by Esportbet brings you StarCraft II betting predictions for two 2023 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S Group A bouts on Tuesday, October 10. Here are our selections for Cho “Maru” Seong-ju vs Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn and Kang “Solar” Min-soo vs Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo, with esports odds courtesy of the best SCII betting sites.
MARU vs SCARLETT SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | Maru -2500 at BetOnline | Scarlett +800 at BetOnline |
| When: | October 10, 2023 |18:30 KST |
| Watch Live: | YouTube, AfreecaTV |
Cho “Maru” Seong-ju has met Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn 12 times since 2013 but just twice in 2023 – at WardiTV Korean Royale in April (2-1) and at WardiTV Korean Royale Season 2 (2-0) in September. With the two wins, Maru is 10-2 in the head-to-head, and he hasn’t lost against Scarlett once since 2017.
This is one of the reasons why Maru is priced as a $1.04 favourite to defeat the Canadian StarCraft II pro. The other reason is that Maru is the current no.1 on the Korean ESL Pro Tour 2023/24 standings, with 2145 points and a 344-point lead ahead of Koh “GuMiho” Byung-jae.
Still, while Maru should win, we’re getting $3.40 with esports betting sites on Scarlett to steal a map, which is a bit too generous. Scarlett played well against Maru in their last two meetings and didn’t perform too poorly at WardiTV Korean Royale Season 2 last month.
Maru will likely win, but we’re getting more value backing Scarlett with a map advantage.
Scarlett +1.5 maps
SOLAR vs CREATOR SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | Solar +600 at BetOnline | Creator -1250 at BetOnline |
| When: | October 10, 2023 |19:15 KST |
| Watch Live: | YouTube, AfreecaTV |
Kang “Solar” Min-soo holds an excellent all-time head-to-head record (54-21) against Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo and is 6-3 up on the year. This includes two 2-1 victories from last month’s WardiTV Korean Royale Season 2 and Kung Fu Cup 2023 Winter Weekly #1.
As the numbers would suggest, Solar is the better player, but having him priced at $1.36 is a bit too short for our tastes. Creator has won at least one round in all but two series against Solar this year and holds a 57.63% win rate against Zerg players over his last 59 games.
That doesn’t mean that Creator should win, but considering how the last few meetings between these StarCraft II pros ended, over 2.5 maps at $2.00 or better is a solid bet.
