Re-Buy Strategy

So I've decided I'll try the $3.30 re-buy on pokerstars at 8pm. This is my first re-buy and although I understand the basic strategy (play slightly looser, but also let the donks who go in with ATC pay off my big hands), I don't really know much about it. Probably should have asked about this earlier or waited until tomorrow to play, but am I missing anything crucial about re-buys? Also I've limited myself to a $15 investment (so max of 4 re-buys after the initial $3. Also if I'm still in I'll buy the add-on so I guess that's really a limit of $18 total).

I'd be interested to know the answer to this question

I work on the basis that I don't re-buy until the last few minutes before the re-buy period ends, then I re-buy (and also add-on, if it's available), so that going into the period where it's no longer possible to re-buy I have as many chips as possible. If I am taken out early in the tourney, I go out without re-buying

I'll be there Zach I usually start with $6.30 and play pretty tight unless I get a nice hand in good position because the first hr in these are brutal!

If I lose my 3000 chips I will rebuy another 6$ worth and those will have to just do me till first break, then I add on.

I play tight again in the next two hrs only pllaying premium as well when you reach the 2nd break and 3hrs of playing it will be about time for ITM position, I will get a little more aggressive here and play a little more loose!

I usually dont' get too deep in these 67th is my best! But I usually cash I spent about 12$ today and out of 3900 runners made it to 294 for 33$

You'll find others will play differently!

Best of luck to you this evening!

Nice one, if you can keep that up that's a great return on investment Very differently

Chuck T's, tenbob, Irexes, combuboom and skoldpadda scare the living hell out of me when they play these, but they are more than likely to reach the final table more times than myself.

I'm still a project in the works, and I do my best to rail them in these events it has made my game so much stronger

Yes I don't want to take zach's thread OT (sorry zach ), but that's something I need to do more of, I'm really grateful to the ones you've mentioned there, plus Alien Genius (and zach!), even in the short time I've been a member they've helped my game enormously - although admittedly from a very low starting point

When i first started playing i started on pokerstars which i hate right now. So me and my friend decided to do the 3$ rebuy. We talked about our stradegy and everything before we started. Well i ended up itm because i got sucked out on a coin flip. But my friend ended up taking 2nd place in it for 3k and gave me 100$ which i wasnt very happy about since i did help him all the way but w/e. What he did in it was pretty simple, at the beginning buy in for 6 and then we pushed any pp once we got to 10k we waited for good hands and the ppl that were crazy and pushing with anything would pay us off. Then at break we added on. After break played tight to make everyone we were tight. When we were almost itm with a nice stack we started stealing and bluffing. At the final table there was this one guy that was basically on fire and took almost everyone out and then my friend ended up heads up with him. He ended up losing with 2 pair when the other guy caught a higher 2 pair on river.

I personally hate pokerstars these days and i play on full tilt. I like to do the 1$ and 2$ rebuy there, but since my br is pretty big now i might try the 3$ or 5$ one soon. I got my own stradegy. Which is i push with any hand like QK J10 any pp. or any A suited. Until i get about 15k then i play tight and by then they think im a crazy maniac and pay off my AK AQ with A rag. Then i add on and after break i wait for a double up. Then i make a lot of steals. At the end i sit pretty tight. At final table i just kind of sit around wait till its down to 6 and then i get aggresive, but it always depends on who is at my table and the chip stacks.

Aloe, any reason you're sitting out now? I just re-bought immediately to get to 3k chips to start. Went below 1500, re-bought again. Doubled up with set vs. top pair and now I have 7135 chips. 14 minutes until the 1st break where I can add-on.

