Draftkings Head To Head Opponent

Not all sites provide data on your heads up opponents — RotoTracker does the best it can.

DraftKings Promo Code. Monkey Knife Fight Promo Code. Minimize Risk In GPPs you're attempting to outscore many opponents, in H2H games you are attempting to beat one opponent and in 50/50s your goal is to finish in the top half of the field. DraftKings Promo Code. Monkey Knife Fight Promo Code. Minimize Risk In GPPs you're attempting to outscore many opponents, in H2H games you are attempting to beat one opponent and in 50/50s your goal is to finish in the top half of the field.

FanDuel and DraftDay

How To Do Head To Head On Draftkings

These sites do it right — for every head-to-head contest, entry history files include the name of your opponent and your opponent's score. RotoTracker imports all this and provides you with accurate reports on your head-to-head results.

Yahoo

Yahoo does not include any details on your opponents in head to head contests — no opponent names, no opponent scores.

But we don't give up that easily! Contest titles include the name of the player who created the contest (the bit after the 'vs' in 'Head to Head vs DFSBalla2016xxx'). RotoTracker strips that out and uses it as the opponent's name (it also removes it from the name of the contest, for your sanity). It also runs a regular check to guess what your name is, so that it does not think you're an opponent of yourself. That wouldn't make much sense.

In summary: with Yahoo, if you sit people in head-to-head contests, we'll record that. If people sit you, there's no way to get the opponent name and they will show as 'Unknown' in head-to-head reports.

DraftKings

While DraftKings does not officially include the opponent name in the CSV file, RotoTracker strips it out of the contest title, like it does with Yahoo results (see above). And as of March 2017, contest titles reliably show both you and your opponent's name in the title of every contest. So we will always be able to report on who you played against, regardless of whether you sat them or vice versa.

To get the best results, you need to set your DraftKings username in your account settings. RotoTracker will try to guess this for you, but sometimes it won't work. Once you have this set, you will want to delete then your DraftKings data, then re-import it. Learn how to delete your file uploads.

Unforunately, DraftKings does not export villain points, so we can't show you that

FantasyDraft

Unfortunately, FantasyDraft provides no information at all regarding the opponents you play against in H2H contests, so there is nothing RotoTracker can do. No villain information will be shown for these results.

The following information is an excerpt from the Contest Selection section of the Ultimate Guide, our 19-chapter DFS e-book that outlines the overlooked foundational pieces necessary to be a profitable daily fantasy sports player.

'There are a handful of certain contest types that you’ll see on both FanDuel and DraftKings. In this section, we’ll tell you exactly what each contest is and when you should play that type of contest. Most DFS content sites give you a quick glance as to what a H2H contest is, for example, but none will give you the level of detail that is required to be successful in DFS.'

H2H Contests:

How much of the prize pool the site keeps (rake): 6.5% - 10%
Your return on investment if you win: 1.8 - 1.9X
Percentage of field that cashes: 50%

Heads up. 1v1. Me versus you. Whatever you want to call it, Head to Head contests are the simplest to understand. Just score higher than your opponent and you’ll nearly double your entry fee.

Draftkings Head To Head Strategy

Some DFS players love H2H contests for the sheer competition. Others love it because it allows you to diversify your lineup across a multitude of different opponents. The rest love it because it’s the easiest contest to win.

Head to Heads are the lowest risk (and lowest reward) competitions in DFS. For this reason, they should make up a significant portion of your bankroll allocation if you’re driving a long-term, slow-earning investment vehicle.

When to play H2H:

Because of the volatility of a 1-on-1 matchup, it’s never wise to invest your entire daily allocation into one Head to Head contest. For example: If you have a Beginner or Starter bankroll, and you’re spending 2 percent of your roll on tonight’s slate, you should never play just one $2 H2H contest. Instead of using your entire daily investment against multiple players, your winnings now rely on a single opponent. This isn’t ideal.

As a rule of thumb, you should only play H2Hs if your allocation for a particular slate allows you to play against 5 or more different opponents. This will allow you to diversify your allocation against multiple sets of lineups. The more opponents you can play, the “truer” your returns will be. Look at it this way:

If your score for the night is in the 75th percentile on DraftKings, you would win 75 percent of your contests if you played every single DraftKings user in a H2H. If you only play against three opponents that night, you could win anywhere from 0 to 100 percent of your contests. This type of volatility is not what we’re looking for in Head to Heads.

In H2Hs, especially in lower stakes contests, there isn’t a ton of game theory. Simply play the best plays, and you’ll generally come out on top. There isn’t a need to look for “low-owned” guys or sleepers -- put out your best lineup, regardless of their projected ownership, and force your opponent to show that he/she also knows the best plays.

Head to Heads are always a piece of the portfolio for successful DFS players, especially the top 1 percent. Even if you’re a high-risk, high-reward player with a focus on larger paydays, H2H contests can provide stability to your bankroll and help keep you afloat during even the roughest of cold streaks.

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