Since the launch of Dota 2 publisher Valve reported an immense increase of players just recently exceeding the 5 million mark of unique players on steam. One of the reasons for the huge popularity of Dota 2 is definitely the big tournament “The International” which prize pool rapidly increased over the last months standing now by more than 2.8 Million Dollars. The Winner of The International will take home more than 1.4 Million dollars in prize money and the props of the whole Dota 2 Scene.

Betting Info and Odds

The bookie Pinnacle will offer Dota 2 bets for all of the games of the International. For some of the matches handicap bets will be available too. When placing a handicap bet the team with + 1.5 only needs to win one game in the best of 3 series for the bet to be successful. On the other hand the team with -1.5 needs to win the first two games. We have stated the odds for betting on the Tournament as per Tuesday. Odds can be subject to change. Read more about esports betting at pinnacle here

Odds The International (as per Sunday*)

Odds The International (as per Saturday*)

Odds The International (as per Tuesday*)

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The International Tournament Info

The big Tournament is starting this Wednesday, August 7^th and will end with the Grand Finals on Sunday August 11^th. All of the matches will be played in a best of 3 series except for the Grand Final on Sunday where the winner of the International will be battled out in an epic best of 5. The tournament takes places in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, USA and can be streamed on the official Dota 2 website or directly in the Dota 2 game client.

Live Stream

You can watch all matches from Dota 2 “The International” on the stream on our website. Thanks to Twitch for the embedding function!

The International schedule:

You can look up the schedule of all games of the mainevent of the tournament on the official website here: www.dota2.com

Tournament Prize Money:

1^st – $1,416,636
2^nd – $623,320
3^rd  – $283,327
4^th – $198,329
5^th – $113,331
6^th – $113,331
7^th – $42,499
8^th – $42,499

*.) The odds may have changed in the meantime! No guarantee!