Ep 25 – DFS Expert “RotoHobo” Ryan Hodge – His journey to success, lineup advice, & balancing DFS with work and family

Ep 25 – DFS Expert “RotoHobo” Ryan Hodge – His journey to success, lineup advice, & balancing DFS with work and family

Ryan “RotoHobo” Hodge has been playing DFS since the early days. He quickly gravitated to wanting to teach DFS and started his own content site. He has grown successful with his own model as the industry has grown and is now involved in more content ventures at 4for4 and DFSPowerHour. He finds a way to balance a successful DFS hobby with his full time job, wife, and kids.  Listen in to meet a fellow player in the Daily Fantasy Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

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IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

    • Ryan’s roots and favorite burrito spot in SoCal
    • How Ryan started in DFS
    • How Ryan got into content providing so early
    • His friendship with Mike Leone and how it got him started
    • How Ryan finds time to do DFS with a full time job, wife and 3 kids
    • How to stop tinkering lineups
    • Lessons learned early
    • Game selection and how it’s important
    • DFS Podcasts he listens to
    • Expounding on his process article on 4for4
    • How he uses Football Outsiders metrics
    • Player Props for Vegas and how to use them
    • Advice on how to play $50 bankroll on DraftKings
    • Strategy for 3 max and 20 max tournaments
    • Using his cash game lineup to build tournament lineups
    • Who he uses for ownership projections
    • How he breaks up his $5,000 weekend bankroll
    • How he uses FantasyLabs
    • Listener question from Colorado Springs
    • His experience at the DraftKings King of the Beach live final
    • What he would change about DFS
    • Rapid fire questions
    • Good life advice

LINKS MENTIONED:

Ryan’s process article on 4for4 – https://www.4for4.com/fantasy-football/my-daily-fantasy-sports-process

Perfect Lineup Movie:  http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Ryan on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ryanhodge

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Ep 24 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Week 1 Milly Maker analysis and how Scott “Escot4” re-evaluates his lineups

Ep 24 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Week 1 Milly Maker analysis and how Scott “Escot4” re-evaluates his lineups

Scott “Escot4” Hanson joins Jason for another NFL season as they break down tournament results and strategy. NFL Week 1 had some bumps to learn from and Scott gives some good tips on how to look back at your lineups to see if you made good choices. Listen in to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction and to gain some insight into how to build lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

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IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Scott’s experience at the Super Bowl
  • Handling tough weeks
  • Breaking down the Milly Maker winning lineup
  • Talking about the chalk for the week
  • Ownership % Strategy
  • Top 50 lineups and ownership %
  • A metric (not fantasy points!) to use in evaluating players in your lineups
  • Projecting % chance for success
  • WR tier that might fail you often
  • Scott’s approach to QB usage
  • Projecting bust plays
  • Scott’s max exposure on players

LINKS MENTIONED IN SHOW:

Millionaire Winner “bearsfan247” Lineup: week1_draftkings_millymaker_winninglineup

DraftKings Perfect Lineup: nfl_week1_perfectLineup_draftkings.jpg

BearsFan247 Ownership vs Field: Winner_vs_Field_breakdown.pdf

Top 50 Ownership vs Field: Top50_vs_Field_breakdown.pdf

 

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Ep 22 – DFS Pro “BobbyFi” – Building tournament winning lineups, MLB strategy, and a lifetime of traveling the world

Ep 22 – DFS Pro “BobbyFi” – Building tournament winning lineups, MLB strategy, and a lifetime of traveling the world

Bobby Firestone (aka BobbyFi) pursued Daily Fantasy from the beginning as a career and now he makes a living taking down GPPs. He talks tournament strategy, game theory, and shares how he evaluates players. He gives tons of DFS insight and MLB advice. He also talks about how he grew up as a world traveller and shares some great thoughts about fears, fasting and family. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the Daily Fantasy Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

