Re: Why rebuys are wierd
 

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Just to add, I realize that I would have needed at least one more caller to technically get pot odds here, but should I call just because it's a rebuy and a chance to have a huge stack for the rest of the tourney?

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By rough estimation, you are getting about 3.25:1, or in other words, you need to win just under 24% of the time.

Unless there is an overpair here, you appear to be in okay shape. The second-worst case scenario is something like:

cards EV
Tc Th 0.242
Ah Jh 0.285
Kc Qc 0.290
7s 7h 0.184

I agree that if there are no rebuys, you have to lay this down, because you'd rather not risk your tourney life on a 25% shot.

But with rebuys, your tournament does not end, and neither does your opponent's -- which means that _they_ may be calling with weaker holdings. That means you could reasonably be up against a lower pocket pair, AJo, and AQo:

cards EV
Tc Th 0.366
As Jd 0.178
7c 7d 0.184
Ac Qd 0.272

In that case, it's a no-brainer.

I think the situations like #2 occur often enough in rebuy tournaments to justify a call.

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I was pretty confident that at least 1 person had a much worse hand than me, and that only the original all in raiser might actually have a good hand.

But yeah, I guess the question boils down to is the chance to have 3.5x my original stack worth $10. And I think the consensus is yes.

cool


Incidently, the original raiser had JJ and the other two donks had 33 and 99. The JJ remarkably held up.

Re: Why rebuys are wierd
 

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Even if you are right, which I'll concede you are closer to being right than I originally thought, there's no need to be a jackass about it. You're not God's gift to poker, so you can drop the act.

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Thank you kyro, indeed I am right. Also, I'm agnostic, so lay off the gospel please.