BetBoom Team just punched their ticket to the IEM Cologne Major 2026 playoffs with a clean 2-0 sweep over FUT Esports. The kicker: Polymarket bettors had FUT as the favorite, with over $300K in trading volume riding on the match.
The match that prediction markets got wrong
The elimination match took place on June 15 during Stage 3 of the IEM Cologne Major 2026, a tournament carrying a $1.25 million prize pool. In the Swiss-format system, this was a do-or-die best-of-three series.
Before the match, Polymarket’s implied probability gave FUT Esports roughly a 55-56% chance of winning. Traders put real money behind that thesis, generating over $300K in volume on this single matchup alone.
BetBoom apparently didn’t check the odds. The Russian-based squad, featuring players like Boombl4, zorte, s1ren, d1Ledez, and Magnojez, dismantled FUT without dropping a map.
