David wrote:Are you really anti antes? Why?
here is some Bruce reasoning.... actual technical facts approximated.
if you play any two cards in a nine player table the likelyhood that you hit a pair on the flop is something like one in 15 so for fifteen hands you could not even hit a pair to play the any two cards let alone win with a said hit pair .
so most antes are 10% of the BB that means you lose a BB every ten hands if you play two rounds of the nine player table == 18 hands you lose nearly 2 two BBs ..
in final stages of most 888pl the blind levels are 10/12 mins if you equate 2mins to a self dealt hand that means in two blind levels you at best get 12/15 hands dealt .
as per previous advice you are lucky if you get any two cards that may hit [ a piar] to play/win so on a good night in half and hour later stages when antes apply you may get say 2-3 hands that hit a pair or some thing even less likely to hit a winning hand. against the other nine players..
I know it no 'fun' to get blinded away and bluffing is part of poker .. but having to put up an ante your money to play a hand that is likey to win in say 1/20 seems a bit unfair...specially if they are there to quicken the finish the game/night..
so I'm Anti antes
: knowing when to
fold em [ not play any two cards and obey one of the golden rules for poker playing = dont play too many hands is part of my game ..
..17% ie 17/100 is a tight player ???
= 2-3hands/ 20 hands when you at least have a look
in a 888pl game start 7-30 pm till 11-00pm less breaks = 2 .75 hrs playing time [ 165 mins ] at say 1.5 mins self dealt = 106 hands.
so do you play more than 17 hands a night ????
I tried this one night I took note of every hand I played/folded ala the Gus Hanson Book.. in the said 80 hands I hit cards twice might have been thrice that would have won the hand
suppose I'll be bluffing more.....
Aw shucks..... 
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