Learn Daily Fantasy Tennis From the Experts

Episode 47 June 28, 2022 01:14:57
Learn Daily Fantasy Tennis From the Experts
DFS Office Hours (Presented by SaberSim.com)
Learn Daily Fantasy Tennis From the Experts

Jun 28 2022 | 01:14:57

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Show Notes

Jordan is joined by SaberSim Data Scientist Wil and Tennis DFS Expert Sheets to discuss Daily Fantasy Tennis. The discussion includes how SaberSim built a tennis simulator, why simulations are valuable in DFS tennis, and how to get an edge and build better DFS tennis lineups.

00:00 Intro
01:00 How does a tennis simulation work?
06:45 What do mean projections miss?
07:40 Where do we get our data?
09:45 Is Tennis DFS similar to MMA DFS?
12:04 Why are simulations important in Tennis DFS?
16:20 Sim Precision
19:25 Correlation
20:24 Ownership fade
24:20 Other build settings
26:40 Exposure and risk tolerance
28:38 Sliders before we have backtested
29:35 Min and Max Salary
34:00 What is the distribution curve?
35:30 What is "good" chalk or "bad" chalk in tennis?
38:10 Picking a single-entry lineup out of your pool
40:30 Proj Score vs. SaberScore
42:15 When does the Tennis DFS process start?
45:55 Do you do any research or adjust projections?
48:10 Build Settings
50:40 How does slate size affect sliders? How should it?
54:10 Adjusting your lineup pool
57:30 When should you adjust projections?
1:04:30 What to do when you get the message seeing that you need to build more lineups
1:07:05 Risk tolerance methods
1:10:10 One thing to focus on if you're new to Tennis DFS

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