So i was dealt 88 in this hand, can i just ask for just over a 4 big blind shove right on the bubble of this tourny its a pretty easy call considering how short he is... just over 4 bb... these tournies do my head in would like to hear how some people play the 3x turbo games????

Poker Stars $1.00+$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t12500/t25000 Blinds + t2500 - 9 players
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BB: t108600 M = 1.81
UTG: t126133 M = 2.10
UTG+1: t52474 M = 0.87
UTG+2: t118640 M = 1.98
MP1: t92828 M = 1.55
MP2: t691582 M = 11.53
CO: t358540 M = 5.98
BTN: t45444 M = 0.76
SB: t85756 M = 1.43

Pre Flop: (t60000)
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to t116140 all in, 2 folds, CO raises to t356040 all in, 3 folds

Flop: (t292280) 9 T K (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t292280) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t292280) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Although it's not clear from the HH, I'm assuming that you're CO with the pocket Eights, and you iso'd here.

In which case your play is totally standard.

If you're not CO, and you folded 88, then I'd say that it was a mistake, even after CO makes the re-shove.


On a general note, if you're doing it properly then 3x turbo rebuys are much expensive than the minimum buyin. You have to take quite a few gamble spots in order to have a shot at a good stack when the addon comes round. Due to the risk element of play as the end of the rebuy period approaches I'd suggest an average of somewhere around ten or twelve bullets would be a good budget for them, ie for 1r 3x I think you should budget about $10-$12 or so.