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This question came up at the cardroom where I deal.

Some guys who deal at another nearby casino came in and played and were pretty pissed off that there is a no straddle rule. I don't know why the casino has a no straddling rule, it's just a stupid thing that was in the rules when they started the casino and don't want to change the rules. Anyway, when people want to straddle and are then told they can't they decide to raise blind when they are under the gun, but they don't get the option to raise when it comes back around to the big blind, which is fine.

The dealers that came in said that any type of blind raise under the gun is a straddle, so blind raises shouldn't be allowed. The casino said they would look into it, and if raising blind under the gun is indeed a straddle, there will be no blind raises allowed. So, could the casino possibly keep people from raising blind?