How do you play.......

What do you mean a buy in tourney? do you mean a rebuy one?

I'm assuming he means rebuy...well, here's my take on them:

Don't do the rebuy right off the bat. At pretty much every rebuy tourney you're gonna have people moving all in on a wide array of starting hands. Just wait for them to move when you have a pp, jacks or better, AK, or AQ. You can safely assume you are AT WORST a coin flip. Bust them, watch them rebuy, and continue this trend. Obviously, if you get unlucky, rebuy (single or double, depends on how deep into the rebuy period you are...the further in the more I'd say double), and when it comes for the add on period, take a look at your chip stack compared to everyone elses. If your place in chips is halfway into the money or better, I'd say you don't have to rebuy (although it doesn't hurt). So if the tourney pays 54, and you're in 30th, rebuy, if your in 20th, you don't necessarily have to.

well after watching a few of the vid on cardrunners the guy there uses a different strategy.
Basically he said hed think nothing of spending $200 dollars on a $5 rebuy as he`s aiming to build a huge stack before the break
Added on right off and raised and gambled in position / out of position with any 2 cards it looked like BUT after the flop if he hit nothing he would lay it down. The plus side of this is when he hits his big hands he gets paid of as everyone thinks he`s betting with crap.
He did infact build a huge stack got it upto 700k at one point and i believe won the tourney.
Obvoiusly rebuys will be dictated by your bankroll and how much youre willing to spend i would say tho once you go over 20k chips before the rebuy period ends tighten right up 20 k in the $3 or $5 rebuys ive played in on stars put me in the top 20 - 30 usually before the break which isnt a bad spot to be in. Most times i did this it only cost me 2-3 rebuys and an add on.
If youre a tight player then pick your spots to gamble but if you go all in expect at least 2 other callers hoping to suck out on you

To play a rebuy "properly" you'll need to rebuy numerous times. Loose as a whores drawers is the way.

Some of the best rebuy players (Bax, GBMantis) will rebuy numerous times as theey know those chips will be those at the end of the day.

Unless you're prepared to spend money stay away. LMAO at those who think they can get through with just the add-on at the break.

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I agree with him. You don't want to get into Re-buy Tournaments to often. You will get people who will go all in with draws on straight and flushes. Most of the time the will catch and if they lose, they just come right back in and can beat you. Buy to answer your question. Click on the chip tray and it should say rebuy. Good Luck.

I don't...because of Matt's sage advice:

I don't have the bankroll to play like that...and I'd get way too angry if I lost a chunk of change in chasing the holy grail!

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The best thing to do is watch the 1st period of one of these so you can see how ppl who build these huge stacks play them, i guarentee youll see some outrageous raises and calls, for instance the guy in the card runners video raises something like 3 7 suited on the button its the tactics of it tho,
If people see you raising stuff like that when you actually get a monster you get paid off big time.
Rebuy period = crazy time and going in on pairs is usually risky from what ive seen anyone with any piece of the flop is calling you all the way or even coming over the top hehe