I don't understand **rebuys**

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I am in the 5k rebuy on FT and at my table 1 guy has went allin EVERY single hand no matter what. Doing this he has bought in over 14 times each time being a double buyin (3000 instead of 1500) so thats 84$ already + an addon which at the break gives him a tally of 6k in chips which I am up to 9k with no rebuy no addon. Almost everyone at the table is near 10k chips b/c of this guy so I am not complaining. Hell 2 guys are 20k or more.

What makes people do this is what baffles me. He will have to make the final table to even think about breaking even. It just blows my mind...
 
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Rebuys are magnets for people with more dollars than sense. Watch him and you will see that he will get real tight after the break and he can't rebuy anymore, but it wont last. He wont be able to help himself and he will go out before the 2nd break. If you can hold your emotions in check, you can collect from this ATM machine and do very nice for yourself
 
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Rebuys are magnets for people with more dollars than sense. Watch him and you will see that he will get real tight after the break and he can't rebuy anymore, but it wont last. He wont be able to help himself and he will go out before the 2nd break. If you can hold your emotions in check, you can collect from this ATM machine and do very nice for yourself

oh I am loving him being at the table but I still just dont understand wtf makes people do it
 
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Because in my opinion some people just enjoy the aspect of gambling no matter what it costs them.
 
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this is a great thing man hes building the pot for you every time he buys in the money in the pot goes up , he really bought in that many times ,hes a fish a dam fried fish i cannot beleive it ,great job for not having to buyin stick it out till the addon and place in the bubble



you cannot change the cards your delt just the way you play them RANDY PAUSCH
 
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I got moved :( fun while it lasted heh
 
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Because in my opinion some people just enjoy the aspect of gambling no matter what it costs them.

I bet if you asked him, and he would admit it....they only thing he plays in a casino is slot machines.
 
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Rebuys are magnets for people with more dollars than sense. Watch him and you will see that he will get real tight after the break and he can't rebuy anymore, but it wont last. He wont be able to help himself and he will go out before the 2nd break. If you can hold your emotions in check, you can collect from this ATM machine and do very nice for yourself

Did you watch or follow the wsop rebuy event?
 
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The reason people do this is to try to get a big stack before the rebuy period ends. By rebuying many times the number of chips at your table greatly increases which in turn allows for a better chance at acccumulating alot of chips. Like zach said if you watched the wsop rebuy event lots of top pros play crazy wreckless like this. I forget how many rebuys Daniel Negreanu went through but it was alot.
 
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The reason people do this is to try to get a big stack before the rebuy period ends. By rebuying many times the number of chips at your table greatly increases which in turn allows for a better chance at acccumulating alot of chips. Like zach said if you watched the wsop rebuy event lots of top pros play crazy wreckless like this. I forget how many rebuys Daniel Negreanu went through but it was alot.

yep, I forget who it was but one pro I think averaged like a rebuy every 2 minutes or something lol.
 
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Did you watch or follow the WSOP rebuy event?

What does the WSOP have to do with online?

The OP is about online rebuy events. You cant even start to compaire those to the WSOP
 
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So you guys are saying it is very common and has somewhat of a strategy behind buying in 20+ times?

I dont see the logic in it myself.
 
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Its the same philosophy behind rebuying doesn't matter whether it's live or online.
 
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Dead, I'm not going out and telling you to go all in every hand because even in the rebuy that's probably not a good strategy. What I'm saying is that it is fairly common for even experienced pros to play ultra aggressive during the rebuy period to try to accumulate chips. They don't mind losing a couple stacks because it means there are more chips at the table and therefore a chance for a potential monster stack going out of the rebuy period.
 
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I can understand playing a bit looser, more aggresive style during the rebuy period. What I don't understand is doing it every hand no matter what and in turn costing you over 25x the buyin.
 
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Every hand is stupid, but it is a common tactic to rebuy ALOT, hopefully not too much, but you should gamboool early in a rebuy. Any pair, 2 high cards, you want to try to double up with.

If you are getting lucky you can build a massive stack early, thus being able to build an even bigger stack once the rebuy is over and alot of people have added on to their stack.
 
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I think I will stick to no rebuys and an addon. it seems to be working for me ;)

I will let the gamblers do their thing and love the chips they give me
 
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I just an article with layne flack>>

he won a wsop rebuy event after buying in 22 times.. He spent like 25 k but wont 500,000....
 
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I don't understand the OP...you say you don't understand them? Well really you should love that maniac...first of all its easy to call him with a nice hand and usually double up,...these are the ppl that make the cahs so high....who cares if you dont understand why they do this maniac style of playing...just keep doing what your doing, obv winning, and it will pay off...

also when I played in the 11$ rebuy i OPR'd a guy who had like 200k i winnings....he was doing this style of play and said he had the money too
 
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I don't understand the OP...you say you don't understand them? Well really you should love that maniac...first of all its easy to call him with a nice hand and usually double up,...these are the ppl that make the cahs so high....who cares if you dont understand why they do this maniac style of playing...just keep doing what your doing, obv winning, and it will pay off...

also when I played in the 11$ rebuy i OPR'd a guy who had like 200k i winnings....he was doing this style of play and said he had the money too
Oh I am definately going to keep my play style the same and I really enjoy him spewing chips, I was just curious if this was common at all and if there was any logic behind it.

I have seen the guys who shove with decent hands and just rebuy, but, never to the extent this guy was. Any 2 cards just about he was shoving. I couldn't and still can't wrap my head around why
 
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I don't get it eiether, dead-----But then I try not to play in Re-buy tournys to often. But when I do play in one, I generally won't re-buy in the 1st half, mainly because I don't drop low enough to do it! I try to keep my chip stack above the re-buy cut-off. And if I'm doing that poorly in the 1st half of the tourny to drop down to the re-buy level, I prolly would get out. However, when it comes to the ADD-ON I WILL add-on double to keep my chip stack at the same level it would be as if this weren't a re-buy tourny to begin with! Make any sense?:eek:
 
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Oh I am definately going to keep my play style the same and I really enjoy him spewing chips, I was just curious if this was common at all and if there was any logic behind it.

I have seen the guys who shove with decent hands and just rebuy, but, never to the extent this guy was. Any 2 cards just about he was shoving. I couldn't and still can't wrap my head around why


it is very common, and the only logic I see behind it is being able to get lucky over many hands and being monster stacked for a guaranteed finish?
 
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Yea I guess if you hit quite often enough you can take a huge lead early.

Still though, kind of a bad investment to me.
 
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I play 5k rebuy on Ultimate Bet just about 4x per week. It's a $1 entry & $1 rebuys 1st half hour then 3000 /6000 add on for $1/$2 at end of rebuy period. I see this strategy quite often all-in any 2 high cards PPA/rag etc. It put a lot of chips into play at the table & gives someone maybe even 2 a chance to accumulate big stack when they do have premium holdings & others are still calling with less than premium hands thinking the are still playing loose aggresive. I normally put about $5 into this each night 3 rebuys if needed & double add-on at end of rebuy period.
 
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