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07-23-2017 , 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by chillrob
So the the plan is this? You call the straddle with a weak hand, several other people call. Straddler raises, you call again with your weak hand with all those people behind you just hoping no one else calls or reraises, even though they may be closing the action and have better position than you? Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

Wonder where you guys are playing that people actually play like this. The only part I agree with is that if someone is straddling there will be fewer limpers. But that's because they will be more likely to raise, trying to pick up the extra dead money.
Not really.
when I say open my calling range. That means playing all my Ax hands, any two face, any connectors and all suited one gap hands.

Raising with my mid pocket pairs and up and my suited face hands.
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07-24-2017 , 10:06 PM
Strategy for this depends on how the table plays. At some tables, players become less inclined to raise because they usually make small raises and the straddle fulfills their desire to have a slightly bigger pot going to the flop. At other tables, players become more inclined to raise because they see a bigger pot worth stealing preflop.

At a more passive table, you may want to sit to the right of the straddle, so that you can squeeze the limpers if no one raises. At a more aggressive but still loose table, you may want to sit to the left of the straddle with the intention of limp-reraising if you think there is a decent chance that someone else will raise. As the stacks get deeper, it gets more complicated, as there is a greater chance of playing multiway 3bet pots.
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07-25-2017 , 01:31 AM
Being to the left of this guy in a 1/3 game sounds great if I came to the casino to see twice as many downs as flops...
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08-04-2017 , 12:04 AM
Thanks for the responses on this. A few answers to some questions in the thread:

-The players who are straddling everyhand are always LAGs. They also rarely fold their straddle to one raise unless they have a really junk hand, so squeezing will only work if the sizing is really big.
-The dynamic of the rest of the table really depends. Sometimes the straddle creates action, and sometimes people tighten up. Therefore, it's hard to generalize whether most flops end up heads-up (with the straddler) or multi-way.

Based on the responses, I think being on the straddler's right is probably the best position especially if flops are frequently going multi-way.

If I am on the straddler's left and can't change seats right away, I think limp-reraising with value hands and bluffs would be a good strategy to use occasionally; especially if the straddler is the raiser because I could isolate a player with a wide range that I'll have position on post flop.

Last edited by Lemmiwinks14; 08-04-2017 at 12:10 AM.
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08-04-2017 , 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Lemmiwinks14
-The players who are straddling everyhand are always LAGs. They also rarely fold their straddle to one raise unless they have a really junk hand
It's not the most fun way to play poker, but if somebody straddles every hand and rarely folds his straddle, there's a very easy and profitable way to play against him. Wait for good hands and raise big. We don't want to play OOP if the SPR is big and our range isn't stronger than villains, but the positional disadvantage decreases significantly if we create a low SPR combined with a big range advantage. Poker is pretty easy if we have AA and the SPR on the flop is 3.
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