Suicide and Survivor Pools strategy

[Dr. Jack]

This is almost as popular as brackets in March Madness. Seems like everyone part of a survivor pool one way or another.

Do you have a strategy?

Are you one that picks the highest spread team?

Do you try to pick a bad team that should get a win?

Do you pick mostly home teams?

Do you map out all the weeks or go week to week?

Do you just go with your gut?

What kind of strategy do you use?

[Chris46139]

I go week to week with my gut, have to get to the dance before you start dancing IMO, get me to week 10 and then I start planning

[Burgh Brew Crew]

I try to take a shitty team in a good spot early on say weeks 1-5 if there is a situation available. If not then play it week by week.

[cali]

I go week to week. If I can find a bad or mediocre team in a good spot, I will usually take them so I can hold on too a top tier team.

[bigsportsguy2006]

home teams only.

no divisional games.

dont start planning until week 8 to 10 (depending on the size of the pool and how many people are left).

[bdgear]

Do you map out all the weeks or go week to week?

i try and map out all weeks but it has never worked yet.

[cook county capper]

I try to ride a bad team all year.
I am picking on Carolina to start, for at least the first 2 games.

[Pythagoras]

I just throw out games till I'm 4 or 5 weeks deep then try to develop a strategy

[LordCC]

For Survivor, I try to use the mediocre teams first. For example, if Tampa Bay is playing Cincinnati at home, I will take Tampa Bay to win. OR if it was Seattle, some team that will be a 500 team or worse.

My goal is to try & save the best teams for near the end, and thus you may have a leg or two up on your fellow competitors. I have seen for a few years, that people will take the New Englands, Indy, Pittsburgh, Philly right out of the gate.

[CaptainHandsome]

My strategy is simple. Big the big guys EARLY. SO many people drop off early trying to pick darkhorse winners. There are always a couple darkhorse giants that you can use later, may as well get yourself through the first few weeks using teams you know will win. After that I bet AGAINST teams... I.E. Last year I often picked whoever was up against Buffalo or Washington or the NFC West.... I honestly win at least 1 survivor pool every year(Last year I won 3) so I feel like it's a good strategy.

[TheHippieRipper]

Never use the biggest favorite (you'll die with everyone else if they lose)

Try to save a couple of the good teams for down the road

Once byes come into play taking a team off of a bye is good.

[smet9772]

I look at all of the high lines first. 5-10 points. And then I usually take out all of the road teams. And go with the best option from there.

[BigBets]

agree with alot of the above, take a shitty team first, home teams ect.

I thinks this weeks best play is cleveland home vs cincy. Hands down.

[Dr. Jack]

The thing about taking a "shitty" team first and saving your "elite" teams is if you lose then saving those teams mean nothing. I personally am not a big fan of saving teams. I mean I get that if you can find a mediocre team that is in a good spot then you should consider it, but I don't usally look to the future with these.

That explains why I've never won one - lol

[GamblingMike]

I just go with my gut week to week.