The 2011-2012 fantasy football season was another great time as usual. Lots of high scores, comeback wins, devastating losses, surprise players and cash prizes. Hakeem Nicks was the star of the receiving show on Super Bowl Sunday, bringing in 10 catches for 109 yards. Eli Manning threw only 1 touchdown pass, which went to Victor Cruz, on 296 yards passing for the game.

Ahmad Bradshaw scored a rushing touchdown late in the game on top of 76 yards rushing. He almost pulled a Brian Westbrook and laid down right at the goal line, so that time would keep on ticking, but instead, at the last second, opted to fall backwards into the end zone instead.

Tom Brady threw for 276 yards, 2 touchdowns and a pick. Aaron Hernandez caught one of them and Danny Woodhead caught the other. It was a modest day offensively for both offenses, which means a lot of low scoring super bowl fantasy games.

Fantasy basketball games will be all we have now to hold us over until we get to baseball. LeBron James is currently the top ranked fantasy basketball player right now, although there are many other guys to choose from when selecting your lineup and going for the prize money. In salary cap fantasy basketball, I would have no trouble paying the high price tag for guys like Kevin Love, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Andrew Bynum and Kobe Bryant.

When speaking of mid-level guys with mid-level type price tags, I would pay for names like Serge Ibaka, Emeka Okafor, Joakim Noah, Ty Lawson, Joe Johnson, Jrue Holliday, and Tony Parker. Lower price level guys who can still be productive lie in names like Jodie Meeks, Leandro Barbosa, James Johnson and Kenyon Martin.

Enjoy the rest of the 2012 fantasy basketball season. Weekly and daily fantasy baseball games will be here in no time. Until then, have fun grabbin’ boards and getting assists for cash prizes. As always, enjoy the week.

Fantazzle David

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The NFL regular season is finally over. It seems like it ended just as soon as it started. The fantasy football season isn’t over yet however, as we still have plenty of weekly fantasy football games for you to play at Fantazzle. Don’t hesitate to try out all the fantasy football playoff games. Fantasy basketball is now in full swing, so I’ll be talking about big time stats and performers in the NBA.

If your planning on taking part in our fantasy basketball games, you’ll want to get defensive-minded players into your lineup. On Fantazzle, blocks and steals are each worth 2 points a piece. DeAndre Jordan, Emeka Okafor, Javale McGee, Marcus Camby and Dwight Howard are all guys you will want to consider. They get tons of rebounds and blocks as well!

Guys that get a lot of steals like Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo, Andre Iguodala, John Wall and Jason Kidd will also have plenty of value. Remember, steals and blocks are worth two points each, so use it to your advantage. Try and get a bunch of block guys who can also score points and grab plenty of rebounds. Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard and LaMarcus Aldridge are good examples of that. Derrick Rose is also another example of a great fantasy basketball player in that he scores points in bunches and will also provide plenty of steal numbers.

Check in with us every Monday for the sports blog to see my advice on fantasy friendly players. When there is money on the line don’t hesitate to seek out some advice on who to take. Remember, when playing in any fantasy sports games, it’s always important to check out the scoring settings before selecting your team. Also be sure to listen to our weekly fantasy sports podcast where we always have a wealth of information to give you on fantasy sports players. Just take a look to the right hand side of the screen and you will see the podcast in green. Once again, have a productive week and let’s all enjoy the never ending fantasy sports season!

Fantazzle David

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Happy Friday Everyone!

Starting today, Friday, June 17, 2011, at 2:20PM ET we will be having several fantasy baseball games available to our great community. For starters, the daily fantasy baseball challenge will include all games taking place today. Then, we have TWO late games fantasy baseball salary cap contests going off at 7:05 and 10:05PM ET.

Saturday will also have three games available with the early games starting at 1:05PM ET and then 7:05 and 10:05PM ET. Remember, all late games are in our salary cap format whereas the early games are in the challenge format.

Sunday will cap off the spectacular weekend with our fantasy baseball pick’em contest and of course the challenge and salary cap games. The daily fantasy baseball pick’em game has you choose which pitcher will outperform their opponents on Sundays. Simply make more correct selections than your opponent(s) and win the cash prize at the contests conclusion!

