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Originally Posted by icmmonster
No... 2/5/10 the straddle is optional. But it's assumed that everyone who sits will straddle. Every now and then some ****** won't want to straddle and fup the table dynamic. These people don't last long
I know one reg who doesn't straddle out of principal not because he doesn't like action but just because he doesn't like to feel obligated.
It's says "2/5/10 straddle" on the board. I don't know why anyone would sit in the game and not straddle.
meh, I don't agree with this post at all. Game is 2/5 with optional $10 straddle. People don't have to straddle if they don't want to, many people would prefer to play 2/5 to 5/10 and calling them '******s' is beyond ******ed. As an aside, I also prefer to play deeper as I think it helps my edge and bloating pots pre flop does the exact opposite
But more importantly, I hate the table dynamic of regs bullying non regs into a straddle they don't want to do and all it does is make the people at the table who we generally want to feel relaxed and in a fun mode, feel defensive and under attack. As a result, this new structure has driven a lot of the weaker players down to the 2/3, which is why quite a few of the players making a living in there now play 2/3 instead. We should be doing what we can to get the weaker players up in stakes IMO and not making them feel uncomfortable by forcing them to play bigger than they want and making them feel bad/under threat
I don't know who you are/whether we've played together, but it's exactly this attitude that destroyed the bigger holdem game in the room 3-4 years ago. A few of the reg pros persuaded the room to make the 5/10 game a compulsory 20 straddle and while it ran for a while, the game fizzled very quickly and the biggest holdem game became the 5/5