DFS Tournament Report: Week of May 1st - May 7th
The DFS Tournament Reports will be a weekly feature here on RotoGrinders, hitting our pages every Monday and recapping all the big GPP action from the previous week. Some RotoGrinders.com members had big wins this week. Here’s a quick day-by-day breakdown of who won what and some of the winning lineups.
Monday, May 1st
The week started out with schoobs5 and jbildhauser having to settle for a tie in the FanDuel $500K SPECTACULAR Shot but neither was probably complaining as it was a small slate and they both took home $75,000 for their efforts. They managed to just edge out a group of seven players that tied for 3rd on the basis of a two player difference in their lineups as they rostered Norman Powell (17.4 fpts) and Clint Capela (40.1 fpts) as opposed to the Eric Gordon (21.6 fpts) and Tristan Thompson (34.8 fpts) combo of the 3rd place lineups.
In other FanDuel action, Motts81 took down the $200K MLB Grand Salami for $50K (with RG’s own stlcardinalsfan84 taking 3rd for $12.5K), lasflamasblancas won the $200K MLB Sweet Spot for $60K, and touchdown_harambe took down $25K for winning the $175K MLB Squeeze.
Over on DraftKings – Changbill surprisingly didn’t have to share the first-place prize money in the $525K Crazy 8’s as he was able to build a unique winning lineup with three players coming in at under 20% ownership in Clint Capela, Deron Williams, and P.J. Tucker. Casello53 won the $325K Fastball and $50K, crump11 took down the $200K Thunderdome (for $75K), and noted DFS author and FantasyLabs co-founder Jonathan Bales tied for 1st with bryito12 in the Super Perfect Game for $37.5k as well as winning a live final seat.
Tuesday, May 2nd
As is often the case on a small NBA playoff slate, there was a massive tie for first place in the FanDuel $300K NBA WOW Shot as 11 people would split the top spot, each taking home $13,886 apiece. One of those 11 was top-ranked DFS player, youdacao (booourns on FanDuel). In baseball, it would be a RotoGrinders.com member, ducku22, who would win $50,000 for his top score in the $300K MLB ENORMOUS Squeeze.
There would be no solo winner in the DraftKings $600K Crazy 8’s as robert7628, GetMoneyMusicDotCom, and sdubisette would all tie for first. A 9.2% owned David West (25.5 fpts) and 11.4% owned Terry Rozier (28.5 fpts) were the big difference makers for their winning lineup. GregariousGoons took down the $350K MLB Crazy 8’s and $30K with the help of three players, Jay Bruce, Brett Gardner, and Aaron Judge all knocking two balls out of the park in their respective games. Top ranked DFS player, DraftCheat, would dominate the $125K Thunderdome, winning by nearly 30 points over his closest competitor, and would also win both live final seats that were open for winning. Duelin1971, another RG member, would win $30,000 for taking down the MLB $200K Perfect Game.
Wednesday, May 3rd
It was a big day for Tinderella on FanDuel as he won $25K for winning the $175K Squeeze as well as going 1st and 2nd in the Grand Slam Special for another $40K in winnings. Professor2323 won the NBA Spectacular Shot and $100K in dominating fashion as he was more than seven points ahead of his nearest competitor suspectdevice. Scout 326 won $30K for winning $150K Monster beating out such notables as ehafner (2nd), mbomb44 (3rd), and awesemo (5th). Ehafner would also have a solid performance behind Tinderella in the Grand Slam Special taking 3rd, 4th, and 6th for $17K+ in winnings.
fade99689968 and drebomd tie for 1st and $70k apiece in the DraftKings $525K Crazy 8’s with a 5.4% owned Jonas Valanciunas and a 2.6% owned Cory Joseph (64 combined fpts) the key plays in their winning lineups. Capnbucko won $50K for winning MLB $350K Crazy 8’s while ilikepie123 took down both the $225K Perfect Game and the $215K Fastball for a combined $55K in winnings while beating out top-ranked players like ehafner and papagates.
A player making a name for himself of late is fallfromgrace and he continues to add to his impressive resume after winning a live final seat and the $300K Big Gold Glove. The current #12 ranked TPOY player, he is also #7 in the MLB rankings and #8 overall.
