{"id":2535710,"date":"2024-09-23T05:43:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T05:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?page_id=2535710"},"modified":"2024-09-30T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:29:10","slug":"straddle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/straddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Straddle Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Straddle in Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The popular poker term straddle refers to an additional blind posted by one of the players to generate more action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common type of straddle is the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/under-the-gun\/\" title=\"Under The Gun Definition \u2013 Learn What Under The Gun Means In Poker\">UTG<\/a> straddle, posted by the player to the immediate left of the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/big-blind\/\" title=\"Big Blind Definition \u2013 Learn What Is A Big Blind In Poker\">big blind<\/a>. Posting the straddle effectively doubles the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/stake\/\" title=\"Stake Definition \u2013 Learn What A Stake Is In Poker\">stakes<\/a> for the hand, but it gives the posting player the right to act last before the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/flop\/\" title=\"Flop Definition \u2013 Learn What A Flop Is In Poker\">flop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also other types of straddles you\u2019ll come across in <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/cash-game-strategy-tips\/\" title=\"Best Cash Game Strategy Tips to Transform Your Game\">poker cash games<\/a>. One of the more popular ones is a button straddle, which is posted by the player on the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this situation, the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/preflop\/\" title=\"Preflop Definition \u2013 Learn What Is Preflop in Poker\">preflop<\/a> action begins with the player in the small blind and moves around the table as normal throughout all of <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-positions\/\" title=\"Poker Positions \u2013 Know How to Play from Every Seat at the Table\">positions<\/a>, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/button\/\" title=\"Button Definition \u2013 Learn What A Button Is In Poker\">button<\/a> player closing the action. <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-straddles\/\" title=\"All You Need to Know About Poker Straddles in 2024\">Learn more about poker straddles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/\">All Poker Terms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/tournament-masterclass\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png\" alt=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png 1176w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-746x143.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-768x148.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" width=\"1176\" height=\"226\"   \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular poker term straddle refers to an additional blind posted by one of the players to generate more action. The most common type of straddle is the UTG straddle, posted by the player to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"parent":2532079,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2535710","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"author_image":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tadas Peckaitis","author_link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/author\/tadas-peckaitisgmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The popular poker term straddle refers to an additional blind posted by one of the players to generate more action. 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