Draft kings/ fan duel

[juliosantos]

What is the most you have won?

[TheAmericanDream]

First year playing on FanDuel. 

Won $6 last night game. 

 

[jasonluckydog]

$650 in a basketball game.  I'm pissed  I scored 272 point in fantasy baseball  Tuesday the highest score on all of fandual and I only played that lineup in a small $1 game won $30. That only happens every couple of years and I wasted it on a poo game.

[juliosantos]

5 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

$650 in a basketball game.  I'm pissed  I scored 272 point in fantasy baseball  Tuesday the highest score on all of fandual and I only played that lineup in a small $1 game won $30. That only happens every couple of years and I wasted it on a poo game.

thats whats up lol most i have won is a 1000 but i was winning 100k after the 1pm games 

[Doyle]

So tell us about all the times you guys lost...

[pstall]

It's tough when you are playing against algorithms and quantitative analysts.

I have won some scratch but lost more.

[juliosantos]

9 hours ago, Doyle said:

So tell us about all the times you guys lost...

Lost alot more then I won ill tell you that

 

[juliosantos]

8 hours ago, pstall said:

It's tough when you are playing against algorithms and quantitative analysts.

I have won some scratch but lost more.

Yea the big shots on there all run fancy computer programs and stuff 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

18 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

$650 in a basketball game.  I'm pissed  I scored 272 point in fantasy baseball  Tuesday the highest score on all of fandual and I only played that lineup in a small $1 game won $30. That only happens every couple of years and I wasted it on a poo game.

i scored 199 and some change last year when david johnson went off for 42 points one week

that lineup was in a free game where i was testing out a lineup generator i was playing with.  woo hoo.

[jasonluckydog]

When I scored 272 points I picked that team myself . I do use a generator for half of my lineups but that doesn't guarantee poo.  I have won a total of 4k  on FD  I lost about  $3500. I play mostly tournaments but I win most of my playing money on small games 100-300 players. I also play single entry games  it evens the playing field.  I usually only play $1-3 games only. 

 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

i'm just now starting to get into the actual research/analytics side of it so i'm still new to a lot of the concepts.  i take whatever the lineup generator spits out, enter it in the slates/contests i want, and then throughout the week make all the swaps based on the matchups i'm interested in, whatever stacks i like, a few contrarian plays that people like on DFS forums, etc.

i usually do the small money single entry contests with 100 or fewer entrants too.  the few times i played for money last year i learned quickly that the big tournaments with the major cash prizes only pay off for the sharks who can hammer them with tons of lineups.  while i'm experimenting with the tools i'm keeping it at about $25/week usually all in $1 or $2 contests.  i made $75 off $25 worth of deposits in week one but only broke even last week.  i took the cheese big time on the saints/giants "shootout" that never happened, had bortles in several lineups, and only had cam/KB/olsen stacked in one or two of my lineups.

[pstall]

Yeah you do have to spread it around.  Use some investment reasoning. 

Stop loss or stop limit orders mindset to manage your bankroll.

Then use breakout limits etc to understand low floor high ceilings approach.

For me i try not to overthink but I'm amazed at the data that is out there but i truly believe it's all about twitter and local beat writers.  That's where you get nuggets that don't show up on a spreadsheet.  Touches and if a player looks healthy or the scuttlebutt on how is doing in a scheme or with the coaches.