Fanduelers - Who got paid & Who got laid (1 Viewer)

[emge]

my highest score was 164.66 and second highest was 162.16

Brees, McFadden, K Smith, Marshall, Harvin, Garcon, Graham

some of my wins this week were:

3/335 $10 entry, won $250 http://www.fanduel.com/entry/PECEXU

2/100 $5 entry, won $75

3/250 $2 entry, won $40

17/1674 $1 entry, won $12

50/50 leagues won in all including 4 first places, 10 in top 5, out of 50 players http://www.fanduel.com/entry/BNKNMU

send me a PM if you are new to FanDuel and need some advice

 

[gandalas]

Won cash in all my smaller entries...

Lineup in all was:

QB: Matt Ryan ATL @ KC - 32.46 points

Best QB of the week

RB: LeSean McCoy PHI @ CLE - 14.6 points

Decent points, could have been better.

RB: DeAngelo Williams CAR @ TB - .9 points

Ugg...

WR: Julio Jones ATL @ KC - 25.8 points

Money...

WR: Brandon Marshall CHI vs IND - 22.4 points

Money...

WR: Antonio Brown PIT @ DEN - 9.8 points

Not a horrible week.

TE: Jimmy Graham NO vs WAS - 17.5 points

Money...

K: Robbie Gould CHI vs IND - 11 points

Slightly above average.

D: Seattle Seahawks SEA @ ARI - 6 points

I'll Take it.

10-player $1 league - finished 2nd, $2.70 won. (150.30 1st place, 140.46 2nd - me, 131.50 3rd)

2-player $5 league - won, $9 won. (Won 140.46 - 136.32)

2-player $5 league - won, $9 won. (Won 140.46 - 138.32)

2-player $5 league - won, $9 won. (Won 140.46 - 117.66)

Footballguys FreeRoll - 473rd of 2800

$10 FFFC Week 1 Qualifier - 476th of 2685.

All in all, definitely feel more confident with the smaller contests. Won $29.70 on bets of $25, so can't complain. Wish I would have done 2 more 2-man contests instead of entering that FFFC qualifier, but I'll take a profit, however small. Will continue rolling over my initial deposit until it is gone.

 

[rocketsauce]

Won 3 bucks in a freeroll, some radio promo. 160 out of 2750.

Cutler

McFadden

McCoy

Marshall

Garcon

Antonio Brown

Graham

Bryant

Seahawks

 

[eaglezzz]

Put in about $150 in cheap 50/50 type games and doubled my money. My roster even had Russell Wilson in every lineup. I played in about 50-60 leagues. Just building my bankroll for now.

QB - Wilson

RB - Foster

RB - McCoy

WR - Garcon

WR - Washington

WR - J. Jones

TE - Graham

PK - Gould

DEF- Philly

Onto week 2 for me

 

[LaneOfSteel™]

If you already have a FBG subscription, does it carry over to next year?

 

[1rebmun]

If you already have a FBG subscription, does it carry over to next year?

yes they add another year

 

[bonesman]

Did:

Three $5

Two $2

and a $1

all 50 man 50/50s

The worst I finished was 23rd in a $5 Sunday only where Decker and A. Brown got me about .5 points past 26th. The rest were 8th-15th or so with scores from 133-145ish.

Seems kinda meh, but I ran the table with it this week

 

[gandalas]

Did:Three $5Two $2and a $1all 50 man 50/50sThe worst I finished was 23rd in a $5 Sunday only where Decker and A. Brown got me about .5 points past 26th. The rest were 8th-15th or so with scores from 133-145ish.Seems kinda meh, but I ran the table with it this week

Damn...wish I would have known about those 50/50s...seems like I would have cleaned up with my roster that got 140 points. Here I thought that 2-man contests were the best bet...will have to look into those.

 

[Run It Up]

got paid in the half I kept my original lineup, and hosed in the ones I changed to my FBG lineup.

50/50. Looking good this week though. Alfred Morris and Stevan Ridley are both cheaper than they should be... 5.5 and 5.9 respectively.

 

[mrip541]

My feeling is that the leagues starting later in the week will be softer. I've only done 1 week so I don't really know. Any thoughts?

 

[flc735]

I'm trying to decide which is easier to win at:

Expert

Regular

Beginner

Also, 20 man or 50 man.

