strategy help for wsoof

de-coder · #1 05-27-07, 09:49 AM

There are a lot of rebuys and turbo rebuys on the schedule for this thing. I've never played in either a turbo or a rebuy. What's the plan for these types of tourneys?

Talking Poker · #2 05-27-07, 12:03 PM

Quick and dirty response:

Turbo - Play much more aggressively. Open up your game and play many more hands. Gamble early (by betting, not by calling).

Rebuy - You need some stones (and a roll) to play in these the right way. Always rebuy any time your stack drops below the starting chip count - including before the first hand of the tournament.

Advanced Rebuy Strategy - Shove with any two until you double up at least once and perferably until you have WELL over the average stack (5-7x?). Most people won't do this, and this strategy isn't for everyone... but starting off with that big pile of chips is a huge advantage. Then play big stack poker and don't look back.

Kurn · #3 05-27-07, 12:15 PM

In a rebuy, the key concept is "spend money to make money." The idea is to gamble like crazy during the rebuy period with the goal of having a giant stack after the add-on. Rebuy the minute you take your seat. Rebuy every time you have 1500 or fewer chips. Double rebuy every time you go broke. Take the add-on unless you have > 10% of the total chips in play.

That being said. Pay attention to who is doing what at your table. If most of the table is playing like its a freeze-out, you must become the rebuy maniac. If there are 2 or more rebuy maniacs at the table, you can often hide in the bushes and call their pushes with better than average hands - 99+, 87s+, Q7+. After the break it becomes deep-stacked NLHE.

Turbo-rebuys are like this with the added aspect of becoming pure preflop games after the break. You will have to push with and A, any 2 paint, any pair. You will call pushes with 88+, AT+, any 2 paint.

de-coder · #4 05-27-07, 12:34 PM

thanks guys

that's basically what I've been doing, but it looks a lot like donking...

I hadn't won a race until the last hand before the break...

de-coder · #5 05-27-07, 01:16 PM

wow... I got fortunate a few times, but that seems to be required for this kind of play (I was also unlucky a lot too, but it may have evened out).

Overall my play was super aggressive and I'm happy with the way I played - particularly since this was my first turbo event ever AND my first rebuy event ever!

I won a seat to the wsoof main event!

Invigilator · #6 05-27-07, 01:27 PM

well done

Invigilator · #7 05-27-07, 01:28 PM

I noticed that for the Freeze-out tournaments both the $5 and $10 tournaments offer a seat in the main event for every $55 of prize pool. This should mean that there are more seats per capita available in the $10 events. Since I am more of a freeze-out guy, I think I will try that.

Invigilator · #8 05-27-07, 01:31 PM

How many rebuys did you make?

de-coder · #9 05-27-07, 01:42 PM

8 rebuys plus 1 add-on. I did rebuy for the first hand and was maniacal before the break. I pushed every PP and opened pots that were folded to me in middle and late position with just about any 2 - very little calling, if there were limpers I'd shove with any 2 facecards or suited connectors (not always of course) - I wanted to play first-in or fold poker (unless I was pushing, which I did quite a bit).

It got frustrating near the end - I had a big stack (biggest at my table) and there were 3 or 4 guys very short compared to the blinds. I basically put them all-in every hand and tried to knock them out, but they kept hitting on me. In all it was very fast and hectic and I'm certain that I don't want to live a life of poker that way, but I'd do it again occasionally.