Movin' on up

POKERSTARS GAME #15017924210: TOURNAMENT #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL V (75/150) - 2008/02/02 - 21:14:14 (ET)
Table '75209438 133' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: GDADDY878 (5455 in chips)
Seat 2: Vegas Smitty (995 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Magikuzer (8325 in chips)
Seat 4: koole breeze (9650 in chips)
Seat 5: E23_DFD (7490 in chips)
Seat 6: Inthegut (5325 in chips)
Seat 7: zachvac (8710 in chips)
Seat 8: SIRinc (6025 in chips)
Seat 9: Evanrude99 (13210 in chips)
Evanrude99: posts small blind 75
GDADDY878: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to zachvac [Ah Tc]
Vegas Smitty: folds
Magikuzer: calls 150
koole breeze: calls 150
E23_DFD: folds
Inthegut: folds
zachvac: raises 600 to 750
SIRinc: folds
Evanrude99: folds
GDADDY878: folds
Magikuzer: calls 600
koole breeze: folds
*** FLOP *** [As 8c 2d]
Magikuzer: checks
zachvac: bets 900
Magikuzer: calls 900
*** TURN *** [As 8c 2d] 7♦
Magikuzer: checks
zachvac: bets 1500
Magikuzer: raises 1500 to 3000
zachvac: raises 4060 to 7060 and is all-in
Magikuzer: calls 3675 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [As 8c 2d 7d] 5♦
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Magikuzer: shows [Ac 3c] (a pair of Aces)
zachvac: shows [Ah Tc] (a pair of Aces - Ten kicker)
zachvac collected 17025 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 17025 | Rake 0
Board [As 8c 2d 7d 5d]
Seat 1: GDADDY878 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Vegas Smitty folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Magikuzer showed [Ac 3c] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: koole breeze folded before Flop
Seat 5: E23_DFD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Inthegut folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: zachvac showed [Ah Tc] and won (17025) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: SIRinc (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Evanrude99 (small blind) folded before Flop

Way to go...Keep it up man!

Damn accident down the street knocked out all TV/Internet.,.,I couldn't rebuy play or addon I came back to 240 chips and 10 10 went all in of course i would win to prolong my misery here a little longer

Gl will check in on you shortly!

PokerStars Game #15018848407: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/02/02 - 21:59:08 (ET)
Table '75209438 49' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: crashedcars (39130 in chips)
Seat 2: TJL515 (18965 in chips)
Seat 3: zachvac (17160 in chips)
Seat 4: Gregory06 (7105 in chips)
Seat 5: Bi1lyThe_Kid (24909 in chips)
Seat 6: brasil1606 (19725 in chips)
Seat 7: mamarc (30741 in chips)
Seat 8: papoorboy (7762 in chips)
Seat 9: stick1294 (25855 in chips)
crashedcars: posts the ante 25
TJL515: posts the ante 25
zachvac: posts the ante 25
Gregory06: posts the ante 25
Bi1lyThe_Kid: posts the ante 25
brasil1606: posts the ante 25
mamarc: posts the ante 25
papoorboy: posts the ante 25
stick1294: posts the ante 25
Gregory06: posts small blind 200
Bi1lyThe_Kid: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to zachvac [Tc Ad]
brasil1606: folds
mamarc: calls 400
papoorboy said, "wow"
papoorboy said, "just wow"
papoorboy: folds
stick1294: calls 400
crashedcars: calls 400
zachvac said, "lol"
TJL515: folds
zachvac: raises 2000 to 2400
Gregory06: folds
Bi1lyThe_Kid: folds
mamarc: calls 2000
stick1294: folds
crashedcars said, "what can you do??????????"
crashedcars: calls 2000
*** FLOP *** [9s 4h Ts]
mamarc: checks
crashedcars: bets 1600
zachvac: raises 4400 to 6000
mamarc: folds
crashedcars: calls 4400
*** TURN *** [9s 4h Ts] 4♠
crashedcars: checks
zachvac: checks
*** RIVER *** [9s 4h Ts 4s] 7♣
crashedcars: checks
zachvac: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crashedcars: shows [Jd 7d] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
zachvac: shows [Tc Ad] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
zachvac collected 20425 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20425 | Rake 0
Board [9s 4h Ts 4s 7c]
Seat 1: crashedcars showed [Jd 7d] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fours
Seat 2: TJL515 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: zachvac (button) showed [Tc Ad] and won (20425) with two pair, Tens and Fours
Seat 4: Gregory06 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Bi1lyThe_Kid (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: brasil1606 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mamarc folded on the Flop
Seat 8: papoorboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: stick1294 folded before Flop

Also, see you just doubled up again, good job aloe, hope to see you at the final table . I'm around 150th right now after that one, another 700 until the money, a little over 1400 left now.

