I've already read and bookmarks his blogThis is a good post. Also, Megla, check out Dodds' blog. He has an excellent analysis of his success at different price points. His returns started diminishing pretty steeply at the $10 entry fee point. The clear takeaway is that your odds are better entering the same lineup in 5 $2 double ups than 1 $10 double up. The competition is less fierce at those $2 and $5 levels than at $10+.EDIT: here is the link to Dodds' excellent data:If you already know what lineup you want to use before you enter all the contests, you'd use the Import feature. Enter one contest and put in the lineup you want. Then when you enter each subsequent contest, just import that lineup.If you've already entered the contests and you want to change the lineup in all (or some) of them, go to the Upcoming Entries page. Go in to edit an entry that you want to update and put in the new lineup you want. When you submit, you can then click a button to export that lineup to other entries. You'll be taken to a page with a list of all your entries, and you can select which ones you want to export the new lineup to.Can someone walk me through how to use the Export Lineup feature at FD. Lets say I wanted in enter 25 $2 50/50s using the same lineup
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To my knowledge none of the 50/50s allow you to submit multiple entries. A similar contest format to the 50/50 is the Double Up, and some of those allow multiple entries. You'll see these marked with an "M" in an orange circle to indicate that they allow multiple entries.IMO the primary advantage of playing in low-stakes 50/50s is that the field is larger. In a $5 50/50 you're playing against 99 other people. In a $50 50/50 you're only playing against 19 other people. If you're just entering the same lineup I wouldn't see any real purpose to putting it in the same 50/50 even if you could, then you'd just effectively be reducing the size of the field you're competing against.Also can you place the same lineup multiple times in the same 50/50 and if so is it better to do that or enter the same lineup in 25 different 50/50s
Entering the same lineup in multiple contests serves some purpose to reduce variance. Let's say you're wagering $50 on a single lineup, and it ends up scoring 120 points. If you enter a single $50 contest, or put 10 identical $5 entries in the same contest, either way you're going to win $90 or win $0. Nothing in between. But if you enter the same lineup in 10 different contests, you might win 7 and lose 3 (because even though your lineup will score the same exact amount in every contest, the score required to cash in any given contest can vary). So you results will be a little moderated. If you're just getting started and trying to steadily build up a bankroll, this is probably what you want to do. If you're just playing for the thrill and don't care about money, then a different approach might be fine.
Perhaps even better than entering the same lineup in 10 $5 contests, you might want to enter similar, but slightly different lineups, in 25 different $2 contests or something. As hard as we try to predict things, football is unpredictable and you may not want to be all in on a kicker if this is the week he puts up 0 points or something. Pick 2 different QBs you like, 3-4 RBs, etc. and mix and match a little bit. That way even if you guess wrong on one guy, you can still win money with your other lineups.
http://50percentds.blogspot.com/2014/12/2014-fanduel-cash-game-results.html?m=1
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I would have said the exact opposite. And I'm really intrigued by Blount this week... Have a feeling they will do to MIA what they did to IND a few weeks ago (but with Blount instead of Gray)
I may use him in some GPPs though
It seems like later in the year we get the later the stuff comes out.