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Old 09-23-2007, 11:46 AM
Guruman Guruman is offline
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Default live 1/2 straddle squeeze?

live 1/2 $200 max buy $5 max rake $1 badbeat drop at ye ole indian casino last night.

I've been playing pretty tightly, but the pots that i've played have been big ones and I'm up about 1.5 buyins at this point. The table's been nittish postflop with the exception of the maniac to my left who was probably running about 80/60 in unraised pots and playing straightforward in pots that were raised. I've been eying the stack of the guy to his left because damn I need a seat change.

We've both been straddling quite a bit. I've been doing it to loosen the table up a bit. He's been doing it because he looks at poker the same way he looks at blackjack (which he's apparently really good at).

I straddle utg. surprisingly, the entire table calls. Most stacks are between $150 and $300, with the exception of a $60 stack to my immediate right in the bb.

I look down and see KJo. My estimation of the maniac to my left is that he'll play vs a raise very straightforwardly.

Is this a squeeze spot? ($50 ish?) If not, help me out because I have no idea what squeeze spots look like yet.
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