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Originally Posted by ledn
It doesn't matter that the blinds come faster. The blinds come the same rate for everyone. A profitable button open is a profitable button open, the only thing that matters is the stacks and tendencies of the blinds, size of the pot pf, and maybe ICM considerations. 3 handed, 6 handed, 9 handed doesnt matter.
Opening too much and getting exploited by the bb because "the blinds come faster" is a big leak.
As mentioned, if anything you need to be tighter 3 handed because there are less antes. A btn range with no ante is tighter than a btn range with full antes, and a btn range with half ante is going to be somewhere between the two.
BTW KJo is a standard open from the LJ in full ring as well.
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Originally Posted by killer_kill
This is from coaching sites, not from me postulating a theory. Think of it in the inverse rather. Let's say you're 9 or 6 handed and it folds to your button. The ante is 10% (or whatever %). So do you want to steal more on the 6 handed table or the 9 handed one on the button? Let's assume all factors are the same on both (hud stats/stacks etc).
I need to re-think my opening ranges in tournaments now that antes appear to be standard at all levels [on PS].
As mentioned in other threads, I've been out of poker for a number of years.
When last I played tourneys, most sng's and MTT's didn't have antes in the early levels; it was only in the very late stages that antes appeared.
Now [unless I've just accidently got my PS settings to select for games with antes] it seems ALL sng's and mtt's have antes right off the bat.
I do think he's right in one regard: open a wider range from "early position" at a short-handed table than at a FR table (LJ being as "early" as is possible at a 6-handed table, for example: much wider opening range than UTG 9-handed).
btw, I'll take any additional opinions about my 3-handed BTN open in that recent thread I made ["Micro 6-Max STT, river decision (also line-check)"].
I realize now it's technically the wrong forum, but if the moderators do not object, I may occasionally post something from a STT here (the STT Strategy forum is a ghost-town: I re-posted there like 5-6 days ago and haven't had a single response).