Alex Blickle's Articles

FTN's Alex Blickle offers up his DFS opinions and hot takes for this week's PGA Championship.

FTN's Alex Blickle breaks down the key DFS plays and takeaways for Monday's MLB slate.

FTN's Alex Blickle breaks down the how-tos of stacking in best ball and identifies his favorites for 2024.

FTN's Alex Blickle offers up his DFS opinions and hot takes for this week's Wells Fargo Championship.

FTN's Alex Blickle breaks down the key DFS plays and takeaways for Monday's MLB slate.

FTN's Alex Blickle offers up his DFS opinions and hot takes for this week's CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

FTN's Alex Blickle breaks down the key DFS plays and takeaways for Monday's MLB slate.

FTN's Alex Blickle breaks down the key DFS plays and takeaways for Monday's MLB slate.

FTN's Alex Blickle offers up his DFS opinions and hot takes for this week's RBC Heritage.

FTN's Alex Blickle breaks down the key DFS plays and takeaways for the MLB slate Monday.

A few weeks ago at The Players Championship, I had a ticket into my first true high-stakes PGA DFS contest — the $3,333. I comfortably cashed and won $5,000, but I never really had a sweat for anything more. Now, I come into the Masters with five tickets into the $2,222 contest. It’s uncharted waters […]

As the wins continue to pour in for m3 and the entire FTN Discord, our trust and belief in the GPP Scores grow. Last week, the takedown was all about the Round 4 simulation and the Showdown Ratings:   The mission of the GPP Scores is simple — identify who is under-rostered (positive GPP Score) and who […]

My MLB articles are not going to be like most you can find around the industry. Our projection system and GPP Scores allow me to focus entirely on game theory, correlation, and other strategy tidbits instead of the type of matchup analysis and research you find in most MLB articles. Let’s talk a bit about […]

As the wins continue to pour in for me and the entire FTN Discord, our trust and belief in the GPP Scores grow. Their mission is simple — identify who is under-rostered (positive GPP Score) and who is over-rostered (negative GPP Score) by the field. From there, we simply play the under-rostered guys and fade the […]

One game down, one million more to go! My DFS thoughts for Game 2 of the MLB season are extremely similar to those from Game 1, so make sure you’ve read through the different paths for building showdown lineups. Instead of rehashing all of the same arguments, I’m just going to note some observations from Game […]

As the wins continue to pour in for myself and the entire FTN Discord, our trust and belief in the GPP Scores grow. Their mission is simple — identify who is under-owned (positive GPP Score) and who is over-rostered (negative GPP Score) by the field. From there, we simply play the under-rostered guys and fade the […]

The MLB season starts early Wednesday morning In Seoul, South Korea, with an NL West showdown. The Dodgers and Padres start us off with a tremendous pitching matchup — Tyler Glasnow vs. Yu Darvish. Thursday, we’re treated to Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Joe Musgrove. The MLB does some dumb stuff, but this is a pretty cool […]

What a run it’s been since the start of February. It’s now four top 5% single-entry finishes including a huge takedown, all in one month! Without question, the new GPP scores (also discussed in the lineup review linked above) have played an enormous role in our success, and they will be a centerpiece of this week’s hot […]

What a run it’s been since the start of February. It’s now four top 5% single-entry finishes including a huge takedown, all in one month! Without question, the new GPP scores (also discussed in the lineup review linked above) have played an enormous role in our success, and they will be a centerpiece of this week’s Min […]

What a run it’s been in PGA DFS in February. Three top 3% single-entry finishes including a huge takedown, all in one month! Without question, the new GPP scores (also discussed in the lineup review linked above) have played an enormous role in our success, and they will play a role in this week’s hot takes, as […]

The $200 Driver (Single Entry) with 277 entries is my go-to contest on DraftKings for PGA DFS. I like the fact that it’s top-heavy overall (20% to first place), yet relatively flat at the top. It’s also small enough that a takedown is a low-probability event, but not that unlikely. At Pebble Beach, I finished […]

It takes a special kind of crazy to be good at PGA DFS. It is perhaps the most volatile of all the major sports, there’s little correlation to take advantage of, and we only get six roster spots for each lineup. Consequently, to gain an edge over our competition we have to be bold – […]

Now four weeks into this article, we can confidently say that we have the best PGA ownership projections in the industry. We’ve magnified this advantage by introducing our new GPP scores, which have resulted in back-to-back weeks of tremendous success at Pebble Beach and TPC Scottsdale, and more recently an enormously important fade at The Genesis […]

It takes a special kind of crazy to be good at PGA DFS. It is perhaps the most volatile of all the major sports, there’s little correlation to take advantage of, and we only get six roster spots for each lineup. Consequently, to gain an edge over our competition we have to be bold – […]

In PGA DFS, the landscape is a bit different from its NFL counterpart. Unlike the gridiron battles where individual player performances can significantly impact each other, golf is a solitary pursuit. What one player does cannot help, nor prevent, another from doing the same on the PGA ownership review for the WM Open.   In […]

It takes a special kind of crazy to be good at PGA DFS. It is perhaps the most volatile of all the major sports, there’s little correlation to take advantage of, and we only get six roster spots for each lineup. Consequently, to gain an edge over our competition we have to be bold – […]

In PGA DFS, the landscape is a bit different from its NFL counterpart. Unlike the gridiron battles where individual player performances can significantly impact each other, golf is a solitary pursuit. What one player does cannot help, nor prevent, another from doing the same on the course. In other words, the correlation that plays an […]

The word “correlation” gets tossed around in the fantasy sports and DFS pick ‘em worlds ad nauseam, but do you truly understand what it means? If you had to stand at the front of class tomorrow and talk about what it means and all its manifestations in these games we love so much, could you? […]

In PGA DFS, the landscape is a bit different from its NFL counterpart. Unlike the gridiron battles where individual player performances can significantly impact each other, golf is a solitary pursuit. What one player does cannot help, nor prevent, another from doing the same on the course.    In other words, the correlation that plays […]

Two-game NFL DFS slates are challenging on a number of fronts, but when it’s the Conference Championship Round and the final classic slate of the season, you know we’re going to treat it like the most important slate of DFS we’ve ever played. Game theory is always prevalent, but I would argue that it’s 90% […]

It takes a special kind of crazy to be good at PGA DFS. It is perhaps the most volatile of all the major sports, there’s little correlation to take advantage of and we only get six roster spots for each lineup. Consequently, to gain an edge over our competition we have to be bold – […]

For years, the course fit model has been my biggest weapon in both DFS and betting. For example, last season it fueled over 200 units won on outright bets alone. The edge is strong, but why?   To understand the power of the course fit model, you first must understand the difference between predictive analysis […]