by After hitting both of our betting predictions for the first round of Group B matches in 2022 Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Season 1 Code S, ESB returns with another pair of SCII picks for Thursday, April 21. Here are our selections for Park “DRG” Soo-ho vs Cho “Maru” Seong-ju and Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo vs Kim “herO” Joon-ho, with top betting odds courtesy of BetOnline.
DRG vs MARU SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | DRG +350 at BetOnline | Maru -625 at BetOnline |
| When: | April 21, 2022 | 18:30 KST |
| Watch Live: | AfreecaTV (http://afreecatv.com/gslenglish) |
Park “DRG” Soo-ho finished the first round of play with a 1-1 record, with a 1-2 defeat against Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo and a shock 2-1 victory against Kim “herO” Joon-ho. Even though DRG went 1-1, he showed solid decision making in game three against herO, taking advantage of herO’s weak army supply after losing his fourth base.
Cho “Maru” Seong-ju ended day one with two 1-2 defeats against Park “Dark” Ryung-woo and Creator, which puts him in a rough spot. But the do-or-die situation Maru has found himself in should bring the best out of him.
Maru and DRG have never met before, but we don’t need past head-to-head results to know Maru should have a considerable advantage. DRG is a solid player, but he is not very efficient into Terran (53.33%), relatively to Maru’s 62.85% TvZ win rate. Moreover, Maru is simply a better player, and you just have to look at his past GSL achievements (four titles) to confirm that.
Maru -1.5 maps
CREATOR vs HERO SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Creator +175 at BetOnline | herO -250 at BetOnline |
| When: | April 21, 2022 | 19:15 KST |
| Watch Live: | AfreecaTV (http://afreecatv.com/gslenglish) |
Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo picked up two (2-1) victories in round one of Group B against DRG and Maru, which is impressive, but his toughest challenge is yet to come. On Thursday, he will clash with Kim “herO” Joon-ho, who Creator has never faced before, in what promises to be an exciting PvP matchup.
HerO lost one series in the first round, albeit against Dark, so there is no shame in that. Moreover, he usually does well into Protoss with a 63.13% career PvP win rate (832-486), which he improved to 68% over the last 50 outings.
It’s hard not to feel excited about Creator and what he can bring to the table in this tournament, but it’s also tough to make a case for him for this bout. He defeated Maru last week, but it was a very close series, and his victory against DRG was primarily thanks to DRG making a crucial mistake in game three.
Creator might win a map, but there’s about a 50/50 chance we see a 2-0 sweep from herO. So at around +125 with the top SCII betting sites, we have to side with herO to win without dropping a map.
