#EsportsTradingSeason

I Have Been Watching the Esports Calendar Very Closely. Here Is Why the Timing Matters

The current stretch of tournaments is really packed. EWC, LPL and LCK are all happening at the time, which means we have League of Legends Dota 2 CS:GO and Valorant matches almost every day. This kind of schedule creates a lot of results. Exactly what prediction markets are good for.

Gate Polymarket has a section for esports where you can bet on match winners and tournament champions. It is simple: you pick a result decide how much you want to bet and the market settles when the event is over. You do not have to worry about rules or leverage.

The Reward Program

There is also a reward program for the season:

New users get a 5 USDT voucher when their first bet is least 100 USDT.

If you bet a lot in a week you can get up to 200 USDT in vouchers.

The top 100 traders who bet the share a 50,000 USDT prize with the first place winner getting 10,000 USDT.

The total prize pool is 200,000 USDT. It runs until August 10.

How I Am Approaching This

I am not just treating this like a game of chance. I am treating it like a series of bets that I can control and they just happen to be about esports events that I already follow. The key to winning if there is one is to watch the teams see how they are doing lately and notice when the market price is different from what the current evidence says.

These short-term markets can change fast. It is easy to bet much or let one result affect the next decision. I am trying to keep my bets small and treat each match as an event.

My Honest Opinion

Some of these markets will be fair. Some will not. The ones that seem to have the price compared to the teams recent performance or map statistics are the only ones worth paying attention to. Everything else is noise with a score.

I will be careful about which matches I bet on than just betting a lot. The rewards are not as important, as doing things the way. If I do things right the rewards will take care of themselves.

If you are also following the tournaments and using the prediction markets I want to know how you are choosing which matches to bet on. The calendar is so full that it is more important to be disciplined than to just bet a lot.

This is how I am thinking about esports prediction markets right now. It is not a suggestion to start betting. Always bet within your limits.

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