The simple truth about adding on

Poker is full of truths, and many of them are simple. The funny thing about simple truths is that they're so hard to believe :-) The simple truth about adding on in rebuy tournaments is that you should never do it. Period, the end. My aggregrate profit in the 340 MTT-R NLHEs where I abstained from adding on is $44,780,500. My aggregate loss in the 424 where I added on is $-8,573,000. I've never looked at these particular numbers before, and they sure are eye-opening. Let's see if I can teach myself never ever to add on :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6   171      59   12     3   371000
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    44      65   15    47        0

delta: $21,000
MTT 8-game balance: $413,170
2019 balance: $2,201,250
balance: $48,785,510