PokerStars Game #15018699513: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (150/300) - 2008/02/02 - 21:51:53 (ET)
Table '75209438 4' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (13435 in chips)
Seat 2: javert01 (5075 in chips)
Seat 3: williamlad (12850 in chips)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (27125 in chips)
Seat 5: gciv (29495 in chips)
Seat 6: Paralyzer (8072 in chips)
Seat 7: eltaiger (14075 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: Trix67 (14823 in chips)
Seat 9: aloevera (265 in chips)
Idaho_Spudd: posts the ante 25
javert01: posts the ante 25
williamlad: posts the ante 25
ROMDOM82: posts the ante 25
gciv: posts the ante 25
Paralyzer: posts the ante 25
eltaiger: posts the ante 25
Trix67: posts the ante 25
aloevera: posts the ante 25
williamlad: posts small blind 150
ROMDOM82: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [Ts Td]
gciv: folds
Paralyzer: folds
eltaiger: folds
Trix67: folds
aloevera: calls 240 and is all-in
Idaho_Spudd: folds
javert01: folds
williamlad: calls 150
ROMDOM82: checks
*** FLOP *** [4h 4c 6c]
williamlad: checks
ROMDOM82: checks
*** TURN *** [4h 4c 6c] 2♠
williamlad: checks
ROMDOM82: checks
*** RIVER *** [4h 4c 6c 2s] 7♥
williamlad: checks
ROMDOM82: checks
Idaho_Spudd said, "i think you hit 2 pair or something"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
williamlad: shows [8s Jd] (a pair of Fours)
ROMDOM82: mucks hand
Idaho_Spudd said, "or missed the straight"
williamlad collected 120 from side pot
aloevera: shows [Ts Td] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
aloevera collected 945 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1065 Main pot 945. Side pot 120. | Rake 0
Board [4h 4c 6c 2s 7h]
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: javert01 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: williamlad (small blind) showed [8s Jd] and won (120) with a pair of Fours
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (big blind) mucked [8h 3s]
Seat 5: gciv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Paralyzer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: eltaiger folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Trix67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: aloevera showed [Ts Td] and won (945) with two pair, Tens and Fours

PokerStars Game #15018824018: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/02/02 - 21:57:56 (ET)
Table '75209438 4' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (13177 in chips)
Seat 2: javert01 (4125 in chips)
Seat 3: williamlad (11620 in chips)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (26525 in chips)
Seat 5: gciv (30333 in chips)
Seat 6: Paralyzer (7947 in chips)
Seat 7: eltaiger (13325 in chips)
Seat 8: Trix67 (17743 in chips)
Seat 9: aloevera (420 in chips)
Idaho_Spudd: posts the ante 25
javert01: posts the ante 25
williamlad: posts the ante 25
ROMDOM82: posts the ante 25
gciv: posts the ante 25
Paralyzer: posts the ante 25
eltaiger: posts the ante 25
Trix67: posts the ante 25
aloevera: posts the ante 25
aloevera: posts small blind 200
Idaho_Spudd: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [Jh Td]
javert01: folds
williamlad: folds
ROMDOM82: folds
gciv: folds
Paralyzer: folds
eltaiger: folds
Trix67: folds
aloevera: calls 195 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3c Jd 8s]
*** TURN *** [3c Jd 8s] 7♥
*** RIVER *** [3c Jd 8s 7h] 8♥
*** SHOW DOWN ***
aloevera: shows [Jh Td] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
Idaho_Spudd: shows [Qs 4c] (a pair of Eights)
aloevera collected 1015 from pot
Idaho_Spudd said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1015 | Rake 0
Board [3c Jd 8s 7h 8h]
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (big blind) showed [Qs 4c] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: javert01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: williamlad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: gciv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Paralyzer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: eltaiger folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Trix67 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: aloevera (small blind) showed [Jh Td] and won (1015) with two pair, Jacks and Eights

