poker rebuy tournament probably question?
I was in a no limit hold em rebuy tournament and I came to a situation I've never encountered before.It was less than a minute to the break which, as you may know, is the last chance for a rebuy. The starting chip stack was 1000 and I had 2000 chips. We're 5 handed at my table (6 max tables) and I look at down KT suited under the gun. Not an astounding hand, but I consider the situation and figure some aggression will steal the blinds for me. Blinds are 50/100, so I make it 300 to go. The small blind (who also happens to be a loose-semi aggressive chip leader) calls. We go heads up to the flop. Pot is at 850 (25 dollar antes). Flop comesQsJs4dBefore I can consider my move, the villain fires out a bet for 700, enough to put me under 1000 (which means even if the turn misses me, I can rebuy one more time before the break), so I call. The turn is a blank and he instantly puts me all in.At this point, one of three things can happen.A. I call and get lucky on the river, putting me at about 5000 chips right before the break, after which I can pay $3 and get 1500 more chips.B. I call and miss the river. I double rebuy ($6) for 2000 chips and get the add on ($3) for a total of 3500 chips.C. I fold with about 800 chips, get one rebuy ($3) and one add-on ($3) for 3300 chips.In that scenario, what is the most logically sound move and why?incidentally, i'm sure the SB wasn't bluffing. He was loose, but not a bully and not a bluffer.big head:I agree with the push in a normal situation (cash game, maybe freezeout tournament). However, I was considering"If I just call and miss, I can still fold and rebuy."Not sure whether that's a good strategy or not, but that was my thinking at the time.Good point about how many rebuys I'm willing. In that particular tournament, I gave myself a maximum of 3 rebuys (including the one I make right at the very beginning of the tourney) and 1 add on. At that point i had only made 1 rebuy.In hindsight, I guess it was either a push or a fold right on the flop. Since I had the money (I had about $140 in event cash at my disposal), that wasn't an issue, and going all in on the flop makes more sense now. It was just confusing as I generally don't play rebuys, and I almost never find myself in an all-in situation near the break.
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