Playing against a straddle

[DrPublo]

What's the general 2+2 opinion on playing against players who routinely straddle? Does your range of raising hands go up or down? Is it ever right to limp against a straddler? What if there are already straddle-limpers in and you hold a hand like TT-QQ?

I ask because of a hand I played in Vegas last week, 2-5 NL. Villian (staddler) has ~ $220, I have him covered but not by a ton.

Villain straddles for $10, I'm UTG+1 with T [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. I raise to $40, one caller and straddler calls.

Do people not raise here? Shouldn't I want to thin the field against the straddler? I'd be happy to take down the straddle + blinds with TT.

Anyway, flop ($127) comes T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].

Straddler pushes, I push on top (but not for a lot more), LP folds. He flopped a flush (with Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]) but I caught a running pair to win.

I think the flop play is fine but my question is what to do with a strong but not great hand early against a straddle?

The Doc