I often debate this question... Do you prefer to enter a tournament with or without antes.

Personally I dislike the antes and also like to start deep stacked. I play a mathematical game and prefer to play on the tighter side and carefully pick my spots to put in big money into a pot. Ante play changes that whole dynamic. It really speeds up a game because it puts almost make it an extra money in middle every time. That in turn causes bigger base betting before getting multiplied by three or four betting.

Do you guys think that antes in a tournament really play to a stronger or weaker player?

Patrick