An entertaining all-in unfolded (PUN INTENDED!?!?!) on last night’s episode of High Stakes Poker.
Regular blinds this season are at $400/$800 with a $200 ante. Popular throughout the series’ history are straddle bets, an optional and additional blind posted by the player under-the-gun (first to act after the big blind) which is double the amount of the big blind. Its purpose is to stimulate action in cash games by placing more money on the table, and stimulate action it did last night.
No strangers to gambling were season six’s line-up of players on episode 10, who decided to place an extraordinary and unprecedented triple straddle on for a hand. This extends the straddle three seats past the big blind, which saw Daniel Negreanu paying the normal straddle of $1600, Eli Elezra paying the second straddle of $3200, and Tom Dwan paying $6400.
And then cue fireworks…
