ReBuy Strategy v. No ReBuy (Regular Tourn) Strategy

[Dan Kelly]

Should you take more (worse odds) chances?
Should you play normal but use ReBuy in case of bad beats?
Should you get very conservative and ReBuy if your points are slowly lost?

The only place I have ever played poker is on SBR - started about 6 months ago. I find it a fun diversion and mental exercise. I see from posts that a lot of you guys have lots of poker experience, but the poker players seldom talk poker strategy the way sportsbettors on SBR talk about betting opportunities - I figure it must have to do with the difference in the endeavors, (or 'endeavours' for non-Americans) i.e., bettors trying to beat the book v. poker players trying to beat each other. As always, tia for any info.

[BeerDog99]

It really depends on your level of comfort with buyins/rebuy.

That said, the general rule I follow is more LAG (Loose-Aggresive) pre-break and TAG (Tight-Aggresive) post break.

The above general rule change depending on how many rebuys you have left and normal MTT strategies after the rebuy period.

Cheers.

[Dan Kelly]

Thanks BD - just what I was looking for - simple and informative.

It really depends on your level of comfort with buyins/rebuy.

That said, the general rule I follow is more LAG (Loose-Aggresive) pre-break and TAG (Tight-Aggresive) post break.

The above general rule change depending on how many rebuys you have left and normal MTT strategies after the rebuy period.

Cheers.

[astro61200]

If you have plenty of bankroll to rebuy over and over again without having to worry about it then I suggest playing rebuys extremely loose and very aggressive.

The goal is to try and accumulate a lot of chips before the rebuy period ends. Thus, any PP is fair game. AK-AT is fine, double paint is good too. With a couple people in the hand even suited connectors, nearly regardless of the high card, are good.

Try to get your stack up to 7-10x where it started before the rebuy ends. Once you get to around 4x or 5x the starting stack you can start to limit what you play, but continue to play aggressive.

If you bust, just buy back in. After the rebuy ends play as you would a normally play a non-rebuy. Also, if you are only 2x or 3x what you started with as the rebuy deadline approaches, say 5-10 minutes, then just push with anything. You'll probably be live and, even if you lose, the benefits of winning and having that nice stack after the rebuys outweighs the risk of having the starting stack going into the non-rebuy period.

[Phildo]

Another thing to keep in mind, especially in a live tournament, is the order the tables are going to break. If your table isn't going to break for a while and you think you are better than the people at your table, you can push with a small edge or as a dog with the plan to get the chips back later on by outplaying your opponent.

[wtt0315]

I am normally a caller/checker type in most freeze outs. I like to see flops and quite honestly I hate going all in preflop with anything. I also don't like getting involved in big hands.. I hate rebuys and because everyone plays that way. I usually try to sit out quite a few hands. The idea is not to rebuy. I have seen many times people putting in 200-300 dollars into a rebuy when 10th places is 250.. I finished 2nd yesterday and never rebought once. That should be your objective. Pick spots.

[BranchDavidian]

I am normally a caller/checker type in most freeze outs. I like to see flops and quite honestly I hate going all in preflop with anything. I also don't like getting involved in big hands.. I hate rebuys and because everyone plays that way. I usually try to sit out quite a few hands. The idea is not to rebuy. I have seen many times people putting in 200-300 dollars into a rebuy when 10th places is 250.. I finished 2nd yesterday and never rebought once. That should be your objective. Pick spots.

:I am with you, wtt. It seems to me that these guys that advocate pushing with less than they would in a normal tourney are just giving their opponents more ammo to use against them once they rebuy. So, after losing their starting chips and repurchasing, they reenter the game at a disadvantage --- plus they now have less to win even if they can overcome the increase in odds against them. I would rather not play rebuys because players like you and me are still at a disadvantage due to the fact that these people willing to push and lose are decreasing our chances along with their's since the lucky winners of these pots are then in a better position. I would feel like an idiot if I put $500 into a $100 tournament -- and each time I put $100 in, I would have even less of a chance of making the money.

[Dan Kelly]

Good stuff, Thanks

[BeerDog99]

One thing that the guys advocating playing a standard MTT tourney style (i.e. avoiding the rebuys)are missing, is that while you might be calling/pushing lighter than normal and giving more ammo to your opponents, you are also giving yourself more chances to get more ammo.

More chips in play and pushing harder against the tighter players is a key concept in a re-buy tourney. Sometimes you can get through the tourney with no rebuys/addons and do well but that is less likely than normal.

If you only call/bet/push with your normal range, you are giving up more opportunities for chips.

I am not advocating going crazy and spaz-pushing in bad spots, just a looser/more aggro style than normal.

The ironic thing is that I find a lot of players on SBR play a re-buy style range of hands for the regular tourneys..... They just generally play more passively.