Re: Straddle?
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Live straddle gives you a chance to raise if anyone calls your straddle before your turn to act. If players before you just call the B/B you can not raise.
A dead straddle lets the player change his action if anyone before him CHANGES THE ORIGINAL ACTION from the B/B.
NOW, non of this should at any time be confused with a Mississippi straddle.
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False on both counts. In a typical room at a 4/8 game, the under the gun actor pre-flop has the option to straddle before the cards are dealt. If he does so, the action starts on his left and continues as normal, and each player acting in turn can fold, call 8, or raise to 12. If the normal structure in the room is a bet and 3 raises, so that 4 small bets = the cap, the straddle is not counted against the cap so the cap for that round of betting is 20, not 16.
Under no circumstance may a dead straddle remove his money from the pot. He simply does not have the last action.
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