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9z vs TYLOO 1:2: result and AI prediction
9z and TYLOO played on 26 October — group stage, round 3, PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: the series ended 1:2. The AI models' bet: 9z −1.5 map handicap at 1.52 — 13 of 16 models chose it; the bet lost.
- PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
- Group stage, round 3
- Best of three
- Stream
published · updated UTC
AI models' pick: 9z −1.5 map handicap
1.52The market prices this option at 65%
AI models' pick · 13 of 16 back this bet or a bolder one in the same direction, 3 chose others
What the odds were
Since the first snapshot 9z have shortened: 1.39 → 1.12, TYLOO — 3.45 → 8.33. The money is going on 9z.
abbreviations
- 1, 2 — 9z or TYLOO wins the series
- H1, H2 — map handicap: −1.5 means winning the series without dropping a map, +1.5 means taking at least one map
- O, U — total maps over or under: over 2.5 means the series goes to a third map
How the series went
- map 19z55 min
- map 2TYLOO37 min
- map 3TYLOO39 min
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models bet on 9z −1.5 on maps — the bet lost. 2 more bet on TYLOO +1.5 on maps — the bet won. One more bet on under 2.5 maps.
- 13 of 16H1 (−1.5)our betodds 1.52DeepSeek
Gemini
GrokKimiQwenDeepSeek Flash
GLMMiniMaxMistral
SonarXiaomi MiMo
Dots3-NoteNemotron Superlost - 2 of 16H2 (+1.5)odds 2.78ClaudeNemotron Ultrawon
- 1 of 16U 2.5odds 1.49ChatGPTlost
Odds — the price at the moment the AI model answered.
Three wins from their last ten series looks thin for 9z until you check who did the beating: MOUZ, Vitality, Falcons and Aurora, all top-ten sides. TYLOO, over the same stretch, lost to M80 from 22nd and to FUT. The Valve ranking tells the same story at 17th against 44th, and all three head-to-heads of the past two years have gone 9z's way, including a 2-0 in early October in which they ran away with Mirage 13-2. Series length supports the handicap as well: a third map has come up 4 of 17 times for 9z and 2 of 14 for TYLOO, while over 14 hours the price on a 9z win has shortened from 1.39 to 1.18. We're backing the 9z −1.5 map handicap at 1.52.
Where we could be wrong
The veto is still to come, and that is where the doubt sits. Across the last 90 days 9z are only in credit on Mirage with a 4-3 record, against 3-8 on Nuke and 1-4 on Inferno — and Inferno is the map TYLOO pick most often. In July their meeting already went the distance after 9z dropped Mirage 7-13.
Form, rosters and maps
9z
17th in the Valve ranking · 1543 points
roster · player rating over six months
- meyern5.72
- max5.83
- luchov6.27
- dgt6.35
- HUASOPEEK6.06
recent series · 3 wins, 7 losses
- L0-2MOUZ#4PGL Masters Bucharest 202625.10
- L0-2Vitality#3PGL Masters Bucharest 202624.10
- L0-2Aurora#9Thunderpick World Championship 202616.10
- L1-2Falcons#6Thunderpick World Championship 202615.10
- W2-0Aurora#9Thunderpick World Championship 202614.10
- L0-2FURIA#7ESL Pro League Season 2407.10
- W2-0BetBoom#11ESL Pro League Season 2406.10
- L0-2Natus Vincere#34ESL Pro League Season 2405.10
- W2-0TYLOO#44ESL Pro League Season 2404.10
- L0-2Aurora#9ESL Pro League Season 2403.10
maps over 90 days
13–26, round difference −79; 4 of 17 best-of-three series went to a third map
Rounds won on the CT side 48%, on the T side 42%, pistol rounds 51%
0 days since the last series, 4 maps this week
map pool over 90 days
| Map | W–L | Rounds ± | Picks | Bans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuke | 3–8 | −29 | 2 | 1 |
| Dust2 | 3–5 | −30 | 4 | |
| Mirage | 4–3 | +11 | 4 | |
| Cache | 2–4 | −1 | 1 | |
| Inferno | 1–4 | −23 | 3 | |
| Ancient | 0–2 | −7 | 2 | |
| Anubis | — | 7 |
Bans Anubis first in 7 of 8 series
TYLOO
44th in the Valve ranking · 1340 points
roster · player rating over six months
- JamYoung6.39
- Jee6.34
- Mercury5.97
- Moseyuh5.95
- Zero6.01
recent series · 4 wins, 6 losses
- L0-2Spirit#1PGL Masters Bucharest 202625.10
- L0-2FUT#8PGL Masters Bucharest 202624.10
- L1-2M80#22ESL Pro League Season 2405.10
- L0-29z#17ESL Pro League Season 2404.10
- L0-2Falcons#6ESL Pro League Season 2403.10
- W3-0DEPO#101PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: Asian Qualifier13.09
- W2-0NEXVOID#113PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: East Asian Qualifier10.09
- L0-2Alliance#24FISSURE Playground 310.09
- W2-0NEXVOID#113PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: East Asian Qualifier09.09
- W2-0GamerLegion#27FISSURE Playground 309.09
maps over 90 days
16–18, round difference +19; 2 of 14 best-of-three series went to a third map
Rounds won on the CT side 53%, on the T side 38%, pistol rounds 48%
1 day since the last series, 4 maps this week
map pool over 90 days
| Map | W–L | Rounds ± | Picks | Bans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirage | 6–4 | +16 | 3 | |
| Ancient | 4–3 | +13 | 3 | |
| Inferno | 3–3 | +9 | 6 | 1 |
| Cache | 3–1 | +17 | 2 | 2 |
| Nuke | 0–4 | −15 | 4 | |
| Anubis | 0–3 | −21 | 2 | |
| Dust2 | — | 10 |
Bans Dust2 first in 10 of 11 series
head-to-head series, last two years
3 series: 9z 3 wins, TYLOO 0 wins
- W2-0Nuke 13-10, Mirage 13-2ESL Pro League Season 2404.10
- W2-1Nuke 13-9, Mirage 7-13, Inferno 13-5XSE Pro League 202609.07
- W2-0Overpass 13-10, Inferno 13-6Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026 Stage 208.06
Valve ranking as of 5 October