I've been trying to find the "softest" leagues as well. My hunch is that the sharkplay is to enter as many beginner contests as possible...not only does this spread your risk(by entering multiple contests) but my guess is that the leagues will have less sharks. Same concept as playing micro and multi-tabling in online poker.In terms of league size I prefer 20 and under, in larger leagues you need to take more risks and your variance is going to be higher...in smaller leagues you can almos guarantee yourself a good score. Using another poker analogy, playing in larger contests is like playing in large tournaments vs. small tournaments...variance will be higher in large tourneys. With a small bankroll you should be playing in small leagues.

the more leagues you play, the more you spread your risk, but here is something to keep in mind as well.in 6+ man leagues, the high score tends to be higher in low priced games. in general the lesser players play in cheap leagues. those players are less likely to pick the "obvious" plays like Dwill or alfred from last week. they pick more randomly which creates more diverse lineups...and that increases the chances that those nonsensical 30 point players are on one of your league mates rosters. AP for example, a good player would not have picked him. a bad player would have picked him and got rewarded for making that bad pick.

so because of all this, lower prices leagues will tend to have a higher hi-score and lower low score.

if you are playing double ups, low priced games are easier, if you are playing front prize heavy leagues, higher priced leagues are easier.

not a big deal, but something to note if you start playing with a larger amount

 

[LHUCKS]

My feeling is that the leagues starting later in the week will be softer. I've only done 1 week so I don't really know. Any thoughts?

yeah, that's what my gut tells me as well, but I obviously don't have anything to back it up.

 

[doowain]

Is it like draftstreet?

 

[Jayrok]

I'm trying to decide which is easier to win at:ExpertRegularBeginnerAlso, 20 man or 50 man. Finally, don't get excited and make a last second entry into the "primetime" special. I did that and lost after a successful weekend. (well i havent' lost yet, but after thursday's game I know I probably will).

I like the 20 man roster, I think. On the surface, you'd think the beginner contest might be easiest, but I'm not so sure. The beginner contest has the larger cap so everyone can roster more studs. It seems the luck factor is more applicable there. With the expert salary cap, you have the opportunity to find real bargains that others might not see and they run into cap problems. But who knows really? I could see arguments from either angle. I won $18 in one of the regular 50/50 contests (4th out of 20). There is value in all formats, as you are going to really be picking players based on their matchups anyway.

 

[beercat]

I have a question that maybe someone in here can answer. When filtering what type of leagues are available is there a way to save those filters so that everytime you go to the site you don't have to choose them again. For instance, the only sport that I'm interested in playing on there is football. Is there a way to save that filter?

 

[UOFI_316]

I have a question that maybe someone in here can answer. When filtering what type of leagues are available is there a way to save those filters so that everytime you go to the site you don't have to choose them again. For instance, the only sport that I'm interested in playing on there is football. Is there a way to save that filter?

Mine stays with whatever I had it set at last.

 

[Rick James]

oh my goodness I'm just now hearing about this and I'm excited as hell. Can't wait to get home and join some leagues.

 

[mrip541]

Anyone else seeing missing players? In one league I see Aaron Rodgers and Brandon Marshal on the draft list but in a different league they aren't there. What's the deal?

edit - NVM. Players are only available in leagues that start before their game is played. Makes sense.

 

[LHUCKS]

I have a question that maybe someone in here can answer. When filtering what type of leagues are available is there a way to save those filters so that everytime you go to the site you don't have to choose them again. For instance, the only sport that I'm interested in playing on there is football. Is there a way to save that filter?

Filters on the left, I usually filter by dollar amount since I have been targeting 5 and 10 dollar leagues.I don't think you can save filters, which is annoying.

 

[StoneyBrook]

So if you are a current Footballguys subscriber but are not a part of FanDuel yet, you will not receive the $25 bonus?

 

[bonesman]

My feeling is that the leagues starting later in the week will be softer. I've only done 1 week so I don't really know. Any thoughts?

yeah, that's what my gut tells me as well, but I obviously don't have anything to back it up.

That's my feeling too. I think the sharks and people that follow the game more closely are on there on Tuesday looking for values and submitting lineups. The donks will come in Thurs or Fri and hop in a league before the weekend. (would be my guess.)

 

[[icon]]

Played this a while back (last year) and won a bit (ran 25 to 100) playing around but cashed out. Had a lot of success at 2 or 3 person showdowns.

Just bought back in and damn if beginner isn't TOO easy. You can basically field a team of all the best players. I have what I think is a perfect team with $800 left over and can't find anyone that costs "MORE" to grab. Anyone else leaving large surpluses on the side because you're able to field a perfect lineup for less?

 

[rlwomack]

First time to play. Entered 16 games ($1-$10 games) spending a total of $62. Netted $251.

My main lineup I used was:

QB: Cutler

RB: DMac, K Smith

WR: Calvin, Marshall, Julio

TE: Graham

PK: Hanson

DEF: Seattle

In the FBG free roll, I placed 78 out of 2800.

