It’s not every day you see someone dominate MLB DFS and PGA DFS contests like this. Over the past two months, Martin — better known in the DFS streets as Gizmo — has crafted DFS winning lineups that have earned him nearly $500,000 in tournament prizes on DraftKings. With nine major wins and back-to-back victories across high-stakes MLB DFS and PGA DFS contests, Gizmo’s heater is one of the most impressive runs in recent fantasy sports memory. And he’s done it all using Stokastic’s DFS tools, leveraging our simulations and projections to consistently build +EV lineups that outperform the field.
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How DFS Tools Built DraftKings Winning Lineups for $500K in MLB & PGA DFS
Gizmo first connected with the Stokastic team just a couple of months ago. After getting a promo code to try the Sims tools, it took him all of two days to bink his first tournament for $50,000. Days later, he took third place for $25,000. Since then, it’s been nonstop:
- Multiple first-place finishes in MLB Lotto contests
- Dual takedowns in PGA Showdown slates using completely different lineups
- $50K wins in the $555 GPP three weeks in a row
- Second place in the $888 and $555 for five-figure scores
- Top 10 finishes nearly every slate
Gizmo’s been a mainstay at the top of the leaderboard, and he credits the Stokastic Sims for letting him scale up volume without compromising quality.
Meet Martin: A Game Theory Junkie
Gizmo’s story is unique. Born and raised in France, he moved to Boston in 2015 and immediately fell in love with the NFL. That passion led him to DFS, at first for fun, then seriously as he explored game theory concepts. A longtime poker player and former sports bettor (until he got limited by nearly every book), Gizmo found DFS was the perfect arena for his competitive brain.
“I’ve always loved solving puzzles,” Martin said. “DFS is just another version of that.”
Why the Sims Were a Game-Changer
Martin had used optimizers and projections before, but nothing gave him the combination of scalability and edge that the Stokastic Sims offered. Unlike traditional optimizers, which often lead to duplicated or chalky builds, the Sims engine allowed Gizmo to:
- Upload custom projections
- Simulate contest outcomes
- Build +ROI lineups at scale
- Find edges based on ownership inefficiencies, stack construction and contest-specific dynamics
“Anybody can play high volume,” Gizmo explained. “What’s hard is doing it without sacrificing quality. The Sims let me do both.”
He also emphasized not overriding the Sims too aggressively. Instead, he uses a three-step approach:
- Identify a slate-specific edge before touching the tools.
- Let the Sims run and see what gets surfaced.
- Make micro-adjustments, never trying to force things the tools aren’t showing naturally.
Practical Examples of Gizmo’s Process
- In PGA Showdown slates, he used weather edges to filter out tee times from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., trimming his player pool dramatically. That day, he binked two major tournaments with different lineups.
- In MLB, he pays close attention to when a pitcher or stack is being dramatically over- or under-owned across contests. He adjusts exposures by contest type, going overweight in large-field lottos but underweight in sharper, higher-stakes contests where chalk condenses.
- Stack construction also varies based on slate size. In small-field contests, he favors structured 5–2–1 or 5–3 stacks. In massive fields, he occasionally allows looser constructions like 2–2–2–2, provided they pass ROI tests in the Sims.
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