LoL: T1 vs Team Liquid (BO5) - Mid-Season Invitational Play-In

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Market context

This market settles on the outcome of the Upper bracket semifinal 2 best-of-five between T1 and Team Liquid at the Mid-Season Invitational Play-In in Daejeon, scheduled for 3:00 AM UTC on 28 June 2026. The crowd-implied 84% probability for T1 reflects the entrenched historical gap between LCK and LCS squads in international play, where Korean teams dominate the mid-season stage. Strafe users predict a T1 win with 93.6% confidence, mirroring their perfect head-to-head record of four wins and zero losses against Team Liquid, including a 1-0 victory in the KeSPA Cup 2025 Group C. Comparable cases from recent MSI tournaments show LCS teams rarely upset top LCK contenders in longer series, though they have occasionally succeeded in shorter formats when execution aligns perfectly with the meta.

T1’s roster of Doran, Oner, Faker, Peyz, and Keria brings extensive MSI pedigree and strong recent LCK form as the Road to MSI runner-up, while Team Liquid, featuring Morgan, Josedeodo, Quid, Yeon, and CoreJJ, faces a steep challenge adapting to the Korean venue and meta as the LCS Spring runner-up. Traders should monitor for any late roster announcements or injury updates, though no major developments have emerged in the past week, and watch the match start time closely as delays beyond seven days without a winner would reset the market to 50-50. The home-region advantage in Daejeon further tilts consensus toward T1, but the key catalyst remains whether Team Liquid can execute a meta-specific upset in this specific BO5 format, a scenario that has occurred rarely but remains the only path for the 16% implied probability.

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This page reviews LoL: T1 vs Team Liquid (BO5) - Mid-Season Invitational Play-In across five venues. We show live odds for Polymarket-based markets (sourced from the Polygon order book); for other venues we list platform attributes, since the comparable contracts are not exposed via a public API on every venue. Every CTA points at PolyGram — the application we operate, where you trade directly against the Polymarket order book at 0% fees.

Resolution & payout

Polymarket-based markets settle through the UMA Optimistic Oracle on Polygon. A proposer submits the outcome, a two-hour challenge window opens, and unchallenged proposals finalise the resolution. Payouts settle automatically in USDC the moment the result is final — no bookmaker, no delay.

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FAQ

How does resolution work?

Through the UMA Optimistic Oracle on Polygon: a proposer submits the outcome, a two-hour challenge window opens, and USDC payouts settle automatically once the result is final.

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How fast are USDC deposits?

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How reliable are the quoted odds?

The YES/NO percentages are the live mid-prices of the Polymarket order book. On deep markets they move every few seconds; on thinner ones you'll see short plateaus.