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I've never been able to win at rebuy tournaments. In home games, sure, when people aren't playing like maniacs, I do great.But in the rebuy tournaments (on PokerStars), it seems like I always wait around and play conservative while everyone else is spending $60 in a $5.50+R tournament. Then, when the rebuy period ends, I'm left with a tiny stack in comparison to the others at the table, and the blinds are increasing rapidly.In anyone's experience, is it possible to win at these rebuy tournaments without spending 8x the buyin or more during the rebuy period? I've heard stories of people doing it before, but what's the correct strategy?Obviously, this question is NOT directed at Daniel

[Vade]

I've only qualified in one 2 dollar satellite, I rebought once and added on onceThankfully, I then placed in the 20 dollar tournament at Jetset that I qualified for Really, it was more of an experiment then anything...I got really lucky tooThose are crapshoots

[looshle]

The good thing about rebuys is that everyone throw their money around in the first hour so if you sit back and wait for a good hand you can probably get your chips in with the best of it, What sucks about rebuy tournaments is that if you don't win any good pots during that first hour, which is possible since you are probably going to stay out of the huge pots with tons of action preflop with decent hands like AJ, or 77, you are going to be short stacked, due to all the rebuys, and the blinds are going to be around 1/10th your stack.

[strategy]

looshle said:

The good thing about rebuys is that everyone throw their money around in the first hour so if you sit back and wait for a good hand you can probably get your chips in with the best of it, What sucks about rebuy tournaments is that if you don't win any good pots during that first hour, which is possible since you are probably going to stay out of the huge pots with tons of action preflop with decent hands like AJ, or 77, you are going to be short stacked, due to all the rebuys, and the blinds are going to be around 1/10th your stack.

I think that is the best way to approach them with a bankroll not adequate enough to cover like, 100x the buyin. Waiting around for aces or kings when you've got 3 maniacs at your table just dying to rebuy is a good strategy, I think, because they're more than willing to get their money in with the worst of it hoping to build a stack. I have this weird impulsive problem with rebuy tournaments. I tell myself that I won't rebuy if I lose this buyin. I won't rebuy if I get below 1500 again. And then all of the sudden I'm in for 80 in a $22+R tournament. D'oh.

[Shadow]

I hate rebuy Tournaments as I'm not that type of guy who plays like a maniac because he can rebuy for 27 times :whistle: :wink: But there's a big difference between re-buying online and in B&M tournament. If I had to travel to the tournament place I have to evaluate how much it is worth to rebuy due to the cost I already had compared to the possible pricemoney. In general I would say it makes more sense to rebuy in B&M tournament than in a online tournament were you can just catch the next tournament shortly after.It's simple math but it's hard to do it in the heat of a tournament.That's why I calculate this upfront. I play in a way that I shouldn't need re-buys but not over-conservative. If I get a bad beat and need the re-buy I take it - as long as it still is +EV compared to the price money.If the number of re-buys that I allowed myself is used (usually not more than two) I am out of this one.It's the same like having a stop-loss of let's say 30 big bets in a cash game. The stopp-loss doesn't make sense in the term of the "long run" expectation but it prevents me from burning money on a day I'm not focused, playing with much better players than me, going on tilt etc.The best way to prevent to burn more money than you feel comfortable is just to take this amount with you. On the other hand as a winning poker player you should have enough discipline to stop when you reach your own limits...but well we are all just human. :roll:Shadow

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Your point about online vs B&M is one I had never even thought of. Walking away from a re-buy tournament online is so simple. I guess I was just getting attached. I've never gone over my limits in a rebuy tournament, but at the same time, I've never won anything substantial, either.I think in general I'm just going to play them like I do normal tournaments, except for using the add-on when appropriate.Thanks for the advice. :-)