To play a session of high ante short handed holdem you have to be sure of some poker essential qualities like: playing the others hand, understanding position and being aggressive when you should be.
Lets say you are playing a session of no limit Texas holdem and the table must be short handed this simply means there are free sits at the table that no one has occupied yet. The ideal table for this is the table with 4 or maybe as high as 5 opponents. Now, ante means that you bet pre flop, at the same time the blinds are placed. You decide to ante on the pre flop and your ante bet is equal to the small bet. Lets consider the table you are playing on is a $2/$4 table, this means your ante has been of $2.
The antes, as forced bets for everyone have as a purpose to make people put money in the pot and to stimulate activity at the poker table. To prove the point of this article we will have to consider you are playing every hand, no matter what are the raises on the pre flop (unless they are way too big since that is possible this being no limit poker). This forces you to stop worrying about the pre flop value of hands and gets you right to the flop and post flop...
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