DPC Southeast Asia Tour 3 Division I betting tips – 17/5/2023

ESB’s free Dota 2 betting tips for Wednesday, May 17, focus on three Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Southeast Asia Tour 3 Division I bouts. Check out our picks for Army Geniuses vs XERXIA, Team SMG vs Bleed Esports, and Talon Esports vs Blacklist International.

Army Geniuses last met with XERXIA during DPC Tour 1 Division II in February, when Rizki “Varizh” Varizh and his crew won 2-1. Army Geniuses have since not made a single roster change, whereas XERXIA replaced Philip “Karma丶” Torres with former TNC Predator carry Levi “YoungGod” Lagaret.

We’ve yet to see YoungGod play an official match for XERXIA; however, it’s fair to assume that XERXIA will look much better with a new number 1. They’ve already improved over the last two months and ended the DPC SEA 2023 Tour 2 Division II in second place, with just one defeat against BOOM Esports (0-2).

Army Geniuses are favoured to win, which makes sense since they spent the last tour in the upper division and performed well (4th). Still, beating XERXIA with YoungGod won’t come as easy. We prefer the outsiders with a map advantage.

Team SMG kicked off DPC SEA 2023 Tour 3 with a rough loss against Talon Esports, who defeated SMG 2-0 on Monday. But we can give SMG some slack for losing the game, considering Talon Esports are the strongest Dota 2 team from the region.

Their next opponents, Bleed Esports, won their opening game of the final DPC Tour against Execration (2-1), which is impressive and perhaps a good indication of what Bleed Esports’ new roster is capable of. After struggling in the second DPC Tour of the season, Bleed signed a new coach Rasmus “MISERY” Filipsen, who made the necessary changes for Bleed Esports to reach their full potential. Although it’s not wise to overreact to one good showing, Bleed look better than how they did last month.

This should be a close match, but based on what we saw on day one, siding with Bleed Esports at the offered Dota 2 betting odds makes the most sense.

Dota 2 esports betting sites have priced Talon Esports as -333.33 favourites to defeat Blacklist International, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. Talon were by far the best team in the second DPC Tour of the year, which they won with a 7-0 record and a 14-3 map differential.

Blacklist International were far less successful and ended the second stage of the season with a 3-4 record and 8-9 in maps. To find more success, Blacklist International benched Nico “eyyou” Barcelon and brought in Dota 2 veteran Damien “kpii” Chok, forming one of the most stacked rosters in the region.

The raw talent on this roster makes Blacklist International a formidable opponent, and even though talent alone won’t win them games, it’s scary to bet against them. Fading Talon doesn’t look like the right play, but we’re getting -138.89 on Blacklist International with a map advantage, which is more than fair.


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