Thursday, May 4th
Some more ties in NBA action on both FanDuel and DraftKings on Thursday as tigersmoke and guccibon1 tied for 1st in FanDuel’s $300K NBA Return Of The Shot for $52,500 apiece and wursty12 and allabout3837 tied for 1st and $70K apiece in DK’s $525K Crazy 8’s. Golf action got underway and the eventual winners would include joshtminton and charliem22 tying for 1st in the DK $425K fore for $25K each, REDCOAT85 winning $50K for taking down the $250K Country Club (topping jae686 in 2nd, Flavor Flav (3rd/5th), and leonem (4th)). Drew Dinkmeyer, aka Dinkpiece, would continue to build upon his #21 overall PGA ranking (#42 overall, #65 TPOY as well) in winning the $250K Club Pro and $50K dollar first place prize. The most impressive feat of the PGA weekend, however, was RotoGrinders.com member brucejennerdds taking down the $450K Dogleg and $50,000 in his very first qualifying PGA score. Ranked #23 in NHL and in the top 500 of the RG overall rankings, he can now add PGA to the list of sports he excels in.
Friday, May 5th
It was Cinco De Mayo on Friday and both FanDuel and DraftKings rolled out plenty of big contests to celebrate the day. RG member and top 100 ranked Grinder, Ryanfour1637 (#37 TPOY, #30 NBA) would tie with mlong1986 to win $75K in that day’s special NBA contest. Those two would edge out 22 players that tied for 3rd place (the 3rd place lineup was Beverley-Mills-DeRozan-Powell-James-Ariza-Love-Aldridge-Capela).
Rayofhope would continue his recent impressive run by winning the winner take all $55,555 Cinco Cincos edging out draftcheat (chripe01 on FanDuel) in the $5,250 buy-in contest – he’d also go on to win $40K for taking down the DraftKings $125K Thunderdome. Bimmer87 would win the $150K Squeeze for $30K and DFS legend mbomb44 would top a star-studded field in the $300K Cinco De Monster for the $55,555 first-place prize (DFS personality socrdave would finish in 2nd).
RotoGrinders.com member and top-ranked Grinder, dahladino (#27 overall, #108 TPOY, #42 MLB) would win a $55,555 first-place prize of his own by winning the $235K Cinco de Cinco MLB contest with another RG member chevchelios7 finishing runner-up.
There was another tie in NBA action on DK with six people taking home $30,000 apiece for their winning lineup in the $525K Crazy 8’s. One of those six was RotoGrinders.com member catcountry21 who held a top 200 ranking in PGA and will surely improve on his #3800 ranking in NBA after this performance.
In MLB action on DK, verbalcoltrane wins $50K for winning $300K Home Run beating out fallfromgrace (2nd), Dinkpiece (6th), rayofhope (7th), and RG’s Bobbyfi (10th) for the top prize. Fallfromgrace would continue his hot streak by winning another $20K for the top score in the $200K Fastball. Yet another RotoGrinders member had a big score as doubleainhd proved you don’t need a top ranking to take down a big contest. Coming in at #7068 in the MLB Rankings, he would win $50,000 after Rougned Odor hit an extra-inning home run to push him over the top in the $300K Cinco De Mayo Special.
Saturday, May 6th
It was a relatively quiet day on Saturday with notable performances coming from current #1 TPOY awesemo winning the $100K Squeeze (early only) on FanDuel for $20K and petteytheft89 winning $25K for the top spot in the FanDuel JUMBO Slugger. On DK, Amadeo25 won $25K for the top score in the $250K Slugfest and petteytheft89 continue his recent string of success with a $25K haul for winning the $150K Perfect Game.
Sunday, May 7th
Hampton9 would use a 7.6% owned P.J. Tucker (36.9 fpts) and100+ fpts from the PG duo of Cory Joseph and Kyrie Irving (only 21.9% owned) to create a unique winning lineup in the FanDuel $300K ENORMOUS Shot – that creative lineup choice would net him $50K. Top ranked DFS player bigpapagates would top a tough field in the $200K Grand Slam Special for $50,000 (awesemo took 2nd and 5th while rayofhope took 7th).
On DraftKings skijmb and seamus07 would tie for 1st in the $350K Crazy 8’s for $25K apiece with a 8.7% owned P.J. Tucker (41.5 fpts) and 12.1% owned Markieff Morris (42.5 fpts) the big difference makers in their lineups. The big NASCAR event of the week would see
voyagerboy and NSmafia (#2 in NASCAR, #184 in TPOY) tie for 1st in the $250K Ignition for $20K apiece and 1013stingray won $30K for his top score in the MLB $300K Nifty Fifty.