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[eleutheromaniac]

I've played in a number of tourneys, but never an R&A, so I have a few questions before I try it.1) How does your general strategy change in an R&A? Should I play more aggressively and get involved in more hands or should my style remain the same as in a freezeout?2) Do you automatically re-buy off the top, or do you prefer to wait and see how the tourney plays out before re-buying? Is your decision based upon average chip stack for everyone, or just those at your table? Does the style of play of your table opponents effect your decision to add-on?3) How much is too much with regards to re-buys and add-ons? At what point do you cut your loses?4) Which type of tourney do you prefer? Which type favours the better players? I would think it would be re-buys, since there's some insurance against the luck/bad beat factor, but on the other hand the maniacs also have more chances to get lucky and go on a rush (and I'm sure there are more maniacs in re-buys).Aside from these questions, if anyone has any other bits of advice on the differences between R&A and freezeout strategy, feel free to share. Thanks.UPDATE: I just entered my first R&A, and without re-buying or adding-on at the break I out-lasted more than half the field--and I was getting a garbage run of cards, too. I only won one pot, and that was a desperation all-in with pocket 9s. (On average, everyone re-bought twice and everyone alive at the break added-on). BTW, I was right about the maniacs--you wouldn't believe the junk these guys were going/calling all-in with.