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The best laid plans... It didn't work out. Nothing interesting to speak of, and was busted not even a round after the rebuys ended. Though I still stand by the strategy. Case in point, in his blog the dealer mentioned that 2 people from my original table made it to the final table. That's 2 from my table out of roughly 20 tables. Goes to show...Otherwise I agree with elkang. The tournaments bring in a lot of action, and attractive side games are more than enough to compensate for a little loose rebuying.

It has a lot to do with timing. You have to be very aware where you stand in terms of chips as the rebuy period is winding down. If you are constantly going all in preflop, it's basically a reverse parlay... You will eventually hit. When you hit, you have to judge whenever you have enough chips to make a run for it when the rebuys end. This is a function of how you fare vs. the other stacks at the table and how much time you have left to rebuild if you continue to play ultra-agressively and are busted. If you figure yourself to be looking good with little time left, you have to hit the br

I played the way I did because I intended to win the tournament. As it stood, the tournament was a $2000 freeroll with $20 rebuys. Let's make a simple example of 100 players at 10 tables (10 people per table). Before the tournament begins, all else being equal, let's assume everyone has $20 of equity in the prize pool ($2000/100) and every table has $200 of equity in the prize pool ($2000/10). Additionally, because it is a freeroll let's assume that most people have no intention of rebuying (as was basically the case). I rebought 10x's which added 10 units to my table. My table now has

That's funny. Ironically, I was at your starting table, and happened to be the maniac player. And even more ironic, I was wondering how many times I rebought because the club didn't use any receipts (9x, I figured 10). So you were able to clear that up for me. Much appreciated. As for you dealing, I'd say you did a fine job. However, if you don't mind a few well intended suggestions:1) Always take your time. Dealing is a lot like public speaking. When you're up doing it, it always feels like you're really rushed. You think more quickly, act more quickly and begin to talk more quickly

I spoke with the harrah's poker room mgmt a few weeks back and here's what I got.Buy in Chips 1st blinds blind changes500 1000 25-25 45 min1000 1500 25-25 60 min1500 1500 25-25 60 min2000 2000 25-50 60 min9500 10,000 50-100 70 minhope this helps. cheers

assuming the following hands, and the these hands stayed through the river you can expect the following probabilities of winning:1) AQo 19.26%2) KQo 17.67%3) AJo 13.23%4) 66 23.62%5) 9Ts 26.22% hope this helps

I realize that professional players rely on a number of games to supplement their income, as well as to keep up their interest level. It has been my understanding however, through personal experience and poker literature, that most professional players rely on limit games. I can understand various reasons why this makes economic sense including gain/loss constraints, mathematically standardized decision processes, low variance, etc. However, I was interested whether or not it was possible to manage a consistent/reliable income source from no-limit hold'em. It seems that the variance and un