2012 Daily FBB Thread (Draft Day, Draft Street Etc)

[UCBananaboy]

Originally Posted by phillydilly

44.45 score is off draft street. I only have like $5 on draftday, so mostly i'm playing $5 and $11 leagues on draftstreet.

This kind of leads me to another question, the mendoza line games on draft day. I assumed by the name that this should be a fairly easy game a lot of people win, but the one i did play, only 14 people broke 45 points out of 161 entered. This really surprised me. Is this supposed to be super top heavy, or more along the lines of a 50/50 league.

Same model as the Hit It & Split It leagues in NBA (250 point threshold).

On a given night, anywhere from 3-15% of players can cash.

Part of the fun is that you could either double-up or end up shipping a decent clip if you are the lone one to surpass the benchmark.

[phillydilly]

yeah so tried the mendoza line again and got smoked. This one had 80 some players and 9 hit. So it sounds like your 3-15% players cashed is correct.

I'm fairing pretty well on the Draft Day double ups, but my model just fails badly for the mendoza line games.

[Detective McNulty]

Won the Cheap Seats yesterday on DraftDay with a score of 57

Going to try the Mendoza tonight.

Going with:
SP Tommy Hanson
SP Duffy (choosing him at $2,500 lets me absolutely load up on offense)
C McCann
1B AGon
2B Cano
3B Beltre
SS Andrus
OF Braun
OF Hamilton
OF Granderson
DH J Upton

I have noticed SP are fairly overpriced. You need a pitcher to pitch an absolute gem to get 8-10 pts.

[Detective McNulty]

Well Danny Duffy at $2,500 was sick sick value but nobody on my team hit a HR which makes it pretty impossible to have a big night.

[Biesterfield]

LOL @ the picture for Alex Rodriguez

[Green Plastic]

Originally Posted by phillydilly

yeah so tried the mendoza line again and got smoked. This one had 80 some players and 9 hit. So it sounds like your 3-15% players cashed is correct.

I'm fairing pretty well on the Draft Day double ups, but my model just fails badly for the mendoza line games.

You definitely have to take a different lineup approach in a double up game vs a game where you need a big score. It does make for interesting planning, strategically, particularly in sports where players on the same team have performance that can be correlated.

[Green Plastic]

Question for people in the thread:

Do you enjoy big field games? In poker, people love huge field tourneys with the chance for the big score. Do you feel the same way about fantasy sports games?

We're offering a $10, $25,000 game this weekend but I haven't heard that much buzz about it in the industry or on the forums. I'm a bit surprised about that, as in the past our games for NBA and NFL in this format were really buzzed about.

[phillydilly]

Hey GP,
re: big games
I personally dont like them. i am doing much better in the double ups than in the big field games. My strat just doesn't seem to get it done in those games. In my opinion, the variance in MLB is pretty high, which makes winning the big games pretty tough.
That being said, I may play in the 25k game you are referring to. Also, I'd be much much more likely to play a big field game in a weekly contest compared to a daily, as I'm assuming the weekly variance will be well below the daily.

[phillydilly]

also, new mendoza strat for today

Spoiler:

tigers

Spoiler:

all of them

in other news, when does miggy get 3B eligibility?

[TomG]

I joined DraftStreet based on the recommendation of a friend and played a few small stakes MLB tourneys. It's gambling but it's definitely a game of skill. The competition overall seems quite competent. There isn't much dead money from what I've seen. Maybe it's because there is no limit on the number of games someone can enter so the best players load up? That combined with the rake seems like the games are tough to beat.

[phillydilly]

Shaping up to be a rough day today...

Switching up my formula slightly to account for actual performance, not just zips projections. see how it works over the next week or so, think it should do well.

re competition level: i think the competition is tough but beatable. I think double or nothings is where its at. Trying to place in the top 25%-33% is extremely difficult and in my opinion, luck based. With double or nothing, you know a point range you need to hit, and do your best to get there.
Also, and i'm not shilling for draft day here, but draft street strategy is quite complicated in comparison to draft day. Both have same budgets, but draft day you have 3 less players, you also dont have the RP dice roll or the 2 or 3 SP questions you do at draft day. Its a lot easier to stumble on to the optimum line up i feel with draft day as opposed to draft street.

[TomG]

Originally Posted by phillydilly

Also, and i'm not shilling for draft day here, but draft street strategy is quite complicated in comparison to draft day. Both have same budgets, but draft day you have 3 less players, you also dont have the RP dice roll or the 2 or 3 SP questions you do at draft day. Its a lot easier to stumble on to the optimum line up i feel with draft day as opposed to draft street.

That's a bad thing, not a good thing. You want formats that reward skill as much as possible. I understand there is debate with respect to including RPs, but going 2 or 3 SPs is a big strategic decision. Simpler formats mean you're just flipping coins with a high vig.

[DLD31480]

Originally Posted by Green Plastic

Question for people in the thread:

Do you enjoy big field games? In poker, people love huge field tourneys with the chance for the big score. Do you feel the same way about fantasy sports games?

We're offering a $10, $25,000 game this weekend but I haven't heard that much buzz about it in the industry or on the forums. I'm a bit surprised about that, as in the past our games for NBA and NFL in this format were really buzzed about.

I know this is a really small sample size. I have played in the $1 MLB tourny on FanDuel 6 times and have yet to cash. I have a 13-6 record in the 50/50s. So I am leaning towards not liking the big field games. As always though I could bink one and be up $200.

Once again I know the sample size is a joke.

[phillydilly]

Originally Posted by TomG

That's a bad thing, not a good thing. You want formats that reward skill as much as possible. I understand there is debate with respect to including RPs, but going 2 or 3 SPs is a big strategic decision. Simpler formats mean you're just flipping coins with a high vig.

no i agree with you, i guess i feel draft day has an easier learning curve would have been a better way to put it.

[Biesterfield]

So what is in the optimal strategy for overlays that allow multiple entries? You obv want to get in, but each additional entry decreases the overlay itself.