VCT 2026 Pacific Stage 2 Play-In continues on August 19 with Team Secret vs ONSIDE and FULL SENSE vs Rex Regum Qeon.
VALORANT Champions Tour 2026 Pacific Stage 2 Play-In continues on Wednesday, August 19, with two lower-bracket clashes as Team Secret meet ONSIDE GAMING, followed by a match between FULL SENSE and Rex Regum Qeon.
At Esportbet, you can find free VALORANT betting previews and expert picks for the two games, and odds from the best bookmakers for esports gambling.
ONSIDE GAMING are priced as -175.44 favourites to defeat Team Secret on the best VALORANT bookmakers in the lower bracket of the Play-Ins, despite losing their opening match of the stage 0-2.
However, ONSIDE’s loss to DRX was not a bad one, as the Challenger squad showed a lot of good things and the ability to keep up with VCT teams.
Team Secret had a solid start to the Play-Ins, beating Xipto Esports 2-0, but they turned back into a pumpkin against Nongshim RedForce and lost 9-13 on Summit and 5-13 on Breeze.
Team Secret have been one of the worst teams of VCT Pacific this stage, and there has been little to no improvement in that area.
So even though they hail from the upper division, Secret are not to be trusted to deliver.
ONSIDE Gaming to win
FULL SENSE dropped out of the VCT Pacific Stage 2 Play-In upper bracket with a bad loss against T1, who crushed Hector “FrosT” Rosario’s men with 13-1 on Breeze and 13-8 on Lotus.
In FULL SENSE’s defence, T1 are among the strongest teams in the region. However, that does not take away from the fact that they managed only nine rounds.
Rex Regum Qeon have been just as disappointing, losing their first match of the stage against Sharper Esports with 10-13 on Haven, 13-1 on Sunset, and 6-13 on Breeze.
On the other hand, Sharper are a very good team, as they later showed with a 2-1 win over DetonatioN FocusMe, so RRQ deserve some slack.
FULL SENSE lost to Rex Regum Qeon during the group play, and they have not shown much improvement since, with a narrow victory against QT DIG and a rough loss against T1.
At plus money, RRQ are a no-brainer pick.
Rex Regum Qeon to win
Mark Prezelj
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