In rebuy tournies, do you immediately rebuy at the start?

[Frontin]

Can someone describe the logic behind re-buy tourneys... don't they just favor the people with the most money?? Or is there some reasoning for this re-buy/add-on madness.. I've only played in freezeouts and don't really see the need for re-buys

[Defendant]

I like to rebuy before the first hand, mostly because it forces me not to gamble. If I have in the back of my head "If I bust out, no biggie, Ill just add on", I will make plays I never should have made.

Defendant

[jimmytheg]

They dont favor people with the most money, unless you cant afford to rebuy at all, and in that case you shouldnt be in the tourney.

Rebuys just build up the prizepool..which is always nice. And if you have to rebuy, it means your chips are somewhere else on the table, so you already in a hole.So having more money, and re buying a lot, only serves to give more chips to your opponents, while you are back where you started. Although, there is one strategy, Im not sure if its been touched on somewhere else on this forum. but here goes.

Some players, if they are starting on an early table where they know the table won't get broken for a long time, like to rebuy a lot. They want to play wild for the first 30 min or so, and hope it becomes contagious. Cause if it does, that means a whole lot of chips will be on your table after the hour is over...in fact, they are hoping that more chips are on their table than on any other. That gives them the oppourtunity, if things fall right, to build an incredibly huge stack as the tourney progresses....which is the obvious goal in any tourney.

[Defendant]

Usually my rebuy strategy is:

Add on before the first hand, and allow myself one more rebuy during the rebuy period. If I dont use it, I add on at the end of the period, if I use it and bust out, I leave.

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[junYUN]

i don't generally like to do re-buy tournys (mostly because i play much more aggressive when i have a "way out") but when i do i always re-buy before the tourny starts...wanna have as much chips as possible.

[hackers238]

I hate rebuy tourneys. A good old freeze-out is the way to go. I know that those will argue that rebuys build the prizepool, but i think that the buy-in should set the prize pool and after the first hand everyone should be equal. Rebuys and add-ons just favor people who are willing to pay more money.