In Dota 2's BLAST Slam VII, the double-elimination playoff bracket features multiple best-of-three series through the upper and lower brackets, with each map averaging 35–55 minutes plus draft time, pauses, and inter-game intervals that routinely push total series duration well past 70 minutes once a decider game occurs. Trader consensus at 100% reflects the tournament's confirmed format and historical patterns in similar Tier-1 events, where competitive series almost invariably reach at least two maps and often three. Remaining factors that could theoretically shift the outcome include an unusually high number of rapid 2-0 sweeps featuring sub-30-minute games across every final series, though such consistent brevity remains rare even among top teams.