Straddle Anywhere?
 

So I sometime play in a pretty juicy live NL game at a casino near me. I just revently found out that you can put in a straddle from any position. Ie you double the blind bet and action starts to your left preflop regardless of where you are. This just seems crazy to me is there any reason why I shouldn't be straddling every time I'm on the button so I act last preflop as well as on every street. Does the blind bet negate the positional advantage? It's a 9 handed table FWIW.

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Well the great thing about the button is position throughout. Even before you enter the betting pre flop you have information on all the players apart from SB and BB. You can then act accordingly. Why would you want to negate this huge advantage by putting in a straddle here? You are effectively posting a huge blind as acting UTG. It would be madness IMHO.

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Well the great thing about the button is position throughout. Even before you enter the betting pre flop you have information on all the players apart from SB and BB. You can then act accordingly. Why would you want to negate this huge advantage by putting in a straddle here? You are effectively posting a huge blind as acting UTG. It would be madness IMHO.

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Well you still act last on all post flop streets but you also get to act last preflop too. In this scenario SB is first to act preflop.

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just let the gamblers straddle unless its a tight game that needs loosening

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Three handed you should straddle on the button every time and hope your opponents opt not to. You are playing for bigger stakes while in position and smaller stakes when oop. At a full table however, you have to have the guts to play some not so good starting hands against ep raisers. I would probably straddle every time on the button if the table is tight/passive.

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Well the great thing about the button is position throughout. Even before you enter the betting pre flop you have information on all the players apart from SB and BB. You can then act accordingly. Why would you want to negate this huge advantage by putting in a straddle here? You are effectively posting a huge blind as acting UTG. It would be madness IMHO.

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Well you still act last on all post flop streets but you also get to act last preflop too. In this scenario SB is first to act preflop.

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Yes, but you are paying a huge premium (the straddle) for the privilege and all you gain is knowing if the SB and BB are betting. Not worth it.

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Three handed you should straddle on the button every time and hope your opponents opt not to. You are playing for bigger stakes while in position and smaller stakes when oop. At a full table however, you have to have the guts to play some not so good starting hands against ep raisers. I would probably straddle every time on the button if the table is tight/passive.

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Disagree – you don’t want to straddle. You can raise every time as a strategy if you so wish 3-handed. However, standard plays IMHO need to be mixed up a bit otherwise you become too predictable.

My feelings on the straddle are a little biased anyway. This is just a fun thing to do from time to time if you don’t mind losing. The straddle is such a –EV thing to do. If players want to do it, I love it but I won’t join in if I am looking to make money.

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Three handed you should straddle on the button every time and hope your opponents opt not to. You are playing for bigger stakes while in position and smaller stakes when oop. At a full table however, you have to have the guts to play some not so good starting hands against ep raisers. I would probably straddle every time on the button if the table is tight/passive.

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Disagree – you don’t want to straddle. You can raise every time as a strategy if you so wish 3-handed.

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If you're going to raise every time you're doing the same thing as straddling but not having an option.

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Three handed you should straddle on the button every time and hope your opponents opt not to. You are playing for bigger stakes while in position and smaller stakes when oop. At a full table however, you have to have the guts to play some not so good starting hands against ep raisers. I would probably straddle every time on the button if the table is tight/passive.

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Disagree – you don’t want to straddle. You can raise every time as a strategy if you so wish 3-handed.

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If you're going to raise every time you're doing the same thing as straddling but not having an option.

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No you are not. A straddle is an announced blind. Everyone knows you are raising blind. Do you not see the difference as far as the rest of the players are concerned when they make their decisions on playing?

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FRom EP maybe that is not such a bad play but from LP/button when you can make standard raises why give that up?