I feel a bit silly ...

[slapdash]

I just played a $3 rebuy satellite on Betfair, with about 28 players and seven seats guaranteed to a $50+$5 tournament. I hadn't looked at the structure. Five minute levels. 1500 starting stacks. 12 (!) levels before the end of the rebuy period, which meant that the last level before the add-on was $800/$1600 blinds: a big blind was more than the chips you'd get from a rebuy! A buy-in, 14 rebuys and one add-on ($48.30 total outlay) later, I eventually bubbled (AQs in the BB, posting the blind put me all-in, I was delighted when nobody called except the SB with A10s, but he hit his flush). The silly thing is, I still can't convince myself that any of my decisions to rebuy were -EV, and I'm tempted to try again. :$

[Chapman]

Re: I feel a bit silly ... If I enter a rebuy I generally allow myself room for 1 rebuy and 1 add on if I need it, although certain exceptions are made depending on the game and situation. I can't get my head around 14 rebuys though mate, were you just in clicky clicky mode or what? :lol