What is Bankster DFS?

What is Bankster DFS?

The other day someone came to me because they were looking for a new lineup provider

and wanted to know about our services. While I appreciate that he would think of me for this, it

kind of stuck with me that he thought our service was to sell you DFS lineups. The timing of

this was really interesting because the night prior to this question I was talking to my dad about

how I should convey what we do at Bankster DFS. To me, we am the furthest thing in the world

from a lineup provider. More power to the people who are for going out there and taking their

shot, but if someone thinks they can just buy a winning lineup then they are just not seeing the

big picture. Sure, we provide sample lineups, but those are there simply as an example of how

you can use the information provided in our articles to formulate one of many possible lineup

combinations.

I ran some numbers this morning to help show what what I mean. If we were to take pricing

out of the equation, there were just shy of 34 trillion (TRILLION!) possible lineup

combinations on DraftKings for the Week 7 NFL slate. I know that sounds crazy, but think

about this: there were 10 games on the slate and that means that there were 20 viable QB’s, 30

viable RB (1.5 per team when you factor in RBBC situations like in Philly), 60 viable WR

(3 per team, and that’s lowballing it), 20 TE (1 per team), and 20 defenses, plus all the

remaining WR/TE/RB for your flex spot. If you do the math on that it comes out to 34.2 trillion

possible lineup combinations. Now I know that number comes down some when you factor

pricing into the equation, but it doesn’t come down so much that you should be able to easily hit

the nut (perfect) lineup.

So since it’s more likely to win the lottery than it is to randomly pick out a perfect line,

what do we for you? Our service does two things for you. First of all we try to educated DFS

players, both new and veteran. There are various ways we do this: stats, game theory, trends,

projections, etc. While this is invaluable for newer or more casual players, there is a still a ton

for experienced players as well. Heck, the more experienced you are the more you’ll be able to

think deeply about what we are trying to say.

The second thing we do for you is to act like a filter. I want to take those 34.2 trillion

potential lineup choices and narrow them down to a more manageable size for you. For the NFL,

this happens on Saturday with the NFL Hail Mary Weekend Update. In that article I take the

player pool down from the numbers we spoke about above to around the following numbers: 5

QB, 7 RB, 9 WR, 4 TE, and 3 DST (give or take). Add in the remaining players for your flex

spot and we’ve narrowed your choices from 34 trillion down to just over 20 million. While we

have narrowed your choices down by over 99% by giving you a player pool to choose from.

And let’s not forget that this player pool isn’t random, it’s backed up with analysis that we are

completely transparent about. That’s where the article comes into play. We want you to use the

article to help you make informed decisions about who you should play in your lineups. Please

don’t just take the players from the player pool and randomly stick them into your lineups. Read

the article, think about what you want to do with your team, figure out the best combinations for

what you think is going to happen, and always feel free to take the time to discuss your thoughts

and strategies with the great staff of writers here at Bankster DFS. We are always on Twitter and

will gladly give you our time to help you work though your lineup decisions.

This is important because you now have a significant edge over people who are still trying to

find a winning lineup out of 34 trillion possible combinations. You have a player pool, with

reasoning and logic behind it, to help you narrow down your lineup choices. Most weeks I give

you 4 NFL lineups. That’s 4 lineups out of a possible 20 million that my personal player pool

can create. Trust me, I won’t get offended when you make your own lineups. Hell, throw some

of your own players into the player pool if you feel strongly about them. This is a teaching site

as well as an advice site; use what you’re learning about DFS to come up with that winning

lineup.

What I can tell you though, is that our player pools usually have a significant number of

winning players in it. It was pointed out to me that 78% of the winning lineup from the Fanduel

$25 NFL GPP in Week 7 had players from my player pool. I’ll take that hit rate any day of the

week! What it also tells me is that if you put the players that I had in my pool in the right

combinations you made money. Sometimes the sample lineups don’t reflect that, as they didn’t

in Week 7 where we had a couple of duds in them like Peyton Barber, Kenny Golladay, Marquise

Goodwin, CJ Beathard, and the Lions defense. On the other hand, if you were able to wade

through the noise and use recommended players like Cam Newton, the Redskins defense,

Marlon Mack, Nick Chubb, Kerryon Johnson, Tarik Cohen, Kenyan Drake (it was a good week

for RB), John Brown, David Njoku, George Kittle, Zach Ertz, Todd Gurley, and the Colts

defense then you were probably a very happy camper. That’s a super high hit rate, even though

the sample lineups featured more duds than winners. That happens when there are 20 million

different lineups combinations to wade through; some will be less than ideal.

This is why I sometimes even hesitate to give out sample lineups because I don’t want you to

get too married to them. Sure, those lineups cash a lot of the time but they didn’t hit because I

have some magic elixir to help me. I took the time to think about my player pool, to think about

my strategies, and then I put together a lineup that won some money. You can do that with all

the articles we send out at Bankster DFS. Very rarely will you see a lineup from us that isn’t

attached to some (lengthy) narrative explaining why we like the players we like. It’s the narrative that you should be coming here for, not the sample (SAMPLE) lineups.

Since we are talking about lineups and advice and hit rates, I wanted to share another

interesting conversation that happened the other day on my Bankster DFS account to help put

all of this in perspective. A man was chastising one of my writers for tweeting out how he felt

great that 2 of the 5 defenses he spotlighted in his DST article on Saturday ended up as top 4

defenses in Week 7. The gentleman told him that is his 40% hit rate was nothing to be happy

about.

Are you kidding me? There were 20 defenses in play on that slate. Only 20% of them were

going to finish in the top 4. He gave you 5 defenses and 2 of them were in the top 4. That’s a

40% hit rate. He doubled your advantage over the rest of the field just by filtering down your

player pool. You still had to end up picking the right two, but in that article you were given

much more than just a list of five defenses; you were given reasons and analysis the lead my

writer to those defenses. I think my writer should be applauded, not trolled, for those kinds

of results. That’s what we do at Bankster DFS.

The reason I’m writing this is because you’re paying for this service and it’s important you

understand what you’re getting. You are not getting a lineup provider.

You are getting a team of writers that want to help you

improve your DFS game with our articles and analysis. As a fun

exercise, we throw in the sample (SAMPLE) lineups. Remember, you’re coming for the

articles - that’s where the value is for you!

Thank you for either being a member of Bankster DFS or for considering our service. Please

feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about what you can expect if you do

choose to become a member of our site. You can reach me @bankster17 or @banksterdfs.

Doug Shain

Owner - Bankster DFS