If you want to improve at DFS, you need to find the types of contests that allow you to have success and continue to play mainly in those. This enables you not only to have a greater chance of success each week but also to improve in identifying contest specific dynamics and trends.

I am a lower-stakes, small-field tournament player. I do not play cash games, and I do not play large field GPP contests unless I am just tossing in an entry for fun. The contests I am playing in typically have 60 entrants or less. These contests are my favorite because you do not need to get as many things right to get near the top of the leaderboard. Finding the right stacks in small fields is a great example of this. Most people do not stack enough in these types of contests and finding the right stacks and leverage points is a great way to vault up to the top of the leaderboard.

Each week I will post my favorite stacks of the week, especially those that are likely to be overlooked in the small-field tournaments. I’ll also provide my results from the prior week and talk about what went right, what went wrong, and most importantly, what we can we learn.

This is the $27 Casual 1.5K Gridiron Single Entry with 65 players. You will usually see drastic differences in ownership on certain players compared to the contests the high-stakes DFS players are allowed to play in. D’Onta Forman was more than twice as popular in the high-stakes small-field tournaments. Unfortunately, this finish earned me an experience badge on DK, so I am no longer allowed to participate in the casual contests. If you are able to play the casual or beginner contests, those are the best contests to play. The Tua Tagovailoa double-stack was enough to get me a chance at a win in this contest. Tagovailoa and Ehlinger combined for about 60% of the ownership in this contest at quarterback. Even though Tagovailoa was the highest owned QB, only one other team played the Dolphins double stack.

Let’s get into the Week 9 stacks!