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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Nov 17, 2023
Pinnacle 25 Year Anniversary Show | Noxville's Teams Preview In celebration of Pinnacle’s 25-year anniversary, we are hosting an online Dota 2 event. Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen discusses some of the biggest teams in his latest preview.
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Jack Stewart League of Legends Nov 16, 2023
League of Legends Worlds 2023 - Final preview The League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) has been wonderfully entertaining this year, and the final this weekend could be an explosive ending.
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Jacob Crick League of Legends Oct 31, 2023
League of Legends Worlds 2023 - Knockout preview The 2023 edition of the League of Legends World Championship enters the Knockout Stage.
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Jacob Crick League of Legends Oct 18, 2023
League of Legends Worlds 2023 - Swiss preview As the Worlds 2023 play-ins come to a close, we are fast approaching what we’ve truly been waiting for - the Worlds Swiss stage is upon us.
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Jacob Crick League of Legends Oct 5, 2023
League of Legends Worlds 2023 - Play-In preview League of Legends Worlds 2023 introduces a new format which begins with the Play-In Stage. Challengers from the PCS, VCS, LJL, and LLA will be joined by the winner of the Worlds Qualifiying Series (WQS) to prove themselves worthy of a spot in the Swiss Stage. Jacob Crick looks at the groups and their opening matches.
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Jack Stewart League of Legends Oct 2, 2023
League of Legends Worlds 2023 - MVP preview The League of Legends World Championship is almost here! Jack Stewart takes a look at some of the key players participating at the tournament who will be looking to achieve this year's MVP award.
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Jack Stewart League of Legends Sep 26, 2023
League of Legends Worlds 2023 - Outright betting preview The time has come for another team to become immortalised in the history books - it’s officially League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) season. Jack Stewart looks at the participating teams and their chances of winning.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Sep 12, 2023
ESL Pro League Season 18 | Betting Preview The ESL Pro League is back for yet another iteration, this time in sunny Malta! As the second ESL Pro League event to feature brackets and last chance stages (as opposed to a more traditional league system), we can expect a month of quality competition between some of the best teams in the world.
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Jul 18, 2023
Riyadh Masters | Noxville's Event Preview There’s a new tournament on the calendar, and it seems like a massive one! The Riyadh Masters will be one of the biggest Dota 2 tournaments yet. Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen takes a look at the nine participating teams that didn’t play at the Bali Major, and weighs in on how they will stack up.
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Jun 28, 2023
Bali Major 2023 | Noxville's Betting Preview With the Bali Major starting this week, Dota 2 expert Ben "Noxville" Steenhuisen is taking a look at the Outright betting markets for the tournament and its first matches. Following up on his Power Rankings article, he has spotted some teams that have value in his eyes – and instead of keeping this information to himself, he’s sharing his insights with us!
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Jun 28, 2023
Bali Major 2023 | Noxville's Power Rankings The Bali Major is starting soon, and it means something slightly different to every attendee. Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen takes a look at all participating teams!
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Apr 25, 2023
ESL One Berlin Major 2023 | Noxville's Power Rankings After two seasons of Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Regional Leagues, the Lima Major, and DreamLeague Season 19, you’d expect the world to be relatively sure of how the teams stack up against each other. Unfortunately, one of the biggest patches of all time was released during DreamLeague, causing a potentially massive shakeup in team rankings.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Mar 29, 2023
BLAST.tv Paris Major | Americas RMR The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Americas RMR will take place in Monterrey, Mexico, and offers five spots to the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. This is 11 less than the sum of Europe’s spots. Not only do they get less places overall, the Americas only get one Legends spot as well. The Road to Rio Americas RMR had some incredible scenes, with an intense Overtime game between Complexity Gaming and Imperial Esports closing the qualifier in spectacular fashion.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Mar 24, 2023
BLAST.tv Paris Major | Europe RMR B The BLAST.tv Paris Major is just over a month away. Before we get to the Challengers Stage, teams will first have to qualify through the gruelling Regional Major Rankings. These are a series of qualification tournaments that use the Swiss System. Each tournament is split by region, with Europe having two groups due to it having the most top teams out of each of the competing regions.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Mar 24, 2023
BLAST.tv Paris Major | Europe RMR A The BLAST.tv Paris Major is just over a month away. Before we get to the Challengers Stage, teams will first have to qualify through the gruelling Regional Major Rankings. These are a series of qualification tournaments that use the Swiss System. Each tournament is split by region, with Europe having two groups due to it having the most top teams out of each of the competing regions.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Mar 20, 2023
Can Vitality win EPL back-to-back? | EPL Playoffs Preview ESL Pro League Season 17 is happening in Malta and sets us up for over a month of Counter-Strike. The Group Stage has concluded after four weeks of matches.
