[jba]

straddling is just posting an extra blind which is usually very EV- because you are UTG where you normally are folding everything but very nice hands

but in a 3 way pot what % of hands are you raising from the button? lots, so you aren't losing a TON of money from posting an extra bet but now you can throw in three bets with really nice hands and have position on every single round

I don't know I haven't thought a ton about it or read any deep analysys, but I know a lot of places prohibit the button straddle in a 3 handed game, that and what I just said made me think it could be quite advantageous.