PokerStars Game #15018846900: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/02/02 - 21:59:04 (ET)
Table '75209438 4' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (12757 in chips)
Seat 2: javert01 (4100 in chips)
Seat 3: williamlad (11595 in chips)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (26500 in chips)
Seat 5: gciv (30308 in chips)
Seat 6: Paralyzer (7922 in chips)
Seat 7: eltaiger (13300 in chips)
Seat 8: Trix67 (17718 in chips)
Seat 9: aloevera (1015 in chips)
Idaho_Spudd: posts the ante 25
javert01: posts the ante 25
williamlad: posts the ante 25
ROMDOM82: posts the ante 25
gciv: posts the ante 25
Paralyzer: posts the ante 25
eltaiger: posts the ante 25
Trix67: posts the ante 25
aloevera: posts the ante 25
Idaho_Spudd: posts small blind 200
javert01: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [Ks Kc]
aloevera said, ""
aloevera said, "lol at internet going out"
williamlad: calls 400
ROMDOM82: folds
gciv: folds
Paralyzer: folds
eltaiger: folds
aloevera said, "and came back to 240chippies"
Trix67: folds
aloevera: raises 590 to 990 and is all-in
Idaho_Spudd: calls 790
javert01: folds
williamlad: calls 590
*** FLOP *** [8d 7d 7c]
Idaho_Spudd: checks
williamlad: checks
*** TURN *** [8d 7d 7c] Q♦
Idaho_Spudd: checks
williamlad: checks
*** RIVER *** [8d 7d 7c Qd] Q♥
Idaho_Spudd: checks
williamlad: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Idaho_Spudd: shows [Kh Ac] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
williamlad: mucks hand
aloevera: shows [Ks Kc] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
aloevera collected 3595 from pot
Idaho_Spudd said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3595 | Rake 0
Board [8d 7d 7c Qd Qh]
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (small blind) showed [Kh Ac] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 2: javert01 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: williamlad mucked [Jh 9h]
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: gciv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Paralyzer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: eltaiger folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Trix67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: aloevera (button) showed [Ks Kc] and won (3595) with two pair, Kings and Queens

PokerStars Game #15018881845: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/02/02 - 22:00:43 (ET)
Table '75209438 4' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (11717 in chips)
Seat 2: javert01 (3450 in chips)
Seat 3: williamlad (10155 in chips)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (25250 in chips)
Seat 5: gciv (32283 in chips)
Seat 6: Paralyzer (7872 in chips)
Seat 7: eltaiger (13250 in chips)
Seat 8: Trix67 (17668 in chips)
Seat 9: aloevera (3570 in chips)
Idaho_Spudd: posts the ante 25
javert01: posts the ante 25
williamlad: posts the ante 25
ROMDOM82: posts the ante 25
gciv: posts the ante 25
Paralyzer: posts the ante 25
eltaiger: posts the ante 25
Trix67: posts the ante 25
aloevera: posts the ante 25
williamlad: posts small blind 200
ROMDOM82: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [Jc Ad]
gciv: folds
Paralyzer: folds
eltaiger: calls 400
Trix67: folds
aloevera: calls 400
Idaho_Spudd: folds
javert01: folds
williamlad: calls 200
ROMDOM82: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 9s Jd]
williamlad: checks
ROMDOM82: checks
eltaiger: bets 1200
aloevera: raises 1945 to 3145 and is all-in
williamlad: folds
ROMDOM82: folds
eltaiger: calls 1945
*** TURN *** [4d 9s Jd] J♥
*** RIVER *** [4d 9s Jd Jh] Q♦
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eltaiger: shows [8s Ac] (a pair of Jacks)
aloevera: shows [Jc Ad] (three of a kind, Jacks)
aloevera collected 8115 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8115 | Rake 0
Board [4d 9s Jd Jh Qd]
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: javert01 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: williamlad (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: gciv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Paralyzer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: eltaiger showed [8s Ac] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: Trix67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: aloevera showed [Jc Ad] and won (8115) with three of a kind, Jacks

I'm railing now! But still in shock Will be happy to make it the next hr

It's taken me to aloevera's table, but I can't cheer you on, only watch

How do I move to zachvac's table from aloevera's - sorry, never really used Pokerstars before

Ignore me, answered my own question

Use the search feature in the main lobby. go to requests then Find a player.,.,type in zach's name and the tournament lobby will come up then you search for him on the right hand side.,.,.,alphabetical would be easier if you hit the word player above the names.,.,as Z would be at the bottom or top..

Or you can be at my table and hit View lobby and go thro the same proceedure!

I could really confuse you further and say if you look at the right in the tournament lobby Zach is at table 49 and you could find him faster that way lol

gl

I figured by the time I typed all that you would have

Sorry to mess you about, but actually your way is far more effective, so thanks for typing it out

I was trying to scroll down the list on the right to find zachvac, but the list kept moving me back up every few seconds, I found him eventually down at the bottom of the alphabetical list of "green people"

Vn

I just want to say that I was scrolling threw the list and I see that Kenzie96 is in this as well with more chippies than me. Go Go Go

You can't hide from me unless you turn off your search feature lol

Zach just went down to AK

crap, made some horrible plays, called a shove with AJ from someone who had been shoving like twice an orbit, hadn't shown any hands down. Flips over KK, I don't improve. I'm now shortstacked and I push with AJ again, run into AK. How to go from 350th and able to fold into the money to out in 977th.

