Re: Live Straddle
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how do straddles work really? Do you have to announce it to the dealer or do you just put it out there?
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Where I play, you just have to put the chips out there. But it probably depends on the house rules.
I always announce a straddle anyway, to call attention to it. If you are straddling to loosen up the game or to give a loose image, you want to be sure everyone knows it.
Some casinos allow only one straddle, others allow as many as players want. For example in a 2, 4 game: 1st pos(SB) - 1; 2nd pos(BB) - 2; 3rd pos - 4; 4th pos - 6; 5th pos - 8; etc, until the next player does't straddle, or the button straddles. I've been in games where there were 3 to 4 straddles at certain points in the game. Obviously, for this to happen there have to be several wild players (usually drunk) seated next to each other.
I have also been told of places where any player could straddle any amount from any position, even if no one had straddled before them. These were stories about poker in Montana in the 1970's or 80's.
-- Don
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