| Most were not dealt enough of these premium holdings before the antes ate away their chip stacks and their chances. |
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| In a showdown, the winner will take the pot consisting of the small antes and the bets. |
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| But overly tight players lose money too because their playing style prevents them from overcoming the antes and blind bets. |
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| These antes that are paid for dealt cards go to the king's pot, which is placed near the king's hand. |
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| Whether it's at the world series, or at your regular school with friends and 50p antes, you have to read your fellow players, but they, in turn, know they're being analysed. |
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| When the antes have been posted, each player is dealt three cards: two face down and one face up. |
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| After this, all players are dealt two cards and the first round of antes begins. |
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| To make sure that the tournament reaches its end within a reasonable time, the blinds or antes are increased in fixed intervals. |
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| This way, if you do not manage to make your chip stack grow, you will find the blinds or antes very costly after a while. |
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| It looks a bit different depending on whether antes or blinds are being used as the mandatory bet. |
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| At the start of each hand, Jane would put out a blue chip and the dealer, while collecting the antes, would take it and give her a 50 cent piece in return. |
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| This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money. |
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| They set out to accumulate a lot of chips, but this is pointless as the increase in chips in this situation is of trivial value as the blinds and antes go up. |
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| Chip leaders should pound away and continue to pick up blinds and antes. |
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| When the game switches to the No Limit and Pot Limit section, the blinds and antes decrease accordingly to ensure the stakes remain consistent. |
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| At regular intervals, the blinds and antes are raised, making the pots larger and the play more intense. |
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| The blinds or antes are increased during the tournament. |
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| Blinds, as opposed to antes, are considered as being live. |
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| In a tournament, however, the blinds and antes are raised at regular intervals, making the pots larger and the play more intense by forcing players to get involved in the game before they run out of chips. |
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| Antes throttled up to full and headed off in search of the radar anomaly. |
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