In rebuy poker tournaments on PokerStar.net there is a period of usually the first hour of the tournament where players have the option of leaving the tournament or buying more chips once they are out of chips. There are some positives and negatives of rebuy tournaments and I want to share some of them with you so you can judge whether or not rebuy tournaments at PokerStar sound like something you’ll enjoy.

* One of the benefits of the PokerStar rebuy tournaments is that if you happen to lose your chips on a bad beat you can buy back into the tournament. There is always a chance when your chips are in the middle of the pot that you can get unlucky and lose the hand so having the option to rebuy helps out when you get a bad beat.

* Another benefit of playing in rebuy tournaments is that the players are generally really loose and aggressive during the rebuy period because they don’t need to worry about being knocked out of the tournament. If you play smart you should be able to double up a couple times on loose players during the rebuy period of the tournament which will leave you in good shape for once the rebuy period closes.

* Probably the best benefit of the PokerStar rebuy tournaments is that the money spent on rebuys is added to the prize pool of the tournament thus making the prize pools massive. Most rebuy tournaments have excellent prize pools and it’s apart of the reason they have become so popular in many online poker rooms.

* One of the negatives of getting the latest PokerStar Download and playing in rebuy tournaments is that you don’t get to see how your opponents actually play poker during the rebuy period. Any reads you pick up on them during the rebuy period won’t help you once the rebuy period is shut and the player begins playing there real game. Don’t spend to much time trying to read your opponents until your past the rebuy period.

* Another negative of the PokerStar rebuy tournaments is that they take much longer to play then normal tournaments because there are more chips being added to the tables the first hour. With so many chips out there after the rebuy period it can take some time for the tournament to progress. To quicken the length of rebuy tournaments you could look to join turbo tournaments where the blinds raise every five minutes, but it’s up to you.

* A lot of PokerStar.com players who aren’t good at poker like playing in rebuy tournaments because of the fact they can rebuy into the tournament. I’ve seen some people spend hundreds rebuying into tournaments and still be eliminated right after the rebuy period. The size of your wallet can play a factor in the beginning and it can wreck your table if you have some guy going all-in every hand and rebuying, but it’s only temporary. Once the rebuy period is over these players generally fade out of the tournament fairly quickly and at this point they can’t rebuy and they must leave.