Larejo is a mid-stakes tournament mastermind who specializes in outmaneuvering 150-max players with a small number of entries
Since my calendar allows it, I’m getting back to my roots here in writing this piece a day earlier (during TNF) in the hopes I can keep things simple this week. Overthinking plagues us all. Sometimes it’s a simple fix, spending less time focused on a topic, or going with your instincts. But in a complex game like DFS, you can’t simplify everything. Especially if you are reading, watching, and listening to plenty of content each week. It’s hard enough to simplify your own thoughts, but then introducing voice after voice throughout the week can sometimes lead us into a tangled web. So, writing this piece one day earlier is going to help me simplify my thoughts and (hopefully) my words this week.
I haven’t anchored this article on the power of simplicity since Week 1 of the 2023 season, but since I did it then, I want to pull some of those words back in here. (It wasn’t my best intro, but it did make some sense…)
“Simplicity wins in all aspects of life. If you can describe a product or service in a simple way, people will buy it. If you can teach a concept in a simple way, people will apply it. If you can show a process in a simple way, people will follow it. When we feel like we understand something, we feel empowered to conquer it. Being simple is a winning strategy, even when all the variables and uncertainty around us are encouraging us to make it complicated.“
So how can we achieve simplicity this week? By giving what the slate is providing to us. By accepting the variability of the outcomes we will surely see on Sunday, and by embracing the fact that we can predict only the present with what we know. Here we go…
