Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
I disagree. Money is a relative concept.From a money perspective, the strategy for rebuys and freezeouts is identical. Rebuys do not reward any type of player more than any other. The strategy is 100% identical.
Player A makes deep six figures in his white-collar job. His bankroll for poker is several hundred dollars.
Player B is a a student with ever-mounting student debt. His expendable income is about $100 a month. That covers poker, dates, beer money and anything else.
At a $20 no-rebuy tournament, A and B are on equal footing. At a $20 unlimited rebuy tournament, Player A can perpetually jam. Player B can nit it up and do well, but pocket aces lose to 7-2 off-suit roughly 1 in 7 times.
I've seen this happen. Player A jammed so often that even though he won the tournament, his net gain was less than 3rd place. It really hurt the game, as there were a number of player B's in the group (most very new to poker). My option was to ban player A for playing in a very legal way, or to write the "Robbie Rule", limiting rebuys to one per player.