Re: $25K rebuy madness
I actually wanted to talk about this after I took 3rd in this tourney last month. My opening table had #1,2, 5 and 7 after the first hour. The guy who did the majority of the donating was gone 15 mins after rebuy ended. In this case it didn't work out, but how often does the same guy win his first few double up attempts and has the big stack he desires. If you make the final table you are looking at a 1k or greater payout, top 3 is 4k or greater. So how often do you need to make a final table to compensate for dumping 100 a night? If you take 3rd 1 in 40 times you are near break even; 1st 1 in 100. I know those are unreasonable expectations, but then take into concideration all the times you place and get some of if not all your money back. You can start to see how it may not be too ridiculous a strategy for a good to great player.
How valuable is a big stack? Ask MLG.
-sloth
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