Online daily fantasy sports contests >> online poker.
There, I said it. Judging from the amount of time I've been spending on each*, I came to that realization quite a while ago.
What it really boils down to is time. To play a poker tournament or sit n go requires an investment of time. If you're going to play a cash game, for optimal results you want to take the time to learn your opponents. Time is precious.
If you follow your game of choice, you can enter a contest at Fantasy Sports Live and pick your roster in about two minutes. Maybe less. If you want to spend prep time studying, you can, and then you can leverage what you've learned across multiple contests with almost no additional time required.
You can get hours of enjoyment as well if you wish - just follow along with live scoring or have a game on in the background or something. Unlike poker, though, you aren't required to pay attention.
It's all about time.
Speaking of time, I've spent even less than usual paying attention to the NBA. Despite that fact, it's been a pretty decent week. Considering the stakes anyway.
Friday results: 1 contest entered (10 player); 1 cash; amount risked: $1.00; amount won: $2.00; net: $1.00; ROI +100.0%
No NASCAR contests this weekend, the Cup returns next weekend.
I haven't played a contest at DraftBug for a while, so I signed up for one using the last of my frequent player points. Last time around I won a contest involving only 3 point shots, so I'm 2 for 3 so far and I have a couple dollars to use to keep playing.
One more thing while I'm thinking of it.
I'm not sure this is directly on point, but I enjoyed this two part post titled: Comparative Modeling: Hockey as a Poisson Process over at the Advanced NFL Stats site. Like the author notes, this isn't groundbreaking stuff, but if you're unfamiliar with the application of statistical analysis to handicapping it won't make your head asplode.
Some day when I live a life of leisure I will get back to working on my software for modeling individual player performance. No idea when that will be, though.
* Of course I only play online poker for play chips.
There, I said it. Judging from the amount of time I've been spending on each*, I came to that realization quite a while ago.
What it really boils down to is time. To play a poker tournament or sit n go requires an investment of time. If you're going to play a cash game, for optimal results you want to take the time to learn your opponents. Time is precious.
If you follow your game of choice, you can enter a contest at Fantasy Sports Live and pick your roster in about two minutes. Maybe less. If you want to spend prep time studying, you can, and then you can leverage what you've learned across multiple contests with almost no additional time required.
You can get hours of enjoyment as well if you wish - just follow along with live scoring or have a game on in the background or something. Unlike poker, though, you aren't required to pay attention.
It's all about time.
***
Speaking of time, I've spent even less than usual paying attention to the NBA. Despite that fact, it's been a pretty decent week. Considering the stakes anyway.
Friday results: 1 contest entered (10 player); 1 cash; amount risked: $1.00; amount won: $2.00; net: $1.00; ROI +100.0%
No NASCAR contests this weekend, the Cup returns next weekend.
***
I haven't played a contest at DraftBug for a while, so I signed up for one using the last of my frequent player points. Last time around I won a contest involving only 3 point shots, so I'm 2 for 3 so far and I have a couple dollars to use to keep playing.
***
One more thing while I'm thinking of it.
I'm not sure this is directly on point, but I enjoyed this two part post titled: Comparative Modeling: Hockey as a Poisson Process over at the Advanced NFL Stats site. Like the author notes, this isn't groundbreaking stuff, but if you're unfamiliar with the application of statistical analysis to handicapping it won't make your head asplode.
Some day when I live a life of leisure I will get back to working on my software for modeling individual player performance. No idea when that will be, though.
* Of course I only play online poker for play chips.
1 comments:
Don't forget that daily fantasy contests are LEGAL games of skill(as opposed to the ambigous legal state of teh online pokers).
I've converted all of my draftbug points to cash, but have been a little disappointed with the lack of real money multi-player games.
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