter will play a major role in this team’s success alongside re1bl, who had a great past season when he made a name for himself as one of the future CIS Dota 2 esport stars.
The esports betting sites have priced Darkside as a favourite, which sounds right, but even $1.79 looks a bit too generous. This is a solid team with a substantial upside, and while you can say the same for NaVi, the latter have a lot more to prove.
