Rebuy
A rebuy is a purchase of more chips in a tournament, allowed during the rebuy period. The player pays a fixed fee and receives a fixed number of chips, often when he is short or has been eliminated.
The simple explanation
In a rebuy tournament, you can buy more chips during the first part, for example the first hour. After that period, there may be an add-on, and then no more chips can be bought.
A closer look
Rebuys change the structure: the prize pool grows, and players gamble more in the rebuy period because they can buy back in. They are not the same as re-entries, where a busted player starts again on a new stack at another table. Strategy in a rebuy event is looser in the early stage, and tight later. The cost of rebuys should be included in your bankroll planning.
A practical example
A tournament allows rebuys for the first hour. A player loses his stack in the first 30 minutes and pays for a rebuy to get a new starting stack.
Full explanation
A rebuy is a purchase of more chips in a tournament, allowed during the rebuy period. The player pays a fixed fee and receives a fixed number of chips, often when he is short or has been eliminated.
A rebuy is a purchase of more chips in a tournament.
It is allowed only during the rebuy period.
An add-on follows after the rebuy period.
It makes the prize pool larger.
Alternative spelling: re-buy, re buy