Thoughts Regarding the Maniac Rebuy Strategy

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I loooooooooooove the stars $3 rebuy - I go nuts for the 1st hour. all-in EVERY hand for 1st orbit if no callers I always show - unless I have a genuine monster - then wait till you get hands with potential mid os connectors/SC/suited 1 gappers before going all-in. Calling any all-in if there are 2 or more all-ins in front of you after I hit 12k or so or I have spanked 20 buyins - switch to supertight mode and pick off loads more chips when I hit a great hand - I find the last 10 mins is great for this as often people rush to double through and if you have a big stack you can call off t3k against people racing you frequently with junk - recently I find it rare if I get to 1st break with less than t30k. Once I had t73k at first break [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

its so much fun - where else in poker can you quadruple through with 95o ? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

You only need to get lucky once before you gear down a little.

2nd hour assuming my stack is $30k plus I limp every unraised flop and usually stack a few people playing junk hands that hit hard - I will call a up to 4BB raise from anyone with a small/medium stack playing any 2 - and hope the flop comes rags and I make a goofy straight or 2pair and stack their TPNK or overpairs. Again lots of fun - tho I get a lot of abuse from table coaches. I won't do this to good players or bigger stacks than mine as I frequently come unstuck and get knocked out.

6/10 times this takes me to 3rd break with ~70k after this I calm down and try playing poker.

This is where my game hits a downturn as most of the players still in can play better poker than I can with deep stacks [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] and quite often I am that guy overplaying and pushing his bad hands straight into some grateful patient players nuts...

I finish ITM about half the time - best finish to date was ~100th - am going to win this one day though...

I don't know if this is great strategy or not - but it works for me - all I need to do is nail down my game at later levels - when to push - when not to push and I ought to start placing a whole lot better...