OMG dude can't wait! I find NHL to be quite similar to MLB in terms of variance and lineup construction. The goalie aspect is very similar to the pitching aspect.



Amazing session last night, I just couldn't lose what a way to end the month.



Biggest hand of night was a bit scared one guy had a set



Vs Aggro




Table breaking





Can't believe i got called in two spots





Lineup wasn't to bad, but on a 14 game slate just not quite enough to win overall. Lost about 15$ as there were a lot of scores 50+. My anahiem picks let me down in spots that were really good.



I will post a monthly update later today as I'm in a rush to get rdy for work.

Babs

Quick update this morning, No poker last night and a small 3 game slate on DFS.

I lost on the night about $25 i picked the worst goalie on the slate which resulted in a subpar day. Stacked the kings and if I just took their goalie along with it I woulda had a nice day. Sometimes I still make lineup mistakes and yesterday I would consider my goalie pick one, had 3 good options and I think I picked the one in the riskiest spot being on the road.




Going to the Canucks game tonight so that'll be fun, it'll be another night likely of only DFS as I work up until the game.

Babs

Last night was a lot of fun, went to the Canucks game with the GF and her sister/BIL. Sitting in the nosebleeds but you get a pretty good view anywhere in the stadium.



We lost 4-1 but I got to see the bearded wonder score a goal which was pretty cool in itself

Normally i'm checking my phone sweating the games seeing how my lineup is doing but yesterday I wasn't. To my surprise I had a big day and took down all my contests including 1st place in my league match.



Rinne got the job done for me posting the only shutout on the night, and almost everyone else was finding the score sheet. There were so many good options yesterday that i ended up fading just because of space but I'm glad it worked out this time.


PLayed a couple hands of poker and there were actually some good hands to post but I'm running late for work so will include them when I post my next poker session. I'm also a little behind posing Jan results but I've just been busy, will post them tonight.


Babs

Those were my goals when I started the challenge for the month of Jan. I ended up playing 0 hour of live so that was a let down on its own.

Didn't play nearly 20k online hands:


Was profitable for the month at least but did run extremely good in flips, i think i'm currently on a 6 in a row heater.


I did meet my DFS goal of being profitable!




I think right now my biggest issue is consistency and volume, I have no trouble getting the DFS volume in but thats a lot easier then the others. If i'm ever going to get back to where I was in poker I'm going to have to up my volume significantly. Going to try the same poker goals of 15 hr live and 20k hands online.

Went boarding yesterday so there was no DFS or Poker, today I'm helping out my GF with her certification and getting my makup fully done so that should be interesting. She wanted to use a male and someone that has never wore makup before so that I would be able to ask lots of questions. I guess i'll do anything in the name of love.

Until next time,
Babs

Wow, very nice ROI man.

Your lineups have made me think of changing my approach and playing a little more cash lately in NHL.

Thanks man its been a good run! My lineup construction has recently changed with no more access to fantasylabs. Im a bit nervous tonight but trying to trust the process.

Currently at the casino waiting to get into a game. Came straight here from work. Looking to break old habits anf get some live play on. Canucks game started at four amd i got brob and dubs from clb. Wondering if next level kate swaps may be things im overlooking on nights like tonight

Yesterday went amazing! After getting down $100 bucks early on I began to run hotter then the sun. Ended up winning $1150 in 4 hours at 1/2!

Was trying to get the photo in here but it just isn't working today.... check it out on IG if you want babaloos15

This week I have been listening to quite a bit chicagojoey podcasts. I found his most recent ones to be rather interesting and have actually put my grind and challenges into a new perspective. He had some interesting guests on where he talked about his new book and about becoming a poker pro.

The thing that hit home most with me was when they would talk about having to focus focus focus. Poker needs to become the thing your constantly thinking about. They talked about making sacrifices and that is something that I have no been doing enough of in order to advance in poker. When i was winding down my year of playing only poker for income I really began to make sacrifices but it was the other way around. I would sacrifice poker in order to do other things. Maybe it was for DFS, spending time with friends, gaming, whatever it was it was taking away from my time that should have been spent on poker.

If I am going to continue to chase the dream and expect a good return I need to start putting in the work. Going to the casino was the first step in the right direction but I also really need to up my volume online as well. I may need to sacrifice some time spent with friends, maybe watch that one less movie, play that one less game if I am going to make this work out.


Babs

What was your thoughts on FL? I've been using it lately, mostly for PGA and I like it but thinking it might be over priced for what you get and the amount I play per week on PGA.

Kinda curious what it's like for MLB though.