What About Fantasy Racing Games for the Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips 400, You Ask?

Well, we got you covered there as well! Fantasy racing games begin Sunday, June 19, at 1:16PM ET. As always, we have three fantasy racing formats to choose from: Fantasy Racing Challenge, Fantasy Racing Pick’em and Fantasy Racing Salary Cap.

Entry fees start at just $5 and we offer some pretty great prizes, on top of the extra excitement for race day. We also have some great free fantasy racing games so if you are yet to be a memeber of Fantazzle, we suggest you do so today by clicking here!

Good luck all and have a great weekend!

–Fantazzle Zac

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Happy Monday All!

Since it is Monday and we again gave away several hundred dollars in this past week’s Game of Gurus contest, it truly is a happy Monday for several of our members. MAK-KEM, TwineTickler, bbrown, metman3468 and rotoczar each took part in our fantasy baseball promotion and finished ahead of the guru for the fifth consecutive week! Not only did these members take home $5 for beating the guru they also took home $50 bonus prizes for putting together 5-game win streaks!

Fantazzle’s Game of Gurus is getting set to start week nine of the contest and we have already given away nine $50 bonus prizes. The nine contestants who have been cashing in on guaranteed cash and bonus prizes each week will now be competing for the next streak bonus: $250 for a 10-game win streak!

While there have certainly been a lot of big winners already in the newest fantasy baseball promotion brought to you by Fantazzle, there is still plenty of time to play for the chance to win the $1,000 grand prize. A streak of 15 is all that is needed; simply beat the listed guru each week for 15 weeks and you win $1,000, not to mention the bonus prizes on your way there and all the guaranteed cash!

While the Game of Gurus contest is awarding huge prizes each week, that shouldn’t let you forget about our daily, weekly and monthly games! Our daily fantasy baseball games run everyday of the MLB season. Simply choose which entry fee and league size you wish to compete in, best the competition and take home cash prizes.

Prizes are awarded immediately and our deposit bonus is one of the best in the industry right now! Click here to find out how you can get up to $200 free and begin competing each day for large cash prizes.

Have a great week and congrats to all of the big winners at Fantazzle over the past week!

–Fantazzle Zac

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As the weekend approaches, Fantazzle has you covered for all of your fantasy sports games need.

Our daily fantasy baseball games allow you to play fantasy baseball twice a day, with our daily game and our late game fantasy baseball start. You never need to worry about missing a day in fantasy baseball as we give you the opportunity to play multiple times in a day. The Daily games start with the first baseball game of the day and you are able to select any player who is playing that day.

Our late game fantasy baseball start time varies, depending on the MLB schedule. If there are only night games on that given day, the Late Game will start around 10pm EST. With afternoon games on the MLB schedule, the late game will start with the first scheduled night game, usually around 7pm EST.

Here are the start times for this week coming up. All times are Eastern (EST)

You can also create your lineup for our Weekly Fantasy Baseball Game that starts on Monday.

FANTASY RACING

Every week Fantazzle also offers Fantasy Racing. With NASCAR invading Indianapolis this weekend for the Brickyard 400 it is guaranteed to be a great Sunday race. Can Jimmy Johnson have a three-peat in Indy? In 2009, Juan Pablo Montoya had the dominant car but sped onto pit road late in the race and eventually lost out to JJ. The Brickyard is also one of Tony Stewart’s favorite tracks. You decide who’s gonna be the top performers in the fantasy NASCAR game. Our fantasy racing game starts Sunday at 1:20 PM EST. Get your lineup in before then and win some cash.

Good luck to all who play our fantasy sports games this week.

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Watch Out Las Vegas, the Fatty’s Crew has arrived! The 10 members of the Crew playing in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event will start their tournament on Thursday during Day 1D of the Main Event. The Crew consists of the “All-Stars”: Mike “The Nose”, Old Man Bill, Kenny, Carmine, and Scottie “Mayhem”. The Fatty’s Five who won WSOP entries in Fatty’s Tournaments are Erik, Big Al, Tommy, Chris and Tommy “Newman”.

