| I think the general consensus with rebuy tournies is you need to have the capacity and willingness to rebuy a fair few times as otherwise you put yourself at a huge disadvantage.
This particularly holds true when you can rebuy after you have lost your 1st chip. If you don't you are the small stack after a few minutes of the game.
I don't like rebuys myself as when you play a $10 MTT for example, you are really playing a $40+ MTT if you are serious about winning. On top of this, they go on for too long for my liking.
I do however dabble in cheap rebuy tourneis just for the fun to see how far I can get on my initial chips.
If you do well, then the add-on is essential.
I played a $10 MTT with 1 rebuy allowed and one addon at the 1st break recently. I didn't realise you could add-on actually, shoudl have read the details...
WHen we got to the break after an hour, I was positioned 30th out of a remaining 97 players. I didn't feel like it was worth another $10 as I wasn't happy with my low position and it would have just put me in the same position (as everyone else bought the add-on) for more money. So I didn't add-on on this occasion. I just didn't feel positive and could not face another 3 or 4 hours :-) - I went out soon after overplaying two pair (against trips).  |