CS2
Aurora Gaming
Team Falcons- Map 2 Total Rounds: Over/Under 21.5>99¢
- Map 2 Rounds Handicap: Team Falcons (-3.5) vs Aurora Gaming (+3.5)51¢
- Map 3 Total Rounds: Over/Under 21.550¢
- Map 3 Rounds Handicap: Team Falcons (-3.5) vs Aurora Gaming (+3.5)50¢
- Map 2 Total Rounds: Over/Under 24.550¢
- Map 2 Rounds Handicap: Team Falcons (-6.5) vs Aurora Gaming (+6.5)50¢
- Map 2 Rounds Handicap: Team Falcons (-9.5) vs Aurora Gaming (+9.5)50¢
- Map 2 Rounds Handicap: Aurora Gaming (-3.5) vs Team Falcons (+3.5)50¢
- Map 2 Total Rounds: Over/Under 27.550¢
- Games Total: O/U 2.547¢
- Map Handicap: FAL (-1.5) vs Aurora Gaming (+1.5)44¢
- Counter-Strike: Aurora Gaming vs Team Falcons - Map 2 Winner44¢
Falcons enter the Thunderpick World Championship 3rd-place BO3 with a stronger roster featuring NiKo, m0NESY, and karrigan, backed by their Cologne Major title and consistent top-tier results. Aurora Gaming has shown flashes of form, including group-stage wins and an ESL Pro League semifinal run, but recent losses to FURIA and Vitality highlight inconsistencies against elite opposition. Both sides arrive after semifinal defeats, reducing motivation in this consolation match, though Falcons’ map pool depth and head-to-head edge from prior encounters shape the current trader consensus around a narrow favorite status. Map vetoes and individual firepower will likely decide the series.
Rules
This market refers to the Counter-Strike match between Team Falcons and Aurora Gaming in the Thunderpick World Championship Playoffs, initially scheduled for October 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM ET. This market is decided solely by the round score of Map 1 of this match, and is independent of which team wins Map 1 or the overall match. This market will resolve to "Team Falcons" if Team Falcons wins Map 1 by 4 or more rounds, including any overtime (i.e. Team Falcons's round total on Map 1 exceeds Aurora Gaming's by 4 or more). Otherwise, this market will resolve to "Aurora Gaming". Map 1 must be played to completion, with a final round score determined by rounds actually played, for this market to resolve to a team. If Map 1 is completed in this way, the market resolves on that round score regardless of how the remainder of the match concludes (including any later forfeit, disqualification, walkover, or default). If Map 1 is not played at all, is not played to completion, or is decided by forfeit, disqualification, walkover, or default rather than by rounds played to a conclusion, this market will resolve 50-50. If the match is canceled, this market will resolve 50-50. If the match is postponed, it must be rescheduled to a start time on or before November 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET (14 calendar days after the originally scheduled start of October 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM ET). If, by that deadline, the most recently announced rescheduled start time is on or before the deadline, this market resolves based on the result of the match as played. Otherwise, this market resolves 50-50, regardless of whether the match is subsequently played. The resolution source for this market will be official information from https://hltv.org. However, if https://hltv.org has not published final results within 2 hours after the event's conclusion, a consensus of credible reporting may be used instead, including video evidence. This market may resolve only when the listed period of play has concluded and the result can be definitively determined by the listed resolution source(s).