I find FL to be quite useful, especially while I'm at the day job. While I'm at work I can't use Draftkings as its a blocked site and FL allows me to fool around with potential lineups and tinker more easily. I don't like the Roto optimizer at all because it is really just a easy model that takes the proj and builds the optimal and doesn't account for anything else. I am in total agreeance that the cost of FL is just to much to continue for me, I was using it for free on my friends dime before. I think if I could find 1 or 2 people that were willing to split the cost then it might be something I consider using again. I only used it for the last week of MLB last year and it was better then what I was using. I think this year though i will try using DerekCarty's The Bat as it's a one time cost of 75$ (the price will probably go up) the biggest benefit of these things isn't to make a good lineup its to pick 1-2 good players for you that fit into your core that you would have overlooked potentially. Also has all the data you need in one easy to use location.


This weekend has been a pretty good one, I have taken some time off from DFS the past few days just because I haven't had the time to dedicate to making lineups i'm happy with. Sometimes the break is good and I'm hoping to jump back in tomorrow when theres a nice juicy NHL Tuesday slate.

Saturday I played in a $200 bounty tournement at a local casino where I only had half of myself as my friend really wanted to have some action. I didn't mind as we all know the variance in tournments can be pretty big and it helps cut down on it. I actually felt like I played one of my best tournaments but could never get a stack going. I ended up finishing 15/76 never being above average stack and I also picked up 2 bounties to help cover some of the losses. Ended up getting knocked out the hand before the break. The hand before this one i shoved the SB vs a short stacked BB and he tanked for a good 2 mins before calling with a9o (he had 6 bigs) i don't know why he tanked so long but i had K9 and lost butting me down to 14 Bigs. The eliminating hand a guy who had about 18 bigs shoves as people are leaving for the break, imon the button with 66 and call it off. He shows A6o and rivers an A sending me to the rail.

I've been running pretty well online but was very shocked to see that i've played less then 2k hands this month. If i'm going to have any chance at hitting my goal of 20k I gotta start upping the volume!



going to start playing more tables at a time when I do play as the 1-2 tables i've been doing while I make posts or watch NHL isn't cutting it. The rest of the month will be Volume, Volume, Volume!


Babs

Agreed on it being very clutch when at work although oddly enough I can access DK at my job, might be a bad thing lol

I do like the multiple LU builder for PGA since I usually fire 15 LUs into the birdie per week and it makes getting my teams in much easier than trying to hand edit them Wednesday night. Also agreed on them helping to point you in the right direction on players you would overlook regularly. Kenny Britt for NFL earlier and Evander Kane/Gabriel Landeskog come to mind for NHL.

I thought about the BAT as well from Carty, if it’s only $75 then I’ll probably buy it this year and use it, although I’m not sure how much cash I will play per night in MLB.

Yeah FL might be a good thing to pick up for me this baseball season depending on how my roll is growing. I kind of wanted to dip my toes into making a few GPP lineups this season but I probably don't need labs for that.

I cannot wait for baseball season my season long league still looking for one more guy 25$ CDN. Draft will be on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday in March I believe

Made it back into the DFS ring last night and had a good score, managed to practically double my buyin. Thanks to a Laine hatty and a Murray SO.



I will continue to play Letang until his price rises, he is just way to under priced for the player he is and the line mates hes with. I was on Mcdavid most of the day but elected to go with Crosby as all the news around Vancoucer is that their team is so banged up. 33% of the goals scored this year are sitting out with injuries last night so felt that Crosby was gonna get #1000 although is price is starting to reach unpayable prices.

Not much poker played yesterday so no real hands to post, I'm starting to look for a place to stay for 2 weeks in June for the WSOP. Looking to go between 16th-30th and play in the $1500 monster stack tourney while there and of course many many cash games.

GL Alex! You should talk to Gary (GazzyB) from the C Biscuit group; he's making a house.

Thanks David! I have spoken with him already as we all stayed together when I was down there last year but I think hes looking for someone to take the month on and I only will be there for two weeks.




Sorry about missing the day prior I thought I posted and I guess I didn't and forgot. It was a losing day in dfs as I went heavy on philly and they just continue to slump even against the worst of teams.


Here is last nights lineup,


Considering how big of a score I got I didn't win as much as you would expect. only 25% ROI. Every player I considered all day seemed to have a big day, even the players that I didn't put in. I'm a little sad that I didn't have Letang as i've been on him ever since he came back as he is straight up underpriced as one of the best D men in the league. He finally had a 10 point night and thats the night I couldn't fit him into my lineup.


I went to play live after work again last night but the list was almost 2 hrs long so I dipped and ended up playing no poker . Will be trying to put in a lot of hands this weekend as I am far far away from reaching my goal of 20k hands online. I am currently at 12 hours live so one more session will get my to my live goal.

TGIF

Babs

Thanks for the invite man but I think I'll pass, I haven't done season long MLB in a while and think I'll focus on just daily for now.

Good LU last night, I was surprised you didn't have Letang. i really wanted Malkin but felt better about going 3 dmen.

