VCT 2025 Pacific Stage 2 Week 3 betting picks – Friday, August 1

The third week of VALORANT Champions Tour 2025 Pacific Stage 2 kicks off on Friday, August 1, 2025, when Gen.G Esports clash with Team Secret, followed by a meeting between TALON and T1. Here are our VALORANT betting tips for the two games with esports odds courtesy of top betting sites in United States.

GEN.G ESPORTS vs TEAM SECRET

Best Odds: Gen.G -400 at BetOnline | TS +275 at SportsBetting
When: August 1, 2025 | 17:00 KST
Watch Live: Twitch

Gen.G Esports enter the third week of VCT 2025 Pacific Stage 2 with a 2-1 record. They have so far beaten DRX and Global Esports but lost to the defending champions, Rex Regum Qeon, in a closely contested game at the end of the first week.

Gen.G have shown some wrinkles over the last two weeks of play, namely on Sunset and Icebox. But they should not be concerned about Team Secret, who are fresh off an abysmal showing against DRX. 

Adrian “invy” Reyes and his crew lost that game with 4-13 on Icebox and Corrode, with all players but invy averaging a sub-0.68 rating. One bad showing does not prove much, but Secret have not been great this season.

The Esports World Cup 2025 bronze medalists are marked at -111.11 to sweep the shaky Team Secret on the best VALORANT betting sites. That is a very generous offer.

TALON vs T1

Best Odds: TALON +162 at BetOnline | T1 -227.27 at SportsBetting
When: August 1, 2025 | 20:00 KST
Watch Live: Twitch

T1 are firm favorites to defeat TALON on Friday after back-to-back 2-0 sweeps of BOOM Esports and ZETA DIVISION. The VALORANT Masters Bangkok champions dropped double digits just once over the two matches played, slowly re-establishing themselves as one of Pacific’s top squads.

TALON had a promising start to the second stage, beating BOOM Esports and ZETA DIVISION. However, they were much less successful last week, when TALON had to admit defeat against DetonatioN FocusMe. That loss displayed just how inconsistent this team can be.

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T1 have momentum on their side and look poised to take down TALON for the third time this season. However, even though Thanamethk “Crws” Mahatthananuyut and co. are inconsistent, they have a lot of firepower, which can cause issues for any team.

This game has the potential to go the distance.