Straddle Bets...oh boy!

[Dodger]

Was looking at the Boss house rules where it says ''Straddle bets are not allowed''. Yes, well, what the hell is a straddle bet...so the internet comes to the rescue with the following... ''A Straddle Bet is made by the player immediately after -- and to the left of -- the Big Blind. The action must have just passed to him, meaning it is his turn, or he is Under The Gun, and no one has gotten any cards yet. Which makes it an unusual time to bet, actually. If he now posts a Straddle Bet he is effectively posting an additional blind bet. The house rules of poker must allow straddles; not all do. The next player after him must call it, raise, or fold. If, going around the table, no one raises, including the Blinds, then the person who posted the straddle may be allowed to reraise his own bet on his next turn; this is called his Option. In this instance, his straddle bet may be called a Live Blind, because his blind bet is still "live" when the action returns to him. House rules differ, some offering Live Blinds and others don't. Anyway, for that player, posting frequent straddle bets can be very expensive and downright unfruitful, unless the purpose is to loosen up a table of tight players.'' Never heard of this before, so again I must ask the experienced ''live'' players amongst us...do most casinos allow this and is it used very often? Doesn't make much sense to me unless you were very short stacked and fancied getting plenty of blind chips into the pot. Also if it is a no limit game...can UTG go all-in blind? This lack of knowledge about ''live'' play is making me think hard and long about venturing into a casino. (All this Straddling and Toking the Dealer...it just sounds disgusting to me!)

[Valiant23]

Re: Straddle Bets...oh boy! Never used them in any game I've played in Dodger. :unsure