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Here's my early "swing for the fences, big-name" lineup. Targets be damned Andre!! I will also try a few lineups with Vick/Maclin too. Andre Johnson will be needed this week against Green Bay, and does it get any better than Brady Quinn on the road in his first start of the year?

Matt Ryan

ATL v OAK (Pre-game)

Willis McGahee

DEN @ SD (Pre-game)

LeSean McCoy

PHI v DET (Pre-game)

Andre Johnson

HOU v GB (Pre-game)

Demaryius Thomas

DEN @ SD (Pre-game)

Larry Fitzgerald

ARI v BUF (Pre-game)

Jason Witten

DAL @ BAL (Pre-game)

Shayne Graham

HOU v GB (Pre-game)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TB v KC (Pre-game

 
'SYMPHONY X said:
Doesn't seem to be any set strategy for the big tourney's, but I have noticed that at least two of the contest winners seemed to load up on 3 or 4 players from a good offense with a good matchup. Last week it was Eli/Bradshaw/Cruz. A week ago it was Ryan/Turner/White/Gonzo.
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Cashing in one of those big tournaments takes a very different strategy from cashing in a 50/50. In a 50/50 you just need a reasonably high floor. You don't need to beat everyone, you just need to beat half the field. In a big tourney you need a high variance strategy to win. In a 2,000 person contest where you need to finish in the top 20 or so to really see good winnings, there's no value to coming in 50th place. You may as well be in 2,000th place. So you need a boom-or-bust strategy, because you're not penalized for the bust half of that equation. I don't play the big tourneys but if I did, I think I would definitely pair my QB with one or two of his best targets. I might avoid taking a kicker on the same team as my other skill guys (since if they're scoring TDs, he's kicking XPs and not FGs, though I could be wrong about the correlation there). I would obviously not take a defense that was facing any of my skill players. The point being, it's not just about picking the players that you think will score the most points, it's about specifically building a roster with a ceiling-maximizing strategy. It's certainly very different from what you want to do in a 50/50 contest. If you're putting together the same roster and submitting it to both big tourneys and 50/50s, you're throwing away money in one of them IMO.
 
'Ignoratio Elenchi said:
'SYMPHONY X said:
Doesn't seem to be any set strategy for the big tourney's, but I have noticed that at least two of the contest winners seemed to load up on 3 or 4 players from a good offense with a good matchup. Last week it was Eli/Bradshaw/Cruz. A week ago it was Ryan/Turner/White/Gonzo.
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Cashing in one of those big tournaments takes a very different strategy from cashing in a 50/50. In a 50/50 you just need a reasonably high floor. You don't need to beat everyone, you just need to beat half the field. In a big tourney you need a high variance strategy to win. In a 2,000 person contest where you need to finish in the top 20 or so to really see good winnings, there's no value to coming in 50th place. You may as well be in 2,000th place. So you need a boom-or-bust strategy, because you're not penalized for the bust half of that equation. I don't play the big tourneys but if I did, I think I would definitely pair my QB with one or two of his best targets. I might avoid taking a kicker on the same team as my other skill guys (since if they're scoring TDs, he's kicking XPs and not FGs, though I could be wrong about the correlation there). I would obviously not take a defense that was facing any of my skill players. The point being, it's not just about picking the players that you think will score the most points, it's about specifically building a roster with a ceiling-maximizing strategy. It's certainly very different from what you want to do in a 50/50 contest. If you're putting together the same roster and submitting it to both big tourneys and 50/50s, you're throwing away money in one of them IMO.
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Yes, very good point. I agree with pairing up your QB/WR, as I have seen it payoff for $700 twice for the people who employed that strategy. Of course they hit at every other position also! Ryan/White was HUGE for one guy, and Eli/Cruz for another. You definitely also seem to need to hit big-time on the RB value plays. Lynch seemed to be a good value play last week, but killed most people who rostered him in the big tourneys.In the 50/50's, it's definitely all about the floor. I try to roster a top QB, and fill in the RB/WR slots with high-usage, high-target guys, if possible.
 
