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Originally Posted by PSUMike1999
Agree with Mike 100% about the re-entry thoughts. Yes, Phil Ivey has a lot invested with 7 bullets but ultimately his aggressive style will get him lots of chips most likely. What's $35,000 to Ivey when 1st place is near $3,000,000???
IMO hurts the game when the "high rollers" can "gamble" it up more to build a stack while the avg player can only play 1 bullet and most likely be much more careful.
In the end, all this re-entry crap benefits 95% of the time is the Phil Iveys' and Daniel Negreanus' of the world and benefits the casinos' profit margin 100% of the time.
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Originally Posted by RustyBalls
um no. a lot of recreational players satellited in and only have one bullet. a lot of rec players either don't have the roll or just won't buy into a $5k tournament more than once. sure if you are playing $100 re entry it wouldn't matter to most but that isn't the case here. people that can fire off multiple bullets will sometimes take a shot trying to get chips that they might not take if they couldn't re-enter.
Here's a great idea.... don't sign up for a rebuy tournament if you don't have the money to rebuy. Failing that, accept that you're at a disadvantage.
It's not like anyone was fooled into joining the tournament. Yes, of course a guy who rebuys a bunch of times has an advantage over a guy with one bullet... but anyone who goes into a rebuy tournament with one bullet expecting to be on equal footing is a moron.
If someone comes into a tournament knowing that the rules allow for multiple rebuys, then chooses to handicap themselves by not using that rule, that is their own decision and not the fault of the tournament or anyone else.
What's next, saying that mixed game tournaments should be gotten rid of because some of the people who entered might not understand some of the games very well? I mean, that's not fair either, is it?