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Team Yandex vs BetBoom Team 2:0: result and AI prediction

Team Yandex and BetBoom Team played on 1 October — group stage, BLAST Slam Season 8 2026: the series ended 2:0. The AI models' bet: Team Yandex −1.5 map handicap at 1.70 — 15 of 16 models chose it; the bet won.

BLAST Slam Season 8 2026
Group stage
Best of three
Stream

published 01.10 at 07:34 · updated 01.10 at 16:00 UTC

AI models' pick: Team Yandex −1.5 map handicap

1.70

AI models' pick · 15 of 16 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction

won+0.70 units

Why this bet All odds

What the odds were

line when the AI models voted, 01.10 at 07:27 UTC

Series winner11.1624.98

Map handicap −1.5H11.70H22.17

Map handicap +1.5H11.04H28.37

Total maps 2.5O2.43U1.51

Since the first snapshot Team Yandex have shortened: 1.35 → 1.17, BetBoom Team — 3.33 → 4.80. The money is going on Team Yandex.

abbreviations

1, 2 — Team Yandex 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

How the series went

map 1Team Yandex37 min
map 2Team Yandex47 min

AI prediction and analysis

The largest group of AI models bet on Team Yandex −1.5 on maps — the bet won. One more chose a close bet in the same direction: a Team Yandex win.

15 of 16H1 (−1.5)our betodds 1.70ChatGPTClaudeDeepSeekGeminiGrokKimiQwenDeepSeek FlashGLMMiniMaxMistralXiaomi MiMoDots3-NoteNemotron SuperNemotron Ultrawon
1 of 161same directionodds 1.16Sonarwon

Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.

Team Yandex have run with this five since 19 September, and AMMAR_THE_F is the only new face, in for DM. Two weeks later they sit on eight wins from their last ten series. BetBoom Team only came together on 30 September, with swedenstrong arriving for gpk~ on the eve of the tournament, and across ten series their wins and defeats are split evenly. The 60-day map numbers stretch the gap wider still: 31-15 against 17-18, with average game lengths of 40 minutes and 46. The 2-0 sweeps over MOUZ, LGD Gaming and 1win are what makes the case here, and we're backing the Team Yandex -1.5 map handicap at 1.70. The series price shortened from 1.35 to 1.16 inside 16 hours.

Where we could be wrong

The head-to-head story over two years is level, four series each: BetBoom Team won 2-0 in February and took a map off Team Yandex in May at BLAST SLAM VII. Add 12 maps in a week for Team Yandex against three for their opponents, and those drawn-out 46-minute games could well drag the series to 2-1 — enough to scupper the handicap.

Form, rosters and heroes

patch 7.41

Team Yandex

roster

CHIRA_JUNIOR, Saksa, 医者watson`, Maladych, AMMAR_THE_F — together since 19 September

New in the five: AMMAR_THE_F

Left the starting five: DM

recent series · 8 wins, 2 losses

W2-0MOUZBLAST SLAM VIII30.09
W3-0Natus VincerePGL Wallachia 2026 Season 927.09
W2-0LGD GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 926.09
W2-1Aurora GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 925.09
W2-01winPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 924.09
W2-0Natus VincerePGL Wallachia 2026 Season 921.09
W2-0Team NemesisPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 920.09
W2-1MOUZPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 919.09
L0-2Team SpiritThe International 202623.08
L1-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202622.08

maps in the last 60 days

31–15, average length 40 min; Radiant 13–6, Dire 18–9

1 day since the last series, 12 maps this week

most-played heroes, 60 days · games / wins

Winter Wyvern14 / 13
Dark Willow9 / 9
Kez9 / 7
Earth Spirit9 / 6
Mirana9 / 3
Doom8 / 5
Nature's Prophet8 / 4
Invoker7 / 5

BetBoom Team

roster

Save-, Kataomi`, MieRo, Kiritych~, swedenstrong — together since 30 September

New in the five: swedenstrong

Left the starting five: gpk~

recent series · 5 wins, 5 losses

W2-1OGBLAST SLAM VIII30.09
L0-1Team SpiritThe International 202622.08
W2-1Nigma Galaxy The International 202622.08
W2-1Iron WingThe International 202621.08
L1-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202620.08
W2-0Aurora GamingThe International 202616.08
L1-2Team FalconsThe International 202615.08
L0-2Aurora GamingThe International 202615.08
L0-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202614.08
W2-1Iron WingThe International 202613.08

maps in the last 60 days

17–18, average length 46 min; Radiant 10–10, Dire 7–8

1 day since the last series, 3 maps this week