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 Rebuys--Who Are the Worst Offenders?, Bart Mann, 11. Sep 2003 11:13 | ||
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| A couple of weeks ago I was watching some poker on TV--I can't remember if it was the 2003 WSOP, the US Championship or a replay of a WPT event (sorry!). Anyway, the tournament in question was $3,000 to get into, with unlimited rebuys at that same amount. During one of the "tweener" segments, they ran down a list of professional players and how many rebuys they had used to stay alive in the tournament. Unfortunately I wasn't paying attention right away, but I did manage to catch the tail end of the segment, and was surprised to see that Scotty Nguyen used SEVEN (7) rebuys ($21,000)--in addition to his initial $3,000 entry fee--and still managed to get knocked out early. So I guess my question is this: is it normal for most professional players to soak up a lot of rebuys, or is Scotty an exception? What about guys like Gus Hanson, Howard Lederer, Sammy Farha, Amir Vahidi, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey--do they do the same thing? | ||
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| Re: Rebuys--Who Are the Worst Offenders?, foraces, 11. Sep 2003 19:07 | ||
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| My opinion only: I think People tend to play MUCH Much looser in rebuy tourneys. Scotty was probably trying to accumulate chips early with marginal hands and was caught. Or, he was called with hands that he would not have been after the rebuy period and was overtaken. Those seem to be the trends in rebuy tourneys. | ||
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| Re: Rebuys--Who Are the Worst Offenders?, Mike Caro, 12. Sep 2003 23:29 | ||
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| on 11. Sep 2003 11:13 Bart Mann wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I was watching some poker on TV--I can't remember if it > was the 2003 WSOP, the US Championship or a replay of a WPT event (sorry!). > Anyway, the tournament in question was $3,000 to get into, with unlimited rebuys > at that same amount. During one of the "tweener" segments, they ran down a list > of professional players and how many rebuys they had used to stay alive in the > tournament. Unfortunately I wasn't paying attention right away, but I did > manage to catch the tail end of the segment, and was surprised to see that > Scotty Nguyen used SEVEN (7) rebuys ($21,000)--in addition to his initial $3,000 > entry fee--and still managed to get knocked out early. > > So I guess my question is this: is it normal for most professional players to > soak up a lot of rebuys, or is Scotty an exception? What about guys like Gus > Hanson, Howard Lederer, Sammy Farha, Amir Vahidi, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey--do they > do the same thing? Hi, Bart Mann -- In most cases, if you can afforded it, it's correct to rebuy in those tournaments if you go broke. Why? It's because in proportional payout tournaments -- where 1st place gets a given percentage of the prize pool -- 2nd a lesser percentage, and so forth, small stacks are worth more per chip than large stacks. That's the reason why survival is often more important than making your most profitable, but more risky, tactic. Remember, the payouts stay the same, but usually many players have voluntarily chosen not to rebuy and, thus, they have NO chance at that money, while, by rebuying, you give yourself some chance. The option to rebuy when broke, therefore, should usually (but not always) be exercised. Straight Flushes, Mike Caro | ||
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