Dota 2: Ilbirs eSports vs No Hoodwink (BO3) - Asgard Championship Playoffs

Platform comparison

Market context

Ilbirs eSports met No Hoodwink in a best-of-three upper-bracket playoff match at the Asgard Championship, and the match page shows it has already finished with No Hoodwink winning 2-1[1][2][3]. That matters for a programmatic approach because the market’s settlement logic is binary on the winner, but it also has fallback states for cancellation, an unplayed match, or a delay beyond seven days, so an automated watcher should key off the actual series result rather than the pre-match line alone.

The main historical frame is that the public price was heavily skewed to Ilbirs before the series, despite the underlying matchup looking close on rankings and form. Strafe listed Ilbirs at 100% of user votes, while other prediction pages leaned the same way, but the live result flipped that expectation and ended 1-2 to No Hoodwink[3][10][11]. In practical terms, a bot reading this kind of market should treat crowd consensus as a sentiment input, not a settlement proxy, and should be prepared for fast repricing when the bracket page or live score updates confirm the series state.

The catalysts to watch are straightforward: official bracket updates, the match status changing from scheduled to live or finished, and any schedule slip that pushes play beyond the seven-day window, which would trigger the 50-50 rule if no winner is determined[2][17]. For dependency checks, the relevant tournament pages confirm this was an online playoffs series in the upper-bracket quarterfinals, so withdrawals, stream delays, or bracket rescheduling are the main operational risks rather than venue logistics[2][17].

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Methodology

This page reviews Dota 2: Ilbirs eSports vs No Hoodwink (BO3) - Asgard Championship Playoffs across five venues. The live probability is the Polymarket mid-price, sourced directly from the on-chain Polygon order book; the comparison columns benchmark each venue on fee structure, KYC, settlement currency and payment rails. Every CTA routes to Polymarket Bot UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book at 0% fees.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

UK Frequently Asked Questions

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