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I haven't played 100bb games in awhile, and am a totally unsure about the min-buy(60bb) in TAGs that have auto-rebuy on; they're usually fairly tight, what's the deal with these guys?

Bit of a vague OP, just trying to figure out the Psychology behind these guys. 20bb was a solid style, but 60bb?

Not sure I have come across a good one yet between 2-50nl. Thought I did once, checked him on ptr (when you could) he was a 2k loser at the micros.

Not sure I have come across a good one yet between 2-50nl. Thought I did once, checked him on ptr (when you could) he was a 2k loser at the micros.

They make their money mostly from rakeback so their only objective is to play as close to break even as possible I think?

Rakeback on 888 is horrible and there's a fair few of these guys

They're just fish buying in for the minimum.

I think people do that when then want to play more tables but don't have the roll for 100bb.

They're just fish buying in for the minimum.

TAG auto-rebuying fish?

Ironically enough they seem to play better than the 100bb regs.



I've been stacking off light against these guys preflop, thinking a shorter stack strategy would involve more 3betting/stacking off, but over 4 samples they've shown up with a monster everytime. They're all particularly tight, like 17/15 @ 6max, makes me think they're just risk aversive/scared or something.

Really nothing wrong with buying in for 60bb if all the fish have 60bb or less.

oh and omnirage - the fact that they're only stacking off light pre with monsters is an indicator that they're bad rather than good.

They make their money mostly from rakeback so their only objective is to play as close to break even as possible I think?

how can they make significant rakeback at 10nl- crazy they play this way. I really don't get it. Higher could have some merit but don't know what that merit is.

Really nothing wrong with buying in for 60bb if all the fish have 60bb or less.

oh and omnirage - the fact that they're only stacking off light pre with monsters is an indicator that they're bad rather than good.

There's about 50-50 60bb + fish @ 888

Yeah, I don't really get it... well, I guess if you only play big pair type of hands then maybe it's a way to reduce RIO... but, it is pretty interesting to see otherwise decent regs three quarter stacking or less.

how can they make significant rakeback at 10nl- crazy they play this way. I really don't get it. Higher could have some merit but don't know what that merit is.

I'm not into short-stacking but I imagine it's because they play as many tables as possible but they also need to move off a table once they've doubled up so they need to move around tables a lot?

It's not because of rb. Every stacksize has to be played differently - more things to consider - less tables. Also they need to be able to play a fullstack as well as they usually aren't ratholers/ want to buy in fullstacked if they have position on a fullstacked fish.
I guess it's best suitable for MTT players switching or just want to get in volume when they have only 1 tourney left in which they run deep. Not many mid stack regs know how to adjust to different stack sizes. This could give an MTT player a slight edge over a reg that normally has the edge over him.
Also they are hard to read as they will play every stacksize differently if they are any good.