In this recurring feature, we will post our favorite CS2 props and picks on the best DFS pick’em sites like Underdog and Sleeper.
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What is Counter-Strike?
CS2 is a highly popular video game in which two teams play 5v5 and try to eliminate one another or complete an objective.
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Sunday, June 22
It’s the Grand Final of the major, and we should be in for a treat in this best-of-three showdown.
Vitality vs. The MongolZ
This is it. We’re down to the final two teams at the year’s most prestigious CS2 event.
It’s no surprise seeing Vitality here, as this team has been one of the most dominant we’ve ever seen in professional Counter-Strike. The French organization survived a hard-fought match against Mousesports to win 2-1 in the semis.
ZywOo leads the way and is the top-rated player at the BLAST Austin major so far (through 10 maps played). Teammate ropz is sixth on that list and is a big-game player who relishes the grandest stages.
On the other side, MongolZ dominated paiN in a 2-0 series sweep and has to be feeling confident heading into the final. This is a young but very cohesive, skilled squad that we think will pose problems for Vitality.
910 is the team’s AWPer and has made a lot of impact at this event, but it’s Senzu who has really stepped up. He’s been the third-best player at the tournament behind only ZywOo and donk.
Series Predictions
The MongolZ > Vitality 2-1
Top DFS & Betting Plays
Senzu & 910 vs. Vitality
ZywOo & ropz vs. MongolZ
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Saturday, June 21
We’ve reached the semi-finals of the major in Austin, Texas. It should be a great day of Counter-Strike action!
Mousesports vs. Vitality
paiN vs. The MongolZ
Up first is what many are calling the actual Grand Final, as Vitality and Mousesports have been the best two teams in the world so far this year. Whoever wins this matchup will be a strong favorite in the final against the winner of paiN/MongolZ.
ZywOo continues to excel and is the overall top target on the slate. He’s the most talented and accomplished player left at the major and is on his way to another individual MVP trophy if Vitality can pick up yet another tournament win.
It’s not going to be easy whatsoever against Mousesports, though. MOUZ has been showing great resilience after starting the tournament 0-2, clawing their way back and surviving a few more grueling tests to reach the semis.
Later tonight, we get two teams that few people expected to make it this far. paiN picked up a hard-fought win over FURIA in the quarters, while MongolZ looked strong in a 2-0 series victory over the crowd favorites, FaZe.
While paiN has been a fun story to track, we’re not sure they’re going to be able to keep up with MongolZ, who have showcased tremendous skill and teamwork leading up to Saturday’s semis.
Series Predictions
Vitality > Mousesports 2-1
MongolZ > paiN 2-0
Top DFS & Betting Plays
ZywOo & ropz vs. Mousesports
Spinx vs. Vitality
dgt vs. MongolZ
Senzu vs. paiN
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Friday, June 20
Both quarter-finals were highly entertaining yesterday, and we should be in for a treat again on Friday.
Natus Vincere vs. Vitality
FaZe vs. The MongolZ
We get the number one ranked team up against Na’Vi in the first match of the day, and Vitality is the firm favorite.
ZywOo and ropz are the main performers for Vitality and will be counted on heavily up against Aleksib and company, who have actually looked better so far at the major. The crowd is likely to be pulling for Na’Vi considering they’re the underdogs.
Another huge showdown takes place after that, this time between FaZe and MongolZ. These teams already met in the earlier stages of the tournament, with FaZe emerging victorious in a 2-0 series win. Will they get the job done on stage?
The crowd is going to be hugely in FaZe’s favor, as they have the only US player left in the tournament in EliGE. That said, FaZe will really need to be at their best against a well-drilled and extremely skilled MongolZ team.
Series Predictions
Vitality > Na’Vi 2-0
FaZe > MongolZ 2-1
Top DFS & Betting Plays
frozen vs. MongolZ
Senzu vs. FaZe
ZywOo & ropz vs. Na’Vi
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Thursday, June 19
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Remember that these matches will be in front of a crowd instead of in a studio, which adds a whole other element of pressure.
Here are the quarterfinal matchups:
FURIA vs. paiN
Spirit vs. MOUZ
The top-rated players from Stage 3:
Top rated CS2 Players from the BLAST Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 pic.twitter.com/FMro0afxHA
— statsmeister (@statsmeister1) June 16, 2025
We have the first two semi-final matchups taking place on Thursday.
They should both be great matches in front of the stage crowd as we get closer to crowning the major champion in Austin, Texas.
First up, we get an amazing battle between Spirit and Mousesports, who are arguably the two best teams in the world behind only Vitality.
donk continues to dominate on an individual level and seemingly always gets his, regardless of whether or not Spirit wins.
