NRG vs Wildcard Prediction and Picks: iBUYPOWER Masters, Saturday 1:00 PM ET

iBUYPOWER Masters, Las Vegas. Group A decider, best of three, Saturday 1:00 PM ET.

• Price: NRG 66¢, Wildcard 35¢

• Top rated: Grim (NRG), HexT (Wildcard)

• Likeliest top fragger: Grim

Where the price and our number sit

Our number has NRG at about 65, within a point of the price. Grim rates 89 on CARNAGE and is the likeliest top fragger in the game by a wide margin.

The fives

NRG are Grim, Sonic and Jeorge on rifles, hallzerk on the AWP and nitr0 calling. Wildcard are HexT, Cxzi and reck on rifles, fr3nd on the AWP and nEMANHA calling.

fr3nd came in for mhL on September 18, so this is still a new five. Full rosters and roles for every top team are on LINEUPS.

Following it

With our number and the price this close, there is no side to lean on before the start. The interesting part is after map one: a Wildcard win there moves the price a long way.

WIRE logs every move on it. WIRE PRO carries our number against the live price, a new number after every map, the map handicap and total maps priced from our chances, and kill projections for all 10 players.

Polymarket lists this series. New users get $50 on a $10 deposit with code SKILL.

Prices move, and our number is an estimate, not advice.

Good luck!