'netmau5 said:
'dancingbones said:
'eaglezzz said:
'Ignoratio Elenchi said:
Hypothetical question: If you were going to play $100 worth of games each week, would you rather play one $100 game, or 100 $1 games?
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100 $1 games. Can play a mix of 50/50, tournaments, and 3 or 5 man leagues. One $100 game can only double your money or lose it all at once.
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This is what I've been doing. 1/3 in Thursday games (split between tourneys & 50/50s), 1/3 in 1 PM games (split between 100/250 tourneys & 50/50s), 1/3 in Sunday (split between tourneys & 50/50s).The decision I've been struggling with whether to diversify lineups or not. Last week I had a bunch of different lineups in, and then changed them all to the same lineup for each time slot - mainly because I wanted to root for a certain set of guys during each time slot. Having too many lineups seemed to take some of the enjoyment out of it.

However, if you pick a clunker, or if one of your guys goes down with an injury, it can tank all of your lineups. In that case, it is just like playing one big game instead of several small ones.

This week I'm going to try to scale down on the big tourneys, but I just can't seem to resist clicking that "enter" button!

This stuff is a bit too addicting for my own good.
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If you're playing in more than 10 leagues, then you should be playing different lineups. I fielded 16 unique rosters last week although I was dreamcrushed by RGIII since he was on 10 of them. There is going to be some overlap between rosters, but that's ok. You should consider the entire roster a unique entry even if it shares every player but one with another lineup.edit: 16 rosters on ~200 entries
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Pretty sure I had 38 unique rosters for 38 entries last week. Not bagging on Fan Duel, it's good fun, but I prefer the rosters at Draft Street and another salary cap site I funded last week. 2qbs start, flex players, NO KICKERS -- all of that appeals to me, so Fan Duel has become less interesting. I'm limiting it to 1 and 2 dollar entries at about 50 bucks a week. I don't think there's a duplicate score in the lot.

S4849438 10/07 NFL 10 player league (Expert) $55k 185.78(1 of 10) 10 player league $1 $4.50 View

S4847031 10/07 NFL 10 player league $60k 146.88(4 of 10) 10 player league $1 $0 View

S4846946 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 131.28(24 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4841315 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) (Sun Only) $60k 161.58(3 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4839585 10/07 NFL 3 player league $60k 119.36(2 of 3) 3 player league $2 $0 View

S4834834 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 145(9 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4816391 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($2) (Expert) $55k 144.28(8 of 50) 50 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4816363 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($2) $60k 169.30(1 of 50) 50 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4815305 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($2) $60k 127.46(35 of 50) 50 player league $2 $0 View

S4799624 10/04 NFL 10 player league $60k 135.50(2 of 10) 10 player league $1 $2.70 View

S4799499 10/04 NFL 10 player league $60k 167.70(1 of 10) 10 player league $1 $4.50 View

S4799226 10/04 NFL 10 player league (Expert) $55k 145.18(3 of 10) 10 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4798058 10/04 NFL 3 player league $60k 138.28(2 of 3) 3 player league $1 $0 View

S4797904 10/04 NFL 3 player league (Expert) $55k 136.66(1 of 3) 3 player league $1 $2.70 View

S4796871 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 146(8 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4796257 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k (1 of 8) 50 player league $1 $0 View

S4795303 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($1) (Expert) $55k (1 of 19) 50 player league $1 $0 View

S4794749 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 100.54(49 of 50) 50 player league $1 $0 View

S4792157 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 134.02(21 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4785426 10/07 Friends Of FanDuel $500 NFL Free Contest $60k 129.86(191 of 419) Tournament Free $0 View

S4784879 10/07 NFL 10 player league (Expert) $55k 153.38(1 of 10) 10 player league $2 $9 View

S4781844 10/07 NFL 3 player league $60k 133.86(1 of 3) 3 player league $1 $2.70 View