Then we get a matchup between two Brazilian organizations in FURIA and paiN. FURIA is the more experienced team, but paiN has been rounding into form at just the right time and has been showcasing a lot of fire throughout the first stages of the tournament.
Series Predictions
FURIA > paiN 2-1
Spirit > MOUZ 2-1
Top DFS & Betting Plays
molodoy vs. paiN
dgt vs. FURIA
donk vs. MOUZ
Spinx vs. Spirit
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Sunday, June 15
There are three more spots for the playoffs up for grabs on Sunday. All games will be best-of-three.
Here are the matches:
Legacy vs. Mousesports
The MongolZ vs. G2
Virtus.pro vs. paiN
The top individual performers from yesterday:
BLAST Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 day 3 masterclass:
🇫🇷 ZywOo – 1.71
🇧🇷 dumau – 1.58
🇺🇦 s1mple – 1.47
🇪🇪 ropz – 1.36
🇲🇳 Senzu – 1.27
🇸🇰 frozen – 1.27
🇧🇷 snow – 1.25
🇧🇷 biguzera – 1.25
🇳🇴 rain – 1.23
🇬🇧 mezii – 1.23— statsmeister (@statsmeister1) June 14, 2025
It’s been a Cinderella-esque run for Legacy. This is a team that didn’t even originally qualify for the major yet only made it because another organization couldn’t secure VISAs in time.
We expect the good times to come to an end against a seasoned Mousesports team that is starting to find its gear after a slow start to the tournament. Spinx and xertioN are the team’s most reliable fraggers, while torzsi can get hot with the AWP.
MongolZ will then do battle with G2 in what should be a hard-fought, competitive game. Ultimately we feel MongolZ will be able to scrape by and book the spot in the playoffs. G2 has been heavily linked with upcoming roster moves (a new AWPer and coach coming in from HEROIC), so that always gives me a little pause when it comes to team chemistry in general.
To wrap up the day, we get paiN up against Virtus.pro, and we believe the Brazilians will be able to get the job done. They’ve found their groove in Austin and are on a roll after a rough 0-2 start to Stage 3, and we think their energy will serve them well against the Russians.
Series Predictions
Mousesports > Legacy 2-0
The MongolZ > G2 2-1
paiN > Virtus.pro 2-1
Top DFS & Betting Plays
Spinx vs. Legacy
Senzu vs. G2
dav1deuS vs. Virtus.pro
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Saturday, June 14
We are getting closer and closer to the start of the playoffs at the major. There will be more spots booked and more teams getting eliminated here on Saturday.
Here are the matches:
Legacy vs. Lynn Vision
3DMAX vs. paiN
The MongolZ vs. FaZe
Aurora vs. MOUZ
Virtus.pro vs. Vitality
Natus Vincere vs. G2
The top performers from yesterday’s action:
BLAST Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 day 2 masterclass (bo1):
🇪🇪 ropz – 1.87
🇧🇦 huNter- – 1.83
🇫🇷 ZywOo – 1.71
🇲🇳 Senzu – 1.57
🇺🇦 s1mple – 1.55
🇹🇷 jottAAA – 1.46
🇮🇱 flameZ – 1.38
🇲🇳 910 – 1.36
🇺🇸 EliGE – 1.36
🇬🇧 mezii – 1.32— statsmeister (@statsmeister1) June 13, 2025
BLAST Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 day 2 masterclass (bo3):
🇧🇷 yuurih – 1.57
🇷🇺 donk – 1.55
🇧🇷 KSCERATO – 1.44
🇵🇱 ultimate – 1.41
🇱🇻 YEKINDAR – 1.40
🇧🇷 FalleN – 1.39
🇨🇱 dav1deuS – 1.25
🇺🇦 zont1x – 1.23
🇷🇺 magixx – 1.22
🇷🇺 riskyb0b – 1.21
🇧🇷 nqz – 1.21— statsmeister (@statsmeister1) June 13, 2025
All matches today will be in the best-of-three format.
