Rise & Grind: January 30th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders cup o’morning joe. Start your day off right here with yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the the upcoming DFS day.
Grab your first cup of coffee and catch up on the latest news!
In Case You Missed It
- DraftKings Announces the Showcase – After giving away $200k last night, DraftKings has upped the ante for February to tide you over until the $1 Million tournament in March, announcing the $300k Showcase. A 40 person qualifier tournament paying out $50,000 to first place PLUS a World Poker Tour Package, a trip to Las Vegas for four, or a “mystery prize”. I for one am hoping the mystery prize is a trip to beautiful Dover, Delaware. Get more info over at DraftKings.
- NBA Big Money Wednesday – Huge tournaments all over the industry last night, including the aforementioned Buzzer Beater on DraftKings. tslats (#73 Overall Grinder, #368 TPOY) used big performances from Dirk Nowitzki and Kyle Lowry to take down said Buzzer Beater and the $25k first prize. Over on Fanduel russarmny (#257 Overall, 56th TPOY) posted 362.5 pts to win the $12,000 first prize in the $110,000 Wednesday Slam. Over on DS, peter413 (mystery man) punched his ticket for the DSBBC in the $215 buy-in qualifier.
Today’s Events
- The Daily Fantasy Fix Interview with Twogun – Be sure to check out today’s Daily Fantasy Fix Podcast with DB730 and his special guest, #47 overall ranked Grinder, Twogun. Also making an appearance to talk about the launch of the Showcase is DraftKing’s John Aguiar.
- Free RotoGrinders T-shirts – Ethan has put together a fun contest for the Superbowl involving making some picks and guessing some prop bets correctly. The top 5 finishers will all win a RotoGrinders t-shirt. You really, really want one. They’re super soft. You can find the full info on the contest here in the forums.
- NHL Tonight – With NBA on a short three game schedule, look to the NHL for your fantasy needs tonight. There’s a ten game slate, including what should be a great game between Montreal and Boston. Minnesota also travels to Colorado in a big game for the playoff contenders.
On the Grinders Schedule
Articles
- #1) NBA Daily Plays – Ethan highlights his favorite players for this evening on a short, 3 game NBA slate.
- #2) CBB GrindDown – Varncass gets even more in-depth into the day’s college action.
- #3) NHL Daily Plays – Get your puck fix with TonyM’s daily plays column.
- #4) Weekly Rankings Update – Yours truly runs down all of our major leader boards and I’ll probably include a meme and a gif or two.
GrindersLive
- 5:30: Daily Fantasy Faceoff in PrimeTime – BoggsLite and BillsFan777 (sans hair now) break down all of the action on the frozen ponds.
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