I often find myself in this situation live $20 re-buyin

[d0zer]

8-9 people, binds double every 1/2 hour, re-buyin for first 3 blind levels.

3000 chips 25/50 starting blinds.

The game grinds to a crawl as people lose sobriety, so you don't end up seeing that many hands. There's maybe two sharks and a bunch of loose passives. Minbetting, minraising, playing like limit, lots of calls.

With as little hands as I see -- it almost feels like a turbo game in slow-motion.

You want to get in on the action, but when you're dealt Q4 for every hand... Finally with 10BBs you get AJs, push with a minraiser behind you and get looked up by KQ and 96s. Queen hits.

[TLR]

Take gambles during the rebuy period, try to build a big stack even if you have to rebuy 2-3 times, it seems you will be paid handsomely when you hit, so play hands like SC, low PP, suited 1 gappers etc...

[d0zer]

...limp along for cheap, take some chances and some re-buys, bet big when hit, don't waste money bluffing?

[KoRnholio]

In super passive home games I limp like 75% of my hands, raise 15% and fold the real junk. Hit flop -> get paid.