Jacki Burkhart
long winded rambler...
Silver Level
I play in a lot of live guarantee tourneys where in order to make their guarantee they let you have your 1 or 2 rebuys anytime.
I notice a few players just automatically buy a double or a triple stack from the get go.
I almost never do, I'd prefer to try to win it and then I can always buy it later.
My thought process basically goes like this "I'm probably one of the better players at the table, it shouldn't be too hard for me to run it up so if I can acquire a $200 stack for the cost of only $100 I've essentially just "cashed" in this tournament for $100....via the logic of a penny saved is a penny earned.
If variance strikes, or I endure a massive cooler I'll lose fewer chips and still have an opportunity to start over fresh. Also, I'll have armed my opponent with fewer chips to use against my new fresh stack (to the victor goes the spoils of war....)
I know there must be other schools of thought out there, I'd like to hear them! What do you do? What do you recommend and why?
I notice a few players just automatically buy a double or a triple stack from the get go.
I almost never do, I'd prefer to try to win it and then I can always buy it later.
My thought process basically goes like this "I'm probably one of the better players at the table, it shouldn't be too hard for me to run it up so if I can acquire a $200 stack for the cost of only $100 I've essentially just "cashed" in this tournament for $100....via the logic of a penny saved is a penny earned.
If variance strikes, or I endure a massive cooler I'll lose fewer chips and still have an opportunity to start over fresh. Also, I'll have armed my opponent with fewer chips to use against my new fresh stack (to the victor goes the spoils of war....)
I know there must be other schools of thought out there, I'd like to hear them! What do you do? What do you recommend and why?