GG Zach and unlucky!

Time to double up kenzie!

Stars just likes me today! Still pretty ss at this stage! but from 240 I guess I can't complain

PokerStars Game #15019747420: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2008/02/02 - 22:42:11 (ET)
Table '75209438 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd (15759 in chips)
Seat 2: thecardchef (17570 in chips)
Seat 3: coredezia (11727 in chips)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 (36920 in chips)
Seat 5: gciv (33421 in chips)
Seat 6: Paralyzer (23132 in chips)
Seat 7: Maccodinho (44720 in chips)
Seat 8: Trix67 (14918 in chips)
Seat 9: aloevera (3315 in chips)
Idaho_Spudd: posts the ante 75
thecardchef: posts the ante 75
coredezia: posts the ante 75
ROMDOM82: posts the ante 75
gciv: posts the ante 75
Paralyzer: posts the ante 75
Maccodinho: posts the ante 75
Trix67: posts the ante 75
aloevera: posts the ante 75
Trix67: posts small blind 400
aloevera: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [7h 8h]
Idaho_Spudd: folds
thecardchef: calls 800
coredezia: folds
ROMDOM82: calls 800
gciv: raises 2400 to 3200
Paralyzer: folds
Maccodinho: folds
Trix67: folds
aloevera: raises 40 to 3240 and is all-in
thecardchef: folds
ROMDOM82: calls 2440
gciv: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [5d 6d 9s]
ROMDOM82: checks
gciv: bets 3200
ROMDOM82: calls 3200
*** TURN *** [5d 6d 9s] K♥
ROMDOM82: checks
gciv: bets 3200
ROMDOM82: calls 3200
*** RIVER *** [5d 6d 9s Kh] 3♦
ROMDOM82: bets 10400
gciv: calls 10400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ROMDOM82: shows [6c 7c] (a pair of Sixes)
gciv: shows [Qs Qh] (a pair of Queens)
gciv collected 33600 from side pot
aloevera: shows [7h 8h] (a straight, Five to Nine)
aloevera collected 11595 from main pot
Idaho_Spudd said, "ha"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 45195 Main pot 11595. Side pot 33600. | Rake 0
Board [5d 6d 9s Kh 3d]
Seat 1: Idaho_Spudd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: thecardchef folded before Flop
Seat 3: coredezia folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ROMDOM82 showed [6c 7c] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 5: gciv showed [Qs Qh] and won (33600) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: Paralyzer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Maccodinho (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Trix67 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: aloevera (big blind) showed [7h 8h] and won (11595) with a straight, Five to Nine

gl aloevera
i have ur table opened but i can chat
i wish u the best
what a heater u are on today

congrats on making the money aloevera
maybe u can rally ur 3K chips to a big cash

Pair of sixes, rats - still, at least you will win something... well done aloevera

gg aloe
well for no rebuys or add ons and only like 200 chips at 1 point in time, i think u did well

