Stars $22R: Is this guy a genius or a donk?

[Bolero]

Played my first rebuy on PokerStars, so admittedly not versed in rebuy strategy. Ran into a guy who re-bought five times before the break. This guy was re-raising all-in pre-flop from middle position with an unbelievable range of hands: A-5, K-8, Q-9....hands I normally pitch to an early PF raiser. He eventually took me out.

I checked him out after the tourney, and he has made some huge scores for hundreds of thousands of dollars. So maybe I am missing something here. He's obviously doing something right.

Is it sound strategy to gamble/rebuy/gamble/rebuy in the hopes of massing a huge amount of chips on Stars? My instinct tells me that this is not a profitable approach, but, again, I don't have rebuy experience....nor do I have hundreds of thousands in winnings, as this guy did.

[ASPoker8]

no, optimal strategy is to never rebuy or addon, those are for the donks, kind of like the sucker bet

what you should do is just fight with your initial 1500 chips

limp a lot, and call those morons raises, but if you miss the flop, just check and fold

[Bolero]

Thanks. That's what I thought. Maybe this is one of those guys who has won $500k but spent $498k to get it...

[ZBTHorton]

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Thanks. That's what I thought. Maybe this is one of those guys who has won $500k but spent $498k to get it...

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lollllllllllllllll

[Bolero]

Guys, I want to thank all of you for your kind input and taking the time to help a newcomer. It's odd, because I didn't think this was a very interesting post, and yet it has received many more responses than any of my other posts.

For the individual who asked my screen name, it is "dotcombillionaire." In fact, I'm looking for some guys to play a $200/$400 NL cash game on Stars at 8pm tonight, Saturday, 9/15. Why don't you all join me there?

[SkinnyLittleTwig]

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For the individual who asked my screen name, it is "dotcombillionaire." In fact, I'm looking for some guys to play a $200/$400 NL cash game on Stars at 8pm tonight, Saturday, 9/15. Why don't you all join me there?

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[augie_]

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For the individual who asked my screen name, it is "dotcombillionaire." In fact, I'm looking for some guys to play a $200/$400 NL cash game on Stars at 8pm tonight, Saturday, 9/15. Why don't you all join me there?

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this ought to be good. i propose bolero is banned if he does not play 200/400 tonight

[bobbycharles]

Not bad Bolero......not bad at all!

[the alex]

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Guys, I want to thank all of you for your kind input and taking the time to help a newcomer. It's odd, because I didn't think this was a very interesting post, and yet it has received many more responses than any of my other posts.

For the individual who asked my screen name, it is "dotcombillionaire." In fact, I'm looking for some guys to play a $200/$400 NL cash game on Stars at 8pm tonight, Saturday, 9/15. Why don't you all join me there?

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nh

[Thegunshow]

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Thanks. That's what I thought. Maybe this is one of those guys who has won $500k but spent $498k to get it...

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wow...