S4781482 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($2) $60k 170.60(4 of 50) 50 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4773562 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 146.90(11 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4770890 10/07 NFL 10 player league $60k 122.30(4 of 10) 10 player league $1 $0 View

S4769452 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 167.90(2 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4757957 10/07 NFL 3 player league $60k 153.90(1 of 3) 3 player league $2 $5.40 View

S4757770 10/07 NFL 10 player league $60k 138.80(3 of 10) 10 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4757484 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($2) $60k 151.58(7 of 50) 50 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4754578 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) (Expert) $55k 164.68(5 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4754486 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($2) (Expert) $55k 137.96(11 of 50) 50 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4751876 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 132.18(23 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4743382 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 162.60(7 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4743173 10/07 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 158.70(4 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View

S4737059 10/07 NFL 10 player league (Expert) $55k 130.46(3 of 10) 10 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4736618 10/07 $2500 Sun NFL Dive #2 $60k 148.58(431 of 2790) Tournament $1 $0 View

S4736269 10/07 $2500 Sun NFL Dive #1 $60k 137.52(869 of 2790) Tournament $1 $0 View

S4735889 10/04 $2500 Thu NFL Dive $60k 127.82(1102 of 2790) Tournament $1 $0 View

S4714810 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($2) (Expert) $55k 142.78(4 of 50) 50 player league $2 $3.60 View

S4712322 10/04 NFL 50/50 League ($1) $60k 128.12(22 of 50) 50 player league $1 $1.80 View
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It felt like I was red hot yet $47 only turned into $80 with such a conservative approach. I bolded the top and bottom lineups, kind of funny finishing 49th out of 50. Something I experimented with successfully was avoiding the temptation to use the entire cap once I liked a roster. There's teams in that quote 500-1100 below cap and winning. Several times I would notice that I could turn 6400 BMarshall into 6900 JNelson if I wanted and I decided not to last week, when in other weeks I probably would have. In a sense the values are a little meaningless. At Draft Street Ryan and Gonzo are the most expensive at their positions this week, but not at Fan Duel. Point is -- manipulating to spend every cent at one site would leave a few bucks at another, so as long as I am under the cap, I only care about projected points and happily leave $$ available.
 
'netmau5 said:
'dancingbones said:
'eaglezzz said:
'Ignoratio Elenchi said:
Hypothetical question: If you were going to play $100 worth of games each week, would you rather play one $100 game, or 100 $1 games?
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100 $1 games. Can play a mix of 50/50, tournaments, and 3 or 5 man leagues. One $100 game can only double your money or lose it all at once.
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This is what I've been doing. 1/3 in Thursday games (split between tourneys & 50/50s), 1/3 in 1 PM games (split between 100/250 tourneys & 50/50s), 1/3 in Sunday (split between tourneys & 50/50s).The decision I've been struggling with whether to diversify lineups or not. Last week I had a bunch of different lineups in, and then changed them all to the same lineup for each time slot - mainly because I wanted to root for a certain set of guys during each time slot. Having too many lineups seemed to take some of the enjoyment out of it. However, if you pick a clunker, or if one of your guys goes down with an injury, it can tank all of your lineups. In that case, it is just like playing one big game instead of several small ones. This week I'm going to try to scale down on the big tourneys, but I just can't seem to resist clicking that "enter" button!This stuff is a bit too addicting for my own good.
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If you're playing in more than 10 leagues, then you should be playing different lineups. I fielded 16 unique rosters last week although I was dreamcrushed by RGIII since he was on 10 of them. There is going to be some overlap between rosters, but that's ok. You should consider the entire roster a unique entry even if it shares every player but one with another lineup.edit: 16 rosters on ~200 entries
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Good idea, I'm gonna give the multiple lineups a shot this week. Otherwise I'd be better off just plunking all my $$ down in one contest.
 
Just submitted this lineup in a $55K

QB Ben Roethlisberger $7700

RB Frank Gore $7400

RB Vick Ballard $4500

WR Larry Fitzgerald $7600

WR Demaryius Thomas $6800

WR Pierre Garcon $5200

TE Brent Celek $5400

K David Akers $5200

D Tampa Bay Buccaneers $5000

 
I have Witten @ $5200 in 8 of 11 games. He appeared to be as good as ever last week...13 catches and not so much as a bobble on any of them...

