Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Ante? But I Just Posted A Blind

     Ante's are a way too keep a game even more active.  An ante is very simply an amount that every player must put into a pot, even the people posting blinds.  Ante's will be seen in regular games but are very important in tournament play.  An ante becomes important when we have 4 player in a tournament as follows:

Player  A. has 100,000 chips
Player B has 82,000 chips
Player C has 40,000 chips 
Player D has 8,000 in chips.  
The game is at 1000/2000 so big blind is 2000 small is 1000.  
    
     With this player D could play 1 in every 10 hands and still stay alive while player A bumps the rest out of the tournament.  With an ante in place every player must put 200 additional in the pot.  Player D still has the same odds with winning hands however the longer he waits to get into a hand the less chips he has to gamble with, therefore he is forced into a lot more action.  Player D can no longer stay alive playing 1 in ever 10 hands because doubling up on hand 1 would be  8,000x2=16,000, where doubling up on hand 4 would be only 7,200x2=14,400, a drastic difference.
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11 comments:

  1. BrendanFebruary 16, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    ohh i thought antes and blinds were the same. thanks for sharing this!

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  2. RicoFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    good read!

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  3. SteveFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    question, can you anti at any time during the game? i always thought it was just after a card was dealt tot he table. granted, i play very little and with a bunch of tards. Anyway, great blog, love all these tips.

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  4. Raw NewsFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    great tips, I can't wait for more.

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  5. JorgeFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    I now understand a lot more.

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  6. Mr. RogersFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    ah pokers pretty fun.

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  7. HBTNFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    sieger, ante is only before any cards are dealt. What you call ante I call betting, sometimes terminology is regional. It will be cleared up with Fridays post

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  8. Bring_NapkinsFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Oh cool, thanks, I always thought ante's were just an alternative to blinds.

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  9. CiriisFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    Excellent post and information man, keep it coming, Ive given this blog to a few people who need poker help already they are loving it lol

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  10. GFebruary 17, 2011 at 4:19 AM

    cool informative post bro

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  11. AndrewFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    yea this is why i always play with antes. all my friends like to try and be player D after they fail at bluffing, and everyone literally folds every hand and the game goes on forever.

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