In this recurring feature, we will post our favorite CS2 betting picks and props on the best DFS pick’em sites and sportsbooks.
Counter-Strike has been getting more popular in the DFS streets, so let’s see if we can make some money and pick some winners. We’ll have frequent plays with well-reasoned analysis as we try to win some cash, so keep checking back!
CS2 Props – Counter-Strike DFS & Betting Analysis
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BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Friday, January 24
We are down to the final eight teams in the BLAST Bounty, with the tournament shifting to a LAN format for the quarter-finals.
Here are our top match and player picks for the upcoming slate:
Vitality (#4) vs. Eternal Fire (#13)
We are looking forward to this one. Both Vitality and Eternal Fire have brought in new fifths to the starting lineups, ropz for the former and jottAAA for the latter, so that’s an interesting angle to watch.
The overall talent level and experience of Vitality are tough to ignore in a best-of-three series, and it doesn’t hurt they have a game-breaking player in ZywOo, who was just voted as the third-best player of 2024.
However, Eternal Fire is an extremely cohesive and passionate team with a lot of talent and big tournament experience too. The Turkish team also has a hugely impactful player in XANTERES, who we may like even more than ZywOo in this matchup.
For DFS pick’em, our favorite pick overall would probably be XANTERES to eclipse 32.5 kills over the first two maps of the series. He’s been the team’s most impactful player by a large margin and is consistently being put in positions to produce.
Prediction: 2-1 Vitality
Top Plays: ZywOo, XANTERES
Natus Vincere (#3) vs. paiN (#12)
In Friday’s late quarter-final showdown, we believe paiN is going to push Na’Vi to the limits.
The Brazilian organization has been looking strong so far in this event, with new fifth dav1deuS adding even more firepower to an already talented team. We think he has a good shot of finishing with more than 29.5 kills over the first two maps (available on Underdog).
paiN also has a formidable in-game leader in biguzera and another young player to watch in snow.
We wouldn’t be surprised to see an upset here, though we still feel Aleksib and company’s experience will shine through in the best-of-three series. Top anchor b1t and aggressive rifler jL would be our favorite targets for the Na’Vi side.
Prediction: 2-1 Natus Vincere
Top Plays: dav1deuS, b1t, jL
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Thursday, January 23
We are down to the final eight teams in the BLAST Bounty, with the tournament shifting to a LAN format for the quarter-finals.
Here are our top match and player picks for the upcoming slate:
Spirit (#1) vs. HEROIC (#19)
This should be a fun game. HEROIC has a new-look starting five and will be using Maden as a stand-in for the knockout rounds. This team has some raw, talented players and one of the best coaches in the world.
While we believe HEROIC will cause some problems, we’re not sure they’ll be able to overcome donk and company in a best-of-three series.
Spirit has been looking extremely strong, and donk’s ability alone can take over maps. A 2-0 for Spirit is the safer pick, but we like what we saw from HEROIC in the opening rounds.
For DFS and betting, donk and sh1ro are the top targets. As usual, we can expect them to have high projections on pick’em apps, but those two players carry a lot of upside, donk in particular. We also don’t mind SunPayus, who should have a key role for this HEROIC team.
Prediction: 2-1 Spirit
Top Plays: donk, sh1ro, SunPayus
G2 (#2) vs. BetBoom (#16)
BetBoom will be missing in-game leader Boombl4 and using multiple stand-ins for the quarter-finals, so we don’t love their chances against a strong G2 lineup.
Though NiKo is a big loss to the starting five, his replacement HeavyGod has shown some good things already. Add in the firepower of m0NESY and malbsMd and the experience of Snax and huNter, one would think G2 should be able to win this one comfortably.
In recent matches, malbsMd has been the better producer, as he’s been thrust into a lot of NiKo’s aggressive roles. m0NESY was just voted as the second-best player in the world for 2024 behind only donk, so he’s always in play.
For BetBoom, Ax1Le and Magnojez would be our favorite player picks if we had to choose.
Prediction: 2-0 G2
Top Plays: malbsMd, m0NESY
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Sunday, January 19
We are down to the Round of 16 in BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1, and the winners of these matches will advance to the LAN Finals.
Here are our top match and player picks for the upcoming slate:
Virtus Pro (#16) vs. Vitality (#6)
Virtus Pro has shaken up the starting five, bringing in a couple of new faces and turning to a new in-game leader in electroNic.
We do like the look of the new lineup, but we still believe ZywOo and Vitality will prove too much.
Prediction: 2-1 Vitality
Top Plays: ZywOo
BIG (#21) vs. G2 (#2)
This should be a competitive match too, as G2 looked shaky at times in their debut with HeavyGod. Meanwhile, BIG has an experienced in-game leader in tabseN and some highly skilled players.
No one other than m0NESY really stands out on an individual level for this one.
Prediction: 2-1 G2
Top Plays: m0NESY
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Saturday, January 18
We are down to the Round of 16 in BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1, and the winners of these matches will advance to the LAN Finals.
Here are our top match and player picks for the upcoming slate:
FlyQuest (#22) vs. Spirit (#1)
FlyQuest was impressive in the team’s debut with regali, the new addition to the starting five, beating MIBR 2-0 to kick off BLAST Bounty in style.
Unfortunately, we don’t see that success repeating itself against donk and Team Spirit, the number one ranked player and team respectively in CS2 right now.
donk and the team’s AWPer, sh1ro, have the most upside for the Russians, who are widely expected to win this series 2-0. At time of writing, donk’s PrizePicks CS2 projection was at 38.5 kills for the first two maps.
