Blinds Vs Ante in Poker

Because not every hand is worth playing, but you still want to encourage action.

Right. But the 2 games are played differently with separate rules. Its on purpose.

Ante helps keep the game moving.

5 card stud everybody gets 5 cards so there is an ante. With hold em you only get 2 cards to start. The ante and blind help the sequence of each game move along accordingly.

The big blind ante has become popular, so the big blind puts his full round of antes in at once. Getting everyone’s antes is a pain in the arse.

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If you're forced to put in a blind then you are more likely to play a hand you otherwise would have folded.

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Same as if you put in an ante, but it's everyone on the table, encouraging even more action....

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2 different games. One is 5 card stud and the other is Texas hold ‘em.

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There are antes in hold em as well.

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Skin in the game, baw.

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So is an ante. But it's everyone at the table, not just two frickos.

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But the money on the table is the same in either system. All the big blind has to do with a bunch of "checks" is raise the minimum bet and clear out the suckers. I really don't see how it encourages betting moreso than the standard ante system.

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No, you don't understand the difference then.

There is more money on the table when everyone antes first of all. A considerable bit really.

And you can't check after the big blind. The big blind acts last before the flop. So no one can check. They have to either fold, call, or raise the big blind.

Now if a bunch of people just call the big blind or "limp", then he can raise, sure. But it's not a good idea unless you have a premium hand because you're getting called.