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Message: [QUOTE="Jack Daniels, post: 750470, member: 1954"] Of course I would agree that anyone can play by any house rules they like when they run a home game. I'm only speaking to the generally accepted rules of poker in Robert's Rules of Poker. Here are the two items that I found specific to straddles: LHE 17. A live “straddle bet" is not allowed at limit poker except in specified games. NLHE and PLHE 15. In non-tournament games, one optional live straddle is allowed. The player who posts the straddle has last action for the first round of betting and is allowed to raise. To straddle, a player must be on the immediate left of the big blind, and must post an amount twice the size of the big blind. A straddle bet sets a new minimum bring-in; it is not treated as a raise. [/QUOTE]