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Originally Posted by akashenk
I'd be interested if anyone has done any analysis on whether or not this sort of three-blind structure has any benefit over BBA. On the face of it, it would seem to suffer from the same sorts of warts as BBA. And it would diminish some of the benefits of BBA too.
The basic premise of antes is to increase the size of the pot to induce action.
The basic premise of blinds (or a bring-in for stud games) is to commit 1 or more players to action and also induce action for the remaining players by increasing the size of the pot.
IMO blinds are a more effective method of increasing pot size and inducing action than antes. Now that BBA resembles a blind (i.e. only once per orbit), I really don't see much of a reason to continue with antes. Add to that the occasional issues with BBA I don't understand why 3 blind structure is not preferred.
It seems everybody is familiar with handling players seated into a game in between the blind seats, so a 3 blind structure should not pose a problem in that regard.
Perhaps I'm missing other issues that may arise with a 3 blind structure.