I wasn't feeling it when I set my lineups earlier, but as is often the case when I'm handicapping NFL games, there's little correlation between how good I feel about a slate and how it actually turns out.

I entered three $10 Double Ups, lost two, putting me down $10. I also entered six $3 tournaments, putting me down another $18, or $28 total. But of those, I cashed in four for a total of $108.10. That means I netted $80.10 tonight, my first decent-sized win of the year. That brings my bankroll back up to $961.60.

I also set my record for scoring with 65.5, (good for 229th out of 44,215.) If I have any regrets it's not using Chris Sale in a tournament like I realized I should in the write-up. He was fairly expensive, and the match-up wasn't great according to Vegas (roughly even money), but maybe that's when a would-be a cash-game pitcher becomes a tournament one. And as much as I complain about the soft prices, they allow you to roster Sale and a team of pretty good hitters if you go that route.

But I'm doing something I said I wouldn't which is look back and think about how good my roster would be had I gotten credit for players I considered as well as those I actually used.

Finally, I did a pretty good job not checking my lineups. I looked once at 8 PM PT (11 ET), saw I was doing well, then kept my cool, played with my daughter and didn't look again until about 10 PM when the games were just about over. It was a much more enjoyable experience. Besides winning the money, there was something surprisingly pleasant about feeling the urge to check and not doing it. As if maybe I can play DFS without losing my soul.