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Feb 20, 2023
The Lima Major | Noxville's Power Rankings Despite Dota 2 being over ten years old, sometimes there are periods when things are very chaotic and uncertain - even on the pro scene. We’re in one of those strange stretches now heading into a Major after a big post-TI shuffle without any significant cross-regional play.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Feb 10, 2023
ESL Pro League Season 17: More teams, more chances ESL Pro League has become a staple in the CS:GO calendar. Now in its seventeenth season, EPL is held in Malta and lasts for more than a month. However, the format we have become accustomed to has undergone some changes heading into 2023 and it will be interesting to see how it performs.
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Archie Henry League of Legends Oct 17, 2022
Worlds 2022 Knockout Stage - Betting Preview The Group Stage of the 2022 World Championship has just finished. Many tournament favourites qualified for the Knockout Stage, but there were many fan favourites who took a blow in this stage. It won’t be long until we see some incredible best-of-five matches and I’m sure many are looking forward to seeing the players perform in front of large crowds. Bring it on!
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Oct 12, 2022
The International 11 - Compendium Predictions With The International 11 starting on October 15, 2022, Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen shares his Compendium Predictions. As always, he looks at the data behind the game and combines that with his superb game knowledge. In this article, he shares his insights on the heroes and tournament statistics.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Oct 1, 2022
Pinnacle Dream Team - September 2022 Each month, here at Pinnacle Esports, we will be looking at the previous competitive month and selecting five players to be in our Dream Team. September featured the ESL Pro League Season 16, the Elisa Invitational, and CCT Central Europe Series #1. Due to the playoffs not being over at the time of writing, we are only using information from the group stage of ESL Pro League. There have been so many great individual performances seen in this Pro League season, which led to a lot of debate on who we would award spots to in September’s Pinnacle Esports Dream Team.
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Simon Teunissen Oligboh CS:GO Sep 29, 2022
IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B - Betting Guide The IEM Rio Major 2022 is one of the biggest and most prestigious esports events of the year. In this betting guide, we will explain how teams will qualify through IEM Road to Rio RMR Europe B, which teams are participating, and who the favourites might be.
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Simon Teunissen Oligboh CS:GO Sep 28, 2022
IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A - Betting Guide The IEM Rio Major 2022 is one of the biggest and most prestigious esports events of the year. In this betting guide, we will explain how teams will qualify through IEM Road to Rio RMR Europe A, which teams are participating, and who the favourites might be.
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Archie Henry CS:GO Sep 12, 2022
Pinnacle Dream Team - August 2022 Each month, here at Pinnacle Esports, we will be looking at the previous competitive month and selecting five players to be in our Dream Team. August featured the RMR Qualifiers and BLAST Premier Fall Groups. Being the start of a new season, there wasn’t as much Counter-Strike being played as there will be in the months to come, but we have enough to bring you our August Dream Team.
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Who are the top CS:GO players in 2022? | Heaton's Half Year Review The first half of 2022 is behind us and it’s now time for the players to go on their well-deserved break after an incredible IEM Cologne. We asked Counter-Strike legend Emil “Heaton” Christensen to take a look at the first half of the year in the world of CS:GO and give us his views on who he thinks were the five most influential players in that period.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO Jul 4, 2022
IEM Cologne Betting Preview IEM Cologne is one of the biggest CS:GO tournament of 2022. In his latest betting preview for Pinnacle, Adam Boothe looks at some of his outright picks for the tournament. Read on to find out more.
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Heroic favoured in Pinnacle Cup Championship Predictions Who will win the Pinnacle Cup Championship? Accuscore use their advanced simulation models to predict the outcome. Learn why Accuscore think Heroic will take home the title and inform your Pinnacle Cup Championship predictions.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO May 9, 2022
PGL Major Antwerp Prop market preview The PGL Major Antwerp is the biggest CS:GO tournament of 2022. In his prop market preview for Pinnacle, Adam Boothe looks at some of the prop markets available for the tournament. Read on to find out more.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO May 4, 2022
PGL Major Antwerp Betting Preview The PGL Major Antwerp is the biggest CS:GO tournament of 2022. In his latest betting preview for Pinnacle, Adam Boothe looks at some of his outright picks for the tournament. Read on to find out more.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO Apr 4, 2022
How roster changes influence win probabilities in CS:GO CS:GO betting expert Adam Boothe explores how roster changes can influence a team's win probability and identifies the indicators to watch out for when assessing whether a roster change was a success. Read on to find out more.
