tl;dr - do you adjust your play when there are half-antes?
I played my first live tournaments in a while recently - the return of the big blind ante; I’d forgotten about that. Those tournaments were kinda turbos, which turn into a bingo fest for the whole last half, in part because of the big blind ante - those get scary as the blinds quickly increase.
But I just took a look at the structure for this weekend’s deep stack at the same location, and noticed that for this one, the big blind ante is actually a small blind. Weird; I’ve never seen that, except when the final table gets short.
So the question is, how to I change my play in light of that? I’ve always been a guy to go after blinds and antes in traditional ante formats - that can be profitable. And in big blind ante formats, I keep an eye on them, trying to grab them when possible, if people are playing tight. Though, with bba, I’ve noticed people tend to defend their big blind more often when they’ve just put in an extra big blind for the antes.
But with what essentially amounts to a half-ante, my gut tells that trying to steal blinds and antes could be less profitable.
Anybody have any thoughts, or experience with this format?
I played my first live tournaments in a while recently - the return of the big blind ante; I’d forgotten about that. Those tournaments were kinda turbos, which turn into a bingo fest for the whole last half, in part because of the big blind ante - those get scary as the blinds quickly increase.
But I just took a look at the structure for this weekend’s deep stack at the same location, and noticed that for this one, the big blind ante is actually a small blind. Weird; I’ve never seen that, except when the final table gets short.
So the question is, how to I change my play in light of that? I’ve always been a guy to go after blinds and antes in traditional ante formats - that can be profitable. And in big blind ante formats, I keep an eye on them, trying to grab them when possible, if people are playing tight. Though, with bba, I’ve noticed people tend to defend their big blind more often when they’ve just put in an extra big blind for the antes.
But with what essentially amounts to a half-ante, my gut tells that trying to steal blinds and antes could be less profitable.
Anybody have any thoughts, or experience with this format?