Let's imagine for a moment that you have skill and knowledge at poker that exceeds a subset of all poker players. So now you are tasked with extracting value from your knowledge and skill advantage over the weaker players. You may chose to do this by playing cash games, MTTs or S&Gs of any stakes. When you select what stakes and game you will play to extract value, it is best to choose the game and stakes where you can apply the most leverage to your skill advantage. Good players will figure this out and play the games that maximize their leverage or ($/Hr in profit).

For me, a cash game specialist, my leverage is maximized when I three table the 1/2NL Hold'em cash games on Full Tilt. This is where my profits per hour are maximized. This is where my leverage is currently the highest. I can 4 table .50/1NL, but don't earn the same rate. When I 4 table 1/2NL, my earnings rate drops as well. Some people chose to multitable S&Gs. Some people multitable MTTs. Some people only play one table at a time. If they are maximizing profit per hour by making this choice, they are maximizing the leverage of their skill advantage.

But, leverage has its limits. You can only play so many tables at once before you leverage is decreased. You need time to make decisions to extract the value of your skill advantage. When you are on too many tables at once, you don't get the time, your decisions suffer as a result, and your win rate goes down. There are limits to the amount of leverage you can apply in poker.

Now lets take the contests on www.FantasySportsLive.com and see how much leverage you can apply if you have a skill advantage in drafting players (due to your superior sports knowledge). The leverage that can be applied is almost unlimited. Once you figure out your roster for the day which takes some careful and skillful thought, you can enter multiple contests with the same or similar roster. Since this is not like poker, you don't need to do anything once you have made your draft selections (which just takes a few minutes/contest). You are not limited to a number of tables due to limited decision time. You have an unlimited amount of time to make your draft decision, and then you have finished all of the work for that contest.

It is almost like this. If you could write a program that exactly mirrored how you play poker and included your skill advantage, you could use the program to play for you. You could enter 100s of S&Gs or cash games at a time and really leverage your skill advantage at those stakes. But writing a program like that is not easy at all, and you would be a bot and potentially caught by the poker site. On FSL you don't need to write the program, just enter a bunch of contests and let your draft skills do all the work. It is pretty easy money because of this.

So if you guys have not checked the site out you are missing out. Bobby Bracelet, Joe Speaker, FallStaff, DonkeyPuncher, 23skidoo, Pauly, Iggy, Change100, OSU, chipper, kajagugu, GCox, TripJax, and many other bloggers are regulars and doing quite well. Mr. Bracelet, and Mr. Speaker are pretty much pwning the other players on the site. If you are waiting for football, I understand (I can't wait myself), but you might want to get a feel for how things work so you can begin applying the leverage immediately when the FB contests begin.

Read more of Blinders' poker thoughts at www.blinderspoker.blogspot.com. Also, if you are into sports, be sure to checkout FantasySportsLive.com. Fantasy Sports Live compresses the fantasy sports experience into a single action packed day. Enter daily, fixed sized contests (SnG Style) with guaranteed cash prizes that form round the clock. Make your draft selections from the games included, watch your contest standings updated real-time from a live stat feed, and win industry-leading cash prizes all in the same day. Use the link above for free cash with your first PayPal or credit card deposit of $50 or more courtesy of Blinders and Poker Savvy. Use SavvyPoints to fund your account - see the PokerSavvy shop for details!

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