Re: Live Straddle
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Why do people do this? And what, if any, advantage does it give the player?
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In pot limit, it doubles the max bring in. It's pretty pointless in NL and limit, IMO, unless you are trying to create an image or loosen up a game, as others have mentioned.
Sometimes, if I have a tight player to my left, I offer to put his straddle on if he pays my big blind. In 5-5 game, I would be paying $15 a round instead of $20 if I put the straddle on myself. (He pays $15 a round too.) Because he is tight, I don't expect him to raise much out of the straddle, so it's almost as good as having the straddle myself.
Now, in Mississippi, where the button has the first option to straddle, I straddle every time I have the button.
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