How do re-buys and add-on's affect value?

[misky]

How do re-buys and add-on's affect value? If a $1 tourney has $1000 gauranteed prize pool and 700 players but re-buys and add-ons are allowed, how is the value affected? Sorry if this is covered elsewhere but I couldn't find it. Cheers.

[Valiant23]

Re: How do re-buys and add-on's affect value? Good question. Most of us online players believe freezeouts to be the purest form on tournament poker but at my local casino a respected player made a comment one Saturday night that suggests that rebuys are. I think it boils down to the type of tournament you're playing in. Guaranteed prize funds 'value' will go down, but I believe at some point they will go upwards, but only if you spend less on rebuys than the average (I think). Added prize funds 'value' will continue upwards