Play leagues with more people or play the 50/50 leagues.
I wanna sticky this thread
Play leagues with more people or play the 50/50 leagues.
Should get one going in the NFL forum. Would give me a reason to post in there again.
The key is saving and moving around the extra 200 dollars wherever you can.
I play a 4500 kicker every week and rarely spend more than 4700 on a defense. You can get such better players with the extra money saved. Kelvin Benjamin is another great value at 6600 this week. Jerrick McKinnon too if he plays, only 5500.
Find those guys first and fill your roster afterwards.
Stupid question but is it all based on total points?
Yes and no. It's total points, but different things have different values. For example a QB throwing a TD is 4 points, while a WR catching a TD is 6 points.
NFL is a no no..
In basketball, would rebounds counts as two points? How does the total points add up?
So 1 rebound and two points is = 3 points in total?
I also think the best strategy is playing the same lineup over and over. What I mean by that is FanDuel is tough because of variablity. On most nights for example, Curry will be a very high scoring player, but on any given night, he may have a dud like tonight. I have noticed that on lineups I really like, if I played that same lineup every night I probably would have won more often than not.
Obviously it's difficult to do that because the same teams don't play every night and human nature makes us gun-shy when a guy has a bad night, but if you can limit the volatility you probably will do better.
I just started looking back through my history and I realized that the leagues I were entering then were much smaller....50-250 people and my scores were lower but I was winning about the same amount of money I am now. I may switch up my league strategy next week and enter 5 smaller ones now that my point totals are consistently higher. To win big in the 60000 person leagues you need like 175-200 points and every single player on your team has to go nuts. I still have like one or two players that clunk and I'd have better luck in a smaller league I think.
different stats have different values
3-pt FG = 3pts
2-pt FG = 2pts
FT = 1pt
Rebound = 1.2pts
Assist = 1.5pts
Block = 2pts
Steal = 2pts
Turnover = -1pt
just add up all ur points end of the night and thats it. you don't need to balance your stats around... just get a lot of them. although u have to fill positions
Ya - I'd have to look but points are 1 point each (so a 2PT shot made is 2 points, 3PTM is 3). But rebounds/assists/steals/blocks are all like 1.2 to 1.5 points ect..
Also, on the volatility note, if your goal is to truly make money, it's best to steer clear of big tournaments. If you do the 50/50 leagues or one on ones, your chances will improve. Obviously, it's smaller dollar amounts you win, but if long-term winning is your main goal, then that's probably the best way to go.
Thanks
Going to give this game an hour of strategizing tomorrow after work..
I don't think I'll ever win big with these kind of stuff...
doing this for fun tbh...Pumped up.
Reminds of my NHL pool last year but it was for the whole season instead of a game day.
The 50/50's are the best. I'm chasing bigger money now but will have to go back to winning those regularly to build my bank back up.
Last place in my $2 nba tourney picked 6 $3500 players
All I do is the $1 and $2 nba tourneys. I don't have confidence in any one lineup so if I put together a good one it better be in a tourney with a big field tbh.
I want to make money, but want to have fun. I just play games that 50K peole play for $1 or $2 and if I hit I win like 2K. It's more fun to me.
Bogut putting up big numbers for me. Too bad the rest of my lineup wasn't great. Looks like I'll get my $6 worth of tourney entries plus $1.50. Just more entry money. Makes the games a lot more interesting.
Lol finished 39 out of 80.....which is the same as finishing first.lolol.
When do I see the winnings added to my total?
So, I just joined tonight and want to make sure I understand... It is like fantasy league but players are chosen daily and reset for each game/league?
Is there a FAQ someplace I can check out just so I understand the rules?
Got a line up that I think will be good for tomorrow. We will see....
Will update with my wins/loses on Saturday.
Last edited by phyzik; 11-14-2014 at 02:40 AM.
Ok, I see the $9 I won from the $5 tournament.
.....and the $0.20 from the promo code bonus....
What lineup you guys gonna go with tonight?
Hate to give away secrets but since I love you guys so much...
Rotowire has a pretty good algorithm for calculating value on each player. It isn't perfect by any means, but it also is not just averaging total points vs. cost. It seems to take into consideration things like opponent, road vs. home, past performances vs. team, etc. It tends to recommend the same scrub over and over (Danny Green, Manu, KJ McDaniels) so I usually don't just plugin the optimized lineup, but when looking for cheap pieces it's useful to choose the position and sort by value to get some ideas.
Use at your own risk: http://www.rotowire.com/daily/nba/optimizer.htm
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