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    ballahollic2
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    New to draftkings question

    I was wondering if you can search your opponents before entering the contest. I am completely new to this so I don't want to go broke the first week playing against nothing but professionals as I am learning.

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    For DK look at the h2h games & you will see which players are playing the big money games. These are the sharks that feed on fish like you that you have to avoid. I suggest playing the large 50-50 games so you don't deal directly with them All the sharks play a ton of h2h games at every entry level. So look for players who are playing maybe 10 or less h2h games at the $1 $2 level. Most of the sharks can have more than 30 h2h at the low levels more or less. Look at csuram & maxdulury. Especially max he has least 4 or.5 10k h2h games plus a ton more. Max normally plays 100k a nite. Once you see these guys that are playing a ton at all the money levels means you need to avoid these guys. Also you can play these guys at a low level game just so you can see what players they are playing which might help you with establishing your own strategy. GL

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    No you can't but avoid hth with maxdalury and underjones

    I hate them and they buy tons of lineups for all the big money contests

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    damn i need to get on here and blast away my measly 80 bucks

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    Pretty soon daily fantasy sites will die out like online poker did. I used to be easy to find soft games but then all the fish quit playing and it was nothing but sharks.

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    totally agree otters 27--just a matter of time mark my words one of these 4-5 guys hire some greedy sharp lawyers and fukin sue everybody collusion-internet gambling act of 2006-skill vs. gambling any class-action lawsuit count me in

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    Always people out there to find a way to ruin it for everyone else

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    Be brave swim with the Sharks of you know you're stuff

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    Just like poker....if you want make money, you've got to get lucky win the big one. Otherwise the rake over time will eat your profits.

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    yea there is no real way to compleytly no play sharks but you can give your self the best chances not to play them

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    Only hope is some day DK or FanDuel will change their model to adapt to the times. I don't see that happening

    Otherwise the causal players, like myself, will simply not play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ballahollic2 View Post
    I was wondering if you can search your opponents before entering the contest. I am completely new to this so I don't want to go broke the first week playing against nothing but professionals as I am learning.
    Here's a tip, always take the starting pitcher going against the Mets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by agendaman View Post
    totally agree otters 27--just a matter of time mark my words one of these 4-5 guys hire some greedy sharp lawyers and fukin sue everybody collusion-internet gambling act of 2006-skill vs. gambling any class-action lawsuit count me in
    What are you even talking about ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy117 View Post
    Here's a tip, always take the starting pitcher going against the Mets.
    I did that on Sunday and lost a bunch of money

    Thanks bolsinger and thanks retarded second base ump who stood in front of Kendrick to prevent him from getting grounders

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    umps fukkin u... the more things change, the more they stay the same

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    Dk running ads saying they're giving away 3 million

    They're charging like 3.3 million in entry fees

    They're not giving away anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Pretty soon daily fantasy sites will die out like online poker did.
    No they won't, Fox business just fronted DK 300 million.
    MLB just partnered with DK as an official sponsor, so did NBA.
    They ain't going nowhere, it's is and it's going to be a 2 man game, FanDuel and DK, don't kid yourself, DFS is here to stay

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenhe...by-fox-sports/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robber View Post
    Dk running ads saying they're giving away 3 million

    They're charging like 3.3 million in entry fees

    They're not giving away anything
    Just like the books, they get pretty much get the same vig
    200 dollar prize pool in a 2 dollar 100 man contest they pay out 180.
    Now on the DFS's behalf, they have serious overhead, their I/T costs are astounding.

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    everyone see the free Nascar contest sunday, don't miss that one.

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