ON the bubble!!! Did I have to push or did I do right thing in folding

PokerStars Game #15020332748: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (600/1200) - 2008/02/02 - 23:10:59 (ET)
Table '75209438 317' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Elmonte52 (12405 in chips)
Seat 2: BlueEyedTxn (43769 in chips)
Seat 3: little b33 (89832 in chips)
Seat 4: BEN1420 (31022 in chips)
Seat 5: DanDmax (7014 in chips)
Seat 6: aloevera (3295 in chips)
Seat 7: BenTurpen (15992 in chips)
Seat 8: xxknp (50254 in chips)
Seat 9: tictac04 (45525 in chips)
Elmonte52: posts the ante 125
BlueEyedTxn: posts the ante 125
little b33: posts the ante 125
BEN1420: posts the ante 125
DanDmax: posts the ante 125
aloevera: posts the ante 125
BenTurpen: posts the ante 125
xxknp: posts the ante 125
tictac04: posts the ante 125
Elmonte52: posts small blind 600
BlueEyedTxn: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [7s 7d]
xxknp said, "IVE GOT A MONSTER"
aloevera said, "being courteous"
aloevera said, "I got PP"
aloevera said, "lmao"
little b33: folds
BEN1420: folds
xxknp said, "IM LIMPING THOUGH"
DanDmax: folds
xxknp said, "COME ON ALOE"
BenTurpen said, "why stall, your gonna cash, common."
xxknp said, "GREAT"
BlueEyedTxn said, "thry are dropping like flies"
tictac04 said, "u goneb be ITM aloe"
tictac04 said, "dont wory"
little b33 said, "cmonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn"
aloevera has timed out
aloevera: folds
aloevera is sitting out
aloevera has returned
BenTurpen: calls 1200
xxknp: calls 1200
tictac04: folds
Elmonte52: folds
BlueEyedTxn: checks
*** FLOP *** [8s Td Jh]
BlueEyedTxn: checks
BenTurpen: bets 2400
xxknp said, "BEN SAVE YOUR MONEY"
xxknp: calls 2400
BlueEyedTxn: folds
*** TURN *** [8s Td Jh] 7♥
BenTurpen: checks
xxknp: checks
*** RIVER *** [8s Td Jh 7h] 8♥
BenTurpen: checks
xxknp: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BenTurpen: shows [5c 5h] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
xxknp: mucks hand
aloevera said, "oi folded 77 "
BenTurpen collected 10125 from pot
BenTurpen said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10125 | Rake 0
Board [8s Td Jh 7h 8h]
Seat 1: Elmonte52 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BlueEyedTxn (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: little b33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: BEN1420 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: DanDmax folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: aloevera folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BenTurpen showed [5c 5h] and won (10125) with two pair, Eights and Fives
Seat 8: xxknp mucked [Kc Qs]
Seat 9: tictac04 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Then next and final hand!

PokerStars Game #15020412988: Tournament #75209438, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (600/1200) - 2008/02/02 - 23:15:03 (ET)
Table '75209438 317' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Elmonte52 (11680 in chips)
Seat 2: BlueEyedTxn (42444 in chips)
Seat 3: little b33 (89707 in chips)
Seat 4: BEN1420 (30897 in chips)
Seat 5: DanDmax (6889 in chips)
Seat 6: aloevera (3170 in chips)
Seat 7: BenTurpen (22392 in chips)
Seat 8: xxknp (46529 in chips)
Seat 9: tictac04 (45400 in chips)
Elmonte52: posts the ante 125
BlueEyedTxn: posts the ante 125
little b33: posts the ante 125
BEN1420: posts the ante 125
DanDmax: posts the ante 125
aloevera: posts the ante 125
BenTurpen: posts the ante 125
xxknp: posts the ante 125
tictac04: posts the ante 125
BlueEyedTxn: posts small blind 600
little b33: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aloevera [Ac Qh]
BEN1420: folds
DanDmax: folds
aloevera: raises 1845 to 3045 and is all-in
BenTurpen: folds
xxknp: folds
tictac04: folds
Elmonte52: folds
BlueEyedTxn: folds
little b33: calls 1845
BlueEyedTxn said, "$$$aloe"
*** FLOP *** [Td 8c Kc]
*** TURN *** [Td 8c Kc] 6♥
*** RIVER *** [Td 8c Kc 6h] 2♦
*** SHOW DOWN ***
little b33: shows [7c 6c] (a pair of Sixes)
aloevera: shows [Ac Qh] (high card Ace)
little b33 collected 7815 from pot
little b33 said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7815 | Rake 0
Board [Td 8c Kc 6h 2d]
Seat 1: Elmonte52 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BlueEyedTxn (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: little b33 (big blind) showed [7c 6c] and won (7815) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: BEN1420 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: DanDmax folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: aloevera showed [Ac Qh] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: BenTurpen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: xxknp folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: tictac04 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

ITM is always good! More money to torture myself in these!

GG all! And thx to all the railers

But I think we just hijacked a strategy thread!

Maybe we learned a few things?

So, going back to that message I received, telling me that I wasn't permitted observer chat:Does this mean:

1. I could do observer chat if I had enough money in my PokerStars account to have bought into that tourney, or
2. only people that actually had bought into that specific tourney would be able to chat as observers?

Again, some forum members will probably choose to interpret this as me being stupid/pedantic/nasty, but to my mind the words in that error message could mean either of those things, and if you don't know you don't know