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Originally Posted by Buffalo66
On twitter I asked Bales (who has written 2 DFS books and is a DK pro) if he could point me to any content about rostering a high priced hitter vs. your own SP and he told me there's nothing out there. This is a strategy Max used and crushed with it.
So paying $99/month for Bales service is not a good idea IMO.
Bales irks me. Nothing against him personally, I just think it's silly that he is considered a DFS authority. There's no way to know if he's even a profitable player, he just asked DK for some data and wrote about it. Since he's the only one to have done so, his books are THE books to read for DFS. And imo, a lot of what he presents leads DFS players in the wrong direction (though I haven't read his most recent book). I hate DFS advice that promotes lineup building formulas or rules, and that's what I think a lot of his work does.
"53.2% of winning cash game lineups pay up at 1B"
"5 man stacks give you the most upside, but 6 man stacks give you the highest floor"
(made up examples, but they reflect the type of data in his books)
People take this stuff as gospel and think they are improving their play but in reality are hindering their growth as players. A good DFS book should, imo, teach you how to think about DFS not, "give you the winning strategies."