Poker Terms: The Straddle

Lately this has been a small issue and I noticed not everyone understands what this is.. I know only Eric, whom is relatively new at JJ's, does this, but it is legal and this is what he is doing:

The straddle is a minimum of double the big blind and when there’s no cap it sometimes can be a much, much larger blind. It’s also a blind raise that allows you to act last in that round where players wanting to enter have to at least call your blind raise, giving you the open to raise your blind raise, reraise a raiser, check, or fold. Confused? I hope not. PTP (Part Time Poker.com) readers are savvy, educated players and should know the basics of the straddle. But knowing how to straddle doesn’t mean a savvy, educated player can do it right or will even straddle when it’s right to do so.

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