    • How Bobby grew up traveling
    • Game theory in DFS
    • Breaking down Perfect Lineups
    • Evaluating MLB Pitchers
    • Importance of pitch counts
    • Lineup construction
    • MLB, NBA, NFL advice
    • How to spend salary
    • His favorite websites
    • His trusted DFS reads and podcasts
    • Relief pitching and winning GPPs
    • Gut based lineups
    • Having confidence
    • Building lineups from $5 entry fees to $1,500
    • How he got into DFS
    • Having confidence in DFS
    • The future of DFS internationally
    • Creating own projection system
    • Stats he likes to lean on
    • Trusting (or not) your research
    • Insightful tie-breaker strategy in your lineups
    • Fears and getting wiser
    • Tinder and long term relationships
    • Regrets and Best life advice
  • and the 5 RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS to end the show with some insight, fun, and laughs about strange phobias, biggest regrets, and best life advice.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie:  http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Bobby on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BobbyFi

Check out example of Bobby advice on Rotogrinders: https://rotogrinders.com/live/daily-fantasy-cycle-thursday-may-11th-1909286

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Ep 14 – Millionaire Winner “jrveurink” Interview – How a microstakes DFS player won big

Ep 14 – Millionaire Winner “jrveurink” Interview – How a microstakes DFS player won big

Hear Millionaire Winner Josh “jrveurink” Veurink talk about his big win, how he plays Daily Fantasy on a small scale, and how he developed his strategy while having a full time job. Josh shares how his exciting sweat unfolded the night he won, the podcasts and articles he trusts, and how many lineups he builds each weekend.  Listen in to meet a fellow player in the Daily Fantasy Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Josh’s Week 17 NFL Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JVeurink_WinningLineup.png

All 5 of Josh’s Week 17 Milly Maker Lineups:  https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JVeurink_5_millymakerLIneups.png

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Josh’s background and day job
  • His family’s reaction to the big win
  • How he and his wife handle DFS in their life
  • How Josh sweated the big win
  • Why Josh was on Geronimo Allison at 0.4% owned
  • Josh’s weekly process for NFL
  • Podcasts and articles Josh trusts
  • Josh’s normal lineups and bankroll each weekend
  • How Josh built his winning lineup
  • What Josh will do with the money
  • Josh’s reaction to the DFS community support

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie:  http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Josh on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jv2929

Josh’s video of his winning moment on twitter: https://twitter.com/JV2929/status/815817530006708224

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Ep 13 – Scott Hanson wins another $2,000,000!! – His strategy, sweat, and historic win in Daily Fantasy.

Ep 13 – Scott Hanson wins another $2,000,000!! – His strategy, sweat, and historic win in Daily Fantasy.

Hear our own Scott Hanson talk about his historic 2nd Fantasy Football Championship win at the DraftKings 2016 live final!! Listen in on what it is like to win a 2nd $2,000,000 playing DFS. Hear how he decided on his players, the sweat he had, and strategy he has implemented this year that he didn’t use in previous years. Hear what sites he uses in his process and gain some insight on how this now LEGEND in Daily Fantasy plays the game. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the DFS Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Scott’s $2,000,000 DraftKings Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Scott_1stPlaceLineup.png

Scott’s 125th place lineup:https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Scotts125thLineup.png
Scott’s 150th place lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Scotts150thLineup.png

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • How a Goff TD saved the win for Scott
  • How Scott’s strategy was different for this year’s Qualifiers that helped achieve 3 seats in the live final
  • How Scott built his 3 lineups
  • The difference process for a live final week than a regular week of DFS
  • How Scott uses ProFootball Focus stats in building his lineups
  • How Scott buys into Jonathan Bales idea of “Anti-Fragile” lineups
  • Scott’s structured approach to lineup building
  • Using Rotogrinders Chris Gimino’s ownership percentages
  • Profiling WRs vs Defenses
  • Using Yahoo for analyzing matchups
  • A discount code for watching Perfect Lineup
  • How it felt to win $2Million the second time around
  • How Scott dealt with a big losing weekend this year
  • Themes to his live final lineups
  • How Scott and his wife celebrated their big win in NYC

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie:  http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com

Scott’s ProFootball Focus instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxnGJdHHYE
DraftKings video awarding top 3 winners on periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1ZkKzqPawBZxv
Anti-fragility lesson from Jonathan Bales: https://rotogrinders.com/lessons/the-finale-an-antifragile-dfs-philosophy-807581
Ownership % Projections from Chris Gimino: https://rotogrinders.com/profiles/chrisgimino
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker

