Ante impact on advantage/casino

[dharmaprija]

HELP!!!! the casinos in my area have a .50/hand ANTE and i cant find any calculator online that will allow you to factor that into basic strategy or advantage calculators or NADA. I have read that the Ante increases the Casino Advantage to 5% which is an INSURMOUNTABLE amount and isnt worth ever playing against. Can someone PLEASE direct me to a calculator that will factor the Ante or does anyone know SPECIFICALLY how much this does impact the House advantage???????
HELP IM LOSING MONEY.......and had to quit playing til i can get an answer.
I hope it IS beatable and i am just suffering a case of standard deviation.

[DiceDealer]

$.50 at $25 a hand is approximately a 2% increase in house edge. So if your minimum bet is 25USD that's 2%, at 50USD 1% and at 100USD that's .5% increase in house edge. Easy way to figure it out without a edge calculator is figure out what percentage of the bet you are losing to the ante. $.50 / Bet. So even at 100USD per hand you are giving up an additional half of one percent to the house. I would just advise you stay the hell away from anted games.