 

[LHUCKS]

My feeling is that the leagues starting later in the week will be softer. I've only done 1 week so I don't really know. Any thoughts?

yeah, that's what my gut tells me as well, but I obviously don't have anything to back it up.

That's my feeling too. I think the sharks and people that follow the game more closely are on there on Tuesday looking for values and submitting lineups. The donks will come in Thurs or Fri and hop in a league before the weekend. (would be my guess.)

right, just like playing poker in a poker room, the action is on Friday and Saturday.However, the Thursday games throw a kink into that.

 

[codyj123_321]

I won 50$ my first time ever playing. Im gonna play a few more times and see if I can win a big amount.

 

[BoltBacker]

I have a question that maybe someone in here can answer. When filtering what type of leagues are available is there a way to save those filters so that everytime you go to the site you don't have to choose them again. For instance, the only sport that I'm interested in playing on there is football. Is there a way to save that filter?

Mine stays with whatever I had it set at last.

Same here. Maybe it's a cookie setting in your browser?

 

[HairySasquatch]

This is like the initial days of online poker when people had no idea how to play.I have a very good feeling about this whole fanduel thing.

This is an interesting thing to think about Lhucks....I was in on the early online poker craze and made a lot of money off of the fish. (oh the days of playing 5 tables at a time to earn the monthly bonuses these sites offered) I think you are on to something here. If fanduel is attracting the casual fantasy football player, people who belong to sites like this have a huge advantage.

 

[fatness]

Hmmm...

The States where our lawyers believe the law is unclear or questionable about the legality of fantasy sports are Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana or Vermont. Therefore we do not offer paid entry games to residents of those States.

 

[BassNBrew]

my highest score was 164.66 and second highest was 162.16

Brees, McFadden, K Smith, Marshall, Harvin, Garcon, Graham

some of my wins this week were:

3/335 $10 entry, won $250 http://www.fanduel.com/entry/PECEXU

2/100 $5 entry, won $75

3/250 $2 entry, won $40

17/1674 $1 entry, won $12

50/50 leagues won in all including 4 first places, 10 in top 5, out of 50 players http://www.fanduel.com/entry/BNKNMU

send me a PM if you are new to FanDuel and need some advice

I'd rather just purchase a stake in your success and forget having to do any work.

 

[shader]

If you are a true degenerate, you can play the 1pm games only. The money will clear by 4 and then you can enter prime time special games, which include Sunday Monday and thur night (of the next week).

Double up twice in a week!

 

[shader]

My feeling is that the leagues starting later in the week will be softer. I've only done 1 week so I don't really know. Any thoughts?

yeah, that's what my gut tells me as well, but I obviously don't have anything to back it up.

That's my feeling too. I think the sharks and people that follow the game more closely are on there on Tuesday looking for values and submitting lineups. The donks will come in Thurs or Fri and hop in a league before the weekend. (would be my guess.)

right, just like playing poker in a poker room, the action is on Friday and Saturday.However, the Thursday games throw a kink into that.

Ehh you don't have to play thur games. Plenty of matchup on fri and sat. I like the idea of planning a roster and then quickly joining a last minute league. While there may be others duplicating this, you probably catch a bunch of guppies trying to throw a roster together in 5 minutes.

 

[belljr]

Noob question how do I sign up for the free week 2 fbg game

 

[Carver]

Noob question how do I sign up for the free week 2 fbg game

You should get a freeroll email invite tomorrow I think. thing is, it filled up quick last week, so you dont wanna wait on that particular game. I was too late this past week.

 

[emge]

my highest score was 164.66 and second highest was 162.16

Brees, McFadden, K Smith, Marshall, Harvin, Garcon, Graham

some of my wins this week were:

3/335 $10 entry, won $250 http://www.fanduel.com/entry/PECEXU

2/100 $5 entry, won $75

3/250 $2 entry, won $40

17/1674 $1 entry, won $12

50/50 leagues won in all including 4 first places, 10 in top 5, out of 50 players http://www.fanduel.com/entry/BNKNMU

send me a PM if you are new to FanDuel and need some advice

I'd rather just purchase a stake in your success and forget having to do any work.

send me a private message and we can work something out

 

[mrip541]

My feeling is that the leagues starting later in the week will be softer. I've only done 1 week so I don't really know. Any thoughts?

yeah, that's what my gut tells me as well, but I obviously don't have anything to back it up.

That's my feeling too. I think the sharks and people that follow the game more closely are on there on Tuesday looking for values and submitting lineups. The donks will come in Thurs or Fri and hop in a league before the weekend. (would be my guess.)

right, just like playing poker in a poker room, the action is on Friday and Saturday.However, the Thursday games throw a kink into that.

