Rebuy tournaments

[Wish]

So, I've been playing mostly 180 and 45 seat tournaments, but decided to try something a little bigger but still at a bankroll friendly level, and made what I now consider to be the mistake of trying the Stars $3 rebuy/30k. Every hand was all-in preflop, which felt a lot more like roulette than poker to me. Is this typical of rebuy events, at these buy ins? Are rebuys with just 1 rebuy and 1 add-on typically more sane?

[kenny7]

Probably better people to answer this than me,bc I don't really play that many rebuy tourneys,but,yeah,pretty crazy early on. Lot's of allin with AJ/88 kinda hands.

As for your 2nd question,1rb 1addon tourneys are slower,plays more like a reg tourney for obvious reasons

[Boise123]

It calms down after the first break and add on period.

[elcastigador]

Before the first break its pretty much a rat race to gather chips, for the $3r. It's pretty much a crap shoot until after the break, when some somewhat serious playing begins. Kind of like playing the lottery to take the whole thing down though :/...

[JammyDodga]

I've played this a few times. 1st hour is just nuts. Make sure you are rolled for it and just push/call with A10+ 77+ until you get to 10k or so then slow down and only really play a pot if you think its going to be +cEV. Also, even then just push with your good cards because you will get called by crap.

Also, don't try and play this like a regular tourney in the first hour.

Towards the last 10 minutes of re-buy period, people will be pushing with pretty much ATC to try and get chips, so try and pick a few of these off with some half decent hands, dont get upset if you get sucked out on though.

After the break it settles down, but the standard is realy bad. People don't know how to play deep stacked, and all the big stacks are trying to race each other to be chip leader. So just play pretty tight, but call with a few speculative hands in position to try and stack someone.

Also, try and avoid bluffing, its not going to work. Just value bet all the way down.

[Soulman]

Wish,

if you're lucky enough to get on a crazy table, consider yourself blessed. Play tight and get it in when you have a hand. If you don't want to/don't have the BR to handle some variance, don't play it, but realize it's very +EV to be on such a table.

Obviously the nuttiness is nowhere near the same in a 1r+1a MTT, which basically plays like a freezeout.

[Pokerfarian]

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Every hand was all-in preflop, which felt a lot more like roulette than poker to me.

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Roulette is not beatable. Poker is beatable. That sounds a lot more like poker than roulette to me.

[MVPaul]

Can someone explain to me the ideal strategy with regards to rebuying and adding-on in unlimited tourneys? I mean, is there a point where it is not worth rebuying, i.e. 10 minutes left in the rebuy period and you have 0$? Do some rebuy more than 6 or 7 times?
Perhaps there is a thread on this already but I just feel lost in rebuy tourneys.
thanks.

[umistboy]

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Can someone explain to me the ideal strategy with regards to rebuying and adding-on in unlimited tourneys? I mean, is there a point where it is not worth rebuying, i.e. 10 minutes left in the rebuy period and you have 0$? Do some rebuy more than 6 or 7 times?
Perhaps there is a thread on this already but I just feel lost in rebuy tourneys.
thanks.

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It all depends on you. Some rebuy crazily with no limits to their spending in the pursuit of a big stack. They do this because they are skilled with a big stack and will go deep enough, regularly enough to make this a long-term winning strategy.

Some aren't so skilled and hope to strike big with a good run on a low rebuy budget. Never spend big if you don't win big.

I usually like 3xDouble buy-ins + add-on ($21 in $3r) - this way I make profit each time I cash.