I'm the guest this week!

I'm Brian Jester -- courtjesters on DK and @BrianJesterFF on Twitter -- the Emotional Bankroll Podcast creator, co-founder of Occupy Fantasy, DraftKings Millionaire winner, 2019 Fanduel World Fantasy Football Championship runner up, and I have more than $600,000 in UFC winnings in the last 18 months.

I brought on Niromada, a top PGA DFS player and the PGA writer at Occupy Fantasy, to interview me.

I chatted with Niromada about:

- How growing up in a horse racing family impacted my career path
- The freedom and fears after winning $1 million
- My transition from corporate life to full-time fantasy sports
- Handling long and significant financial downswings
- The pros and cons of this lifestyle
- Coming down from the dopamine hits of big wins
- and more!

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Daniel Hutchings -- nerdytenor on DraftKings and @nerdytenor on Twitter -- is the the 27th ranked player in the RotoGrinders rankings who is known for his simulations and NFL/PGA DFS prowess. 

I chatted with Daniel about:

- The partnership that kickstarted his DFS career
- Balancing curiosity vs anxiety when evaluating your play/results
- How it feels to run UNDER expectation
- His singing career as a self-described introvert
- Why sweating games sucks 
- How we would get back into the workforce if we needed to
- and more!

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JJ Zachariason - @LateRoundQB on Twitter -- is the former Editor-in-Chief at NumberFire and current owner of LateRound.com. 

I chatted with JJ about:

- Why he decided to make the leap and start his own site
- Why differentiation is the key for both content AND DFS
- What a balanced lifestyle means to him and why it's so important
- Why he DOESN'T play DFS or season-long fantasy football at high stakes
- Does an analyst have to be a winning player - or even play at all! - to be a good resource? 
- Explaining your career to outsiders
- and more!

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Braeden Greseth - @BraedenGreseth on Twitter and bgreseth on FanDuel/DraftKings -- has won ELEVEN Single Game GPPs during the 2022 NBA Playoffs. 

I chatted with Braeden about:

- What it's like to be on such an insane heater
- Why he has such a huge edge in NBA Showdwon
- Graduating college A MONTH AGO and becoming a full-time DFS pro
- Which courses and topics from college helped him build his own simulation and lineup creation software
- Pros / cons of simulations
- How to evaluate your play during a downswing
- and more!

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Eric Thiel - @et_stats on Twitter and etphonehome on DraftKings -- is primarily a college football and college basketball specialist who has multiple six figure wins under his belt as a full-time DFS player. 

I chatted with Eric about:

- Graduating from university and immediately becoming a full-time DFS pro
- Explaining that decision to his friends and family
- Why he focuses on college sports and where the edges lie in niche areas
- His decision to stay off the RotoGrinders leaderboards
- What it's like to work all day every Saturday in the fall while you're young and your friends are going out
- The feeling of being burnt out and how there's likely an expiration date on this career
- and more!

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Ken Lin - @swaglordken on Twitter and swaglordken on DraftKings/FanDuel -- is primarily a small-field DFS player with countless five-figure GPP wins, but he also focuses much of his time on sports betting. I had to talk to Ken after his recent decision to bet *HIS ENTIRE BANKROLL* on the NFL draft. 

I chatted with Ken about:

- His decision to risk it all on the NFL draft
- The importance of taking shots with your bankroll when you're younger
- Why he plays small-field DFS contests
- The amount of time and grind required to intelligently take a bankroll shot
- Deciphering good information
- The lifestyle of a gambler while in college, especially during COVID
- and more!

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Coby DuBose - @DuBoseDefense on Twitter and TigerPawsSC on DraftKings -- is a criminal defense lawyer who self-excluded from DFS from 2016 to 2021. Since his return late last year, he's won more than $500,000 playing PGA DFS. 

I talked with Coby about:

- Why he walked away from DFS for so long
- The process of getting back into DFS
- His unusual way of growing his bankroll
- Why his ultra-aggressive approach works for PGA DFS
- What it's like to win $500K in such a short stretch
- The mental roller coaster of being a criminal defense lawyer
- and more!

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jayk123 is a retired DFS pro with huge DraftKings scores, including a Millionaire Maker win. Unfortunately, Jay was forced to abruptly stop playing DFS when DraftKings left Australia last year.

I talked with Jay about:

- The DFS landscape in Australia
- The crazy time difference and his routines for each sport
- The exhaustive, yet pleasurable, grinding lifestyle
- His preference to keep his DFS success private
- The mental aspect of huge downswings
- His future without DFS
- and more!

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