My first ever rebuy MTT

I played in a rebuy tonight for the very first time. Made some mistakes, got both lucky and unlucky at the right times and ended up finishing 24th out of 850 for a nice little $30 profit or so.

My mistake:

I failed to realize that I wasn't actually all in with ONE hand to go before the rebuy period ended. I lost the hand, had 20 chips left over, didn't add-on in time and was dealt AQs which held up for a massive pot of 100 chips. I then rebought (and couldn't double rebuy because of my 100 chips) and the rebuy period ended right then. GAH ! next time I'll check the auto rebuy. That cost me at least 3k chips.

So I double added on and was basically far shorter stacked than anyone else.

Caught AA, doubled up and was good for a while. After that I lost every coin flip when I could afford it, but won every coin flip when it would have knocked me out of the MTT.

The real turning point came when I was all in against a super LAG blind stealer with TT against his A3o. He caught an ace on the turn and I was in chip and a chair land with only enough to pay the big blind. Doubled up, doubled up again, stole the blinds and POOF back to middle size stack.

Finally I caught AKo UTG, pushed. ...

1 caller....

2 callers....

3 callers....

I thought, well I got a shot here still when I saw TT, QQ, and 99 turn over.

Flop comes Q9x and I'm sent packing.

Overall, I had a couple real bad tables but at the end I had a decent one which allowed me to continue treading water even with bad cards. The worst table I was at the longest though. Had 2 people that called everything, played every other hand and never folded, PLUS they had a zillion chips. A calling station that has me covered is tricky to get involved with. I just didn't cbet those guys, and only bet when I had the goods. The worst part was that he was 2 to my left, so button and CO steal attempts were completely pointless.

The highlight was one hand that I totally outplayed someone:

Hyper aggressive guy raises to 3xBB in the CO, as he had done every orbit.

I flat call from the BB with A3o.

Flop comes KJ3, he bets out some weak bet and I flat call.
Turn was a blank, he bets out something weak again and I flat call.
River was another blank and he checks.
I bet out with an amount that just screamed value bet, like 1/3 the pot and he folds. Just shows you what a good read can do, and how paying attention can give you an advantage.

One last thing, a big thanks to Stormy for his rebuy strat guide. Having never played one it was very helpful to read.

Sounds like you had fun and did fairly well for the first time.

I gotta agree too - big, LAGGY callingstationish donkeys are the hardest to play against since they force you to tighten up and play premiums only. There's no way to switch gears and try small-ball play when you can't bluff someone off of ace high...

ive been playing a Rebuy lately, what i do is Rebuy one time rite away, then Addon at the break,, i think it was Rob who suggested doing that, BTW,, Thanks Rob for the Tip, it has worked out for me doing it that way so far, ive played 4 and cashed 4 times doing what rob said,, buck

I'm in a rebuy right now on PS and I used Storms' tips as well I made it to the break now the real game begins