TI9 Fantasy Guide Day 7, by a top guesser   You also stand a chance to win up to $5, 000, 000 in our official coverage partner -- Estars' Free to Play contests! So hurry up and check out their website for more info. Day three of the playoffs are here! We have had some expected results and some upsets so far but overall it's been an amazing International. Six teams have been eliminated so far and if you are like me they are already dusted to try and upgrade our current cards. Today we have four best-of-three’s and that means we have options to pick for our squad. The teams to choose from are Newbee, Infamous, Team Secret, Mineski, PSG.LGD, Vici Gaming, OG, & Evil Geniuses. Eight teams to choose from so there are a lot of great options for today's picks. Let us take a look at each team and each player’s TI averages that are playing a best-of-three today: OG: Ana (15.1) Topson (16.4) Ceb (11.7) Jerax (12.6) Notail (15.1) Newbee: Yawar (17.2) CCnC (16.4) Sneyking (11.2) MSS (12.5) PieLieDie (18.1) Team Secret: Nisha (15) MidOne (12.7) Zai (11.8) Yapzor (14.7) Puppey (16.2) Evil Geniuses: Arteezy (16) Sumail (18.9) S4 (11) Crit (13) Fly (18.8) Mineski: Nikobaby (13.4) Moon (15.4) Kpii (8.9) RagingPotato (12.5) Ninjaboogie (15.2) PSG.LGD: Ame (16.6) Somnus (17.9) Chalice (11.7) FY (14.6) xNova (17.4) Vici Gaming: Paparazi (17.6) Ori (17.5) Yang (13.1) Fade (12.8) DY (20.9) Infamous Gaming: K1 (13) Chris Luck (14.3) Wisper (10.9) Scofield (11.2) Stinger (15) For an even more updated view visit here. It'll give you a more in depth look at how each player is doing that day in terms of fantasy points. MY PICKS FOR DAY SEVEN! The third day of the playoffs is going to be a bit tougher because there are eight teams to select from and at this point all the teams should be able to play close games without little probability of quick blowouts. There are some players that I am going to favor over others due to their point making abilities no matter the match-up they are in and at times I am willing to take a big risk but today I do want to play it a bit safer after I got burned heavily by Newbee picks. Today we have an all Chinese match-up which should yield a lot of points due to the fact we've been seeing a lot slower pace from these teams so most of my focus will be with those players. That being said, let's get down to the picks. For my cores, I am opting for Ame & Arteezy. After getting burned yesterday with my picks, I am going to play it a lot more safe and I'm working with two cores who I think will perform quite well. Arteezy is up against OG and I know I got destroyed yesterday putting my faith in NA but I think EG are a whole step up from Newbee and will put up much more of a fight and potentially beat OG. As for Ame on LGD I see this series going slow and long. Meaning this should very well be a three game series and both teams will have plenty to score points. Ame has done exceptionally well so let's hope he pulls through. For mid, I am going with Sumail who is still first in average points for allmid players. He has been quite reliable and I continue to have faith in him day after day. EG have become stronger with each passing day and this will be a big test for them against the seemingly unbeatable OG, but if there is a team that can pull out a victory, it is EG. So I will stick with the best fantasy mid of the tournament and hold true with Sumail. Finally, for our support picks we are going with the points generator Dy and his opponents support xNova. I think VG are going to be favored in this match-up but Chinese games do have a tendency to go long as the moment of attack between these two needs to be precise. It feels like we can see a repeat of what we saw with VG v TNC, long drawn out 70 minute games where everyone involved put up a plethora of points. I do feel a lot more confident in my picks today than I did yesterday, so here's hoping we have a big rebound day. My line-up for tomorrow: Arteezy Ame SumaiL Dy xNova If you are looking for some alternatives I would suggest Puppey and Ori. In the meantime, check out the interview with Jerax we did at TI9!

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