Glossary
Match winner
Match winner is a series outcome. It is not the same bet as winning map one, and the samples are counted differently.
Match winner asks who takes the series. In a best-of-three that is the first team to two maps, so a side can lose the opening map and still win the market you backed.
That is why the sample is counted in matches rather than maps. A 2-1 series win is one match win, even though it contains three maps with two different map results. Blending map rows into a series market would silently double-count and mis-weight.
Match winner versus map winner
| Market | Unit | Asks |
|---|---|---|
| Match winner | Matches | Who takes the series |
| Wins the map | Maps | Who takes this individual map |
How ClutchIQ grades it
Team rates come from stored series results. Where ClutchIQ has stored Match Winner prices, the implied chance and edge are shown for the books that price it in your region; where it does not, the hit rate stands alone. Australia shows licensed Australian books only, while UK and US add international books.
Compare the stored prices on a match page before you grade it against your own book.
Questions
- How many maps count towards a match winner sample?
- None directly. The unit is matches. A best-of-three contributes one match result regardless of whether it went 2-0 or 2-1.
- Can a team have a strong map rate and a weak match rate?
- Yes, and it happens. A team can win maps on its own pick and still lose series on a weak map pool. The two figures measure different things and should not be substituted for each other.
Related terms
- Wins the map
One map, one result. As soon as you bet a map you have stopped betting the series.
- Pistol then map win
A conditional line: only maps where the team actually won a pistol round count towards the sample.