 
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.

As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.

 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
 
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
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It's not the same payout. If you make top 3 out of 50 you get average of 180% payout but otherwise you have a 50/50 shot of getting your money back. Head to head you have a 50% chance of getting 180% your entry. There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
 
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'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
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It's not the same payout. If you make top 3 out of 50 you get average of 180% payout but otherwise you have a 50/50 shot of getting your money back. Head to head you have a 50% chance of getting 180% your entry. There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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You need to look at the payouts of the 50/50 again. Top 25 get $1.80 for $1. Bottom 25 get $0. Same as HTH. Fanduel takes their 10% & pays the rest out.
 
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
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It's not the same payout. If you make top 3 out of 50 you get average of 180% payout but otherwise you have a 50/50 shot of getting your money back. Head to head you have a 50% chance of getting 180% your entry. There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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You need to look at the payouts of the 50/50 again. Top 25 get $1.80 for $1. Bottom 25 get $0. Same as HTH. Fanduel takes their 10% & pays the rest out.
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For 1 buck first place gets you 3.60, second place 2.80 and 3rd place gets you 1.80. The next 22 gets their entry back. Unless I'm just going nuts. If I'm wrong I'd love to get in on this.
 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
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It's not the same payout. If you make top 3 out of 50 you get average of 180% payout but otherwise you have a 50/50 shot of getting your money back. Head to head you have a 50% chance of getting 180% your entry. There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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Yeah its called they like getting paid more than 1.8x their buy in...What you are describing doesnt exist.Headsup and 50/50 both pay out the same amount, 1.8x your buyin. The difference being the variance for a heads up is much higher than the variance of a 50/50.I wouldnt say its a craze, cause if you wanna make money it makes a lot more sense to play in different formats, but it certainly is easy money.
 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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My humble 1 and 2 dollar 50/50s last week had Condia in 17 of them (I pwned him as usual). The cheap 50 50s are loaded with Fan Duel's top money winners. Hell, they usually are among the first 10-15 to take a spot. Also read my results in the big quote carefully. I have $1 50/50 contest winners that placed #1 out of 50 and 24th out of 50. Both paid $1.80.eta: I also won that ten teamer we were in together last week. :boxing:
 
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'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
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It's not the same payout. If you make top 3 out of 50 you get average of 180% payout but otherwise you have a 50/50 shot of getting your money back. Head to head you have a 50% chance of getting 180% your entry. There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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You need to look at the payouts of the 50/50 again. Top 25 get $1.80 for $1. Bottom 25 get $0. Same as HTH. Fanduel takes their 10% & pays the rest out.
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For 1 buck first place gets you 3.60, second place 2.80 and 3rd place gets you 1.80. The next 22 gets their entry back. Unless I'm just going nuts. If I'm wrong I'd love to get in on this.
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I've never seen this. Can you post a screenshot?All the 50/50s are just that - top half win 1.8x buyin, bottom half get 0.
 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'dancingbones said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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Same payout as HTH, larger margin of error.
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It's not the same payout. If you make top 3 out of 50 you get average of 180% payout but otherwise you have a 50/50 shot of getting your money back. Head to head you have a 50% chance of getting 180% your entry. There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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You need to look at the payouts of the 50/50 again. Top 25 get $1.80 for $1. Bottom 25 get $0. Same as HTH. Fanduel takes their 10% & pays the rest out.
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For 1 buck first place gets you 3.60, second place 2.80 and 3rd place gets you 1.80. The next 22 gets their entry back. Unless I'm just going nuts. If I'm wrong I'd love to get in on this.
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That's a 10 man tourney, top 3 pay out. Smallest 50/50s I've seen are 20 people. Most are 50 people.You may need to set your home page to show 21+ size leagues.
 
Here's the 1st 16 in a $1 50/50 filling up, atm.

