My bet: TempoStorm. (HIGH RISK avoid if low money)

Reasoning: Tempo have been playing amazing lately and although it is a best of 1 I can see them winning this purely because this is the ESL Qualifier and know they can turn up when needed, also the odds are pretty even which I think is good for us.

http://www.csgonuts.com/history?t1=Liquid&t2=TempoStorm

The map that will be played I tjink will be Cache or Inferno or Dust 2 as it is their most commonly played maps.

Tempo have recently beat NaVi at LAN on Inferno and also beat Nihilum less than a week ago, they are extremely improved and Roca has been showing up every game they play. On cache they are really inconsistent, they beat Cloud 9 and CLG then they lose to a Mixed team called Wicked and Lunatik. However against the big teams they win. On dust 2, they beat LG and Keyd (16-2) but lose to teamssuch as SKDC so again they are inconsisstent however this was over a month ago (Might not get picked)

Liquid on the other hand recently lost 16-14 to C9 on inferno on July 12th, that is a very long time ago and makes me wonder if it will be picked at all as they played it 1 time last month. On Cache last time on record was a month ago where they lost to Tempo 19-16 however beforehand they beat CLG, Nihilum, Method, vVv, C9 and many more. Dust 2 is a very inconssitent map for Liquid, losing to CLG on it when they had a stand in at LAN, losing to Fnatic, losing toC9 but they also beat C9, affNity, Elevate so they can be good at times.

Overall: Assuming the 3 maps are listed (1 of them) is picked:

Inferno: Tempo 60 - 40 Liquid Cache: Tempo 50 - 50 Liquid Dust 2: Tempo 40 - 60 Liquid

If you play the odds, bet on Liquid, however lately they are in a slump and Tempo have been one of the top NA teams and will be going into this confidently, the odds are close anyway but it really depends on the map so HIGH RISK. I am only betting low on this match.