There are many advantages in playing Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy that make the game more enjoyable, than season-long fantasy:

• Having the ability to draft any player and fill out your lineup any way you want, with a limitless player pool, makes the game more fun.
• Losing a player to a season-ending injury is no longer catastrophic since contests are played daily and new players can be selected.
• You also have the chance to use a player you missed out on in your full season fantasy league.

Knowing the difference between a cash game and a tournament is key when selecting lineups and understanding your chances at winning prizes.

Cash Games - Head-to-head and 50/50 contests, that are single-round play where the top half of the participants win prizes.
Tournaments - League contests that are multi-round play. Winners are determined by an accumulation of all rounds and the prizes are awarded to the top participants.

Setting your lineup should be far different in both cash games and tournaments.

Cash Games - The floor matters the most, because you’re just trying to beat half of the participants. Finishing in first is no better than the bottom payout placement.
Tournaments - The ceiling and upside matters the most, because you’ll want to stay away from the average options and take chances on players with a better potential payoff. Finishing in first place would have the best payout.

The more you play, the more you’ll realize which contests best suit you. Whether you are a beginner or a long-time player, game selection can be crucial. When playing in tournaments multiple entries are allowed, but in cash games it is typically a single entry contest. The limit on entries is a factor in determining which contests to join.

Lineup changes are permitted up to the scheduled game times. Late swaps can be key to having the strongest possible lineup, so paying attention to injury statuses is one way to stay ahead of the competition.

There are some details that can be specific to a particular sport. In baseball, players who are playing at a hitter-friendly ballparks are typically belonging to a high amount of managers. For example; stacking players playing at Coors Field can be extremely beneficial due to baseballs travel farther in higher altitudes. Another way to set a strong lineup is to select players based on batting order and to look at the opposing bullpens. Paying attention to the opposing bullpen is just as important as the starting pitcher.

This method is more for tournaments and is a common way to construct a baseball lineup that uses multiple batters from the same team, usually those who are hitting in succession in the batting order. Yahoo allows up to six players from the same team. If you see an opposing pitcher you think is going to get crushed, stack your team with his opponents’ lineup that day.

It is most important in baseball, as rainouts can cause chaos. One way to avoid weather being a factor is to select players playing in domes. Conversely, using players in dangerous weather situations can be an effective strategy in tournaments, that is not as commonly used. In football, rain and snow are often overrated, because high winds are the most worrisome.

A way to see which players are most likely to be involved in higher scoring games is looking at implied team totals. In baseball, the implied team totals are dramatically different based on the games’ starting pitchers, which helps explain their huge salary discrepancies in the player pool. Knowing which team is favored, by how much, and with what over/under helps paint a picture of the potential outcome.

Be very careful because Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy can be extremely fun and time consuming. Creating NFL lineups has become a science with different resources to use for research. There are different podcasts and articles across America dispersing advice on which players have low  salaries that given week and detailed dissections of game matchups. Be selective when choosing which resources to utilize.