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Liquid vs Legacy 2:0: result and AI prediction
Liquid and Legacy played on 26 October — group stage, round 3, PGL Masters Bucharest 2026: the series ended 2:0. The AI models' bet: Liquid +1.5 map handicap at 1.67 — 11 of 16 models chose it; the bet won.
- PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
- Group stage, round 3
- Best of three
- Stream
published · updated UTC
AI models' pick: Liquid +1.5 map handicap
1.67The market prices this option at 59%
AI models' pick · 11 of 16 back this bet or a bolder one in the same direction, 5 chose others
What the odds were
Since the first snapshot Liquid have drifted: 2.86 → 3.33, Legacy — 1.52 → 1.41. The money is going on Legacy.
abbreviations
- 1, 2 — Liquid or Legacy 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 1Liquid49 min
- map 2Liquid47 min
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models bet on Liquid +1.5 on maps — the bet won. 2 more bet on over 2.5 maps — the bet lost. The other 3 chose a bet each: a Legacy win, a total-maps bet and a Legacy handicap.
- 11 of 16H1 (+1.5)our betodds 1.67ChatGPTClaudeDeepSeek
Gemini
GrokKimi
GLMMiniMaxXiaomi MiMo
Dots3-NoteNemotron Ultrawon - 2 of 16O 2.5odds 2.17QwenDeepSeek Flashlost
- 1 of 162odds 1.43
Sonarlost - 1 of 16U 2.5odds 1.82Nemotron Superwon
- 1 of 16H2 (−1.5)odds 2.44Mistrallost
Odds — the price at the moment the AI model answered.
Legacy sit higher in the ranking, but they rarely wrap a series up in two maps: nine of their 22 matches have gone to a decider, and that is exactly what the Liquid +1.5 map handicap feeds on. Liquid have maps of their own where the margins are thin — a 7-1 record on Inferno and 8-2 on Mirage over the last 90 days — and the previous meetings ran straight through them. In October the two sides played out a pair of 2-1 series, with Inferno finishing 13-7 and 13-11.
Form does not back Legacy either: four wins from their last ten series, with defeats to Nemiga (14th), BetBoom (11th) and FURIA (7th), while Liquid took MOUZ 2-1 in the same period. Legacy also come into this one without a day off. We're backing Liquid on the +1.5 map handicap at 1.67.
Where we could be wrong
The veto is still unknown, and that is where the doubt sits. Legacy have banned Anubis first in all 15 of their vetoes, and Ancient is the map they pick more than any other — Liquid are 0-2 there. Recent 0-2 defeats to magic (23rd) and fnatic (35th) show the state Liquid can be in when they hand a series over inside two maps.
Form, rosters and maps
Liquid
19th in the Valve ranking · 1527 points
roster · player rating over six months
- EliGE6.41
- NAF6.21
- JT5.66
- malbsMd6.03
- Jorko6.28
recent series · 5 wins, 5 losses
- L0-2FUT#8PGL Masters Bucharest 202625.10
- W2-1MOUZ#4PGL Masters Bucharest 202624.10
- L0-2magic#231win Private Club 220.10
- L0-2fnatic#351win Private Club 219.10
- L1-2Ninjas in Pyjamas#18Stake Pulse Beat III16.10
- W2-0JiJieHao#30Stake Pulse Beat III13.10
- L1-2100 Thieves#28Stake Pulse Beat III13.10
- W2-1BBL#37Stake Pulse Beat III13.10
- W2-0Wildcard#58iBUYPOWER Masters fl0m's Mythical LAN 202627.09
- W2-0M80#22iBUYPOWER Masters fl0m's Mythical LAN 202626.09
maps over 90 days
38–29, round difference +60; 9 of 24 best-of-three series went to a third map
Rounds won on the CT side 53%, on the T side 50%, pistol rounds 58%
1 day since the last series, 9 maps this week
map pool over 90 days
| Map | W–L | Rounds ± | Picks | Bans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache | 8–6 | +10 | 2 | 4 |
| Nuke | 5–7 | −1 | 5 | 3 |
| Anubis | 7–4 | +28 | 8 | |
| Mirage | 8–2 | +26 | 2 | 4 |
| Dust2 | 3–7 | −33 | 9 | |
| Inferno | 7–1 | +36 | 6 | |
| Ancient | 0–2 | −6 | 20 |
Bans Ancient first in 15 of 21 series
Legacy
2nd in the Valve ranking · 1931 points
roster · player rating over six months
- arT5.63
- latto6.56
- dumau6.34
- try6.44
- n1ssim5.77
recent series · 4 wins, 6 losses
- W2-0DENDELE#39PGL Masters Bucharest 202625.10
- L0-2Nemiga#14PGL Masters Bucharest 202624.10
- L1-2BetBoom#11Thunderpick World Championship 202616.10
- L1-2FURIA#7Thunderpick World Championship 202615.10
- W2-0PARIVISION#36Thunderpick World Championship 202614.10
- L1-2M80#22ESL Pro League Season 2406.10
- L0-21win#38ESL Pro League Season 2405.10
- W2-0ShindeN#74ESL Pro League Season 2404.10
- L1-2PARIVISION#36ESL Pro League Season 2403.10
- W3-0G2#5FISSURE Playground 313.09
maps over 90 days
34–23, round difference +28; 9 of 22 best-of-three series went to a third map
Rounds won on the CT side 55%, on the T side 47%, pistol rounds 59%
0 days since the last series, 4 maps this week
map pool over 90 days
| Map | W–L | Rounds ± | Picks | Bans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust2 | 8–7 | −3 | 4 | |
| Mirage | 9–4 | +12 | 4 | 2 |
| Ancient | 6–6 | +10 | 5 | 2 |
| Inferno | 4–2 | +1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nuke | 4–2 | +9 | 5 | |
| Cache | 3–2 | −1 | 5 | |
| Anubis | — | 15 |
Bans Anubis first in 15 of 15 series
head-to-head series, last two years
3 series: Liquid 2 wins, Legacy 1 win
- W2-1Mirage 11-13, Inferno 13-7, Nuke 13-9PGL Masters Bucharest 202526.10
- W2-1Mirage 6-13, Dust2 13-6, Inferno 13-11CS Asia Championships 202516.10
- L0-2Nuke 4-13, Anubis 10-13PGL Bucharest 202506.04
Valve ranking as of 5 October
