24 Oct
Spirit vs BetBoom Team: AI prediction, PGL Masters Bucharest
Spirit and BetBoom Team meet on 24 October — group stage, round 1, PGL Masters Bucharest 2026, best of three. The AI models' bet: Spirit −1.5 map handicap at 1.92 — 7 of 16 models chose it. Below: the analysis, the odds, team form by series, rosters with player ratings and the map pool.
- PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
- Group stage, round 1
- Best of three
- Stream
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AI models' pick: Spirit −1.5 map handicap
1.92AI models' pick · 7 of 16 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction
Match odds
Since the first snapshot, the series-winner line has not moved.
abbreviations
- 1, 2 — Spirit or BetBoom Team 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
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models went for Spirit −1.5 on maps. One more chose a close bet in the same direction: a Spirit win. 4 more each for BetBoom Team +1.5 on maps and for over 2.5 maps.
- 7 of 16H1 (−1.5)our betodds 1.92
Gemini
GrokKimiQwenDeepSeek FlashMistralNemotron Super - 1 of 161same directionodds 1.28
Sonar - 4 of 16H2 (+1.5)odds 2.04ChatGPTClaude
GLMNemotron Ultra - 4 of 16O 2.5odds 2.33DeepSeekMiniMaxXiaomi MiMo
Dots3-Note
Odds — the price at the moment the AI model answered.
The only meeting between these two in the past two years went Spirit's way, a 1-0 in June built on Mirage 13-5, and the map pool skew points the same way in this opening round of the group stage. Over the longer run Spirit sit on 9-1 on Ancient and 11-5 on Dust2, against 2-3 and 1-3 for BetBoom Team; Dust2 is also Spirit's most-used pick with 10 selections, while Inferno has been their first ban on all 17 occasions. Add first place in the Valve ranking with 2046 points, donk rating 7.35 in the side, a 42-21 record on maps across the last 90 days and a round difference of +143, against 18-19 and -19 for the opposition, and the case for the Spirit −1.5 map handicap at 1.92 in a best of three is a straightforward one.
Where we could be wrong
The form, though, does not scream 2-0 sweep. Spirit have won six of their last ten series, with Aurora beating them 2-0 and 1win, 38th in the ranking, doing the same, and they come in after 12 days without a match and no maps played in the past week. BetBoom Team over the same stretch took 2-1 wins over Legacy and Falcons, and their series have reached a third map in 5 of 13 — enough to steal one map here?
- 7 of 16 AI models back this bet and 1 more chose a close bet in the same direction: it is the most common answer, but the other half chose something else.
Form, rosters and maps
Spirit
1st in the Valve ranking · 2046 points
roster · player rating over six months
- sh1ro6.56
- magixx5.78
- zont1x5.87
- tN1R6.01
- donk7.35
recent series · 6 wins, 4 losses
- L0-2Aurora#9ESL Pro League Season 2411.10
- L1-2MOUZ#4ESL Pro League Season 2410.10
- W2-0Falcons#6ESL Pro League Season 2409.10
- W2-0M80#22ESL Pro League Season 2407.10
- L0-21win#38ESL Pro League Season 2406.10
- L0-2MOUZ#4ESL Pro League Season 2405.10
- W2-1PARIVISION#36ESL Pro League Season 2404.10
- W2-1ShindeN#74ESL Pro League Season 2403.10
- W3-1MOUZ#4BLAST Open Fall 202606.09
- W2-0Falcons#6BLAST Open Fall 202605.09
maps over 90 days
42–21, round difference +143; 8 of 21 best-of-three series went to a third map
Rounds won on the CT side 57%, on the T side 54%, pistol rounds 49%
12 days since the last series, 0 maps this week
map pool over 90 days
| Map | W–L | Rounds ± | Picks | Bans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust2 | 11–5 | +46 | 10 | |
| Mirage | 6–6 | +13 | 1 | 1 |
| Ancient | 9–1 | +41 | 5 | 2 |
| Anubis | 7–2 | +17 | 2 | 1 |
| Cache | 5–4 | +11 | 5 | |
| Nuke | 4–3 | +15 | 1 | 6 |
| Inferno | — | 17 |
Bans Inferno first in 17 of 17 series
BetBoom Team
11th in the Valve ranking · 1596 points
roster · player rating over six months
- Boombl45.56
- zorte6.05
- d1Ledez6.02
- s1ren5.81
- Magnojez6.39
recent series · 4 wins, 6 losses
- L2-3FURIA#7Thunderpick World Championship 202618.10
- W2-1Falcons#6Thunderpick World Championship 202617.10
- W2-1Legacy#2Thunderpick World Championship 202616.10
- W2-1PARIVISION#36Thunderpick World Championship 202615.10
- L0-2FURIA#7Thunderpick World Championship 202614.10
- L0-29z#17ESL Pro League Season 2406.10
- L1-2Aurora#9ESL Pro League Season 2405.10
- W2-0M80#22ESL Pro League Season 2404.10
- L0-2FURIA#7ESL Pro League Season 2403.10
- L1-2G2#5FISSURE Playground 312.09
maps over 90 days
18–19, round difference −19; 5 of 13 best-of-three series went to a third map
Rounds won on the CT side 52%, on the T side 44%, pistol rounds 50%
5 days since the last series, 8 maps this week
map pool over 90 days
| Map | W–L | Rounds ± | Picks | Bans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirage | 5–5 | −3 | ||
| Anubis | 4–4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nuke | 4–2 | +5 | ||
| Ancient | 2–3 | −7 | 1 | |
| Cache | 2–2 | −2 | 2 | |
| Dust2 | 1–3 | −12 | ||
| Inferno | — | 2 |
head-to-head series, last two years
1 series: Spirit 1 win, BetBoom Team 0 wins
- W1-0Mirage 13-5Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026 Stage 206.06
Valve ranking as of 5 October
