Upswing Poker -- Ryan Fee On No-Limit Hold'em With An Ante

Want to get better at poker? Tired of losing in your local home game or looking to go pro playing no-limit hold’em?

Who better to learn from then World Series of Poker bracelet winner and high stakes cash game regular Ryan Fee, who has more than $3 million in lifetime live tournament earnings. Fee has teemed up with friend and fellow bracelet winner Doug Polk to offer the Upswing Poker Lab

The Upswing Poker Lab is a poker training course taught by Fee and Polk that is updated regularly with in-depth learning modules, theory videos, and a wealth of information to make you a better poker player.

Upswing Poker has teamed up with Card Player to bring you some exclusive poker strategy content. In this video Fee discusses no-limit hold’em and how it changes from a strategic perspective when played with an ante in addition to the blinds.

By and large non-ante is considered the standard structure when it comes to no-limit hold’em cash games, but games that include an ante are a bit more common online and can be found online and in live poker rooms as well, although usually at higher stakes.

In the video Fee discusses how the additional money in the middle at the start of the hand changes your approach.

“The reward for stealing [in an ante game] is bigger. In a normal game, If I raise the button and everyone folds I am going to win 1.5 big blinds. In an ante structure game… if I raise the button and win then I am going to win what is effectively 2.7 big blinds.”

As a result stealing becomes dramatically more profitable. It also means that you should be defending more hands against opponent’s steal attempts.

Check out the full video at the top of the story for more of Fee’s thoughts on the differences between playing with and without antes in no-limit hold’em.

Sign up for the Upswing Poker Lab today for step by step instructions and examples to master both the fundamental theories and situational exploits to greatly increase your skill and earnings.

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