How to Play and Win at League of Legends DFS
Jeremy Schritt
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
Contest selection, projections, ownership, correlation, and software—five daily fantasy lessons that will increase your ROI.
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
There are three basic criteria to evaluate the appeal of any contest: competition, variance and site fees. The weaker the competition, the higher the return. But how exactly do you evaluate a contest’s level of competition?
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
In my experience, success in guaranteed prize pool tournaments is a feasible goal for anyone who is willing to put in the work because the tournaments are filled with players who are unwilling or unable to put in the work to be competitive.
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
One of the questions that I frequently get asked is how my history in poker helps me in DFS. While the gameplay of poker and fantasy sports are drastically different, the types of games available are relatively similar.
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
Accurate projections for player performance once were the Holy Grail of DFS, the crux of success and the primary concern of top-ranked players. Used in conjunction with game theory and diversification strategies, accurate projections will give you the best chance of coming out ahead in all your tournaments. But now that you can get elite projections for an affordable amount, the DFS landscape is changing.
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
Any fan knows that sports are unpredictable, so attempting to achieve a high degree of accuracy in a single slate is futile. While it’s fun to sweat a contest, the results from one night are not particularly useful information whether your lock of the day busts or you win the whole prize pool!
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
Fantasy Cruncher Pro combines all the tools you’ve come to know and love from its classic daily fantasy sports optimizer experience with the ability to upload projections (either ours here at Awesemo.com or your own), adjust randomness, groups, and stacks, and unleash the power of math to help you build the best lineups you can night in and night out.
– by Alex “Awesemo” Baker
For years, savvy programmers could gain an edge in DFS through having more sophisticated software than one could acquire publicly. In the past few years, sites have made this process accessible to every player using the CSV upload feature, and Fantasy Cruncher came out with an optimizer that allows you to customize almost every aspect of your lineups.
– by Nolan Kelly
One of the greatest advantages you can create over your peers in DFS contests is to roster players whose status for an upcoming game is uncertain (injury, scratch), but end up playing anyways.
– by Nolan Kelly
We’re going to do a deep dive into ChipotleAddict’s 150 teams from the $10, 29,412 entry, DraftKings Showdown Slate from the NFC Championship game, which featured the LA Rams vs. the New Orleans Saints.
– by Nolan Kelly
We’re doing a deep dive into some of the better NHL DFS players both here at Awesemo (Jake, Tom, Eddie, Homercles, Awesemo), and some of the better players outside the Awesemo website to see what strategy they are using in order to take home the bacon.
Up first, last night’s winner: Testosterown
– by Nolan Kelly
Welcome to the first PGA edition of Study a Pro, just in time for the Masters. We’re going to take a look at the number one ranked PGA player on RotoGrinders, Bric75, and what he did with his 150 lineups in the massive $5 GPP on DraftKings last weekend for the Valero Texas Open.
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What is spring without fantasy baseball? Baseball is one of my favorite DFS sports, both in terms of enjoyability and profitability. As the least predictable
Week 1 of the NFL DFS schedule is sneaking up on us. To get you prepped for the coming season on DraftKings, FanDuel, Yahoo and
The most popular tournaments on fantasy sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel allow you to throw down $5-10 with the prospect of winning $100,000. We
Alex “Awesemo” Baker takes a dive into the Week 1 NFL DFS slate and shows you the process he uses to build unique NFL DFS
Accurate projections for player performance once were the Holy Grail of DFS, the crux of success and the primary concern of top-ranked players. Used in
Over the past few months, I’ve come to realize that one of the greatest advantages you can create over your peers in DFS contests is
Week 5 of the NFL DFS season is upon us. Only 13 weeks left. On Friday’s episode, Manny Lora and Chris Randone take a look at the
Okay, ‘rules’ is a strong word, perhaps ‘guidelines’ is better. But when you’re just starting out in NHL DFS on DraftKings or FanDuel, don’t get
