by Esportbet brings you free Halo esports betting previews for a pair of Halo Championship Series 2023: Arlington Major matches on Friday, June 30. Here are our selections for Sentinels vs Quadrant and Native Gaming Red vs Native Gaming White, who’ll clash in the first round of Pool Play.
SENTINELS vs QUADRANT HCS BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | SEN +175 at BetOnline | QUAD -250 at BetOnline |
| When: | June 30, 2023 |12:00 CDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/Halo) |
Quadrant made quite a splash at HCS Global Invitational – DreamHack at the start of the month when the French Halo esports squad exceeded everyone’s expectations. They won Pool C and looked poised for a deep in the Championship Bracket, where they found some success but couldn’t break into the top four.
Following a close 2-3 loss in the first round of the upper bracket against Native Gaming Red, Quadrant eliminated Sentinels (3-1) and Hive (3-0) before losing a close game to OpTic (2-3). Overall, Quadrant looked good, and as one of the few teams that haven’t made any roster changes, the French squad are expected to do well in Texas.
Sentinels haven’t accomplished much this year and haven’t placed higher than top eight since their fifth-sixth-place finish at Halo World Championship 2022 in October. The lack of success led to significant roster changes earlier this month and the signing of Jesse “bubu dubu” Moeller and Michael “Falcated” Garcia, who are great additions to the roster.
Bubu dubu, in particular, is the man to watch as one of the best all-around players in the Halo esports scene and arguably the man Sentinels need to break their dry streak. There are many questions about Sentinels, mainly because the roster changes came just two weeks ago, but on paper, Sentiels look very good and are one of the live underdogs to win the whole thing.
Quadrant are a proven team, which we know are good but not great. On the other side, Sentinels have the potential to be extremely good and are worth a bet at the offered Halo esports betting sites.
Sentinels to win
NATIVE GAMING RED vs NATIVE GAMING WHITE HCS BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | N8R -138.89 at BetOnline | N8W +100 at BetOnline |
| When: | June 30, 2023 | 15:30 CDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/Halo) |
Native Gaming Red signed Jorge “BoamX” Campos at the start of June, who was announced as a replacement for Roman “Druk” Nasirudin at HCS 2023 Arlington Major. But there were rumours that BoamX was N8R’s main choice either way, so the ex-Cloud9 player stepping in for Drunk is a good thing.
BoamX proved his worth in Dallas, where he helped Native Gaming Red to a fourth-place finish, marking N8R’s fifth consecutive top-four tournament placement. Results like that prove one thing – Native Gaming Red are good but not quite as good as the top dogs, but the balance of power might shift following the recent roster shuffles.
Their next opponents, Native Gaming White, are a lesser version of N8R as they’ve not accomplished much since their fourth-place finish at Year 2 Kickoff Major Charlotte. And it doesn’t help that Native Gaming White lost Chris “Gilk3y” Gilkey to Complexity earlier this month.
Even at -138.89, Native Gaming Red look undervalued and are a good choice on the moneyline market.
