CDL Championship 2023 R1 betting tips – Thursday, June 15

ESB brings you free Call of Duty League (CDL) betting tips for the opening four matches of CDL Championship 2023, kicking off on Thursday, June 15. Check out our selections for New York Subliners vs Minnesota RØKKR, Atlanta FaZe vs Seattle Surge, OpTic Texas vs Boston Breach, Toronto Ultra vs Los Angeles Thieves.

New York Subliners have been flying under the radar for most of the season, but they’re finally getting the respect they deserve. Priced at +450 on the outright betting markets, the Subliners have a realistic chance to win the CDL trophy, and it’s tough to find a reason not to believe they can finish at least top four.

New York Subliners are the only team that won two Majors this year, and they finished the regular season in third place. Even though the Subliners haven’t won or come close to winning a single Major between December and May, they looked in excellent shape last month.

Minnesota RØKKR have had their moments this season and even finished CDL Major 5 in third place. But while that is impressive, the RØKKR also got eliminated from the Major by New York Subliners – who are 5-1 in the head-to-head with the RØKKR (17-7 in maps).

Betting against Minnesota RØKKR is scary since they can wake up anytime and outperform everyone’s expectations. But, New York Subliners are in exceptional form and have a solid record against the RØKKR.

Had this game been played a couple of months ago, it would be fair to expect a close match, but based on what Seattle Surge have shown over the last few weeks, they shouldn’t cause any issues for Atlanta FaZe. Seattle Surge have looked very weak lately, and even if we assume that Daunte “Sib” Gray and Amer “Pred” Zulbeari will be in prime form for the CDL Championship 2023, Atlanta FaZe would still be the favourites.

Atlanta FaZe are priced as the leading candidates to win the CDL trophy, and rightly so. They’re the CDL 2023 regular season champions and CDL Major 5 semifinalists, which is impressive. And even though FaZe haven’t won a Major since February, they were either second or third in the three succeeding Majors.

There is a world where Seattle Surge steal one map, but siding with Atlanta FaZe to sweep is the right play.

OpTic Texas were not long ago considered by far the best team in the league, but they lost traction soon after securing their second consecutive Major silver medal at CDL Major 4. OpTic have since won Major 5 qualifiers but crashed out of the LAN event in 9th-12th place, showing very concerning form ahead of the season-culminating tournament.

OpTic still deserves respect, as they can pop off at any time and go all the way, but there’s also a danger that OpTic won’t find traction early and potentially crash out of the tournament in the first or second round.

First, they need to make it past Boston Breach, who look like an easy opponent for OpTic, but this might be a bit deceiving since Boston Breach can be dangerous on a good day. We also don’t know how good Boston Breach will be with Eric “Snoopy” Pérez as the latest addition, but according to scrim results, Boston Breach are much stronger than they were in the last stage of the season.

Boston Breach are a good value bet on the moneyline market, but we’re happy with the CDL betting odds offered on the map handicap.

Toronto Ultra and Los Angeles Thieves are two live outsiders to win the CDL Championship 2023 crown, but they need to show a bit more before we can add either of the two squads in the same category as Atlanta FaZe.

The Thieves and Ultra looked good at CDL Major 5, where they placed fifth-sixth and fourth, respectively, and they have very similar results over the entire year, finishing fifth and fourth in the regular season standings.

Of the two, Toronto Ultra look to be in a slightly better position to make a deeper run in Las Vegas, but they’ve not looked that much better than Los Angeles Thieves over the last month, so -163.93 on Ultra to win the game seems a bit too pricey.

This should be a very close and competitive game, so we’re happy with +150 on over 4.5 maps.


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