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Kristian Medina Valorant Nov 30, 2021
VALORANT Champions 2021 betting preview The VALORANT Champions 2021 tournament is considered the most prestigious competition on the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT). It will see 16 teams battle for $1,000,000 in prize money and the title of VALORANT world champions. Read our official betting preview for Champions 2021.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO Nov 4, 2021
Analysing the addition of Ancient to the CS:GO map pool A new and unique experience for Counter-Strike players, Ancient is the latest map to be added to the competitive CS:GO map pool, replacing Train. Adam Boothe analyses the map, looking at how the CT-side and T-side interact on the map and the possible impact the introduction of the map will have at the professional level.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO Oct 25, 2021
PGL Major Stockholm Prop market preview After a two year wait, the PGL Major Stockholm marks the return of the highest level of competition in CS:GO. Adam Boothe previews some of the unique and interesting proposition bets available on Pinnacle. Read on to find out more.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO Oct 22, 2021
PGL Major Stockholm betting preview The PGL Major Stockholm is the biggest CS:GO tournament of 2021. In his latest betting preview for Pinnacle, Adam Boothe looks at some of the favourites at the tournament. Read on to find out more.
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Ben “Noxville” Steenhuisen Dota 2 Sep 24, 2021
The International 10 betting preview by Noxville After a fourteen-month delay, it seems like Dota 2 fans will finally get to see the top teams from around the world battling for a share of a record-breaking $40 million prize pool. For the players, it’s not just about the life-changing money, it’s about the recognition of being the best Dota 2 team in the world: having their names written forever on the Aegis of Champions. Welcome to The International.
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Kristian Medina Valorant Sep 8, 2021
VALORANT Champions Tour Masters Berlin preview The VALORANT Champions Tour heads to Berlin for the latest Masters tournament and will see teams from around the world battle it out at the Verti Music Hall for prize money and points toward the end-of-year ‘Champions’ tournament. Read on to find out more.
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Astralis and the Last laugh In his latest column for Pinnacle, Thorin reflects on an era of dominance from Astralis and the achievements of a quintet that can be considered the greatest the game will see.
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Thorin League of Legends Apr 30, 2021
Player vs. Coach – The success behind “Faker” and Brady In his latest feature for Pinnacle, the Esports Historian “Thorin” takes a look at the relationship between coach and player; contrasting legendary LoL player “Faker” and his coach “Kkoma” with legendary football quarterback Tom Brady and his long-time coach Bill Belichick.
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Fresh consideration on s1mple vs. ZywOo s1mple and ZywOo are considered transcendent talents in CS:GO, Thorin considers a more holistic view on their competition to claim the status of world's best player.
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acoR & Nash - The Burden of the Superstar In his second column for Pinnacle, Duncan "Thorin" Shields draws parallels between CS:GO AWPer acoR and NBA legend Steve Nash, delving into the burden of the superstar.
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Jack Stewart League of Legends Nov 10, 2020
The revolution that fixed Fnatic’s identity crisis LoL is not a game that is defined solely by kills and deaths - there are a lot of intangibles at play. In this feature we take a closer look at Fnatic and how “Bwipo” and “Hylissang” started a revolution from within to help fix the identity of one of the most storied team in the game.
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Kristian Medina Valorant Oct 16, 2020
Is the Operator actually OP? The Operator has been a contentious weapon within the VALORANT communnity, in this article we take a look at the weapon and it's impact on the game. Read on to find out more.
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Adam Boothe CS:GO Jun 18, 2020
Understanding the CS:GO economy for betting A noted point of importance of a good betting strategy can be found in the economic bonus. This article will go beyond the pistol round and analyse the economic rules, how their latest update has influenced outcome, and finally how it may affect a betting strategy
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Adam Boothe CS:GO May 20, 2020
The importance of Pistol Rounds in betting strategy In the first-person shooter Counter-Strike, the opening sequence of every single game is what is known as the pistol round, or pistol. It determines which side has the economic advantage into that particular half.
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Kristian Medina League of Legends Mar 10, 2020
How to improve your League of Legends predictions The goal of making a LoL prediction in betting is to determine the outcome of a Team A vs. Team B match with greater accuracy than bookmaker odds. Predicting LoL matches requires bettors to analyse an evolving set of variables both inside and outside of the game. How can you improve the accuracy of your LoL predictions? Read on to find out more.
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Benjamin Doughty CS:GO Jan 13, 2020
CS:GO: The year in review 2019 has brought us many memorable moments in Counter-Strike. We witnessed Astralis dominate the Major circuit, and saw Team Liquid break records to take the Intel Grand Slam in record time eventually resulting in Intel changing the requirements.