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Ep 12 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Scott’s 150 Lineup Building Process for Milly Maker – NFL Week 10

Ep 12 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Scott’s 150 Lineup Building Process for Milly Maker – NFL Week 10

Jason and Scott talk stacking games in the NFL, the lineup building process, and when to go contrarian to the Vegas Odds.   Jason and Scott analyze the NFL Week 10 DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament and the winner of the $4 entry, $100K to first ‘Midseason Celebration’ winner on DraftKings. Subscribe to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction. Listen to gain some insight into how to go about building lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Fade or not to fade the top priced RB (David Johnson this past week)
  • Key players in the millionaire maker winning lineups
  • Stacking games in NFL tournament lineups
  • The stack breakdowns of the winner “mortyice” in the $2 Million, $100K to first tourney on DK
  • DK pricing changes and how that affects lineup building
  • Scott’s lineup building process each week without scripting
  • Scott’s approach to stacking, news, QB exposure and using Vegas vs his projections

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 10 ($444 Millionaire Maker) – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/draftkings_week10_millymakerwinner.png

Link to the DraftKings $1,000,000 tournament: https://www.draftkings.com/contest/gamecenter/30362380

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 10 ($4 Midseason Celebration) – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/draftkings_week10_midseason100Kwinner.png

Link to the DraftKings $100,000 tournament: https://www.draftkings.com/contest/gamecenter/31528188

Visual Breakdown of “mortyice” player stacks: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MortyIce_QBStacks.pdf

 

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Ep 11 – Millionaire Winner Eric Crain “jakz101” Interview – His story, building a core strategy and how he celebrated

Ep 11 – Millionaire Winner Eric Crain “jakz101” Interview – His story, building a core strategy and how he celebrated

Hear Millionaire Winner Eric “Jakz101” Crain talk about his big win, how he got started in DFS, and how he developed his strategy. Eric gives advice on what site to start on, who to listen to for advice, and what he does for his process each week. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the DFS Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Eric’s Week 8 NFL Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/winninglineup.jpg

Eric’s DraftKings Winnings Week 8: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AlltheWinnings_jakz101.jpg

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Eric’s wife, Karen, perspective on DFS
  • Lifestyle of a full time poker player
  • How Eric went from a losing DFS player to a successful player
  • People Eric learned from
  • How Eric balances bankroll
  • What sites Eric started on
  • Eric’s advice on which sites to start on
  • Different slates and how Eric attacks them
  • How Eric came up with his core strategy
  • Eric’s daily process and the time he puts in
  • Websites Eric uses in his process
  • How Eric balances life and DFS work
  • Building his core for his winning lineup
  • Who he trusts when building lineups
  • Eric’s focus between ownership and the best plays
  • How Eric sweated his big win
  • What the moment was like when he won
  • How Eric and his wife celebrated
  • What he will do with the money
  • How to learn to multi-entry
  • The satisfaction of DFS
  • What drew Eric into this lifestyle
  • Advice on getting started
  • Story of Eric’s username “jakz101”

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie:  http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Eric on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ericcrain

Watch Eric’s sweat of the million on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyQa0X9G-Xs

Eric’s Rotogrinders Course on Multi-Entry GPP Strategy: https://rotogrinders.com/marketplace/mass-multi-entering-nfl-gpps-330

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Ep 10 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Millionaire Winner Eric Craine’s 150 lineups breakdown – NFL Week 8

Ep 10 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Millionaire Winner Eric Craine’s 150 lineups breakdown – NFL Week 8

Dive into the analysis on the best player choices for Week 8 and a breakdown of how the winner “jakz101” created a strong ‘core’ of players that he built around. Jason and Scott talk how to set player exposure in your lineups determined by the rest of the field. Scott also talks his player choices based on home/road split, snap distributions and how he uses Pro Football Focus statistics.  Jason and Scott analyze the NFL Week 8 DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction. Listen to gain some insight into how to go about building lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Takeaways from the Top 10 lineups in the Milly Maker NFL Week 8
  • Using a small core to build lots of lineups
  • Making decisions based on the field’s player exposure
  • How impactful injuries can affect your tournament lineups
  • Why fading top priced WR can be a good strategy
  • How pivot plays can set you apart in tournaments
  • What type of players to feel comfortable having heavy exposure on
  • How paying attention to team injuries can give you insight into player usage
  • Using snap distributions and home/road splits for players
  • Using Pro Football Focus player grades to target players each week
  • How one injury on a Defense can really impact Offensive players output
  • Breakdown and takeaways of the top 150 lineups of the winner Eric “Jakz101” Craine
  • The actual DraftKings Perfect Lineup for the week if someone had built it (via RotoQL)