Prediction: 2-0 Spirit
Top Plays: donk, sh1ro
Astralis (#11) vs. Natus Vincere (#3)
This should be a great match, one that we expect to be competitive and go all three maps.
Astralis has device back in the fold, and as the most impactful player on the team, that’s a huge boost. The Danes looked pretty strong in their opening round win over Wildcard, and we like their chances of putting up a fight against Na’Vi.
Even if Astralis isn’t able to pick up the upset, we think device will perform at a high level individually.
Prediction: 2-1 Na’Vi
Top Plays: device
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Friday, January 17
The BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 has arrived, and a lot of the world’s best Counter-Strike teams will be participating.
Here are our top match and player picks for the upcoming slate:
MOUZ vs. BetBoom
#4-ranked Mousesports takes on #24-ranked BetBoom, who have a revamped starting five heading into the new year. Boombl4 will take over as the new in-game leader.
BetBoom has some talented and experienced players, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see them put up a challenge here. That said, MOUZ’s overall skill and established chemistry are on another level, so they should still emerge victorious.
Prediction: 2-1 MOUZ
Top Plays: xertioN, Jimpphat
G2 vs. B8
We view this matchup kind of similarly to the first. B8 has some up-and-comers with raw skill, but is that enough against the talent of G2? The fact this is all being played online adds another wrinkle.
G2 lost NiKo to Falcons and replaced him with HeavyGod, and while he is a strong player, he’s not at NiKo’s level, so we’re intrigued to see how this new starting five performs. m0NESY and malbsMd are our top DFS pick’em targets in this matchup.
Prediction: 2-1 G2
Top Plays: m0NESY, malbsMd
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Thursday, January 16
The BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 has arrived, and a lot of the world’s best Counter-Strike teams will be participating.
Here are our top match and player picks for the upcoming slate:
FaZe vs. M80
This should be a fun matchup. FaZe lost ropz to Vitality but then brought in EliGE as the replacement, and it’s going to be interesting to see how the American star fits in with karrigan’s crew.
M80 will be using k1to as a stand-in for reck, and this is a team that established itself as one to watch in 2024.
We expect a FaZe win, but it may not be so easy against what’s proven to be a well-organized M80 lineup. Individually, we have the most interest in EliGE, and then FaZe’s AWPer broky.
Prediction: 2-1 FaZe
Top Plays: EliGE, broky
Natus Vincere vs. Imperial fe
The late game features #3-ranked Na’Vi up against Imperial’s female team, which is ranked #124 in the world as of now.
Needless to say, it’d be a surprise if this wasn’t a dominant 2-0 series win for Aleksib’s team. The firepower for Na’Vi should be way too strong here.
We don’t love targeting anyone’s HIGHER projection in this matchup for DFS pick’em, though, considering the high potential for a blowout. LOWERS look more enticing across the board in what should be an easy win.
Prediction: 2-0 Na’Vi
Top Plays: N/A
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Wednesday, January 15
The BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 has arrived, and a lot of the world’s best Counter-Strike teams will be participating.
Here is our top player pick for the upcoming slate:
Vitality brought in ropz as a replacement for Spinx and is looking extremely strong on paper heading into the new season. In this opening round matchup at BLAST, they’ll be taking on Swedish team Metizport.
ZywOo was just voted as the third-best player of the 2024 season behind only donk and m0NESY, and he’s a player who seemingly always has a high impact.
CS2 Pick: ZywOo HIGHER Than 35.5 Kills (Maps 1+2)
In the other late matchup, Falcons-ENCE should be a very interesting showdown.
NiKo leads out a new-look Falcons starting five that looks much improved, but ENCE is not an easy opponent by any means. At the very least we know they will be well-drilled under in-game leader gla1ve.
BLAST Bounty CS2 Picks: Tuesday, January 14
The BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 has arrived, and a lot of the world’s best Counter-Strike teams will be participating.
Here is our top player pick for the upcoming slate:
HEROIC has a completely new-look starting five after the core of the previous roster was raided by Falcons, so it may take some time for the team to gel and start firing on all cylinders.
On the other hand, 3DMAX is much more established and did find more success than people anticipated last year.
Lucky is one of the most experienced and best fraggers on the squad, so we like his Underdog CS2 projection for Tuesday’s opening round matchup.
CS2 Pick: Lucky HIGHER Than 30 Kills (Maps 1+2)
Elsewhere, you can’t forget about donk, with Spirit getting set to take on a revamped fnatic team.
We are expecting a straightforward win for the Russian team, and while donk’s Underdog CS2 projection is elevated at 38.5, his upside is ridiculously high every time he’s in the server.
Liquid takes on 9 Pandas and should be able to take care of business. The American organization just snagged NertZ as a replacement for YEKINDAR, and we’re excited to see how this starting five performs. We believe they’ll be competing for major trophies this year after a promising start to Twistzz’ reign as the in-game leader.
It should be a 2-0 series win for Liquid here, though no one in particular stands out from a player perspective.
Counter-Strike FAQ – CS2 Props & DFS Pick’Em Information
Read on for more information on CS2 props and DFS pick’em.
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.
For DFS purposes, you can either participate in traditional daily fantasy contests where you build a full lineup of CS2 players, or you can try to predict individual player performance.
Where can I play CS2 DFS and make props picks?
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