What is an ante in a No-Limit poker game?

Question

How does it differ from a blind and when does one have to pay it?

Answer 1

An ante in a poker game is an amount that everyone has to play preflop, and does not count as part of the bet. A blind is an amount that is paid preflop that counts as part of the bet

Antes only occur in No Limit in the latter stages of a tournament. For Example, a typical tournament may start with a small blind of $25 and big blind of $50 with no antes. A few rounds later, the small blind may be $200 and the Big Blind may be $400 with a $25 ante. If this was a 10 person table, there would be $850 dollars in the pot preflop ($200+$400+$25*10), and it would still be $400 for everyone to call (the small blind would only have to call $200 and the big blind can check) if nobody raised preflop

Answer 2

If your home game is requiring antes, you might want to bring up the point that the small and big blind make antes pretty useless in cash game play since there is no need to have them really. Antes mainly just speed up tournaments in later stages.

But everyone has to pay it before cards are dealt, and they are paid on top of the blinds if you are in the blinds. If you have any other rules questions, try http://www.theultimatepokerguide.com their rules sections handles a great deal of these questions.

Answer 3

An ante is a set amount that everyone in the hand has to pay before the hand is dealt, whereas a blind is only the big and small blind and there is the option of calling.

Answer 4

ante is an obligatory bet for everyone in the table, while the blinds you pay them only when it is your turn (small blind and big blind)

Answer 5

Ante is how you start a pot. Its money laid down by players before cards are delt

Answer 6

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