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 8 – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Week8_WinningLineup_jakz101.png

Link to the DraftKings Milly Maker tournament: https://www.draftkings.com/contest/gamecenter/30579862

Visual Breakdown of “jakz101” top 150 lineups and player distribution: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/JAKZ101_lineupbreakdown.png

The DraftKings Perfect Lineup if one had built it (via RotoQL.com):https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/week8-dk-perfect-lineup-rotoql.jpg

 

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Ep 09 – DFS Pro Jesse “JL003” L’Hommedieu Interview – How being broke helped him become a better player

Ep 09 – DFS Pro Jesse “JL003” L’Hommedieu Interview – How being broke helped him become a better player

DraftKings Perfect Lineup DFS NFL interview with Jesse L’Hommedieu “JL003” about his 9th live final qualifier for NFL this year. We discuss how Matthew Berry got Jesse into DFS, how being broke helped him get better, advice on who’s opinion to trust in DFS and much more. Listen in to meet a fellow player in the DFS Community and take away something you can apply to your own DFS process and strategy.

TOURNAMENT WINNING “PERFECT LINEUP”:

Jesse’s Week 1 Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Jesse_winninglineup_week1.png

Jesse’s Week 3 Perfect Lineup: https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Jesse_winningLineup_week3.png

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • What Jesse did with his $100K winnings
  • Story of the night he qualified for the Miami Live Final in 2015
  • How Jesse approaches NBA with cash and GPP lineups
  • Jesse’s advice on pursuing qualifiers
  • How Matthew Berry (of ESPN) got Jesse into DFS
  • How being broke made Jesse a better DFS player
  • The story of Jesse’s “all or nothing” last $250
  • Jesse’s 1st GPP win
  • Discussion on moving up entry fee levels
  • Jesse’s football process
  • When Jesse enters contests
  • Using Rotogrinders extensions for player % tracking
  • Game stacking strategy in NFL
  • Being contrarian with overlooked players
  • Who’s opinion to trust in building lineups
  • What is “sickening” to Jesse in DFS
  • Who cares about your DFS wins and losses
  • Jesse’s “JL003” username genesis
  • How to see the movie PERFECT LINEUP for 20% off

LINKS MENTIONED:

Perfect Lineup Movie:  http://www.perfectlineupmovie.com
Jason on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dfsfilmmaker
Jesse on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JL003DFS

Rotogrinders.com Chrome Extensions: https://rotogrinders.com/pages/rotogrinders-daily-fantasy-browser-extensions-245335

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Ep 08 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Trends of 1st Place Lineups in Milly Maker – NFL Week 7

Ep 08 – DraftKings NFL Tournament Strategy – Trends of 1st Place Lineups in Milly Maker – NFL Week 7

There is a trend in the lineups that have won the Millionaire Maker tournament on DraftKings the first 7 weeks of the NFL season. Listen to hear what it is and how it can help you build a winning lineup. Jason and Scott analyze the NFL Week 7 DraftKings Millionaire Maker tournament to learn better daily fantasy theory, strategy, and lineup construction. Listen to gain some insight into how to go about building lineups that will give you a better chance at winning large field tournaments!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Takeaways from the Top 10 lineups in the Milly Maker NFL Week 7
  • Scott adjusts his tournament value for high priced players
  • How to build lineups similar to the winning lineups
  • What is common in all the top place lineups that have won?
  • When to not fade highly owned players in large tournaments.
  • Ownership averages from the first 7 weeks of the top 10 lineups.
  • Where to pay up and where to pay down to create a Top 10 lineup

Winning DraftKings Perfect Lineup for NFL Week 7 – https://www.perfectlineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-25-at-10.41.17-PM.png

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