NFL 50/50 League ($1) Entries

1.ebreed4444

2.jkimz

3.westcoastoffenders

4.condia

5.danielray710

6. me

7.coach_ja

8.nohitter48

9.mbomb44

10.byebyetimmytebow

11.angrygorilla

12.palamalu

13.arock17

14.tidel_town

15.allgreeneverything

16.sp72sp

The three in bold are top ten money winners at Fan Duel, and two of them are top two (Condia and sp72sp).

For grins let's get as many FBGs in there as we can. JOIN

 
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Here's the 1st 16 in a $1 50/50 filling up, atm.

NFL 50/50 League ($1) Entries

1.ebreed4444

2.jkimz

3.westcoastoffenders

4.condia

5.danielray710

6. me

7.coach_ja

8.nohitter48

9.mbomb44

10.byebyetimmytebow

11.angrygorilla

12.palamalu

13.arock17

14.tidel_town

15.allgreeneverything

16.sp72sp

The three in bold are top ten money winners at Fan Duel, and two of them are top two (Condia and sp72sp).

For grins let's get as many FBGs in there as we can. JOIN
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I'll join ya. I've been doing $5 50/50s with mixed results, I guess the thinking is $1 probably have a few more guppies since they only see it as a $1. I also guess it gives you a better chance to diversify at something like 50 $1 as opposed to 10 $5.
 
Condia is an absolute monster... he won another FREEROLL(out of 2000 people) I was in this weekend... hes on every single site... haunting me

 
'SYMPHONY X said:
'wiscstlatlmia said:
Draftstreet week 6:http://fantasy-footballu.com/draftstreet/?SSScrollPosition=38
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I don't like Stafford at all this week. On the road against Philly. Not a great matchup. Seems like many better choices out there for QB this week. Also don't like Calvin, but if they try to cover him one-on-one, he could have a rather nice day, assuming Stafford is not on laying on his back.
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I agree, the match up isn't good, but I feel as though coming out of this bye the Lions will be playing with a sense of urgency. On paper it looks bad, I just believe in Staffords ability to turn the Lions season around. I think this is the Lions season on the line, and I think they know it.If they do end up losing on sunday, I don't think I will confidently start any Lions from here on out.
 
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'Chaos Commish said:
Here's the 1st 16 in a $1 50/50 filling up, atm.

NFL 50/50 League ($1) Entries

1.ebreed4444

2.jkimz

3.westcoastoffenders

4.condia

5.danielray710

6. me

7.coach_ja

8.nohitter48

9.mbomb44

10.byebyetimmytebow

11.angrygorilla

12.palamalu

13.arock17

14.tidel_town

15.allgreeneverything

16.sp72sp

The three in bold are top ten money winners at Fan Duel, and two of them are top two (Condia and sp72sp).

For grins let's get as many FBGs in there as we can. JOIN
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I'll join ya. I've been doing $5 50/50s with mixed results, I guess the thinking is $1 probably have a few more guppies since they only see it as a $1. I also guess it gives you a better chance to diversify at something like 50 $1 as opposed to 10 $5.
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I joined this one also.
 
'Chaos Commish said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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My humble 1 and 2 dollar 50/50s last week had Condia in 17 of them (I pwned him as usual). The cheap 50 50s are loaded with Fan Duel's top money winners. Hell, they usually are among the first 10-15 to take a spot. Also read my results in the big quote carefully. I have $1 50/50 contest winners that placed #1 out of 50 and 24th out of 50. Both paid $1.80.eta: I also won that ten teamer we were in together last week. :boxing:
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Gotcha. I just joined a few 50/50's to try my hand.yeah, man I'm glad you won that week. I ended up losing hundreds. Just about every player i had ate off a toilet bowl. I'm pretty gunshy now.
 
'Chaos Commish said:
Here's the 1st 16 in a $1 50/50 filling up, atm.

