ToP - The Ante Structure - antes drive the action?

[teamdonkey]

In Theory of Poker chapter 4, Sklansky talks about how the ante structure affects how you should play (loose vs tight). His summary:

"if you don't struggle properly for the antes, you cost yourself money one way or the other - either by playing too many hands when there's a small ante or too few when there's a large ante."

I play NL ring games. Playing more tightly when antes (blinds) are small seems counterintuitive to me. For example, let's say i'm UTG 9 handed and get 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. If the average stack is 50BB (antes relatively large) i'm folding this. If stacks are 300BB (antes relatively small) i may call.

To me this makes sense, the higher implied odds that come with deep stacks makes this marginal hand in poor position more desirable. Obviously for me the stack sizes drive my starting requirements, not the antes.

Is this an error in my thinking, or does Sklansky's advice here apply mostly to limit games?