The Fatty’s Crew will be giving updates on chip counts via Twitter during the duration of the tournament so everyone participating in the fantasy poker game can find out how successful their fantasy poker team is doing. Your Fatty’s players earn twice as many points as the rest of your fantasy lineup. If they survive Day 1D on Thursday they will earn $10,000 towards your fantasy poker cash. They will then move on and play on Saturday, if any Fatty’s member survives that day they will earn $20,000 for your fantasy poker team.Blog search directory

The Blog has you covered on all your fantasy poker news in the Main Event. Stay tuned for updates on the Fatty’s players along with other notable players on your fantasy team throughout the WSOP Main Event. Monster Link Directory

Big Names Out Already

There are already some notable players out in the WSOP Main Event which might effect the standings for your fantasy team. Greg Raymer, a former Main Event winner and Ivan Demidov are just a few of the fantasy poker stars out in their first days.

Looking through the long list of names of players who survived Day 1a and Day 1B a few names popped out. Chris Moneymaker has nearly 108,000 chips and sat near the top of the 1a leaderboard and Fatty’s own Lacey Jones had around $68,000 chips after the first day.

We will be sure to keep everyone updated on the Crew’s and the rest of the fantasy poker player statuses throughout the tournament.

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Fantazzle and Fatty’s Poker are merely a week away from the start of their FREE Fantasy Poker Challenge, giving fantasy players the chance to fill rosters of poker players and have a shot at a free seat in the 2011 World Series of Poker.

However, this new fantasy poker game isn’t just about cards and luck. In fact, if you have the right information and pick the right guys from Fatty’s Poker, you’re likely to have the upper hand, as the two players selected from the Fatty’s pools earn double the points in the fantasy poker game.

To start the week, we’re profiling the first of two Fatty’s groups, the “Fatty’s Five”. Each group consists of five elite Fatty’s players who are available to be picked in their respective pools for the fantasy poker game. The members of the “Fatty’s Five” are Erik the “Luck Box”, “Big Al” Riccobono, Tommy “Jelly”, Chris “Toutie”, and Tommy “Newman”.

The easy pick here would be Al Riccobono, the leader in cash earnings out of this pool, winning around $165,000 live and almost $100,000 online. While the big money might be enticing, all fantasy players need to give hard looks at other aspects of each player’s game.

Experience can’t be ignored in an up-and-down game like poker, and it’s worth noting that Chris “Toutie” is the player in this pool that has played the longest, participating in poker tournaments since 2003. It’s also worth noting that Tommy “Newman” and Erik “Luck Box” are the newbies of the player pool, only participating in poker tournaments since 2005.

Other interesting notes are Erik “Luck Box” being “lucky”, and winning this year’s “Fatty’s Five” contest. “Newman” has cashed out in 4 of the last 5 WSOP events he has played in while “Big Al” Riccobono cashed out in both the 2007 and 2008 Main Event.

If we had to call it, the race is close between “Newman” and “Big Al”, with “Big Al” topping the competition due to his recent success, overall experience, and cash earnings.

To get all the information on the “Fatty’s Five” and the “Fatty’s All Stars”, just visit Fatty’s Poker, and be sure to sign up to play the free fantasy poker game at Fantazzle!

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Fantazzle’s free fantasy poker challenge brings the excitement and popularity of fantasy sports games and poker into one. The free fantasy poker challenge revolves around the 2010 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas which starts July 5th. Our free fantasy game will provide the winner with a $10,000 entry into the 2011 Main Event.

Just like any other fantasy game, the more success your player has at the tournament, the more successful your team will be. Fantazzle has created a unique scoring system for this free fantasy game. Your lineup consists of 10 poker players, two Fatty’s players and 8 other professional poker players. Your Fatty’s poker players earn double the points the rest of your lineup will.

There are two ways your fantasy poker earns cash. The team with the most cash at the end of the tournament will win.

