bb defense against live straddle

[Chris Daddy Cool]

live 6/12 game with 3/6 blinds, utg live straddles and it's folded back to you in the bb.

a) what is the worst hand you'll call here?
b) what is the worst hand you'll raise here?

[Reef]

clearly you'd raise any hand that beats a random hand by any degree.

I think these include pocket pairs, any A, any K, any 2 -10 and above. I'm just estimating here

[mplspoker]

Be careful. I don't suggest calling or raising with an absolutely horrible hand like 58 offsuit. Many times if you raise on a steal the guy will cap it with anything and keep betting and may or may not have anything and it will cost you quite a bit to find out. Calling down with king high is difficult to do in practice especially in a real card room. That said - Definitely 3bet many hands that are obviously ahead.