Rebuy tournaments: Adding/rebuying?

[Klg0143]

I played my first rebuy tourney yesterday somehow managed to cash. But I was wondering should you always rebuy? Should you always add on? Should I essentially just play real tight the until the rebuy period is over? It seemed to be very very loose last night until the rebuy was over.

[mikeymer]

dude can you look like 1 page back that same stupid question was asked yesterday and has been asked like 10000 times. YES REBUY, YES ADDON, YES ALWAYS.

[CybrPunk]

Like mikey said, that question has been covered thoroughly in other posts in both this forum and the MTT Strategy forum. There's also information about this in the FAQ and Anthology posts that are stickied at the top.

[benza13]

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my opinion is that it doesnt worth another buy in to get 1500 more chips or an add on of 2000. i say that because it worths more to play a new tourney if you lose with a new 1500 chips which gives a place on that tourney from pay a whole buy in for some more chips...anyone with the same opinion?

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No one who knows what they are doing.

[Dunkman]

The thinking is that if it's +EV to play the tourney, then every rebuy/addon is also +EV. Obviously if someone is a losing player, then not rebuying/adding on reduces losses. Rebuys/addons are probably better than a new tourney because of the dead money in the prize pool (and maybe because of fish with a lot of chips at your table.) Additionally, I find that I can't just fire up tourneys with 50k+ prize pools for $20 whenever I want, so it's not like that's really an option.

[Soulman]

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my opinion is that it doesnt worth another buy in to get 1500 more chips or an add on of 2000. i say that because it worths more to play a new tourney if you lose with a new 1500 chips which gives a place on that tourney from pay a whole buy in for some more chips...anyone with the same opinion?

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Poker rules so hard, mwahahahaha

[CybrPunk]

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my opinion is that it doesnt worth another buy in to get 1500 more chips or an add on of 2000. i say that because it worths more to play a new tourney if you lose with a new 1500 chips which gives a place on that tourney from pay a whole buy in for some more chips...anyone with the same opinion?

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This isn't a matter of opinion but rather one of expected value vs. rate of return on your investment. Sorry to say this, but you don't have anything resembling a clue about the value of a rebuy or add-on in a rebuy tournament. You should definitely read the same threads we directed the original poster toward.

Poker is not a game of luck, opinions and gut feelings.

[Dunkman]

Actually in many freezeout tourneys that is precisely my strategy...obviously not to the extreme as in a rebuy, but I'll gladly take a coinflip early to try and get a stack going.