not my favorite game when re-buys are allowed
i do play some however
but find ppl that have been betten and get to re-buy can end up winning
wheres as when there are no re buys once ur out ur out!!!
i like that alot better
Good points here. Yeah, I think people just need to under stand while it is still Holdem (or whatever game it is) re-buys and freeze-outs are totally different games. Each has their own unique optimal strategy.
me i like add ons but hate rebuys esp on the 10 cent turbo on poker.com u get a load ov idiots going all in and losing then rebuying all the time du ur head in and can b exspensive
as im a female member i sometimes play the $1 ladies only game ran by poker.com
now cos its only $1 u see alot of crazy hands till the break
cos its only $! ppl call with anything
once the rebuys end u actually end up playing a good game
and i find that alot in re-buy games
untill the break not worth calling an hand lol
i went in with AA in a rebuy game
someone called with q8 off suit
no queen out on flop and no 8
she goes all in
i had to call lol
turn was q river was an 8
u tell me that isnt insane????
but i took the beat and did a rebuy then took all her chips back off her hahaha
cos i knew how she played then
me i like add ons but hate rebuys esp on the 10 cent turbo on poker.com u get a load ov idiots going all in and losing then rebuying all the time du ur head in and can b exspensive
Not by any means to be argumentative, but just to note a lot of these players are no idiots and chose to play differently in a rebuy syle.
I strongly suggest players who are not willing to take a couple risks and potentially rebuy and add on totaling a min of 6x the original buy to avoid the rebuy tournaments.
If you don't want to allocate a min of 6 buys then simply stick to freeze outs which will suit your style much better.
I'm glad that this thread has started some good critical opinion, that's what I believe a forum should be. Help and freindly critical discussion.
I am still playing in GP re-buy tourney's and have yet to fail to lose 'on the bubble' or above. I'm not rich by the way, sometimes its just getting money back!
I still play tight before the re-buy and choose the add-on at the break except this one occasion a couple of days ago:-
It was a $3000 GP tourney with 274 entered. Within forty minutes I had only accumilated an extra 200 chips thereaboputs and entered the flop with K rags. The flop was K K 6.
I checked and the nest person checked,
The turn was a 4 and I put in a small bet to increase the win value, He raised and I called.
The river was 2 and I checked expecting a sizeable bet. He went all in so I put the rest of my chips in with a smile. I did consider the hidden boat, but decided to risk it.
He had hit his straight (quite well hidden wouldn't you agree).
I did re-buy on that occasion and a couple of hands later I got my chips back.
By the first break I had close on 9000 chips and did not add-on as I was in 8th position.
I went on to finish 12th. With an outlay of $10 and a return of $35 I was quite happy. That took 3 hrs and so $5 per hour does not sound much, but if you finish in the top 10 it is well worth playing (winner recieves $980).
In what I've been looking at recently I do feel that 'money-added' and low buy-in GP w/th re-buy/Add-on tournaments will give you the best value for you're bank roll in the long run.
And finally....
If anyone is subscribed to 'pokerplayer' magazine, I sent the original post I made to them in an e-mail and it got printed in their letters section. They have done an article about re-buy survival and but have not read it yet. They also added a final line to my original text which reads 'Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated'. mmmmm. The only advice I usually listen to is from you guys and girls.
I will send them some more and try to get this forum advertised in the letter (might get edited out as they did chop up my original text and made additions!).
I have recently been shopping around for good value GP freezout and Re-buy tournaments.
I looked at the buy in and worked oot the percentage price to win value and the average field and payout structure. I will keep updating as I find new info.
The best ones are actually on the Titan/ betfred/ poker770 etc sites. Here are the tourney ranks. The times are British times. RB (Re-buy) FO (FreezeOut). % cost is at buy-in wothout re-buys and Add-ons. If you average 1re-buy and the add on times the figure by three ($1buy-in= .1% and add-on makes it .2% and the add-on makes it .3%).
I have some more, but I need to sleep. lol. The Ones you will see me in will be the 5am/ 6am if i'm up in time, The midday one. A warning about that one, it plays a bit like a freeroll in the early stages. The 2/3 in the afternoon FO/RB. The 8.30/9pm FO/RB. Possibly the 10/11pm or the 1am RB's.
If you are a good player and don't use the Re-buys and asdd-ons, then these tourneys show really good value.
I will add more as I find out more and sleep rested.
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