I’m wondering if you know what percentage of tournaments play with an ante. Do you have any idea on this? Well, I basically know that WPT uses antes, does this mean WSOP also uses such?

By the way, I don’t mean here the big/small blinds as antes. I’m pertaining to an amount by which players place in the pot in addition to the blinds.

Also, I want to ask if antes are used exclusively in tournaments or they are also used at regular events?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Thomton
Thomton,

Any professional NL Holdem tournament and a lot of regular casino NL tournaments use ante’s. Ante’s are not used in most cash games, but may be used in high stakes cash games.

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I don’t like table tournaments so I tried $25 PL online. I’ve been playing such kind for some time now.

In one of the events I was in, I lost because of a certain hand. There were actually five players in back then. I had $64 and was considered the largest stack. At certain point, I got 10 10. Then I raised to $2.75 by which was the pot amount. Other four players called. Flop came and brought 10d Qc Kc. Player into me placed a $2 bet while I raised to $5. Player next to me also raised but at such point it was $10. Other two players followed and went all in for the money left to them, approximately $15. For $25, original bettor then went all in. Later, I followed my instincts saying I have to call. I wasn’t able to get the boat as well as any club. Player next to me had AJ.

In your opinion, did I make the right play? Or if not, I should have laid it down?

Well, fortunately, I got AA on next hand while the player who won the big pot had KK. For $28, both of us re-raise till I’m all in. Luckily I was able to somehow get back what I lost earlier.

Since I’m here, I’ll just grab the chance to ask this. Well, it’s something about the argument that me and my friend had just recently. He said that the 2004 WSOP is not over and that Greg Raymer and his $5 million win was only a preliminary. Is this true? And according to another guy I fairly know, it was the Vogel guy who won it.

Personally, I believe that the event lasted 6-7 days and actually started with preliminary tournaments. Those who won got a bracelet and go on to play. It just continued till the winner was determined. Please, I need clarity on this.

Thanks!

Regards,
Zaccano
Zaccano,

You flopped a set. There was a lot of action involved which meant that you might be behind. Of course, there is a good chance that you had the best hand. With so much money in the pot, you pretty much had to call here.

The 2004 WSOP concluded when Greg Raymer won the Main Event when he defeated David Williams. The World Series of Poker is a set of over 50 tournaments. Each award a bracelet. The events before the Main Event are preliminary events. The winners of the event does not automatically qualify for the Main Event. The players that play the Main Event must put up $10,000 each to play. The Main Event is spread out over around the course of nearly two weeks now. The entire WSOP lasts over 6 weeks.

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I’m just new to poker and I’ve come to know the game through the WSOP. I was able to watch a few episodes of it actually.

Well, it appeared to me that when the player with a greater amount of chips calls a player with a not so plenty chips all in, such player should call and place in all his chips he has. I then thought, is this always the case or maybe I just missed seeing players fold? What’s your thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

Pace
Pace,

You are not seeing other players fold. Broadcasts such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour edit out a lot of playing and a lot of hands. They show only the most interesting or most entertaining hands. Most final tables that you see that are broadcast in an hour take a minimum of 7 hours to play. The 2006 Main Event final table took over 20 hours to play, and they broadcast it over 2 hours only.

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The person holding the weekly NLHE tourney is now thinking of having a WSOP format. He’s planning to have the same schedule of the same variety of games and various buy-in structures and limits such as the big boys, albeit on a smaller scale.

Personally, I would like to have an event like the main one at the WSOP. I believe it is the highest buy-in.

Well, if in case players who will be playing will all have five times more money on the line than normal, I believe most will be playing tighter at the beginning. If ever, I myself can then take advantage of it, scoop up some pots as well as blinds and eventually establish a stack. What do you think? Any thoughts or advice to share?

Thanks in advance!

Wavra
Wavra,

If your friend sets this up, call me. I want to play. The WSOP has multiple types of events, not just the Main Event. As far as how to play, early on you want to play a solid tight strategy. The tournament really doesn’t begin until the ante’s start. Until that point, play mostly just the strongest holdings. After the ante’s kick in, you can start making some moves on the blinds and ante’s as the pots will be big enough to make a move for.

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