NFL 50/50 League ($1) Entries

1.ebreed4444

2.jkimz

3.westcoastoffenders

4.condia

5.danielray710

6. me

7.coach_ja

8.nohitter48

9.mbomb44

10.byebyetimmytebow

11.angrygorilla

12.palamalu

13.arock17

14.tidel_town

15.allgreeneverything

16.sp72sp

The three in bold are top ten money winners at Fan Duel, and two of them are top two (Condia and sp72sp).

For grins let's get as many FBGs in there as we can. JOIN
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I joined. I'm eager to see your teams.
 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'Chaos Commish said:
Here's the 1st 16 in a $1 50/50 filling up, atm.

NFL 50/50 League ($1) Entries

1.ebreed4444

2.jkimz

3.westcoastoffenders

4.condia

5.danielray710

6. me

7.coach_ja

8.nohitter48

9.mbomb44

10.byebyetimmytebow

11.angrygorilla

12.palamalu

13.arock17

14.tidel_town

15.allgreeneverything

16.sp72sp

The three in bold are top ten money winners at Fan Duel, and two of them are top two (Condia and sp72sp).

For grins let's get as many FBGs in there as we can. JOIN
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I joined. I'm eager to see your teams.
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I'm in.
 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
'Chaos Commish said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
There is a reason why the top players never enter 50/50's.
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My humble 1 and 2 dollar 50/50s last week had Condia in 17 of them (I pwned him as usual). The cheap 50 50s are loaded with Fan Duel's top money winners. Hell, they usually are among the first 10-15 to take a spot. Also read my results in the big quote carefully. I have $1 50/50 contest winners that placed #1 out of 50 and 24th out of 50. Both paid $1.80.eta: I also won that ten teamer we were in together last week. :boxing:
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Gotcha. I just joined a few 50/50's to try my hand.yeah, man I'm glad you won that week. I ended up losing hundreds. Just about every player i had ate off a toilet bowl. I'm pretty gunshy now.
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I lost a couple hundred at Draft Street in week 4 and it made me determined to figure this out a little better. Up until last week, I've been playing half-hearted without direction or strategy. I pm'd emge for some thoughts and what came out of it was the 38 contest approach I quoted earlier. I'm doing the same at Draft Street with more at stake and more 10 and 20 team leagues. I won a free roll at Draft Day and funded an account at Fantasy Fued that almost doubled in a week. I was hot last week but have no delusions about dominating these things. I spent some time looking at every roster in several large leagues and there's very few dopes doing this. I beat Condia in a $22 20 teamer last week holding off Chaz Schilens on MNF. Who starts Schilens!!? Condia does (draftstreet flex). Anyway, the worst week I had in two years was followed by the best week I've had, so who knows?
 
20 man $25 50/50. Standard.

Peyton Manning

Trent Richardson

Darren McFadden

Demaryious Thomas

Andre Roberts

Michael Crabtree

Tony Gonzalez

Justin Tucker

Tampa Bay

Think this can win? Haven't submitted anything yet, but this is the best I have come up with. This is my 4th week trying this. Got slaughtered first 2 weeks, hit last week. I don't know. Trying to play matchups and rankings and tie QBs with WRs but there is a strategy to this and I haven't figured it out.

 
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'Carver said:
psst... Dustin Keller. :ph34r:

Only tip im throwing down in the thread this week.
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There he is. You still on a roll, big money?Keller is in my rotation for now, but for 4700 I like Tamme better. Colts D was sure fired up for the Packers.

Also for grins and to get a piece of Carver, I've set up League FBG. It's private except for this post. Open to the first 19 to take a spot (20 team max for private leagues). It's $2 winner take all. So someone here gets 36 of our dollars. If we can't get 20 you get your two bucks back.

Can we get 20?

 
'Chaos Commish said:
'Carver said:
psst... Dustin Keller. :ph34r:

Only tip im throwing down in the thread this week.
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There he is. You still on a roll, big money?Keller is in my rotation for now, but for 4700 I like Tamme better. Colts D was sure fired up for the Packers.

