ReBuy Tourney Question

[BlackCoffee]

Right now on PokerStars.. $5+rebuy satellite into the Sunday 500+30

268 entries, 360 rebuys (45 minutes)

1 guy on my table had 'rebought' 8 times but he's starting to get on a roll now.

Is this normal or is this extremely loose?

[omahilo]

many times people in $5 or $10 rebuy tourneys will go allin every single hand untill they build a large chip stack then will start playing normal again.

[Penguinfan]

Rebuys are just an excuse for morons to play even worse than usual and get lucky, avoid them and turbo games and your bankroll will be better off for it.

[BlackCoffee]

Not doing so well now. The bigger bankrolls are bullying me.
I actually do well in rebuys and turbo tourneys. I made it to the 200+15 last week through the $3+rebuy and won a $10 turbo tourney not too long ago. People panic and play bad cards in rebuy and turbo. I dont seem to have much luck lately playing regular tourneys although I do agree with you they are much better.

[omahilo]

I agree with you... to win a seat to the 350K tourney on stars the 11+ rebuy turbos are a nice way to go.

I just dont play them normally because dudes are willing to spend $200-300 in a $10 rebuy just rebuying every hand and going allin till they get a large stack.

[BlackCoffee]

end of the hour 268 entries, 467 rebuys, 147 add-ons

8 seats + 9th $190

176 left and im low in in 143rd place

i didnt have to rebuy so just 5+5addon

For $10, to win a seat would be a miracle

[omahilo]

the 5+ rebuys are a grind... your better off doing the 10+ rebuy turbos, on Sunday it usually gets 60-70 seats and 100+ seats for the 350K.

[BlackCoffee]

I have nothing to do this afternoon
In a better position now. 55th out of 142

I made the 350 one last week throught the 10+rebuy... was about 35 seats out of 200 players. It's a 22+rebuy this week, because it's the last sunday of the month.

- BlackCoffee (Cafe_Sua)

[BlackCoffee]

blah, Just went out.. unlucky today.

PokerStars Game #1544607492: Tournament #7059883, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2005/04/18 - 15:44:46 (ET)
Table '7059883 13' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: turnboy (12388 in chips)
Seat 2: usedd (12380 in chips)
Seat 3: cluless (13320 in chips)
Seat 4: Cafe_Sua (12550 in chips)
Seat 5: YOGEE (6630 in chips)
Seat 6: A.S.Preston (13920 in chips)
Seat 7: bucketobeer (9750 in chips)
Seat 8: roadrunner22 (16076 in chips)
Seat 9: 8count (7315 in chips)
turnboy: posts the ante 25
usedd: posts the ante 25
cluless: posts the ante 25
Cafe_Sua: posts the ante 25
YOGEE: posts the ante 25
A.S.Preston: posts the ante 25
bucketobeer: posts the ante 25
roadrunner22: posts the ante 25
8count: posts the ante 25
8count: posts small blind 100
turnboy: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe_Sua [Kd Kc]
usedd: calls 200
cluless: folds
Cafe_Sua: raises 1800 to 2000
YOGEE: folds
A.S.Preston: folds
bucketobeer: folds
roadrunner22: folds
8count: folds
turnboy: raises 1800 to 3800
usedd: folds
Cafe_Sua: raises 8725 to 12525 and is all-in
turnboy: calls 8563 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Th Qc 6h]
*** TURN *** [Th Qc 6h] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Th Qc 6h 2c] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
turnboy: shows [Td Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
Cafe_Sua: shows [Kd Kc] (a pair of Kings)
turnboy collected 25251 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25251 | Rake 0
Board [Th Qc 6h 2c Jh]
Seat 1: turnboy (big blind) showed [Td Tc] and won (25251) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 2: usedd folded before Flop
Seat 3: cluless folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Cafe_Sua showed [Kd Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: YOGEE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: A.S.Preston folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bucketobeer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: roadrunner22 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: 8count (small blind) folded before Flop

[omahilo]

horrible way to end your day.

[Zybomb]

Yea definately sucks to go out like that...... i think maybe if your preflop raise would of been different it may of played out differently. The reraise with the 10s may have come because you made such a strong raise (10x BB)... to me a raise this large indicates a hand that doesnt want to be called, and the 10s may have very well thought he was a 4 to 1 and you were holding 4s or lower. Regardless once he hit a set on the flop, you probably would of lost most of your money anyways, bc the kings would be difficult to get off.

[BlackCoffee]

That's a good point. But I wanted to make a significant raise to a) not let Aces-Rag come in and b) trap a lower pocket pai,r which I did.
The blind were small but everyone had plenty of chips due to all the rebuys.

Just unlucky.. there's always next time.

[Talking Poker]

I disagree. I typically don't like Rebuy tourneys, but there certainly is a strategy to them. If what you say is partially true though - and the "morons" are attracted to rebuy tourneys - then they should be even more profitable for smart players like us.

Think about it.

[ChipFish]

If you are going to enter a rebuy tournament, you MUST Immediately rebuy.
Therefore this tournament should have cost you a minimum of $5+1 +$5 +$5

There is no excuse for not rebuying immediately, and any other reasoning is just bad strategy.

I find as long as you can double up your initial double-rebuy and then you get the add-on, you should do just fine.