Today's WSOP $1000 Rebuy...

[Penguinfan]

And I'm going to work tomorrow morning, this sux hard.

[Talking Poker]

This is interesting:

How Many Does It Take?
Some of our notable professional players are in for more rebuys than they'd like to admit. Some are flaunting their high numbers with pride. Take a look at what your favorite player spent on rebuys for today's tournament:

Daniel Negreanu - 48
Gavin Smith - 12
Joe Sebok - 5
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi - 11
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow - 21
Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh - 3
Tony G. - 12
Michael Gracz - 4
Tony Cousineau - 2
Phil Hellmuth - 8
Allen Kessler - 4
Phil Gordon - 16
Greg Raymer - 5
Jennifer Tilly - 6
David Williams - 4
Clonie Gowen - 6
Phil "The Unabomber" Laak - 0

[Talking Poker]

Check out Aeq's girlfriend (you remember, the new Poker Stars team member that he said is "ugly"):

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated.... Loses $1,000
A player under the gun raises all-in for his last $300. Vanessa Rousso is next to act and raises to $700. A player in middle position re-raises to $2,000. Mark Seif and Rousso are bantering back and forth with Rousso saying that Seif would double her up. Seif was telling her that he would bust her. All of a sudden, Rousso offers Seif $1,000 to move all-in and double her up. Seif responds, "I'll go in with any two cards." The two shake on the deal that Seif will move all-in with any two cards when the action gets to him. Sure enough, Seif looks at his cards and then moves all-in while Rousso makes the call. The middle position player folds and the players turn up their cards. The under the gun player shows K-K. Rousso is all-in for $6,000 with Q-Q and Seif shows... A-A. The board comes A-8-5-2-10, and Mark Seif eliminates two players in the same hand. After the hand, Rousso pays Seif $1,000 and leaves the room, laughing hysterically. After the hand, Seif is up to $42,000 in chips.

[omahilo]

lol I love it... that would be a fun event to rail.

[JDMcNugent7]

how long is the RB period?

[Talking Poker]

I think it was 2 hours.

[Talking Poker]

Daniel just got busted... Crazy how this $1000 tourney just cost him about as much as the $50k HORSE event. Wow.

I know their is a lot of value in that all in in the dark every hand until you have a nice stack strategy, but I can't help but wonder if it's really worth it? I mean, surely there is some sort of still super aggressive compromise where you are only pushing in (or worse yet - calling all in) 75% of the time or so, right?

Based on the rebuy counts above, it seems not all the top pros use the same strategy as Daniel. In fact, there were only a little more than 2 rebuys per player on average:

Official Numbers
Here are the final numbers for this event:
Total Players: 754
Total Rebuys: 1,691
Total Prize Pool: $2,340,238
Number of Players Paid: 72
72nd - $4,095
1st - $631,863

[johnp158]

Wha????

Guess he was ready to bust or double up.

[Talking Poker]

I noticed the same thing. I can't help but wonder about the accuracy of that post... unless of course, Patrik had a read on the guy that said he was weak - but EVEN SO, assuming he has no pair, you're still a sizeable dog to ANY hand (but I suppose it's safe to assume you have live cards).

I have to think it would be better to wait for one of the next few hands and be the first one to enter the pot, but then again, with a break coming and the blinds about to increase again and maybe his table was hyper aggressive - you just never know all the factors that went into his decision...

[omahilo]

Phil Hellmuth #2 in chips after day 1... He might put together another run at #10, we will see.

to be continued....