BettingPros Launches New PrizePicks and Underdog Optimizers
The PrizePicks Optimizer and Underdog Optimizer are now live at BettingPros. Each tool converts its app’s payout multipliers into real per-pick odds, builds the slip structure with the best expected return, and grades every pick against sportsbook consensus. Both are available now with BettingPros Premium.
Pick’em apps built an enormous audience on a simple pitch: no odds, no spreads, just take a player’s number over or under. The catch is that the odds never went anywhere. They’re baked into the payout multipliers, and once you do the conversion, some slip types turn out to be priced tighter than a sharp sportsbook line while others quietly charge the worst number in the industry. Nobody is required to show you a price, so nobody does.
As of today, you can see the price on every slip you build. And more importantly, you can build around it.
What the PrizePicks & Underdog Optimizers Do
Each optimizer does two jobs.
First, it puts you in the right slip structure for the app you’re playing. The same set of picks can carry meaningfully different implied odds depending on how they’re packaged, and the best structure on one app is close to the worst on the other. The optimizer handles that math before you’ve picked anyone.
Second, it grades every pick against sportsbook consensus. Pick’em lines don’t always keep up with the sharpest books, and when a book consensus has moved past the number an app is still hanging, the tool flags the side with the market behind it. It’s the same thinking that powers +EV betting: take the number that’s wrong in your favor.
The Real Odds Behind Every Payout
The conversion the apps leave out is simpler than it sounds. Every payout structure implies a break-even win rate per pick, and every break-even rate converts to American odds. Run that math across both apps and the menu stops looking uniform in a hurry.
| PrizePicks | Payout | Per-pick odds |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Pick Power | 3x | -137 |
| 3-Pick Power | 6x | -122 |
| 3-Pick Flex | 3x / 1x | -137 |
| 4-Pick Power | 10x | -128 |
| 4-Pick Flex | 6x / 1.5x | -122 |
| 5-Pick Power | 20x | -122 |
| 5-Pick Flex | 10x / 2x / 0.4x | -119 |
| 6-Pick Power | 37.5x | -121 |
| 6-Pick Flex | 25x / 2x / 0.4x | -118 |
| Underdog | Payout | Per-pick odds |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Pick Standard | 3.5x | -115 |
| 3-Pick Standard | 6.5x | -115 |
| 3-Pick Flex | 3.25x / 1.09x | -124 |
| 4-Pick Standard | 12x | -116 |
| 4-Pick Flex | 6x / 1.5x | -122 |
| 5-Pick Standard | 20x | -122 |
| 5-Pick Flex | 10x / 2.5x | -121 |
| 6-Pick Standard | 35x | -124 |
| 6-Pick Flex | 25x / 2.6x / 0.25x | -117 |
| 7-Pick Standard | 65x | -123 |
| 7-Pick Flex | 40x / 2.75x / 0.5x | -124 |
| 8-Pick Standard | 120x | -122 |
| 8-Pick Flex | 80x / 3x / 1x | -123 |
Two things jump off those tables. The 2-pick entry, the single most popular way to play pick’em because it’s the easiest to win, is the worst price on PrizePicks and the best price on Underdog. And on PrizePicks, the value hides at the other end of the menu: the 5- and 6-pick flex plays, where the insurance on a missed leg pulls the effective price down to -119 and -118.
To be fair, nobody should be expected to eyeball a 37.5x multiplier and know what it implies. That’s the point of building the tool.
Can You Make Money on PrizePicks & Underdog?
The optimizers won’t turn pick’em into free money, and we’re not going to pretend otherwise. Even in the best structure, you need roughly 54% of your picks to hit just to break even, and that’s a real bar. Plenty of graded slips will lose. What the tools change is which side of the math you’re standing on: you stop paying -137 for coin flips and start taking market-backed picks at the best price the app offers. Do that consistently and you’re playing the version of the game that can actually be beaten.
What They Cover and Where to Get Them
The optimizers cover NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and WNBA and update as pick’em boards change throughout the day.
Both tools are live now: the PrizePicks Optimizer and the Underdog Optimizer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the PrizePicks Optimizer?
It’s a BettingPros tool that builds the mathematically optimal slip type on PrizePicks and grades every pick against sportsbook consensus, so both the structure and the selections have the math behind them.
How do PrizePicks payouts convert to real odds?
Every multiplier implies a break-even win rate per pick. A 2-pick power play pays 3x, which requires winning about 57.7% of your picks to break even, the same as betting -137 at a sportsbook. Flex plays with insurance convert to better prices, down to about -118 on a 6-pick.
Is PrizePicks or Underdog better?
It depends on the slip. Underdog’s 2- and 3-pick standard entries are the best prices in pick’em at about -115 per pick. On PrizePicks, the 5- and 6-pick flex plays are the strongest structures. Neither app is best across the board, which is why each has its own optimizer.
What’s the best slip type on PrizePicks?
The 5- and 6-pick flex plays, at roughly -119 and -118 per pick. The 2-pick power play is the worst at -137.
Do the optimizers guarantee winning slips?
No. They put you in the best structure at the best available numbers, but pick’em still requires clearing a real break-even rate, and individual slips will lose. The value shows up over volume, not overnight.