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General Guideline for Add-Ons

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  1. hotdawg555 hotdawg555 is offline

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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 10:34am)

    Assuming bankroll is not a factor, is there a general guideline to go by to decide as to whether or not you should opt to take an Add-on? The general rule I've used is that if the add-on contributes 20% or more to your overall stack, then it should be done.

    Anyone?
  2. Faaantastic Faaantastic is offline

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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 10:36am) in reply to hotdawg555

    Add-on no matter what if money isnt an issue. You have the option to get more chips without winning a hand, why not do it
  3. ryanmack91 ryanmack91 is offline

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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 10:46am) in reply to Faaantastic

    i had 95k in a 2 dollar rebuy on partyt and didnt add on as it was only 1500 chips its seems normally you are right faaaantastic but i think this would be an exception as it would decrease your ROI by 50 percent
     
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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 10:51am) in reply to ryanmack91

    Well yea, if you are a massive CL and the amount is above 10-20 dollars, then theres no need
    But on stars, I dont see why you wouldnt addon 2k with a stack anything less than 25-30k
    I just want more chippies
  5. skankmofo skankmofo is offline

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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 10:58am) in reply to hotdawg555

    In the $3 rebuy I always addon, no matter what. I look at it this way: Usually the second hour is incredibly boring because the stack sizes are so huge compared to the blinds. That $3 means I can pretty much play the 2nd hour folding every hand waiting for good cards in good position and keep my current stack size.

    Of course $3 means almost nothing to me, if I was playing the $11r or $30r with my bankroll it would be a harder decision. But then, I don't play rebuys unless i'm willing to rebuy 3-4 times and addon at the end.
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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 11:12am) in reply to hotdawg555

    on the 5.5R on stars I've added on the two times i had 50K plus after the break. I just feel that it's worth it, that 2K can be the steal that went bad or something like that. I always add on in the low buy ins regardless of stack size.

    Ironicall, the only time I didn't add on was in the 109R on stars. I couldn't afford it that day because I already spent $400 on the tourney and I didn't want to buy more chips (spent too much that week). I had 2.6K going into the break and it was the only time I made the FT in that tourney.. lol. cashed for 2.3K.
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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 1:55pm) in reply to hotdawg555

    The only time I wouldn't add-on is if at the end of the rebuy period I have a Money Stack. Meaning I had a stack that by the time you get into the money it would be considered an average stack. Even then I might be tempted just to add-on.

    - Joker
  8. jay_shark jay_shark is offline

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    Dec 5th, 2005 (12/5/2005 2:32pm) in reply to jokerindapack

    Here are my thoughts on add ons .

    a) You need to have a nice discount on your add ons

    b) If you have an above average stack then at some point , your add ons become counter productive and are not worthwhile from a ROI standpoint . (This can be shown using wotmogs theory )
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