Need help about rebuys strategy

Every last sunday of the month the casino where I go make a Hold'em tournment . 50$ buy-in , we start with T200 , 2 rounds of 5-10 ,2 of 10-20 , 2 of 25-50 etc . We can make 3 rebuy of T100 for 20$ . We cannot make a rebuy if we have T200 or more and we cannot rebuy when the field is down to 10 or less . Top 8 pay : 8th=50$ ...1st = ~1900$. They don't charge any fee. I have been in the top 10 in the last 4 tournments . When we start we are 45 to 55 players . The field is mediocre and they know nothing about tourment , at the end some call all-in raise with the same "shit " that they are used to play a ring game of 3-6 . ; J3s , 78o , etc . I would like to know when its good to rebuy and when its not . There are players who will rebuy after the 1st hand , I don't think its a good idea .Is it a good idea to play more hand ( than I do usually in a ring game ? ) during the 4 first round because even if I lose I could rebuy " cheaply " ,

I would rebuy whenever I'm qualified to do so. I would not play looser because of the availability of the rebuy, however.


Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

JP,


Here's my input. I think you need to play fast in that tournament. With only T200 to start and with limits at 5-10 for 20 hands and then 10-20 for 20 hands, you just can't stand there and wait for a Group 1 hand, as it is much likely it will never come. And it does not mean you will win if it does come. I think you should play it as a satellite. I would rebuy when I qualify for it early, but not past the 25-50 level if you are broke. You only get T100. I would add-on if I had T200 but not with zero.


You already know I think the tournament is really badly run. That's why I don't come down to play in it. I really think it is stupid that you can rebuy when there are 11 players in the tournament left. But that's me.


So to answer your question, no I would not loosen up because you can rebuy, I would do loosen up because if you don't, you are likely to never get enough chips to survive later. With this structure, you have to play very fast in order to stand any chance of using poker/tournament skills later in the tournament when it counts.


Nicolas Fradet (The Prince)

Well, the only thing I would add to Greg, is a personal opinion of mine. In a limit event i would not rebuy after the first hand because you can always do so later, and are almost never losing an opportunity to double through until you become pretty short stacked. So why use the $$$ until it has some meaning. Although the chips are somewhat cheaper, I dont think the value of them is the same as it would be in no limit.


OTH in a no-limit event, if i had some aggressive players at my table I would likely rebuy as soon as I posted my first blind because I could either apply more pressure, or double though on one hand.


I was unclear if this was limit or no-limit. So I answered both.

oK , I agree , they run the tournment badly , but they don't charge fees , and the field is extremly bad . There are no more than 5 descent players in those tournments . They make strange thing like saying : " Now the blinds are 50-100 and I will eventually make it 100-200 " . Instead to say : " I will make the blinds 100-200 in 15 minutes " or " I will make the blinds 100-200 in 2 rounds " . So that why I think that those tournmentr are more valuable than any Vegas or Foxwood ' tournment who charge ~10% fees .