Jacen299;346239 wroteHe's not picking up on any tell, he is the type to consider only his cards, he's not thinking what I might have. Once he had a flush draw he would of called any amount on any street.
Agreed he was a bad player. But he did not play every hand, I doubt he played the type of hand he described from UTG. So my point is the straddle cost him his $300 buy in.
If he was the bad player we believe that he is, why the straddle? Is he trying to portrait being a better player, someone at the table said after he left that "He straddled, thinking he was on poker after dark"
So, why give off major tells if he is shoving anyhow?
I'm not certain the point of your post. Is it a warning not to straddle? You don't think terrible players straddle? If you are a good player a straddle is +EV in deep games, if you are bad it is -EV. He was bad so it was -EV.