01-18-2010 04:10 UTC+11 Blinds Are Up! [user135779] The blinds are now 40,000/80,000 with a 1,000 ante - this is also the last level that was listed in the blind structure. The average stack is about 2.85 million, so taking that into account, it works out to be around 35 big blinds per player. We're in for a long one, folks.