Re: Add-ons
There are about as many ways to do this as there are ways to make dinner.
I've played in a WPT satellite and the format was roughly this (not sure I've got the amounts quite right, but the idea is pretty much accurate):
- Original buyin was $50 + $15 fee (obviously you can't charge the fee and stay legal). Got you x chips, call it 1000 although I'm not sure that was the exact number.
- You can rebuy any time you're below the starting amount for the first four 30-minute levels. $50 gets you 1000.
- At the end of the fourth level, there is an optional buyin. $50 gets you 1500 chips. If you finish the fourth level below the starting stack, you have the option of rebuying and THEN adding on.
The reason the rebuy is higher than the starting stack is that as the tourney progresses, there is less incentive to rebuy the starting amount of chips because the average chip stack is higher. So to make the rebuy a more attractive option is must be somewhat more chips.
There are other ways to handle this. The first is to do what is called a "progressive stack" rebuy, which means that the number of chips you rebuy goes up as the tourney goes on. Say, if you rebuy during the first level it buys you 1000, during the second level it's 1250, during the third level 1500, and fourth level rebuys get 1750 or something like that.
It's a very touchy-feely topic because there are so many ways you can do it. I would suggest sticking close to a tourney you would find at a casino that has close to the number of people you'll be having and close to your buyin stakes.
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