Live Straddle

[Pscam10]

I understand some peoples reasoning behind the straddle, but i still think its an overall bad play.

Just my 2 cents

[binions]

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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.

[AlienBoy]

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worst play in poker, if youre serious about winning money its the dumbest thing you can do.

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That's absurd - are you just a rock?

There are several reasons to straddle:


1) Stir things up on the table - if a table is dead tight, a straddle can jolt it into action, greatly increasing pot size and profit margins.

2) Skipping UTG. Valuable in NL - allows you to act last PF, see flops you wouldn't otherwise, and conceal certain hands.

3) Affects your table image which can be used for deception.

4) Grows pot size without growing rake. This makes the stakes higher, but you don't have the extra rake collected in higher stakes games. This means effective rake reduction.



AB

[r0eKY]

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worst play in poker, if youre serious about winning money its the dumbest thing you can do. if youre looking for a good time and are black/asian, right up your alley!

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thats about wraps it up, on to the next post