Rebuy Option

Overview

A "Rebuy Option" is type of chip purchase option. It is a means by which a player can acquire additional chips after they have already entered a tournament.

The attributes of an rebuy option are:

When a player exercises an add-on option, it creates an instance of a rebuy record.

The available options in a tournament are visible on the tournament's Chip Purchase Options panel. Rebuy options are edited in the rebuy option properties dialog.

Global limit

In addition to putting a limit on each individual option, you can also put an overall limit per player on all rebuys. You might do this if you offer two rebuy options but a player is only allowed to do one or the other.

Multiple rebuy options?

Although you'll typically define at most one rebuy option, a tournament can have multiple rebuy options.

As an example, assume you are having a tournament where the standard rebuy cost is $50 for 5,000 chips. You also want to have an additional rebuy where people can receive an extra 5,000 chips for donating a jacket.

To do this, you'd create two rebuy options:

Simple Tournaments vs. Standard Tournaments

In simple tournaments, the purchase quantity for each option is set by you. You simple increment/decrement the quantity as needed and all associated data is updated.

In standard tournaments, you are managing players. Therefore, the purchase quantity for each option is updated as you purchase buy-ins for players.

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