Any poker sites enable straddling?
 

It seems like it would be easy for them to simply give the UTG+1 player a box with the option "straddle next hand". I suppose it could alternatively give the UTG player a quick option (3 secs. or so) to straddle up at the beginning of the hand. Is this not done because after all, it is called a "live straddle"? Seriously, have any sites ever attempted this?

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It probably isn't in the sites best interest to allow one more way for the fishies to go broke quicker. The only incentive to offer it would be as a marketing tool against other sites, but even so it doesn't seem like it'd be that much of a help and might ultimately affect the success of their site to having all the gambling fishies going broke just as fast as they can straddle.

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I disagree, a straddle will build the pot bigger, and make the rakes larger. I havent heard of anything regarding this.

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It probably isn't in the sites best interest to allow one more way for the fishies to go broke quicker. The only incentive to offer it would be as a marketing tool against other sites, but even so it doesn't seem like it'd be that much of a help and might ultimately affect the success of their site to having all the gambling fishies going broke just as fast as they can straddle.

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Heyyyyy... who are you calling a gambling fishy??? [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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At most limits isn't the rake getting capped almost every hand anyhow? I don't think your reasoning could significantly affect the bottom line, but its all speculation anyhow.

I mean that means that at a limit where the rake isn't capped every hand, every now and again this would cap the rake, which might have happened anyhow. I don't see this having a significant impact at all.

However the fish going broke quickly has an obvious significant impact on their bottom line (and ours).

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However the fish going broke quickly has an obvious significant impact on their bottom line ( and ours ).

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Yeah, I get to move out of my parents house faster!

See you at the tourney tomorrow...

Re: Any poker sites enable straddling?
 

Pokerworld allows straddles, as well as blind chops

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"At most limits isn't the rake getting capped almost every hand anyhow?"

not even close

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I believe Pokerhost allows straddles, and chops. I guess the only problem would be that nobody plays there.

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Well, you could put your hand on your monitor where you're cards are, and before that type: "i'm going to straddle/blind raise every hand UTG". Then raise blind, get reraised, and now you have the option [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Will do wonders for your table image. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]