1/2 - Jacks oop in a double straddled pot

[cambridgealex]

Matt is correct, it's very good fun
gamboooool

Gamboooooooool

I once put a £64 straddle on on a 50/1 game. Won a £700 pot. Was +ev. Results based ftw

I recently put in a £164 and lost a £1500 pot with J4. Wasn't EV

I once put the £1024 straddle on a won a £43k pot

[cambridgealex]

Yeh its ridic to suggest that when there's a 128straddle on its not a good game to be in. I would feel the need to sit 2k deep either.

You're rolled for that game and the massive variance? Why not play 5/10?

I meant to write "wouldn't feel the need to sit 2k deep"

No not rolled for that. Keith is :p

[Mitch]

Matt is correct, it's very good fun
gamboooool

Gamboooooooool

I once put a £64 straddle on on a 50/1 game. Won a £700 pot. Was +ev. Results based ftw

I recently put in a £164 and lost a £1500 pot with J4. Wasn't EV

I once put the £1024 straddle on a won a £43k pot

How you been doing on Zenga Poker lately?

[cambridgealex]

Matt is correct, it's very good fun
gamboooool

Gamboooooooool

I once put a £64 straddle on on a 50/1 game. Won a £700 pot. Was +ev. Results based ftw

I recently put in a £164 and lost a £1500 pot with J4. Wasn't EV

I once put the £1024 straddle on a won a £43k pot

How you been doing on Zenga Poker lately?

Up £1.2million this month. Had a really sick downswing last month though, down £3.5million, was so fkn brutal almost made me quit and give up. I wish they did rakeback, would save me tens of thousands each month.

[George2Loose]

Cliffs: Matt is a dirty nit

[SuuPRlim]

I saw someone put a £3840 straddle on in a £2/£5 game and he got it in with  vs  and  and I think he might have broken even nearly.

He might have lost but no1 will be straddling when it's his btn again

[titaniumbean]

I saw someone put a £3840 straddle on in a £2/£5 game and he got it in with  vs  and  and I think he might have broken even nearly.

He might have lost but no1 will be straddling when it's his btn again

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool   

[SuuPRlim]

I had A7o in this hand as well but found a fold 2nd to act

[Ironside]

putting in a straddle is -ev in long run others putting in a straddle while your not is +ev in long run IMHO

please straddle my games

ps i still raise blind UTG though cause thats the way i roll

[SuuPRlim]

its cool from a social aspect to straddle, its good in live games to look like you're giving plenty of action so if you sacrifice a bit of EV straddling then its a shrewd move imo.

the nits in really good live games who refuse to give anything away defo losing out in action from more active players and im pretty sure its bad for them long term

[paulhouk03]

i won a couple of take aways when i straddled to 1500 won tons

[WotRTheChances]

Just read allll this. I'm probably 3-bet getting it in here, although it depends who it's against. Definately not 3-bet folding ever. For me personally i'd probably flat (assuming one of the straddles is a 'I-straddle-to-8-then-sqeeze-far-too-often-monkey'), otherwise I 3-bet and the table assumed I wake up with AA/KK here all the time 'coz i'm me, if that fails (obv never) I get it in and hold/bink... whatever is necessary.

Poker... done. NEXT

[Boba Fett]

Straddling is great to loosen up a nitty game.  Once there is 3 or 4 straddles out there even nits lose their minds trying to win the dead money and lower their starting requirements significantly

[_TheWireTap_]

I was the UTG player in the hand Mitch is referring to, where Vargas straddled to £128...

I actually folded without even looking at my cards. I was sat with over 1k having started with £300. I had 3 weak players (imo) to my right and I felt that I was in a great seat for exploiting them, without putting my entire stack into play with say , plus I was already winning a nice chunk of money.

I realise that it was incorrect, folding without looking at your hole cards is a ridiculous thing to do, it was slightly impulsive having seen the all the straddles, I just thought it looks like potential carnage and I could undo hours of grinding.

Mitch pointed out it was a bit daft and then promptly shipped his stack into the middle and picked up all that free money.

[Mitch]

Mitch pointed out it was a bit daft and then promptly shipped his stack into the middle and picked up all that free money.

Coz thats how i Fkin roll!