Straddling 4 and 5 handed.

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Most everyone knows about the enormous advantage of straddling otb 3-way. I was playing in a game a week ago that was 5-handed and had two semi-tight players on my left. I didn't think to straddle during the game, but afterward the question occured to me:

How tight would the two seats to my left have to be before straddling was profitable?

And now that I think more, most people who play badly short-handed give up on pots too much. So it may not even require super-tight players. If it's a table that you're pushing around (frequent occurance in SH live play), I can still see value.

Anyhow, some random thoughts out of my head from this past week.

- Jim