Ante-up strategy?

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Starting stack 2000, blinds are 5/5 for whole game

level 1:10
level 2:20
level 3:30
level 4:40
level 5:60
level 6:80
level 7:100

then goes up roughly be 1.25 x last levels antes

What adjustments should I be making (in both early and late levels)?
 
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No idea but thread title makes me :)
 
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Starting stack 2000, blinds are 5/5 for whole game

level 1:10
level 2:20
level 3:30
level 4:40
level 5:60
level 6:80
level 7:100

then goes up roughly be 1.25 x last levels antes

What adjustments should I be making (in both early and late levels)?
The pots get huge in these in the later stages. You are no longer protecting your blind or stealing a blind. You will see players play out of position. But as always the later positions have the less opponents in an unopened pot. A lot of players try to limp into these hoping to catch a flop. Try to exploit the limpers.
 
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Rerported my post and wrote last thread spelled wrong when I meant spelt (sent it then spotted it when it was too late) :( My English is not normally this bad, it's because it's nearly 3 in morning.
 
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The pots get huge in these in the later stages. You are no longer protecting your blind or stealing a blind. You will see players play out of position. But as always the later positions have the less opponents in an unopened pot. A lot of players try to limp into these hoping to catch a flop. Try to exploit the limpers.

I presume it's fine to see cheap flops IP with suited cards etc. Also it will still be the same as blind stealing in effect except I'd imagine people will defend less vigourously due to the fact that psychologically they don't have anything but position in pot to defend. It will probably be odd to play with all these new dynamics. Not quite sure if my thinking is correct though.
 
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This is so confusing, no idea what my raise size should be, on a table with a bunch of retards though.
 
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This is so confusing, no idea what my raise size should be, on a table with a bunch of retards though.

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Lol that was basically it. Eventually busted out with AK<AQ all in pre. Think my VPIP was around 80%, no idea if that is optimal lol.
 
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drastically tighten your ranges in the blinds, open your ranges from the button.
3bet wider early from CU and button.
 
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Tighten up? FFS, I was just playing every hand because I was getting sick odds. When antes get bigger implied odds would've been ridic.
 
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I guess just in the blinds and early position, Im assuming without the Button/SB/BB dynamic in effect late open and reraise ranges should open and SB/BB ranges should tighten compared to normal tourneys
 
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Playing it again and some of the play is wtf bad. Someone just cold 5-bet shoved ith A5s, obv spiked trips and took down a monster pot.
 
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