PAHWM: 54s in HJ, Button Straddle

Does btn raise FD's? Is he the type to raise Tx here?

Originally Posted by griffey24

Does btn raise FD's? Is he the type to raise Tx here?

We don't exactly have a 1,000 hand sample against villain or anything, so all I can really say is that he hasn't raised postflop yet. My general experience at 1/2NL is that I need a reason to think that they might raise cbets with draws, like they're young or asian or disappointed there are no seats available at 2/5 or playing for stacks any time they have an excuse to, etc. As far as I can tell at this point, this guy wants to see flops, see cards, see showdowns, etc, but he's not scraping tooth and nail for every pot.

Based on all this, my best guess is that he's someone who would rather play draws passively, especially with 2 players left behind to string along (if he even looks at it like that; hell maybe he's dumb enough to think he's supposed to ISO when he has a draw, lol), but I am VERY open to changing my perspective on it. It takes a really long time to get acclimated to game style at these games, so different perspectives from people who've played these games is very very very helpful.

As for Tx, that's hard to say. Again, I'm yet to see him raise postflop, but it's a small sample size, and if he loves his hand, thinks I'm an idiot and wants to protect against draws (especially with 2 players left to act), I think it's very possible. I tend to see players raise bigger when they're protecting, but that's not a hard-and-fast tendency.