hey guys ,

i am new to the site and relatively new to mtt's. i have been playing one man sit n go's for a while now and have alot to learn about mtt's. my question relates to when the antes are introduced. in a one man the antes do not play as signifigant a role as they do in mtt's. i was wondering what the prefeered way to adjust for them is. i have watched a few of the mtt videos and it seems the instructors just base thier decisions on the number of big blinds they have even when the antes are a signifigant portion of the pot. i never hear anything about ” harringtons m ” or about ” effecive big blinds “. when i say effective big blinds i am referring to the big blind being adjusted to 67 % of the total pot. as an example, if the table were 8 handed and the blinds were 200/ 400 with 25 antes the total pot would be 800, 67 % of 800 would be about 525, making the big blind 525 as opposed to 400 which would effectively reduce your stack size affecting the range you may push. i read about effective stack size in moshmans new book,” the math of holdem “. i was wondering how practical it is to use “m” or effective bb or should i just be judging my stack by the actual # of bb's i have ? sorry i know my first post was a ramble but i am really hoping one of the instructors could give me an opinion.

thank you, frank