Freezeout vs. Rebuys

[crackerjack]

I am having a slight disagreement with someone...

For the most part, do poker pro's prefer freezeout tourneys or rebuys?
Any pro's in here that can answer?
What about everyone else?

[Jurollo]

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I am having a slight disagreement with someone...

For the most part, do poker pro's prefer freezeout tourneys or rebuys?
Any pro's in here that can answer?
What about everyone else?

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Depends on structure, there is no correct answer.

[crackerjack]

let's say for giggles that the tourney is $500 to enter with unlimited rebuys in the first hour.

Do they prefer playing a $500 freezeout or a $500 rebuy. You get the same amount of chips for the rebuy as you do with your initial buy-in

[andre006]

huh? a 500r would compared more to something like a 2k freezout

[timex]

Freezeouts are about 45% better than rebuys

[TresDeuce]

freezeouts ftw

[Soulman]

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Freezeouts are about 49% better than rebuys

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[New2This]

Benefits to Rebuys:
Deep Stack play
Final Table has lots of chips so less of a crapshoot
Delays the portion of the tournament where you "have" to go all in.
Opportunity to gamble or take advantage of gamblers during rebuy period
More hands played per tournament
Lower rake
Higher ITM (for the best players)

The only downsides i can think of:
unfair to players unwilling/unable to make 3+ rebuys
take longer to finish
some players dislike the rebuy crazyness (i think its awesome)

[timex]

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Freezeouts are about 49% better than rebuys

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Oops, typo

Hate this new keyboard

[andre006]

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Freezeouts are about 49% better than rebuys

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Oops, typo

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