Straddling

[EWillers]

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The live straddle on the button in NL or PLO is +EV.

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I've seen/heard many seemingly bright people say this (at least the part about being +EV in NLHE). I can't quite figure it.

The negatives of putting in a forced double sized big blind on the button are made up by the fact that you can be the absolute last to act pre-flop? Given my style of play, this is not +EV.

I can imagine scenarios and types of players where this could be +EV. Anybody care to defend/further explain the statement?

[DonkeyKongSr]

I had a straddle in $8/$16 that turned into a $4500 bad beat jackpot, so straddles really really rock.

Dealt AA, flop AAT, turn T...quads vs quads...CHA-CHING!

[Entity]

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The only thing better than straddling is re-re-straddling.

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[Dromar]

I'd never heard of a straddlerock before this. Sounds fun.

[catalyst]

do most casinos allow multiple straddles (UTG, UTG+1, etc.). foxwoods allows only one straddle, UTG+1 can blind bet but will not get closing action (this is for the no limit tables, i'm not sure of the limit ones).