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Originally Posted by Round of 6
You originally said ‘it's more likely that we'll be called by someone behind us’
If you’re aware we act last pre then u know we act last every street. Its a big deal.
You say its not easily playable but being IP gives so many more options
I think your also neglecting how wide people will be limping in from the blinds so i do think you push an equity edge
The small pot small hand whatever just sounds like nonsense tbh
I see no indication itt that this is a button straddle. My understanding was that button straddles are dead anyway because they kill any games that have a significant skill gap. So we only act last preflop. Blinds are likely to have less strong hands than the limpers because they're getting better odds, so if we raise we're far more likely to act first.
The concept of 'correlate the size of the pot with the strength of your hand' is a fairly basic, important and easy to grasp concept.
Being able to make a wrap with your hand gives it equity and playability. We can't make a wrap with this hand. That weakens it significantly. The side cards are not well-connected. And as far as I can tell we're single-suited. If I see you raising this from your UTG straddle, I'm significantly discounting the possibility you're a tilt-resistant, winning player. If I see you do it from your button straddle, well, that's a different ballgame, and while I'd still likely check my option, because people like to limpreraise more in button straddle games, I wouldn't mark you as a fish for doing so.
