[CT11]

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Posting in the CO you pay 2.5 SB to see 8 hands, none of which are on the button. Waiting for your blind you pay 1.5 SB to see 9 hands 1 of which is on the button.

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With this logic you pay for hands after they are played so your really paying 1BB for 1 hand then 1.5 for 10 hands untill you're done. If you leave after UTG you get 8 free.

It makes more sense to count as if you pay in advance. so your getting 7 hands for 1BB then 10 for 1.5BB untill you're done. 1/7 = .143BB/hand and 1.5/10 = .15BB/hand so your really actually getting a slight deal doing this. This assumes a 10 player game. Its even for 9 player and worse for <9 player.

But it may be more +EV to watch for 7/10 th of an orbit to make sure you have a good table.

~CT11