Series Predictions
Legacy > Lynn Vision
paiN > 3DMAX
FaZe > The MongolZ
MOUZ > Aurora
Vitality > Virtus.pro
Na’Vi > G2
Top DFS & Betting Plays
dumau vs. Lynn Vision
nqz vs. 3DMAX
Spinx vs. Aurora
ZywOo & ropz vs. Virtus.pro
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Friday, June 13
It’s the second day of Stage 3, and we’ll have a mix of best-of-one and best-of-three series. The schedule for Friday:
3DMAX vs. Vitality (BO1)
Legacy vs. FaZe (BO1)
Aurora vs. G2 (BO1)
The MongolZ vs. Lynn Vision (BO1)
Spirit vs. Na’Vi (BO3)
FURIA vs. Virtus.pro (BO3)
MOUZ vs. Liquid (BO3)
paiN vs. Nemiga (BO3)
Here were the top performers from yesterday:
BLAST Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 day 1 masterclass:
🇷🇺 sh1ro – 1.71
🇰🇿 molodoy – 1.63
🇷🇺 donk – 1.53
🇫🇷 ZywOo – 1.39
🇱🇹 jL – 1.38
🇧🇷 latto – 1.34
🇹🇷 XANTARES – 1.33
🇵🇱 hades – 1.33
🇲🇳 bLitz – 1.33
🇷🇺 magixx – 1.33— statsmeister (@statsmeister1) June 12, 2025
It’s been a wild start to Stage 3 at the major and we’ve already seen quite a few upsets.
Early on we’ll have best-of-one matches, with the likes of Vitality and FaZe hoping to move to 2-1 in Stage 3. We’ll also see a couple of teams book the first spots into the playoffs — thanks to a flawless 2-0 start yesterday, the winners of Na’Vi/Spirit and FURIA/Virtus.pro will qualify early for the knockout rounds.
Two teams will also be eliminated altogether today, and those will be decided late in the day. Mousesports has been a big disappointment and dropped both opening games, and now they’ll face an elimination best-of-three against Liquid, who has looked poor overall.
paiN and Nemiga will also do battle to stay alive in the tournament.
Series Predictions
Vitality > 3DMAX
FaZe > Legacy
Aurora > G2
The MongolZ > Lynn Vision
Spirit > Na’Vi
FURIA > Virtus.pro
MOUZ > Liquid
paiN > Nemiga
Top DFS & Betting Plays
ZywOo & ropz vs. 3DMAX
XANTERES vs. G2
donk vs. Na’Vi
molodoy vs. Virtus.pro
xertioN vs. Liquid
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Thursday, June 12
Thursday PM Update:
We have another set of matches late on Thursday after a wild morning of upsets and entertaining battles.
Schedule:
Virtus.pro vs. Legacy
Aurora vs. FURIA
Spirit vs. Lynn Vision
3DMAX vs. Natus Vincere
MOUZ vs. FaZe
Vitality vs. Nemiga
The MongolZ vs. Liquid
G2 vs. paiN
Here are some observations from the morning games:
— Vitality got destroyed and the long winning streak has come to an end, while Mousesports also lost in the morning match. They’ll have hills to climb now and will be doing everything in their power to avoid the dreaded 0-2 start.
— Spirit and Aurora looked strong in their respective matchups this morning and are in a great spot to start Stage 3.
— Na’Vi came out sharp and took care of business against Nemiga, an encouraging sign for Aleksib’s crew.
— FURIA picked up a great win over MongolZ, with molodoy dominating with the AWP in the surprise victory.
Series Predictions
Legacy > Virtus.pro
Aurora > FURIA
Spirit > Lynn Vision
Na’Vi > 3DMAX
MOUZ > FaZe
Vitality > Nemiga
The MongolZ > Liquid
paiN > G2
Top DFS & Betting Plays
XANTERES vs. FURIA
donk vs. Lynn Vision
xertioN vs. FaZe
ZywOo & ropz vs. Nemiga
Good luck!
Thursday AM Update:
Stage 3 is here! Here’s the opening day schedule, which will be in a best–of–one format:
Vitality vs. Legacyts
MOUZ vs. Virtus.pro
Spirit vs. paiN
G2 vs. 3DMAX
The MongolZ vs. FURIA
Aurora vs. FaZe
Natus Vincere vs. Nemiga
Liquid vs. Lynn Vision
Remember that the best-of-one format makes things a lot spicier when making DFS and betting decisions. There is a lot more variance, on a team and player level.
Vitality is the overall favorite to win the event, while Mousesports and Spirit are the other two big contenders. It will be interesting to see how they come out and perform against some of these teams that have been grinding their way through Stages 1 and 2.
Pictured: donk’s CS2 projections on Underdog
We wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple of upsets here on the opening day.
One intriguing spot we are looking at is Spirit/paiN. Obviously it’s hard to bet against donk, who’s the most dominant player in CS2, but paiN has been looking strong at the major so far. While Spirit is much stiffer competition in general, paiN could pull off a shocking result if they come out of the gates sharp.
Likewise for Nemiga, who has looked pretty threatening in the first couple of stages. They’ll come up against Na’Vi, who haven’t been convincing at recent tournaments and haven’t played a high-stakes match in a while. We think that one could go either way.
