Comments on: Rebuy Collusion

By: paul

paul — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:40:06 +0000

I have to disagree too. If 8 people are going all in then the optimal strategy for the 9th player is to wait until he AA or whatever and shove and 8x up, for the price of one entry.

What limits this type of collusion is the concept called “position” which is ignored in this article.

Saying this is a profitable strategy ignores the same problem with the Martingale strategy, which is doubling your bet everytime you lose a 2 to 1 bet to win the first bet.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:13:51 +0000

Mike says “no offense intended” and then goes on to call her an idiot. Unreal…
If he was unable to understand what she is saying then I might be forgiving. But she clearly states to win points, braclets or money in a tournament should not be a reward because of someones net worth or their ability to out spend (without causing harm to ones finances) other players. She is clearly against the tournament officials that allow for such a game to be played.
I saw Phil H. berate Annie during a tournament about her brother. She was anything and everything but rude to him. She can handle your remarks well, Im sure of it.

By: doug

doug — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:47:58 +0000

WOW!!! mike is mad!!!! calm down dude!!! annie is world class…!!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:48:05 +0000

No offense intended, but you really come off as a cry baby in this article. 1st of all, You know exactly what a rebuy event is when you are signing up. People gamble during the rebuy period because it will help you build a chipstack to attack other stacks at the later stages. Just because people have an understanding of this, DOES NOT in any way make it collusion. These are the most ridiculous accusations you could ever make, and you make yourself look like a complete idiot for posting this.

And like you, the 2 people who responded have 0 comprehension of what a Rebuy Event even is.

By: Paul Sokoloff

Paul Sokoloff — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:51:17 +0000

It can never be stopped.

Unlimited rebuy tournies are unprofessional and potentially unfair for the reason in the above article.

Limited rebuys (such as one to two rebuys) gives players the option to buy in cheap in hopes of either building their stacks by grinding faster than others, or by shooting to get lucky early, or a combination of both styles.
The other reason for the ‘limit rebuy’ is to give players a ‘second life’, meaning some people like the idea of playing aggressive with the shorter stack early on and if they bust ou and don’t double up to match the other ‘piad for’ chips, then the shoot again with the rebuy using the same strategy. This strategy can be easily debated.
These are the only two reasons behind a limited rebuy.

By: StJames888

StJames888 — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:44:00 +0000

I thought that this type of behavior would be cause for disqualification from the tournament. I know if there are any collusion on UB.com you would be kicked off the site in a minute. My thought is to call this activity out to the dealer immediately when it happens and if they aren’t receptive, ask for an officials ruling… Bottom Line: This isn’t right!! Bad sportsmanship at best (gaming the system), straight up cheating at it’s worst.