Strategy for NL Tourny with Rebuys and Add On

Talking Poker · #1 02-23-05, 01:41 AM

Actualy, you only have 2k here. 1000 x 2.

And then 4x after the KK hand in your example. Right?

For the record - I completely agree with you here, Chip. I always thought you were supposed to rebuy immediately (and as often as you need to later on - even loosening up a bit when you are just above the minimum) and ALWAYS take the add-on.

ChipFish · #2 02-23-05, 01:47 AM

Ooops... kind of flubbed the math... but you get the idea...

Zybomb · #3 02-23-05, 01:54 AM

the rebuys for this tourny will not let you rebuy immediatley, you must run out of chips entirely to rebuy. I guess the concensus so far is take the add onds regardless of your chip position before the break, so I'll work with that...Im still undecided on how to react to the fact that one out of every 3 or 4 hands there will be an all in preflop during the first round or so...granted, I could slow play a monster and rake in chips, but theres no guarentee I'll be dealt Aces or Kings, so Im wondering if I need to alter my play from how it normally is to deal with this (and the fact that few if any bluffs will work during the first round or so)...you can obviously play looser knowing you can jump back in, but how much more aggressive if at all should I be than I normally am, especially when Id be dealing with at least some % of 'calling stations'...Im thinking see more flops than usual if I can without risking all my chips, and pretty much play your hand...more advice if you guys have would be great

bigjohnstud2o · #4 02-23-05, 05:09 AM

From my rebuy experience all i will say is that it is as much of a tournament to see who can rebuy the most, as it is to see who the better poker players are.

But seriously. I would not say 5x to rebuy add on. Maybe nore hopefully less. Whe they say loosen up that dont mean the K5s and the real jusnk hands but more of the suited connectors and the 1 and sometimes 2 gap connectors. Hope this helps

tazmision89 · #5 02-23-05, 08:09 AM

It's personal preference. I have been using the same stratergy for quite sometime and I do not know if it has a psychological impact on myself but I am aware that I must play to my fullest potential.

Like I said, opinion will vary from person to person and for me, I try not to get involved with re-buy or add-ons.

ChipFish · #6 02-23-05, 12:01 PM

Not necessarily.....
Try doing this.... Play very strong starting hands....(yes. During the rebuy.)
You are only trying to double up once. (gives you 4x the starting stack).
You are actually hoping there are alot of rebuys at your table...
That means, more chips in play (for you to take hopefully).

melioris · #7 02-09-06, 08:45 PM

so the general consensus is to take addons whenever they are offered? Those of you that play a lot of online tournies, is this what you do?

MAYHEM45 · #8 02-09-06, 09:55 PM

Year old threads are fun for the whole family.

TP, I thought you were taking care of this?

Talking Poker · #9 02-09-06, 11:05 PM

I tried to, but the "hack" I found isn't supported for the version of vbulletin that we are running, and I don't trust it.

This is the best I could find anywhere:

If anyone (ahem, Robbie Robb to the rescue?) can find something that will definitely work, I'm all over it. I just don't trust this, as it hasn't worked for the past handful of people who have tried it on vb version > 3.5.0. We are running 3.5.2 right now.

melioris · #10 02-10-06, 05:39 AM

I dragged this thread out because I was wondering what strategy folks recommend for rebuy and addon tournies. I first searched for "addon" through threads, but most of the info was old. So instead of starting a new thread and then having someone link to this one, I justed ask a vague followup question in this thread. If that is not the preferred way to ask a question probably has already been asked previously, just let me know.