Match winner
One side wins the series by any score. The easiest market to understand and the one with the thinnest margin on major fixtures.
Field notes / Oddsfield / Markets
Structure / what you are pricing
Different markets hide different edges.
A match winner, a handicap and a total are three different bets wearing one interface. Knowing which one you placed is basic self-defence.
Handicap
A map or round is given to one side as a head start. Handicaps make heavy favourites playable, and they make slippage easy to miss.
Totals
A prediction about total maps or rounds rather than a winner. It often decouples from the result, which is both the appeal and the trap.
Props & specials
Player statistics, first-blood and similar. Thin liquidity, wide margins, and the hardest place for a casual reader to judge a fair price.
Read the rule before the price
Each market resolves on a specific rule: best-of series, map count, overtime handling, walkover treatment. Two operators can look identical on screen and settle differently. The rule text is the contract; the price is only a quote under that contract.
Practical habit. Keep one saved screenshot of each market's rules for anything you place. If a settlement is disputed, the timestamped rule is your evidence.
Where casual readers get surprised
- Handicaps that push to a refund, quietly returning the stake.
- Totals that settle on maps when the reader assumed rounds.
- Props voided because a player was substituted mid-series.
- Markets held open after a hearing, then settled on an unusual rule.
None of these are errors. They are the terms you agreed to. Reading them once is cheaper than disputing them later.