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1/3 straddle fest local casino 1/3 straddle fest local casino

10-13-2014 , 05:07 PM
playing $1/3 at a local casino
Extremely LAG table, full ring, 3-4 different players straddling UTG(only position allowed to straddle).
Most have protected the straddle with a raise if "limped" to the straddler.
Eff stacks $600
V1 (UTG) SLAG late 20's Hisp. one of the regular straddlers. Taking down pots with lots of aggression.
H (MP) 30's Hisp playing TAG to LAG on second buy in lost big hand to V2 set over set. Built stack back to $600, also occasionally straddling.
V2(HJ) late 30's BIG black dude playing TAG
V3(Button) late 30's white guy playing LAG to TAG. Won decent pot off him, caught him bluffing w/air.

V1 straddles to $6
H calls with 57
V2 and V3 call
V1 raises straddle to $26 total
All call
FLOP ($103 after rake)957
V1 cbets $35
Hero???
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10-13-2014 , 05:11 PM
Hero folds preflop twice, as played hero raises flop to ~220, gets it in on the flop or any turn except a 9 pretty much
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10-13-2014 , 06:56 PM
75s isn't strong enough and stacks are not deep enough to limp in preflop at an aggressive table. Being OOP vs a couple of other limpers makes it a trivial fold to the straddle raise. Occasionally you can raise with this preflop, but not very often at a loose aggressive table that isn't real deep.

As played, raise flop. There are too many villain who can be drawing to beat you to mess around. I like $120-$150. Bigger is too much and blows everything except better hands out. If you get called, plan on moving in on most turn cards.
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10-13-2014 , 07:00 PM
It almost doesn't matter what you do postflop, but you shouldn't have even been in this hand.

You said yourself that you can be almost sure you will not see the flop for only $6--someone is going to raise. And you don't know how much the raise will be or where it will come from. And the straddler raising is actually the worst thing you could see, because it means you will be at a disadvantage in absolute and relative position if more people call behind you. Given these conditions, you should not even limp, because you will probably have to be folding to a raise (such as this one) and you know a raise will come.
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10-13-2014 , 07:01 PM
Yeah my math was off. A pot sized raise is more like 160 on the flop here.
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10-13-2014 , 07:02 PM
Reraise it up into the 80-120 range
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10-14-2014 , 11:39 AM
Preflop is a super easy fold. I wouldn't even play this hand at a more typical passive table (unless in LP), but at an aggro table which is going to always see a raise, easy fold. I would even consider folding this in LP if there is just too good a chance I'm going to face a SB/BB/Straddle raise. ETA: And, yeah, fold the second time too.

In the end we've flopped two pair (albeit the junky two pair) on a straightening board with an SPR of < 6 with some action junkies in the hand. I'm probably raising with the plan of going broke here. If I'm not planning on going broke, I might just call down and let aggro guy spew into me.

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10-14-2014 , 01:37 PM
Yup I realize extremely bad call pre, my intentions were just that hope for a good flop or fold. I understand burning money, but this was one of my loose calls. Straddler had been taking down pots with cbets.
I raised to $90 it folded around. Didn't know if someone would have taken a different line post flop.
Thanks
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