Dont get me started lol ive been all over him since he cane back and expect his price to jump to 7k soon but i just couldnt get a lineup i liked fitting him in. I wasnt confident in mugent hopkins or the othet 4k ranged centres so i paid up but if i went letang and nugent i would of swept!

Last night was a lot rough when it came to DFS. I broke some of my rules that I had in place for these small slates and of course I'm sitting here the next day saying to myself that I created these rules for a reason. It's one of those things that I need to learn if I'm going to advance in and not get stuck. It's like in poker when you have a rule not to call a specific persons 4 bet and you do it anyway cuz your like i have AK lololol but you have the rule for a reason because you know they only do it with AA/KK

Short Slate rule list:
1) Play less then normal. - I broke this rule yesterday because of the flood of NBA guys coming over due to the all-star break, i should have just waited til today to up my exposure as 3 game slates are so high variance.
2) get exposure to most teams and not half my lineup on one team. I really screwed this one up. Obviously the chalk was Carolina yesterday but when the slate is so small it can give you a sure win if the chalk duds. I fell into the trap of having to fit as many as i could which made me take the one guy I really wanted out (sure enough he scores)
3) When a goalie is going to be chalk play the one with similar expectation - this one doesn't really play into yesterday as much because the slate kind of dictated the ward HAD to be the cash goalie but this is just a reminder for the smaller slates 4-6 games.



lost 30$ last night which wasn't the end of the world but starting to creep back to where i started at the beginning of the challenge. GOing to be playing pretty heavy today as the NBA degens are going to be here with the all-star break.

Yesterday was a break as my GF was off and works most of this weekend but back on the poker grind today, hoping to get some nice volume in and play some live tomorrow morning. Will post later today with some results from my poker session and possibly some results from my league grind.


Babs

Yeah man those are some good rules for short slates, I hate how recently and coming up it seems like there's mostly unbalanced slates. I try not to play much if at all on less than 4 games slates just because of the variance associated with it.

Tonights slate has been fun so far.

Last night was a great slate, i went extra hard due to the influx of fish that were there. I got into 3 10$ HU matches because so many people were playing yesterday and I saw these prime for the pickins.




Getting ready to go play live poker so going to keep this short, probably won't play much today as slate locks and I'm gonna be focues on poker.

Break even night in DFS yesterday which is a bit crappy considering I posted almost 40 points, unfortunately the two chalk Jets/Leafs lines just completely demolished and my goalie didn't win.



Had i played matthews over carter (same price) i would have crushed or if i played forsberg as I tried to fit him in at one point but just couldn't come up with one i like.

I'm leaving for the next couple of days right now as my sister is here from Ontario visiting and were heading to Whistler to go boarding. Plan to play some poker this weekend as its the big monthly 550$ tourney this weekend. I also need to put in more volume online as right now I am no where near my goal and on a little bit of a down swing it looks like.


as you can see my volume is abysmal at this point and i've made next to nothing. It is unlikely i get in 16k hands in the next week.

Soooo much has happened since my last post but I'm going to try and keep it relatively short as end of month results are due tonight!

As my sister was in town we went snowboarding last week up in Whistler and the conditions were just amazing. It was a beautiful sunny day and the temperature was completely tolerable. Some pics from up the mountain.

Half way down a run catching my breath


From the top of Whistler


Early morning slopes



I ended up playing about 10 hours of live this weekend as well and ran really terrible. Lost about 3 Buyins and close to 1k. I picked up on some weakness two times during the sessions and both times got called down by 3rd pair which i guess i shouldn't be surprised by. Another time a guy called
80$ pre with 43o and flopped 2p vs my TPTK

After a long break from DFS almost 6 days off I was excited to get back into the game today with a huge Tuesday slate. One problem though..... I forgot my phone at home while at work. I reserved 30$ worth of contests last night in anticipation of wanting to get as many h2h as possible with a holder lineup. Since my work blocks DK i wasn't able to make any changes! I don't want to jinx it but it is off to a decent start so maybe just maybe I can win some money.

As for online - I'm now up to 6 tabling and this is where I will plan to stay takes some getting used to but now i'm starting to handle it. As you will see tomorrow I am far away from my 20k hand target but plan to up the target for next month with every intention of buckling down and gettin er done!

Babs

Better late then never they always say.... here are Febs results.



Finished the month profitable in DFS... running at about 6% ROI so can't really complain. 40$ is better then a losing month i suppose.



Very disappointed in this graph, not because I ended down on the month but because of shear volume. It is pathetic to think that this kind of volume is going to show any kind of progress in my game. I set off at the beginning of March really focusing on upping my volume and this is just another reminder that i need to step it UP!

I played DFS tonight but will post that tomorrow I want to start getting back in the habit of making a post in the morning reflecting on the night before. I still haven't come up with how i want to present my poker hands. I'm thinking I might make a short 10 minute youtube video with highlights or something. Open to ideas, don't like taking the time every day to post a cpl hands but maybe thats best also.


Babs