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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
Putting in the extra $3 from the BB in a pot that is straddled to $5 is less bad than limping UTG for $5 in a straddled pot but its still bad and its also worse than limping UTG for $2 in an unstraddled pot which just about no good player would do. Hence, not folding from the BB in this spot is bad.
Comparing completing for $3 to limping for $2 is not really useful in terms of thinking about what hands we should play, although in terms of EV you might right that completing 43s is worse. It's very difficult to say though and it doesn't really matter.
Many good players don't have open-limping ranges from any position, but even the ones that don't probably limp some hands from the BB in a straddled pot. I am not going as weak as 54s, but I'd probably limp something like T9s/A5s and I think that's +EV at many tables where it's -EV to open those hands.