Tourney Late Buy In Allowed? (1 Viewer)

[Forever to Thee]

In a tournament where you allow rebuys/add-ons for say the first hour. If someone arrives late but within the first out do you allow them to play?

 

[Himewad]

We only allow late buyins if the player lets us know they are running late. And they get blinded in until they arrive. Never had a late show without letting us know.

 

[Thomacetti]

ofcourse...just blind his chips ?

 

[Dodger]

In a tournament where you allow rebuys/add-ons for say the first hour. If someone arrives late but within the first out do you allow them to play?

A lively thread on this topic here: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/allow-late-buy-in.44657/

 

[Mr Winberg]

In a tournament where you allow rebuys/add-ons for say the first hour. If someone arrives late but within the first out do you allow them to play?

I do, regardless of if its a rebuy event or a freezout. If they arrive before we start again after the first break, they get a stack. The reason is I can't be bothered keeping track of exactly who is gonna play. The day of the tournament I usually get a bunch of "yes" turned into "no" and vice versa, along with with some "can I bring a friend" (to which I always answer yes).

So when you arrive you get your stack, easy peasy

 

[Alex Lundstrum]

If it is a rebuy, I say definitely allow late entry during rebut period. If it's a freezeout, then give on time starts a bonus, late entry gets no bonus, far easier than blinding out a stack

 

[DoubleEagle]

Yes, up until the first break. Full stack. We have one habitually late Phil Helmuth type.

 

[Thomacetti]

And you wonder why your players are late ?

If you want to play in my games...some basic rules are in place.
Being on time is a respectable way to say thanks for the invite.
And I'm not anal about timing....we first have 30-45min of chatter before we start playing.
But arriving 2h late is a no go for me (unless well announced in advance or emergency cases)

 

[Mr Winberg]

And you wonder why your players are late ?

Just wondering, who are you responding to? If it's me I have a great response
If not, then nevermind

 

[Thomacetti]

Just wondering, who are you responding to? If it's me I have a great response
If not, then nevermind

Oh please do tell

 

[Mr Winberg]

Oh please do tell

Alright, prepare to get burned!

"They're not"

Spoiler

 

[Thomacetti]

worth it

 

[phdlance]

Definitely. In fact, some WSOP tournaments eliminate rebuys and force you to do a new buy-in instead.