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Originally Posted by Neonclaws
Yeah, loosening up starting range is the standard response to dealing with antes, but I'm just asking about a different method if I don't want to loosen my starting range (because I'm a nit).
Instead of playing more hands, will making preflop raise sizes significantly bigger and defending blinds as if preflop raises are smaller compensate for antes well? If my M is still above push/fold mode is this:
SB: 500 BB:1000 Ante 100, 10 players, Open raise to 5000
Functionally equivalent to this:
SB: 500 BB: 1000 No Ante, 10 players, Open raise to 3000
And can I just do things like that instead of playing more hands?
I assume you're talking about a tourney, where antes kick in at some point. When the stakes escalate and/or the table gets short-handed you've got to loosen up PF, that's tournament 101. You don't have to go total LAG, just make small adjustments. Theoretically, you could just jack up your open raise percentage and still maintain a nit hand range, but what fun is that? Take it from a reformed rock, sometimes you gotta get in there and gamble, and pot odds are the best reason. Nit poker is no fun, you might as well play bridge at the old folks home.
Last edited by Irish Lefty; 04-17-2008 at 10:35 PM.
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