Poker Academy
Preflop Charts1,500,000+ GTO charts for MTT, Cash and Spin & GoGTO Postflop SolverSolve any board in seconds, no tree setupFull Hand TrainerPlay hands out and get real-time feedbackMobile ApplicationThe whole chart library on iOS and AndroidCanvasLay ranges side by side and mark up what you seeAggregated ReportsEvery spot in one table, sorted by what leaksHand AnalyticsYour own hands next to an MTT referenceLeaderboardsWhere you stand against the rest of the fieldFree KnowledgeThe whole game as one course, free and without an account
Affiliates
Poker ToolsEquity CalculatorVariance CalculatorBreakeven CalculatorVegas Calendar
Pricing
Blog
🇬🇧English🇩🇪Deutsch🇫🇷Français🇪🇸Español🇮🇹Italiano🇵🇹Português🇧🇷Português (BR)🇵🇱Polski🇷🇺Русский🇧🇬Български🇸🇦العربية🇨🇳中文🇹🇭ภาษาไทย🇻🇳Tiếng Việt🇮🇩Bahasa🇮🇳हिन्दी
Go to AppStart Free Trial
  1. Poker Academy
  2. Blog
  3. Live Game
Blog

Category

Live Game

All16General24Lifestyle4Live Game16Mindset18Online Game11Performance6Theory32Update8
By year
2026120244202311
20261 post
Live Game

BB Ante Explained: Why Your Preflop Sims Are Costing You Money

The big blind ante is always 1bb, whatever the table size, and a classic ante is 0.125bb a head. What that extra dead money does to preflop ranges, measured on two solver runs of the same 9-handed table that differ only in the ante, plus the short-stack and big-stack spots from the big blind ante final tables.

17 SEP 2026 · pub. 2026Updated
That is all of 2026.

Nothing is hidden on a second page. The rest is filed under the other years.

Poker Academy

Stop guessing. Look up the spot in the charts, check it in the solver, then drill it until you play it without hesitating.

[email protected]
DiscordXInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Products

Preflop ChartsPostflop SolverGTO TrainerPoker ToolsEquity app for iPhonePricing

Company

BlogBB Ante Final Table CourseAffiliatesTerms of UsePrivacy Policyllms.txt
© 2026 Poker Academy. All rights reserved.iSolve Sp. z o.o. · VAT PL9571126650 · al. Grunwaldzka 56/202, 80-309 Gdańsk, PolandStudy the spot before you play it.