Rebuy Tournys

I feel like i finally have a strong enough br put together to try mixing up my MTT tournaments with some rebuys. I'm only around $500, so not anything too large. I was thinking the 6k on Tilt ($3 R). I could use a lot of help on not only strategy, but how many rebuys I should anticipate, and how to approach the tournament in general.

Assume that the Rebuy will cost you at least 3 buyins, $9 in the case of your $3 tourney.

Rebuy at the first opportunity in order to give yourself a double-stack. Play tightish, but be prepared to see a flop from late position with anything promising, looking for an opportunity to hit the flop hard and double up.

If you are unlucky enough to be busted, it may be worth buying in again during the first half-hour only, but generally not after that. The average chip stack will already be so high that you will be at a disadvantage and would do better to move on to the next tournament.

At the end of the rebuy period, always take the add-on unless you are shortstacked and struggling (in which case, again, you might do better to save your money for the next game).

Your goal, in an ideal world, is to have 5x the starting stack at the end of the first hour - 1 buyin, 1 rebuy, doubled up, 1 addon. Then you are in a deepstack tourney, in effect. Play your normal game and good luck.

Re-buy tournies(1000th post)

Read through this thread to get an Idea of how I like to play re-buys and how others have answered this post.

I have seen many players rebuy at the beginning of the tournament to have a double stack, as you stated. I wasn't sure if this was a good strategy or not. Over the last two nights, I cashed in the FT 24k along with one of the early doubles...and the following is in no way any means of bragging. In the 24k I was among the chip leaders and involved in a hand where I reraised the UTG raiser holding KK. There was another all in following myself, and an insta-all-in by the player that had the entire table covered. Instead of glaring at my KK, I decided to play this hand as I would in a live casino instead of the way I have played online before and never getting off KK. I finally put the one opponent on either AK or QQ and the chip leader on AA. AK and AA were turned over, and that actually improved my game for the rest of the tournament. Sorry for the rant, and like I said, this isn't to brag "I folded KK pf" because I'm sure all you guys have made this lay before. I'm just starting to feel solid about my tournament play and want to give these rebuys a shot. So for tonight, I'll play the $3 on FT with the 3 buy in strategy you suggested. Sorry again about the long hand description...I'm lame.

Thanks again guys, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Almost forgot--if you do take a beat in the first half hour and use your 3rd buy in (after the original two to begin the event), are you rebuying once or twice? I know some give the option for 1,000 chips for $3 or 2,000 for $6? I guess what I'm saying is if you rebuy here for 2k, this makes 4 buy ins, and eventually the add-on will make 5. Is this standard?

well if u want to continue on in the tourny and have a good chance to make a good showing well u have to double rebuy
if u dont want to double rebuy it is best u just leave the tourny

Yes, it is. But it is a judgement call. What is the standard of play like at your table ? Are you confident about your ability to cash in this tourney ? Is there a good prize pool ? An overlay ?

Routinely spending 5 buyins is probably not going to yield a good ROI, so it has to be a considered move, not something you just do automatically.