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Old 03-19-2007, 12:10 PM     Post subject: Straddle? #1 (permalink)  
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I was in a tournament yesterday when someone asked the table. Straddle?

What is straddle?
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Old 03-19-2007, 12:40 PM #2 (permalink)  
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A live straddle is basically a 3rd blind.The player who is straddling doubles the Big Blind in the UTG seat without looking at his card.

It is an effective Big, Big Blind. It obviously induces more action at the table as the 3rd blind is double the Big Blind so raises have to be bigger.

I've heard of it in cash games, but not in tournaments...I'm not sure why someone would want to do this in a tournament.
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 Straddling in tournaments doesn't make much sense to me.

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 You can't straddle in tournaments. Unless it was some home game? In a casino, you cannot straddle in a tourney. Like GMML said, it wouldn't make any sense if you could.

He was probably just joking when he said that? Some people do that.



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