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Originally Posted by uberkuber
Noob question because I'm not sure what you folks call "ante overlay". Let's say in a Razz 50/100 6-handed game that has an ante of 10$ and my stack is 7$, so I'm obviously all-in since I can't pay a full ante.
If I win the main pot, what size would it be?
A) 42$
B) 60$
C) Man, you're such a clueless noob!
You'd win 6*7 = 42 chips. You can never win more from anyone else than you started the hand with, in any game. The reason that's called ante overlay is because you won't be contesting the hand with all 5 opponents, more likely just 3 or even heads up by the time it gets to showdown. As a result, you have more equity than if you just did a 6 way flip. The people who fold before showdown (and especially those who fold on 3rd) forfeit their equity. Similarly players often forfeit quite a lot of equity in stud games on 3rd by folding (correctly, but still), whereas when you're all-in for your last ante, you're guaranteed to realize your full equity. Lastly and for this reason, it's fine to fold to your last ante in stud because consider these scenarios:
All in for last ante, you 6x up to 6 antes
All in for your last 2 antes but pot only goes HU vs the bring-in, you 4x up to 8 antes (the 6 antes in the pot, your 1 ante call of the bring-in, the matching 1 ante from the bring-in)
This effect is even greater at an 8-handed table (8x up to 8 antes vs. 4x up to 8 antes)