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01-04-2007, 05:27 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
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Not true. Last year we straddled at the Wynn 5 ways and each one was live when we didn't straddle 5x. [/ QUOTE ] I'm confused by this sentence - 5 ways, each one was live if you DIDn"T straddle 5x?? I don't get what you mean here... AB 
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#24
01-04-2007, 05:32 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
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In NYC private games anything bigger than 2x the BB placed by UTG is called a dark raise, and it is not live. [/ QUOTE ] that may have been true in a game you played in, but it was definitely a $75 straddle in a $25 blind. and because i had never seen that before i asked, and everyone explained it was indeed a straddle and that you could either straddle 2x or 3x. and indeed at least one person did straddle to $75 almost every round [ QUOTE ] NYC games also have whats called a sleeper which is similar to a straddle but it allows the hero to remove the raised blind in nobody calls. Sleepers are never UTG, and its very rarely performed (I've only seen it 2x) TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] i think you probably meant to say "allows the hero to remove the raised blind IF SOMEBODY calls". they were never allowed at AcePoint or Akula, but i remember back in the Playstation and Skylight days it was quite common to see sleepers and re-sleepers.
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#25
01-04-2007, 05:34 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
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[ QUOTE ] Not true. Last year we straddled at the Wynn 5 ways and each one was live when we didn't straddle 5x. [/ QUOTE ] I'm confused by this sentence - 5 ways, each one was live if you DIDn"T straddle 5x?? I don't get what you mean here... AB [/ QUOTE ] Five players agreed to straddle, and it was usually straddled at least 3 or 4 times. The last straddle was always live. If it was capped pre-flop then of course the straddle is not live. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
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#26
01-04-2007, 05:39 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
So each re-straddle was equal to the previous straddle, and only the last one was live, is that what you mean?
Somehow I imagined that re-straddles were each incremented by the size of the BB... AB
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#27
01-04-2007, 07:06 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
At Harvey's Lake Tahoe they'll let you straddle how ever much you want. I was in a game recently with a guy who increased the size of his straddle by $1 each round and was straddling more than 20 bucks in a 2/3 no limit game.
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#28
01-04-2007, 07:49 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
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[ QUOTE ] In Washington State, the casinos I've visited allow straddles in LIMIT but NOT in No Limit. WTF?! [/ QUOTE ] Basically, in lieu of no-limit, WA allows 2 tribal casinos to spread up to $500 max-buy-in and max-bet Spread Limit. Likely the gov't sets a whole number of rules around that, including blind sizes. [/ QUOTE ] Nah, it's because both major tribals in WA state have a Byzantine and self-contradictory set of rules. Tulalip even has a rules card that is wrong (oversize chip rule doesn't apply in cash games--rules card says it does).
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#29
01-04-2007, 08:03 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Not true. Last year we straddled at the Wynn 5 ways and each one was live when we didn't straddle 5x. [/ QUOTE ] I'm confused by this sentence - 5 ways, each one was live if you DIDn"T straddle 5x?? I don't get what you mean here... AB [/ QUOTE ] Five players agreed to straddle, and it was usually straddled at least 3 or 4 times. The last straddle was always live. If it was capped pre-flop then of course the straddle is not live. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Limit game 5/10. UTG straddles to $10, UTG +1 re-straddles to $15, next player re-straddles to $20. Does that help? TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
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#30
01-04-2007, 08:08 PM
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Re: Straddle -- How Much?
Treasure Island in Vegas is the only casino I am aware of that allows a straddle of any amount from the UTG position in their 1/3NL game ($500 max).
Every other room in Vegas allows live straddles, but only double the big blind, and only from the UTG position. Most rooms allow a "blind raise" from any position, but it is not live, and the person that does it will not have the option of rasising when action gets to him.
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