Tourney STT BBA (19 Viewers)

[Defarse]

Hosting next STT game next Saturday. We've been playing STTs since college in 2003 with the same 9 guys. We have never used antes. I want to add a BBA just to keep in compliance with casino/online play and I suppose juice the pot and induce more action? Besides having enough chips/change, etc. is there a reason not to do this? I've seen people say to not use an ante if less than 15 players, why is that? How will adding a BBA to a STT change the game? We use 25,000 starting stack with 10/8/10/2 of 100/500/1000/5000. Will game end sooner?

 

[Legend5555]

I always use it from level 1 no matter the tourney size. There is no reason not to if you want to keep it similar to casino/tour tournaments. It in theory speeds things up. In practice, unless people know how to adjust to an ante, it doesn't make much difference.

 

[Defarse]

I always use it from level 1 no matter the tourney size. There is no reason not to if you want to keep it similar to casino/tour tournaments. It in theory speeds things up. In practice, unless people know how to adjust to an ante, it doesn't make much difference.

That sounds good. Yeah, I would definitely start it at level 1 and run for the duration. I'm in Minnesota and there are two main card rooms, Canterbury Park and Running Aces. Running Aces still doesn't start antes until like level 6 or something. I remember when BBA first was introduced and you would see MTTs have the BBA until like the final 27 and then switch back to the traditional ante. Or changing the ante amount when it reached the final 4.........it all just didn't matter and you mostly see the BBA for the entire tournament now.

 

[BGinGA]

Hosting next STT game next Saturday. We've been playing STTs since college in 2003 with the same 9 guys. We have never used antes. I want to add a BBA just to keep in compliance with casino/online play and I suppose juice the pot and induce more action? Besides having enough chips/change, etc. is there a reason not to do this? I've seen people say to not use an ante if less than 15 players, why is that? How will adding a BBA to a STT change the game? We use 25,000 starting stack with 10/8/10/2 of 100/500/1000/5000. Will game end sooner?

If using a BBA, I recommend starting it at L2 or L3. I also recommend converting it to a half-BBA value once down to 4 or 5 players, and eliminating it completely once play is heads-up, but this is in contrast to common casino practice (but better for most home games).

You will need stacks larger than 10/8/10/2 to accomodate the extra chips required to post a BBA. I'd go with 35k stacks of 15/7/15/3 (40 chips) using T5000s for all color-ups, which will finish in about the same time as your current structure.

 

[Defarse]

If using a BBA, I recommend starting it at L2 or L3. I also recommend converting it to a half-BBA value once down to 4 or 5 players, and eliminating it completely once play is heads-up, but this is in contrast to common casino practice (but better for most home games).

You will need stacks larger than 10/8/10/2 to accomodate the extra chips required to post a BBA. I'd go with 35k stacks of 15/7/15/3 (40 chips) using T5000s for all color-ups, which will finish in about the same time as your current structure.

What's the reasoning behind reducing it and eliminating when heads up? Why is this better for a home game? Why not keep 2.5bb blinds/ante per hand throughout?