FURIA enter the Paris.tv Major Americas RMR as the second-ranked team, with only Team Liquid sitting higher in the ESL world rankings. The world no.11 has struggled in its last two events, finishing 9th-12th at ESL Pro League 17 and fifth-eighth at BLAST Premier Spring Showdown Americas. FURIA will be heavy favourites to finish in the top five and qualify for the Major, and we don’t expect TeamOne to cause them too many problems in a best-of-one series.

TeamOne, ranked no.50 in the world, drew the short straw in their first round series. They have been competing in IEM Dallas qualifiers and ESL Challenger League Season 44 North America, demonstrating that their form is inferior to that of their Brazilian counterparts.

FURIA are the overwhelming favourites in this match, and they should easily win the first series.

Team Liquid are coming off a disappointing ESL Pro League 17 finish in which they finished 13th-16th and were eliminated 0-2 in the first round of the playoffs by paiN Gaming. They suffered the same fate at their next event, the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown Americas, losing 1-2 to paiN Gaming. The world no.6 and highest-ranked team at the RMR will be looking for a change of form, and with a lot of lower-ranked teams to contend with, Liquid should finish in the top two. They last faced 00Nation at IEM Cologne 2022, winning 2-1 after the first two maps went to overtime.

00Nation’s ranking has risen from 47th in the world at the beginning of March to 24th as of April 3, with their rise owing to strong performances at the IEM Rio 2023 South America Closed Qualifier and ESL Pro League Season 17. The all-Brazilian roster has been in excellent form recently, and Liquid will be aware of how close their previous series with 00Nation was.

This series is shaping up to be one of the best of the Americas RMR’s opening rounds, and we will be taking overs in the total rounds market.

Although Imperial did not advance past the group stage at ESL Pro League Season 17, they did defeat Complexity, EG Black, and paiN Gaming in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown Americas to win the event and qualify for the BLAST Premier Spring Final. Imperial have risen from world no.42 in February to world no.28 today as a result of performances at S-Tier events. The all-Brazilian roster enters the RMR on a three-match winning streak, and they are heavy favourites to defeat Evil Geniuses in their first series.

Evil Geniuses did not qualify for the Americas RMR, but they were given a spot as a result of Detonate’s inability to submit a roster for the event. Without a doubt, Evil Geniuses have struggled over the last six months. The North American roster has only won four of its last 17 series, and we don’t see that streak ending in this series.

Imperial are in top form, while Evil Geniuses are not. We’ll be backing Imperial to win this series at the rounds line with BetOnline.

PaiN Gaming have been one of the more consistent CS:GO teams in the Americas region, with a win rate of 70% over the last three months. In the last month alone, the all-Brazilian roster has risen from 30th to 15th in the ESL world rankings. After being eliminated in the second round of the playoffs at ESL Pro League 17 and finishing second at BLAST Premier Spring Showdown Americas, paiN enter the Americas RMR as one of the favourites to gain direct entry into the Major’s Legends Stage.

Paqueta will compete in their first S-Tier event after qualifying for the BLAST.tv Paris Major RMR by finishing fifth in the South American Closed Qualifier. However, this level of Counter-Strike is far above what they have been competing at for some time. Coming up against paiN Gaming in their opening series will be a good reference point to see where they are at, but we don’t see them winning this match.

We’ll take paiN Gaming at -5.5, which we believe is a very generous line for a match that could be very one-sided.

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The first series of matchday four will be between EG Black and TeamOne, as both teams will be looking to get their season off on a positive note. These two teams played each other recently on October 21, with TeamOne taking the best-of-three series 2-0.

EG Black are currently ranked as the 85th best team in the world and they will come into this season of the ESL Challenger League on a two-game losing streak, after they finished 5th-6th in season 42 of the ESL Challenger League at the end of October. In the last week this team has dropped from 64th in the world to their current rank of 85th in the world, after their disappointing finish last season. This EG Black team has a lot of talent and CS:GO experience on its roster, so they shouldn’t be counted out of any series; however, they need to show something in these early games to garner some support.

TeamOne are ranked 41st in the world currently, after finishing fourth in season 42 of the ESL Challenger League, where they lost to ATK in the lower final 0-2. This TeamOne roster has made some changes in recent months and it is starting to pay dividends for the organisation, as they have put in some good showings at a whole range of events over the last two months. TeamOne added Mario “malbsMd” Samayoa back in August and since he has been in the team, he has been outstanding, averaging the best rating at 1.15 out of 2.

TeamOne have the wood over EG Black and they have the higher ranking. There is no reason to suggest that the 2-0 result could be overturned in a short amount of time, so we will be siding with TeamOne to repeat the dose here.

The second match of the day will feature Red Wolves and ATK, who will face each other in the for the first time in an official competitive series.

Red Wolves are officially ranked 154th in the world and they will take their place in season 43 of the ESL Challenger League after finishing 3rd-4th in last season’s Challenger League Relegation, which in turn, promoted them into the Challenger League from ESEA Advanced. The Red Wolves come into their first series against ATK as massive outsiders, and given their ranking compared to their opponents, the odds are quite fair.

ATK are now ranked the 35th team in the world after winning season 42 of the ESL Challenger League, defeating Nouns 3-1 in the grand final. ATK is the obvious favourite for this season as they comfortably defeated every team they played in the playoffs last season, including 2-0 wins over MIBR, TeamOne and Iron Blood. ATK deserve to be heavy favourites in this series against a newly promoted team, and we expect to see ATK win this series quite comfortably.

ATK are too short to suggest a bet on the heavy favourites at the moneyline; however, we do suggest taking ATK at the rounds line in the first map, which will be their pick.

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