ReBuy Tourney Question
 

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 :)

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.

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)

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

horrible way to end your day.

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.

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.

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.

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.