Also for grins and to get a piece of Carver, I've set up League FBG. It's private except for this post. Open to the first 19 to take a spot (20 team max for private leagues). It's $2 winner take all. So someone here gets 36 of our dollars. If we can't get 20 you get your two bucks back.

Can we get 20?
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'Chaos Commish said:
'Carver said:
psst... Dustin Keller. :ph34r:

Only tip im throwing down in the thread this week.
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There he is. You still on a roll, big money?Keller is in my rotation for now, but for 4700 I like Tamme better. Colts D was sure fired up for the Packers.

Also for grins and to get a piece of Carver, I've set up League FBG. It's private except for this post. Open to the first 19 to take a spot (20 team max for private leagues). It's $2 winner take all. So someone here gets 36 of our dollars. If we can't get 20 you get your two bucks back.

Can we get 20?
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In. Tough week, especially w/o the Thursday game.
 
i screwed up last week should have had Ahmad Bradshaw in there instead of peterson.

http://www.fanduel.com/entry/VGSSLW

so far after many tweaks & changes this is my 55k line up

QB Matt RyanOAK@ATL$9,000

RB Vick BallardIND@NYJ$4,500

RB Michael TurnerOAK@ATL$7,200

WR Jeremy MaclinDET@PHI$5,900

WR Demaryius ThomasDEN@SD$6,800

WR Malcom FloydDEN@SD$5,900

TE Jason WittenDAL@BAL$5,200

K Lawrence TynesNYG@SF$5,500

D Arizona CardinalsBUF@ARI$5,000

 
'Chaos Commish said:
'Carver said:
psst... Dustin Keller. :ph34r:

Only tip im throwing down in the thread this week.
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There he is. You still on a roll, big money?Keller is in my rotation for now, but for 4700 I like Tamme better. Colts D was sure fired up for the Packers.

Also for grins and to get a piece of Carver, I've set up League FBG. It's private except for this post. Open to the first 19 to take a spot (20 team max for private leagues). It's $2 winner take all. So someone here gets 36 of our dollars. If we can't get 20 you get your two bucks back.

Can we get 20?
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Great idea - only 11 spots left! :boxing:

 
No love for NE DEF @ $5K? They managed to get 3 turnovers against DEN last week, and Russell Wilson may need to try and put up more yds than his average to win, even if the defense keeps them close.

 
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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50/50's are really not that difficult to understand. The bottom half (26-50) pay the top half (1-25) after the house (Fanduel) takes 10%. So for a $1 entry the top half is making $1.80 from what I understand.
 
'JHuber77 said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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50/50's are really not that difficult to understand. The bottom half (26-50) pay the top half (1-25) after the house (Fanduel) takes 10%. So for a $1 entry the top half is making $1.80 from what I understand.
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This is correct. Not sure what ROFLCOPTERS was referring to, but the payour structure he described can't possibly exist, it makes no sense.
 
'Ignoratio Elenchi said:
'JHuber77 said:
'Team ROFLCOPTERS said:
Can somone explain the 50/50 craze? I mean 25 people get paid. 22 Of which get their money back. If you did a head to head (which is the same odds of getting your money back in a 50/50) you get an additional 40% payout. Plus you don't get a win.As an example if you put 1 dollar on a 50/50 and place in the top 25 out of 50 you get 1 dollar. Wash. If you get a win in a head to head you get $1.80 on your one dollar entry. I just don't understand.
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50/50's are really not that difficult to understand. The bottom half (26-50) pay the top half (1-25) after the house (Fanduel) takes 10%. So for a $1 entry the top half is making $1.80 from what I understand.
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This is correct. Not sure what ROFLCOPTERS was referring to, but the payour structure he described can't possibly exist, it makes no sense.
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Well the payout he described was for a ten team league and I know we were in one together, so I think he just confused "that payout" with the three listed payouts on a 50/50 before you click "view all" and see half the league wins the same amount. Something like that anyway.Looks like we'll easily fill a private 20 teamer. :thumbup: I think I'm going with the all MNF team for a thrilling come from behind win. :banned:
 
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