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Week 17 is here...
In this week's P.O. Box:
A wild BBM success story
Stream roundup & Pick ‘Ems
On Tap: DFS After Dark & Week 17 DFS Cram
A few weeks ago I received a delightful e-mail from a 74-year old man named Steve who had enjoyed some success playing DFS after stumbling across my Underdog videos.
It’s nice to receive this kind of feedback, especially toward the season's end when enthusiasm for fantasy content wanes. It puts some wind in the sails for the final push.
Then on Monday, I received an equally amusing note on X:
For those not in the know, BBM aka Best Ball Mania is Underdog’s biggest (I can’t say “flagship”…that’s The Chow Chow) tournament with a $1.5 million dollar top prize. I’ve previously explained how hard it is to get a team to the finals with 150 bullets—much less one—which makes this world’s colliding note from Benny all the more spectacular.
A quick FAQ about the rest of this message since I got lots of questions about it:
My brother and I used to host big poker tournaments at our house in the early 2000s. There’d be somewhere between 30-40 high school kids playing at tables in our living room, kitchen and basement. I’m sure my Mom loved it.
Benny was one of my brother’s friends, who I vaguely remember (unless he wins BBM, then we “grew up together trying to survive the mean streets of Lakewood, CO”).
There are 17 other users who qualified for the BBMM finals with only one entry. Some of them didn’t even know they had advanced the team lmao.
These David vs. Goliath stories are undeniably good for the game. It’s reminiscent of the Chris Moneymaker effect on poker after his WSOP win in 2003.
I’d be stoked to see anyone from the Deposit Kingdom take it down (and continue the storied tradition of shouting out the Swolecast after the win), but if not, I hope one of these single bullets take it down.
Good luck, Benny. Take your shoes off next time.
💎 Week 17 hidden gems (DFS sleepers & draft angles). The final BR video of the year. It’s not a pretty slate, but we try to stick the landing with five sleepers to scroll down for on Underdog, 3 unique draft angles, a pick ‘em & a strategy deep dive on how to utilize rankings/projections. Check it out here:
🏆️Fantasy Life roundup. A week’s worth of newsletters, plus three unique ideas for Week 17 DFS tournaments on DraftKings.
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🤯 BLOCK PARTY: Week 17 DFS Strategy & Top GPP Plays w/ JMToWin. One last Block Party.
⏰ OOTC: Week 17 Battle Royale Strategy, Sleepers & Pick ‘Ems. Let’s slop ‘em up. Pick ‘ems below.
🚢 SHIPCAST: A Game From Hell. Not so great way to end the year.
💪 THE SWOLECAST: Week 17 First Look. Apparently I was extra “sassy” on this one.
☕️ POURTFOLIO REVIEW: The RBs Say “Not So Fast” (Week 16 DFS Recap). The one where I definitely should have forced a bring back to my double stack.
Here is a Week 17 Pick ‘Em round up if you’d like to tail:
Deposit Kingdom:
Off & On The Clock:
CORE: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-iWIWikMoyU
GB/Doubs: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-uPbO9zfxvQ
GB/Wicks: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-MYlwQfjDD0
Ridley/BTJ: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-xAF8ypPn4m
Ridley/BTJ pt. 2: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-405xM9Z3pN
Murray/Nix: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-SlO5uIoGjW
CAR/TB: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-PxkZdb86Y2
DA/JC: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-Qw0J0bFyeG
BB/Adams: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-jbYR41M72i
BB/Thielen: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-3OyJn8fS11
GIGA: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/es-VDeQYjqLOC
2 shows on tap this weekend, both available for Youtube members:
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