Survivor Pool (1 Viewer)

[Twenty-Four Eighty-Four]

I thought some guys on here may have done one of these before so I thought I'd ask.

I'm doing one of those survivor pools. Pick a team each week to win. They win, you're in for the next week. They lose, you're out. You can only use a team once.

Anyone got any tips?

 

[Captain Quinoa]

stick with home teams and avoid divisional games whenever possible

 

[chickensoup]

I avoid teams that are probable division winners early, especially ones that are expected to go deep in the playoffs (packers/pats/texans). After that I usually go on Vegas odds. Towards the end of the year I want to use the best teams in their non division matchups

 

[xtreme11]

My 3 rules that have served me well:

1) Stay away from road teams

2) Stay away from division games

3) Early on try to avoid the "obvious" game that most of the pool is going to select. For 2 reasons. 1) If the obvious team loses, most of the pool will be eliminated. 2) If they win, you still have a good or top team to use later.

 

[SouthJersey]

stick with home teams and avoid divisional games whenever possible

Definitely agree with this.Also...don't try to out-think things early on. Taking a team in a coinflip type game (like taking Zona over Seattle wk 1) just so you can save the "good" teams for later in the season can often be a mistake because you never make it far enough to use those good teams you saved.I also try and avoid taking the biggest no-brainer type play of the week. If it seems like everyone is gonna be on that team, I'll go with a different pick. 1 week every year the most popular pick loses and wipes out 50+% of the people in the pool.

 

[swampdog]

Good advice in the previous comments. The hard part is when you get to the final 10-20% remaining. I usually have 3-4 teams that are good or are playing good left. And that is where your planning really comes in handy. I am not usually so afraid of weather later in the season. And lastly I follow the money. If you come down to two teams to choose from find out where the money is going, and that is my tie breaker.

 

[Twenty-Four Eighty-Four]

Thanks guys! It's my first time doing one and I just wanted to see if there were any tricks to it.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

stick with home teams and avoid divisional games whenever possible

Definitely agree with this.Also...don't try to out-think things early on. Taking a team in a coinflip type game (like taking Zona over Seattle wk 1) just so you can save the "good" teams for later in the season can often be a mistake because you never make it far enough to use those good teams you saved.I also try and avoid taking the biggest no-brainer type play of the week. If it seems like everyone is gonna be on that team, I'll go with a different pick. 1 week every year the most popular pick loses and wipes out 50+% of the people in the pool.

Every week there are at least 2 no-brainers, like you said go with the slightly less obvious.