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The other web site was accurate. If you bust outta the Sahara tourneys in the first hour, you can go back up and hand over $42 and get right back in if there is no waiting list. There is not usually a waiting list when the tourney starts, but typically by about 7:15 there will be a few people waiting. Basically, they try hard to give everybody who is there at 7 or 11 a seat. Once the tourney starts, newcomers get seated if there are seats available, but once all the seats are full the waiting list begins.

I'd guess maybe half the folks who bust in the first hour buy back in. There are a couple players who sometimes play it like it's a cheap unlimited rebuy tourney, but for the most part I find it plays more like a no-rebuy event, especially if a waiting list forms early and holds--then you cannot instantly buy back in when you bust. The last 5 minutes of the tourney can sometimes play more like a rebuy as people with short stacks decide they don't want to go into the break broke, so they do the standard all-or-nothing on the last hand or two before the first break at the 1 hour mark, and rebuy if they lose.

The world record for Sahara buy-ins is something like 7 times, held by a Sahara dealer (who usually plays it like it's an unlimited rebuy event).