Introduction: Cash Game Strategy
If you’re new to Daily Fantasy NASCAR, I recommend starting out by playing contests that reward approximately half of the entrants. These are called cash games. Some cash games are large, featuring a field with a number of entrants in which about 50 percent of players double their money (called 50/50s or double-ups). Other cash games are smaller, such as a head-to-head (H2H) contest in which two entrants square off against each other, with the player who scores the higher point total taking all the money (minus the rake).
Even if you’re an experienced NASCAR DFS player, cash games should still make up a large portion of your entry fees in any given week. NASCAR’s high variance nature means cash games will help reduce the weekly bankroll swings that you’d otherwise experience if you played only tournaments.
This course is designed to teach novice players all about basic cash game strategy. Intermediate and even expert players may also pick up a few pointers and tips along the way that they may not have known. Additionally, as NASCAR DFS theory evolves, even expert NASCAR DFS players can have a hard time separating signal from noise and can fall into a rut as a result. In that case, this guide is the perfect way to get back to the basics. At times I’ve even had to refer to my own guide when I fall into a cash game rut, just to reset my cash game mentality.
In this cash game strategy course, I’ll talk about the following:
⦁ How to calculate the minimum number of points needed to profit
⦁ What ‘dominators’ are and why we target them
⦁ How to identify likely dominators
⦁ What ‘movers’ are and why we target them
⦁ How to identify mover candidates
I’ll also talk about some of the resources and tools I use:
⦁ The RotoViz NASCAR Splits App
⦁Jayski.com for quick access to practice times
⦁ The top Fantasy NASCAR Twitter follows
⦁ Where to find relevant data for Fantasy NASCAR
My favorite thing about NASCAR cash games is how easy they are to pick up. That’s because the scoring system for NASCAR DFS is so well-defined. There is a fixed maximum number of points available for every race, and every driver has a fixed floor. That gives us well-defined guidelines, which make up the bulk of NASCAR cash game strategy. This course, plus some practice, will get you well on your way to building profitable cash game lineups.