I am so sick of re-buy tournys |
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Posted Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:04 pm GMT by Kearsed
Their are a few charities around where I live who host holdem tournys along with food and drinks (beer included). Its a fun time and I love playing cards, but its so hard to play in a rebuy tourny when you dont have the money to buy in a few times.
So far I played in 3 tournys of which are about 100 players each time. I placed in 14th, 10th, and 8th. You only start out at 2,000 chips and the blinds start at 50/100 and double every 20 minutes. I just think its so stupid how some of these people organize these tournys. I know they want the money for charity, but it just seems like whoever is willing to buy in 5,6 times is going to win everytime.
Sorry, just had to vent 
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Posted Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:06 pm GMT by supafrey
If you're playing a rebuy you're supposed to bring atleast 5 to 10 buyins. It's not "unfair". It's a DIFFERENT GAME and anyone is allowed to play within the rules to get the best advantage. Playing super loose in the rebuy period is a SMART strategy.
If you don't like it, play freezeouts. Simple.
Posted Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:30 pm GMT by ninetensuited
i love rebuy tourneys, and i assume Ciso does to
Posted Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:11 pm GMT by kompis
| Quote: | i love rebuy tourneys, and i assume Ciso does to
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Posted Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:10 am GMT by pm_french
| supafrey wrote: | If you're playing a rebuy you're supposed to bring atleast 5 to 10 buyins. It's not "unfair". It's a DIFFERENT GAME and anyone is allowed to play within the rules to get the best advantage. Playing super loose in the rebuy period is a SMART strategy.
If you don't like it, play freezeouts. Simple. |
Blimey is that right - 10 times. My thoughts on that would be that buying in that many times is not profitable overall based on the the chances of you winning a tournament.
Posted Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:15 pm GMT by Kearsed
10 times 50 would be 500 dollars.
1st- 2,000
2nd- 1,000
3rd- 500
I would have to come in 3rd place just to break even. Thats a little dumb.
Posted Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:11 pm GMT by supafrey
| Kearsed wrote: | 10 times 50 would be 500 dollars.
1st- 2,000
2nd- 1,000
3rd- 500
I would have to come in 3rd place just to break even. Thats a little dumb. |
You never mentioned payouts. In most tourneys extra buyins go straight into the payouts, so the prize money goes up up up - doesn't stay the same.
Do you notice that in most literature/forums, the people that have won or do well in these tournaments recommend buying in repeatadly, gambling and trying for first place, while the people that don't do well/make money but are convinced they play "smart poker" recommend playing tight?
Posted Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:05 pm GMT by Kearsed
Yea you are right. I was doing fairly well, but the blinds move way too quickly (as quick as I ever seen). If it wasn't for it being a charity the payouts would be a lot bigger.
The rules were that you can only rebuy if you are under 2,000 chips. I guess I should have explained everything 
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