LoL: Deep Cross Gaming vs DetonatioN FocusMe (BO3) - LCP Group Stage

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Market context

Deep Cross Gaming’s Bo3 against DetonatioN FocusMe in the LCP Group Stage is being priced as a clear favourite on the contract, with the crowd-implied **81%** for Deep Cross Gaming sitting well above the kind of near-even pricing seen on some esports books for the same rivalry earlier in the season. Recent head-to-head results cut against DetonatioN FocusMe: Deep Cross Gaming swept them **2-0** in an LCP regular-season meeting in February, while broader match-history pages list Deep Cross Gaming with the stronger record in the pairing. [7][13][2]

That makes the current market look consistent with form-based consensus rather than a single-source outlier, though the edge is larger than some external match pages suggest. Strafe has DetonatioN FocusMe as a unanimous public pick in this exact fixture, which highlights a meaningful divergence between retail sentiment and the market price, while other prediction-style pages and betting listings have shown Deep Cross Gaming favoured in previous meetings. [4][3][15]

For traders, the main catalysts are confirmation that the match starts on schedule, whether the published Bo3 format is unchanged, and any late schedule movement that could push settlement into the market’s 7-day fallback rules. The event listing shows the fixture on **1 August** at **09:00 UTC**, and the LCP’s own social post indicates the split was continuing that day, which supports the expectation that the match is live unless an official postponement is announced. [4][16]

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Methodology

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Resolution & payout

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FAQ

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