Series Predictions
Vitality > Legacy
Mousesports > Virtus.pro
Spirit > paiN (upset potential)
3DMAX > G2
The MongolZ > FURIA
FaZe > Aurora
Na’Vi > Nemiga (upset potential)
Lynn Vision > Liquid
Top DFS & Betting Plays
ZywOo vs. Legacy
xertioN vs. Virtus.pro
donk vs. paiN
z4kr vs. Liquid
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Tuesday, June 10
It’s the last day of Stage 2 at the Austin Major. Here’s the schedule:
Nemiga vs. HEROIC
B8 vs. Lynn Vision
FaZe vs. MIBR
There are three more spots for Stage 3 up for grabs, so all of these best-of-three series should be pretty entertaining with so much on the line.
The winners move on to the next stage, while the losers will go home. It should be a fun day of Counter-Strike action!
Series Predictions
HEROIC > Nemiga 2-1
On paper, HEROIC is the more talented team and should be able to take care of business, but Nemiga has been performing well throughout this event and is bringing the energy too. zweih has been the most dependable fragger for Nemiga, while khaN has been an impactful AWPer.
B8 > Lynn Vision 2-1
An interesting matchup here, but ultimately we think B8 will prove too much. Though they lost to FURIA yesterday, the Ukrainians have picked up some nice wins at the major so far, namely over Falcons (13-8) and HEROIC (13-10).
FaZe > MIBR 2-1
We save the best for last. This should be a highly entertaining battle between the international lineup of FaZe and the Brazilian team MIBR. MIBR just picked up a huge win over Falcons yesterday to survive and now has to overcome s1mple, frozen, EliGE and company.
Top DFS & Betting Plays
tN1R vs. Nemiga
zweih vs. HEROIC
npl vs. Lynn Vision
insani vs. FaZe
frozen vs. MIBR
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Monday, June 9
It’s getting close to the end of Stage 2. We’ll have more teams advance to Stage 3 and more get eliminated here on Monday.
The matchups are set to start up at around 11 AM ET and last throughout the day. Here’s the schedule:
TYLOO vs. HEROIC
Nemiga vs. M80
paiN vs. Lynn Vision
Falcons vs. MIBR
FaZe vs. 3DMAX
FURIA vs. B8
All games will be best-of-three format for today. Most eyes will be on Falcons and FaZe, who are the most talented teams at Stage 2 but have yet to qualify for the next stage.
Pictured: s1mple’s CS2 projections on Underdog
Falcons in particular have a lot of work to do after losing two of their first three matches. They’ll have to win out the rest of the way to book their spot to Stage 3.
Series Predictions
HEROIC > TYLOO
M80 > Nemiga
paiN > Lynn Vision
Falcons > MIBR
FaZe > 3DMAX
FURIA > B8
Top DFS & Betting Plays
zweih vs. M80
m0NESY vs. MIBR
s1mple vs. 3DMAX
molodoy vs. B8
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BLAST Austin Major 2025 – Sunday, June 8
We are getting deeper into Stage 2 now, as more teams will advance on to Stage 3 and more will be eliminated in an all-important day of CS2.
It’ll be a mix of best-of-one and best-of-three matchups, with the best of ones taking place earlier in the day and the best of threes later on.
TYLOO vs Lynn Vision (BO1)
3DMAX vs. Nemiga (BO1)
FURIA vs. M80 (BO1)
B8 vs. HEROIC (BO1)
FaZe vs. Legacy (BO3)
paiN vs. Virtus.pro (BO3)
OG vs. Falcons (BO3)
MIBR vs. BetBoom (BO3)
Here were the top performers from yesterday’s Stage 2 action:
BLAST Austin Major 2025 Stage 2 day 1 masterclass:
🇷🇺 fame – 1.84
🇸🇰 frozen – 1.81
🇷🇺 electroNic – 1.70
🇺🇦 s1mple – 1.57
🇰🇿 ICY – 1.52
🇱🇻 YEKINDAR – 1.51
🇺🇸 EliGE – 1.50
🇧🇷 latto – 1.47
🇧🇷 KSCERATO – 1.44
🇰🇿 molodoy – 1.39— statsmeister (@statsmeister1) June 7, 2025
The biggest surprise so far has been the underwhelming showing from Team Falcons.
Despite being stacked with talent, including two of the best players in the world in m0NESY and NiKo, Falcons have lost both opening games and now find themselves one more defeat away from elimination.
Series Predictions
TYLOO > Lynn Vision
3DMAX > Nemiga
FURIA > M80
HEROIC > B8
FaZe > Legacy
paiN > Virtus.pro
Falcons > OG
BetBoom > MIBR
Top DFS & Betting Plays
JamYoung vs. Lynn Vision
molodoy vs. M80
tN1R vs. B8
s1mple vs. Legacy
m0NESY vs. OG
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