Ehh you don't have to play thur games. Plenty of matchup on fri and sat. I like the idea of planning a roster and then quickly joining a last minute league. While there may be others duplicating this, you probably catch a bunch of guppies trying to throw a roster together in 5 minutes.

I played on draftstreet last week and am including fanduel this week. Comparing the roster requirements and salary cap/cost per player, I think draftstreet puts more emphasis on finding value and fanduel puts more on picking the top studs for the week. As an example, I played a 10 team league on draftstreet last week where 9 managers rostered Jake Locker. That isn't going to happen on fanduel. I guess that means your choice of where to play any given week will depend on how confident you are on your value picks compared to your confidence on stud picks. Since I feel that there's more luck involved with picking the weekly studs (betting on TDs) it looks like the best play is to run the 50/50s on draftstreet and if I'm super confident in my studs picks I'll enter some standard salary cap leagues on fanduel. Also means that you gain a greater advantage by waiting until later in the week to join draftstreet games than fanduel games. Agree/disagree?

 

[Wingnut]

Can someone explain what 50/50 is and how it works?

 

[mrip541]

Can someone explain what 50/50 is and how it works?

the top half of the league gets paid.Draftstreet - 50 teams, $22 entry, top 25 paid $40Fanduel - 50 teams, $10 entry, top 25 paid $18

 

[emge]

Can someone explain what 50/50 is and how it works?

usually 50 players. top 25 double their money. bottom 25 donate.in the $10 and $25 games, sometimes there's only 20 players, and top 10 double up

 

[Run It Up]

Can someone explain what 50/50 is and how it works?

Play either heads up or against 50 people.All you have to do to cash is to roster a lineup in the top 50% (1st in headsup, 1st-25th in 50 mans).Everyone receives the same payout if they cash, 1.8x your buy-in.Buy in to a $5 dollar league, if you cash you win 9, net profit of $4.

 

[Wingnut]

Cool, thanks guys. I signed up last week to do the free entry but didnt really check out the site. Didnt do too hot, but Ive been out of the FF game for a while and didnt really put any effort into it. Just deposited $25 and see what I can do with it.

 

[CDM49er]

I'm looking to enter my week 2 picks for the FBGs FanDuel...not seeing any way to get into it, would appreciate any help. I'm kinda new to FD, but I didn't play the week 1 FBG contest.

 

[sspunisher]

Hmmm so I turned my $25 FBG bonus into $91 worth of winnings. I'm no math whiz but at this rate I'm pretty sure I'll be a millionare by Week 17.

 

[zoobird]

I work for FanDuel and wanted to answer a few of the questions in this thread:

-For those of you whose filter settings aren't saving, I'm guessing you're using Internet Explorer. IE's performance is so bad that previously many people couldn't run FanDuel on it at all. We put in a fix, but one of the side effects was that lobby filters don't save. We're aiming to restore that functionality in the next couple of weeks, but in the meantime if you could can use Chrome, Safari, Firefox or pretty much any other browser, it should work fine.

-I believe that the FBG championship contest for week 2 will be created today.

 

[degenerate]

did two freerolls, got a 2nd for $50 and in the radio listeners got 19th for $6.

seems to me the 50/50's are a good way to build your roll while going for a big score in like the $1-$5 bigger fields. any suggestions?

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I played on draftstreet last week and am including fanduel this week. Comparing the roster requirements and salary cap/cost per player, I think draftstreet puts more emphasis on finding value and fanduel puts more on picking the top studs for the week. As an example, I played a 10 team league on draftstreet last week where 9 managers rostered Jake Locker. That isn't going to happen on fanduel. I guess that means your choice of where to play any given week will depend on how confident you are on your value picks compared to your confidence on stud picks. Since I feel that there's more luck involved with picking the weekly studs (betting on TDs) it looks like the best play is to run the 50/50s on draftstreet and if I'm super confident in my studs picks I'll enter some standard salary cap leagues on fanduel. Also means that you gain a greater advantage by waiting until later in the week to join draftstreet games than fanduel games. Agree/disagree?

I agree in theory. The more it's just "pick your studs" the more luck is involved, and the less advantage FBGers have.The thing throwing a wrench in that, however, is that Fanduel is doing a lot more mainstream marketing than Draftsheet, meaning they're attracting more of the casual/crappy players. FanDuel is easier in general, but the competition level is also probably lower. Did you notice that, playing in both?Also, I believe FanDuel has different league levels (beginner, intermediate, expert) that offer different max cap limits, though I would imagine the "expert" label probably scares the casual players off.