The Ante Up tournament is moving quickly as the event is down to just 18 players remaining from the 47 who began the tourney. At the moment blinds are 100/100 while the ante is 600, meaning that at a full 10-handed table, there are 6,200 chips in the pot before a single card has been dealt.
We’ve been watching some action to try and get an idea of how people are responding to the novel structure, but the only conclusion to be reached now is that there are as many different responses as players. For some, the inflated pot encourages limping to see a flop. Others seem to be trying to play in a standard manner, while others seem to be using more of a stop-and-go mentality to get through this.