1) Survive to the end of a day during the 13-day tournament. The first five days, you will earn points when your players move onto the next round. Day 1- $5,000, Day 2- $10,000 and so on. Receiving cash for surviving days only lasts until Day 4.

2)  After Day 4 the amount of cash you earn depends on how much money your players get when they cash out
For example,  if your player is eliminated in 50th place and win $135,000 (numbers not accurate, just used for an example), you will receive that amount towards your fantasy poker cash. The further your player advances, the better chance you have at winning the seat at the 2011 Main Event.

Your two Fatty’s players receive double the amount of cash than the other eight on your team. Fantazzle has bios and poker stats listed on the player selection page. Be sure to do your research to earn more cash in the free fantasy poker game.

The fantasy poker game starts July 5th. Not only can you participate in the free fantasy poker game, but Fantazzle is offering cash games for the inner-gambler in you. Play head to head against a friend or play against 4 others for your chance to wins some large cash prizes.

FANTASY BASEBALL

Don’t forget to play our daily and weekly fantasy baseball games. The Weekly game starts every Monday, this weeks starts at 705pm ET. We also offer daily fantasy baseball twice a day on most occasions, depending on the MLB schedule. Daily fantasy baseball starts with the first game on the schedule for that day. Late game fantasy baseball is always around too, just in case you missed the daily game start.

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The 2010 World Series of Poker is wrapping up its fourth week and 48th event this weekend.  So far, 42 different individuals have taken home a WSOP Bracelet. Chicago native Frank Kassela, won his first bracelet during Event #15 and also won Event #40, making him the first recipient of two bracelets in 2010. Kassela has won nearly $700,000 in those two victories and has cashed out in 4 other WSOP tournaments. Even though Kassela is not on the list for Fantazzle’s fantasy WSOP game, you are able to use him as a write-in candidate in the different categories. Kassela will be looking to become the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year with a strong performance in the Main Event.

All together 57 different tournaments will take place, including the 13-day Main Event. Fantazzle’s free fantasy poker game revolves around the Main Event, which starts on July 5th. The top fantasy poker team will receive a free entry into the 2011 WSOP Main Event in Vegas. Over $12,000 worth of prizes will be given out by Fantazzle and Fatty’s Poker during the free fantasy sports game.

The free poker game starts on July 5th. Be sure to get your fantasy poker team in before then.

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Fantazzle has always provided our fantasy players with unique fantasy sports games and fantasy promotions. We have now added a new fantasy game to our docket, the Free 2010 World Cup Bracket Game. Enter for free by June 11, fill out your bracket and win up to $1000 in cash prizes.

If you love filling out brackets in March, this is the perfect game for you. The World Cup Bracket game is played exactly like March Madness brackets. Pick the two teams you believe will advance from each group (A-H), then select the teams that will advance in each knockout round (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final). If you have the most accurate bracket you win $700. The second most accurate bracket wins $150.

To help strengthen a weak bracket, Fantazzle is allowing you to earn extra points by referring friends to our site. For each friend you refer from June 1 to July 11, you receive 1 point added to your overall score. The team with the most friend referrals from June 1st to July 11th receives $150 in their account. The friend must activate a Fantazzle account and only two referrals from the same IP address will be counted towards the overall total. You are allowed to invite as many friends as possible but to limit fraud and fake accounts, Fantazzle has placed certain regulations on referrals, like the two referrals per each IP.

In case of a tie, recurring FanStock points will be totaled to determine the winner. The team who accumulates the most points by visiting Fantazzle daily, reading this blog, and playing more free fantasy sports games will be determined the winner in a tie. Best of all, the overall leader in FanStock accrued from June 1st to July 11th receives $50 in their Fantazzle account.

Fantazzle is excited to be offering this free fantasy sports games to our members. We strive to keep our members happy and believe free games like this only strengthens our reputation.

Get a full breakdown on the World Cup game by visiting the Fantazzle site. Look for more World Cup information in our blog in the coming weeks.

World Cup Bracket Details

World Cup How to Play/Info

2010 FIFA World Cup

Bracket Game FAQ

Bracket Game Standings

Thanks and Good Luck to all.

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