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Originally Posted by carlo
I'd be surprised if the big blind ante isn't the reason. Game over , the tournament directors are gleeful while some players are still asking "why" . LOL
I had a funny online exchange with a fellow poker player in one of my local card rooms. He's of the opinion that collecting 1 ante takes less time than collecting 9 antes, so therefore BBA is better. Case closed. He, of course, ignores any downside to the structure and is not really interested in understanding exactly how big a benefit it is. These views are his prerogative.
But there was a instance when I was explaining to him the relatively paltry time saved (~10 seconds) by eliminating antes and he was adamant that my numbers could not be correct. He believed it was on the order of three times that. He didn't care that I at least made some effort to collect empirical data whereas he was relying on what he "felt" about it.
Anyhow, at some point in the exchange, he posted a 30 second video showing the pre-deal activities in a hand as "proof" that I was wrong. Ignoring the idea that a single instance means anything in this debate, I found it really amusing that his 30 second video proof depicted exactly 6 seconds of ante-collection. And the rest of the time was taken up by all the other things that occur prior to a hand being dealt (fixing the deck, shuffling, etc, etc.). I pointed this out to him... that his video was basically making my point... ante collection does not represent a significant portion of the time it takes to play a hand, and therefore eliminating it, or reducing it, doesn't save a lot of time. But he would have none of it. In his mind, the process took 30 seconds. It really goes to show, the folks who feel this way are experiencing a different reality than me (at least). I think it would make for a fascinating psychological study.
Anyways, the BBA is definitely here to stay until such time as technology eliminates chips. I have no idea if the BBA will be the reason for structure changes at the WSOP, but given the chip stack changes, some sort of structure changes will likely be necessary.
Last edited by akashenk; 12-21-2018 at 05:53 PM.