While Brunswick (-125) is favored to win the 1st match over Roto Grip (-106), Roto Grip (+1700) is a bigger favorite to win the whole event (+2000)
Fun Fact: BJ Moore (Roto Grip) & Sterner (Brunswick) were on the 2023 Waco Wonders PBA League team that won it all as big underdogs
Team Brunswick is ready to go π
Watch the PBA Elite League: Battle of the Brands pres. by BeatBox finals Saturday, June 20 at 1p ET and 3p ET on CBS Sports Network.
Top ranked squad A players to miss the cut:
#8 Jason Belmonte
#22 Jesper Svensson, #28 Dom Barrett, #32 Kyle Sherman and #40 Tommy Jones did not participate
Team Roto Grip comes in as the underdog (-106) vs. Team Brunswick (-125) in the 1st match of the event.
X Factor: Who has a better look, the left-handers or right-handers? Brunswick has 3 lefties vs. Roto Grip's 1
Team Roto Grip is locked π
Watch the PBA Elite League: Battle of the Brands pres. by BeatBox finals Saturday, June 20 at 1p ET and 3p ET on CBS Sports Network.
@SweepTheRack 2026 has been rough for 1 seeds, but it's too small a sample size to suggest drastic changes. When you've got the best in the world, every stepladder match should be considered about 50/50 to win a 1 game match. Over the long term that's what we see.
Since 2021 #1 seeds are 34-33
PBA Norm Duke Open
Most surprising Day 1 scores, B-squad:
#2 Ryan Burton 223.17 avg π
#9 Marco Moretti 212.17 avg π€―
#67 Patrick Dombrowski 180.67 avgπ
Action resumes at 11am ET
Even-numbered ranked players are on Squad A and odd-numbered ranked players on Squad B.
Other entrants were randomly placed on each squad.
6 games of qualifying for each squad today and again tomorrow before cutting to top 1/3 on each squad for Elimination Rd 1.
Important note about the format of The Magnum Ice Cream Company PBA Norm Duke Open:
Squads A & B compete separately until the title match!
The top 100 players were split onto squads based on the 2026 PBA Tour Point List after the PBA World Championship...
The over/under keeps dropping, and it may still be too high!
Wilkins is adding to his Player of the Year resume. But at this point the value is with Chris Via.
If you notice the PBA World Championship is off the board at BetRivers, that's because the 1st show will be on 1-hour tape delay. Competition is starting now but won't air til 11am ET.
The top 5 final on CBS will be aired LIVE & (hopefully?) odds will be posted for those matches.
@TheSpatula300 makes his winner pick, along with predicting the results of the 1st match of the day.
Watch the AMF PBA World Championship this Saturday:
11am ET on CBS Sports Network and 1pm ET on CBS
https://t.co/BSF0grzX7t
Who's your favorite bet to win the @PBATour World Championship on Saturday?
Will Tackett, Via or O'Neill win their 1st title of the season? Could Belmonte (+750), Prather (+1300), Bonta (+2000), Wilkins (+2500), Tang (+3300) or Sterner (+3300) climb the ladder?
Odds:@BetRivers