Daily Fantasy Advisor: Strategy Guide GPP vs Head to Head

A lot of daily fantasy owners jump into daily fantasy, picking up players they like, or players that play for "their team" and don't put a lot of strategy behind it, basically throwing their money out there for guys like me to grab up.  Once you understand the strategy behind selecting your players, playing your lineups, and maximizing your dollars, you're in a great position to catch some of the money those folks are throwing away.  I'll continue to help you do just that with this strategy sessions series.
GPP vs Head to Head Roster Building
Playing GPP and playing H2H are two different animals in daily fantasy, and the lineups you build for them should be as well.  If they're not, you're basically playing to lose.  You shouldn't be out there building up lineups, and just throwing them in various GPP's AND H2H's, expecting to win.  Here's what you want to do:

GPP:
For GPP tournaments, you're playing against massive fields.  The two factors you want to weigh when selecting players are ceiling and ownership percentage.  So you want a "this guy could go off" combined with a "nobody wants to buy him" for whatever reason.  Maybe people don't know about him, maybe he's too cheap or expensive, maybe he's being outshined by a player or two at his position and he flies under the radar.  Whatever the reason, he's YOUR "sleeper" essentially, and that's the guy you want to ride in GPP.  GPP tournaments are lineups you want to run like a Brian Hoyer/Nate Washington stack in, or a Landry Jones/Martavis Bryant stack in.  Sure you're not likely to win, but IF those guys go off, you're raking in cash, because nobody else built around that stack.  You're hoping to put together a lineup that will explode, and put out 250ish points.  That's more than 25 points per player.

H2H:
For H2H matchups, what you're looking for is high floor players.  You're looking for guys that get a ton of regular use, and nobody will be surprised by their production.  You want safe picks, you also want to plan for about 150-175 points to take the win, more often than not.  That's about 17 points per player, much more reasonable to achieve than the GPP win, and much more common.  H2H's and Double Ups, this is what you want think.

I hope some of this helps people.  Good luck winning money out there!